Why is American chocolate so bad?

[Anonymous]

I worked for 10 years at Barry Callebaut. Good chocolate starts with a good base. This is subjective. Some like a high fat % , some don't. Some chocolate has more sugar than others. Many "american" chocolates use a european base but you wouldn't know that unless you asked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I worked for 10 years at Barry Callebaut. Good chocolate starts with a good base. This is subjective. Some like a high fat % , some don't. Some chocolate has more sugar than others. Many "american" chocolates use a european base but you wouldn't know that unless you asked.

Wow, that's pretty cool.

Don't most global chocolate manufacturers use Barry Callebaut? Do you have any insights into why there seems to have been a decrease in the quality level of major European brands over the past five or so years?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cheap ingredients make American chocolate taste gross. If you’ve never tried genuinely good chocolate, you have nothing to compare it to. Even when my dd was a toddler, she wouldn’t touch American chocolate. To think, a small child would eat most sweet things.

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Trying cheap grocery chocolate in Europe vs USA is eye opening

Yeah, because you realize there's not much difference. I hate to tell you this and shatter your illusions, but they sell snickers and dreaded KitKats in oh-so-sophisticated Europe too. And gasp! Europeans actually buy and like them.

But it sounds like you're only able to buy cheap stuff so I think you should be posting in the finances section of DCUM and getting some advice on how to afford a $3 lindt bar.

Yes but the point is that the KitKat in Europe is 10x better in Europe. Keep up.

It's not a real KitKat unless its from Japan.

+1. Actually flew over there this summer just to get Kit Kat.

I tried See's recently and it was garbage.

[Anonymous]

The problem is that folks in flyover country and what not don’t realize that they are getting horrible chocolate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get why we accept gross chocolate like Hershey’s when it tastes so much worse than ‘real’ chocolate/ chocolate from Europe? Aren’t we meant to be a wealthy country with access to the best products? It smells like someone spilled milk in the car then parked it in the sun.

Preservatives. Fresh chocolates need to be eaten within a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that folks in flyover country and what not don’t realize that they are getting horrible chocolate

What is this elusive flyover country? And what's with all the nasty American chocolates sold in every convenience store in DC and NYC? Just curious.

[Anonymous]

What a strange thread. Are the US-haters in this thread unaware that literally any grocery store sells good chocolate?

[Anonymous]

Overgeneralize much? Hersheys is pretty bad, but See's, Ghiradelli, and Lindt is good.

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Anonymous wrote:Cheap ingredients make American chocolate taste gross. If you’ve never tried genuinely good chocolate, you have nothing to compare it to. Even when my dd was a toddler, she wouldn’t touch American chocolate. To think, a small child would eat most sweet things.

+1

Trying cheap grocery chocolate in Europe vs USA is eye opening

Yeah, because you realize there's not much difference. I hate to tell you this and shatter your illusions, but they sell snickers and dreaded KitKats in oh-so-sophisticated Europe too. And gasp! Europeans actually buy and like them.

But it sounds like you're only able to buy cheap stuff so I think you should be posting in the finances section of DCUM and getting some advice on how to afford a $3 lindt bar.

Yes but the point is that the KitKat in Europe is 10x better in Europe. Keep up.

It's not a real KitKat unless its from Japan.

+1. Actually flew over there this summer just to get Kit Kat.

I tried See's recently and it was garbage.

If you tried Sees and think it's garbage, you don't know what good is.

[Anonymous]

Hershey uses sour milk in their chocolate. My spouse is from the UK and finds Hersheys disgusting, as do I. It has a cheesy taste to it.

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Anonymous wrote:Cheap ingredients make American chocolate taste gross. If you’ve never tried genuinely good chocolate, you have nothing to compare it to. Even when my dd was a toddler, she wouldn’t touch American chocolate. To think, a small child would eat most sweet things.

+1

Trying cheap grocery chocolate in Europe vs USA is eye opening

Yeah, because you realize there's not much difference. I hate to tell you this and shatter your illusions, but they sell snickers and dreaded KitKats in oh-so-sophisticated Europe too. And gasp! Europeans actually buy and like them.

But it sounds like you're only able to buy cheap stuff so I think you should be posting in the finances section of DCUM and getting some advice on how to afford a $3 lindt bar.

Yes but the point is that the KitKat in Europe is 10x better in Europe. Keep up.

It's not a real KitKat unless its from Japan.

+1. Actually flew over there this summer just to get Kit Kat.

I tried See's recently and it was garbage.

If you tried Sees and think it's garbage, you don't know what good is.

True, I adore See's dark chocolate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get why we accept gross chocolate like Hershey’s when it tastes so much worse than ‘real’ chocolate/ chocolate from Europe? Aren’t we meant to be a wealthy country with access to the best products? It smells like someone spilled milk in the car then parked it in the sun.

There are flights to Europe.
I think you can even relocate there if you wish. Bye.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hershey uses sour milk in their chocolate. My spouse is from the UK and finds Hersheys disgusting, as do I. It has a cheesy taste to it.

Not anymore!

[Anonymous]

It’s telling that Ferrero Rocher is seen as a high quality luxury chocolate over here but is considered tacky and below average in Europe. Tells you everything you need to know about the state of American chocolate.

[Anonymous]

I love all chocolate, except white. I love a treat of Hershey’s Kisses every once in a while and Hershey Bars are the only choice for s’mores. Belgian, Swiss, British, German, all have really good brands, superior, probably. Ritter Sport are great. The only brand I don’t like is Palmer’s.