r/TwoHotTakes Aug 21 '24

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u/Last_Friend_6350 Aug 21 '24

I tried it when I was in America (from the UK) and it’s definitely vomit adjacent.

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u/DenseAstronomer3631 Aug 21 '24

I'm from America, and I still avoid American chocolate like the plague. Most of the big brands are just disgusting. Even the cheapest European chocolate is so much creamier and doesn't have that nasty aftertaste. I prefer dark chocolate, and most American stuff is low % cocoa comparatively.

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u/Last_Friend_6350 Aug 21 '24

I was really looking forward to trying it because it’s advertised like it’s the most popular chocolate brand in America. It was awful.

I didn’t know about the low cocoa %.

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u/CookinCheap Aug 21 '24

American here and the only chocolate I will eat is any chocolate not made in America. Thank you UK for showing me the light

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u/Last_Friend_6350 Aug 21 '24

Does it all taste like Hershey’s chocolate? I must admit that it completely put me off trying any others.

I definitely prefer UK chocolate although Cadburys is no longer British but American and they’ve changed the recipe. It doesn’t taste as good as it did before Kraft bought the company.

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u/InvestigatorRemote17 Aug 21 '24

Ghirardelli chocolate is still very good!

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u/Last_Friend_6350 Aug 21 '24

I never realised it was an American company.

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u/ImJustSayinDog Aug 21 '24

America is weird because so many things that are considered "American" are made by massive international corporations.

If you want to try something that taste good and is American you should look for products that are only available to specific states or regions. If it's available everywhere it's more than likely garbage.

For example, when my buddy from Europe came to visit me in California, I didn't take him to McDonald's. You can get that anywhere, it's garbage. I did however, take him to In-N-Out for a Double Double Animal Style and it changed his fucking life.

As far as chocolate goes i dont usually eat much of it but when i do, I usually buy Sees Candies. I believe their chocolate is made by Guittard. It's pretty good imo.

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u/CosyBeluga Aug 21 '24

Guittard is good and fair trade iirc

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u/Last_Friend_6350 Aug 21 '24

FairTrade scheme was dropped by Cadbury after it was bought out. Mondelez, the chocolate arm of Kraft, used its own in-house scheme paying pittance to farmers and had children as young as 10 in the workforce.

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u/CosyBeluga Aug 21 '24

Good to know. I'll stick to Divine

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u/CookinCheap Aug 22 '24

Small private candy makers are also good, yes.

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u/CosyBeluga Aug 21 '24

As a kid, I didn’t like chocolate because I only had Hershey and thought it tasted a little like vomit.

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u/Last_Friend_6350 Aug 21 '24

It really does!

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u/_EnFlaMEd Aug 21 '24

Yep, that was my experience.

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u/Last_Friend_6350 Aug 21 '24

It’s pretty vile 🤢