The Humour Club discussion

I am of the opinion that the most acceptable form of chocolate is that with about 80% cacao and no add-ins. But I am willing to enjoy some nuts and maybe a truffle-type chocolate.

Discuss pros and cons of all the weird stuff currently being added to chocolate by bored would-be connoisseurs.

I used to really like crammed with raisins and peanuts.

Then I fell for this guy

We found a nice gift box of Godivas on the after-Christmas sale table, but they were disappointing with a weird, cloying fruity sweetness.

BUT, what do I know...I've been living on nothing but cookies since December 13th. What I'm really craving right now is some asparagus.

As long as it's not moving...

My mother is a true-blue mountain girl from Kentucky, where there's a different spin on just about everything, including chocolate. When we'd visit my grandmother, she'd make us chocolate gravy and biscuits for breakfast on Saturday mornings (which we'd stir in butter once it was on our plate) and for special treats, she'd make us chocolate-covered bacon. I used to think she was the only one on the planet who did that, but recently I was in a Whole Foods market and lo! They sell an 8 ounce chocolate-covered bacon bar for $7.99! (Don't know if it is as good as my grandmother's)

I love pretty much all types of chocolate if it tastes nice. Can't stand the really weird, so called avant garde chocolate, from bored would-be connoisseurs, like the original poster put it. I've seen tobacco flavoured chocolate, sea salt chocolate, bacon chocolate... It makes the mind boggle. I'm kind of temped to try the famous chilli chocolate, but then I'm worried that I'll pay a lot of money for something I'd probably not enjoy.

I just remembered mole. Does that count?

Mole is acceptable, though that is more something that chocolate is in, rather than something that is in chocolate.

Milk chocolate is a waste of good chocolate. And while nuts are good, I detest dried fruit in chocolate, with the possible exception of the dark chocolate covered blueberries from Trader Joe's.

So a chocolate-covered chicken probably isn't what you had in mind. What if it's on a stick, though?

Everything's better on a stick.

Except maybe liver and soup...

I think sticks are over-rated. Or am I the only one traumatized in childhood by a splinter in the toungue from an orange-cream-sicle?

Mmm. Onna stick!

I've never had a tongue splinter...or any other food-related trauma that I can recall. Has my life been THAT dull?

Not sure who thought to put mint in chocolate, but, they should be flogged.

On the other hand, whoever thought to cover toffee with chocolate should be hugged with warm hugs.

On a serious note - we bought a few chocolate things from the English store in town for my father-in law. The chocolate from England tastes different. It all seems to have this citrus/orange taste in the background. Even the same brand (eg Cadbury's) that is made in Canada tastes different.

I disagree, Bookworm. I actually rather like a touch of mint in chocolate, and I don't care for toffee anywhere, but especially not in my chocolate.

A person recently returned from a trip to the Middle East told me she ate a chocolate coated sheep eye. Mint in chocolate is one thing but a sheep eye quite another, at least in my humble opinion.

Has anyone tried any of these bizarre Japanese Kit Kats? I enjoyed the few I tried.

http://kotaku.com/5983276/15-flavors-...

I would actually try all of those Kit Kats, though $68 + shipping is a little steep. They sound yummy.

I'm fine with mint in chocolate. A small Peppermint Patty after dinner hits the spot.

Farmyard animals and their various parts and organs should have nothing to do with chocolate, other than providing milk.

I imagine the farmyard animals would agree with you on that.

Peppermint post dinner is perfect!

Melki wrote: "I would actually try all of those Kit Kats, though $68 + shipping is a little steep. They sound yummy.

I'm fine with mint in chocolate. A small Peppermint Patty after dinner hits the spot.

Far..."

I don't think I'd care to try any. And I'm not that impressed with regular Kit-Kats, either.

You, madam, are a chocolate snob!

(And I say that with the utmost respect.)

What's the opinion on chocolate covered coffee beans?

I like them.

BUT, if you mix chocolate into my coffe...I'm not the biggest fan.

It's one of those oxymorons that make up my life.

Melki wrote: "You, madam, are a chocolate snob!

(And I say that with the utmost respect.)"

I am. Unashamedly.

Bookworm wrote: "What's the opinion on chocolate covered coffee beans?

I like them.

BUT, if you mix chocolate into my coffe...I'm not the biggest fan.

It's one of those oxymorons that make up my life."


I like them, though the gritty texture is a little off-putting. I also like mochas. And these amazing mocha truffles I got at Trader Joes for Christmas. . . .

Guy wrote: "A person recently returned from a trip to the Middle East told me she ate a chocolate coated sheep eye. Mint in chocolate is one thing but a sheep eye quite another, at least in my humble opinion...."

Whoever thought of putting actual eyes in chocolate had vision.

They stole the idea from potatoes.

I imagine the sheep eyes would be a bit like lychee. A similar texture at any rate.

I think they'd more likely be corn-y(a)

Ugh. Joel, I sentence you to the punitentiary.