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I would sue Hershey's for selling vomit chocolate, this stuff is shockingly bad.
The miniature peanut butter cups from trader Joe's, however, are perfect.
When they came out they had both milk and dark chocolate variations. Its nice to see the dark side win one.
That has something to do with the way that milk and chocolate is processed - in some markets they still have their delicious original taste. But its a agamble though, and nothing ruins my day as much as biting down on a much awaited hersheys kiss after a long day and almost-barfing
It's the addition of butyric acid during production to lengthen shelf life.
I'm pretty sure it's just that it's mostly sugar (low cocoa %). At least the higher % stuff (like special dark) tastes much better to me. With holiday versions it might have more chocolate than the basic cups (or maybe even just lower cocoa % particularly for easter).
In other countries they have actual standards for cocoa %.
Butyric acid is a compound found in milk products and is also present in rancid butter and vomit, which is why it might evoke a “sick” taste association. Some American chocolate manufacturers add butyric acid during production to give the chocolate a longer shelf life.
It's a self serving idea, because they know that chocolate with butyric acid added in is going to be sitting on the shelves a loooong time.
Interesting little factoid I learned after we got dogs. While still not good for them, most American chocolate like Hershey’s is not as toxic as most people think it is for dogs.
This is because of the low cacao content, it’s a lot of fat and sugar but not a lot of cacao which is really toxic part of chocolate for dogs.
So... they'll just get diabetes?
No, but the sugar is not good for dogs either.
The United States requires a lesser percentage cacao in their chocolates, ten percent to be exact, while in Europe anything considered “chocolate” is twenty percent or higher. Less cacao means less theobromine (and caffeine) which is the chemical in chocolate toxic to dogs.
This. When I went to the USA I tried one of those, as through media I had the idea that it was the best chocolate America had.
I took one but and then threw the rest in the trash where it belongs. Absolutely filthy stuff.
I'm really curious what media could have possibly led you to that conclusion.
Hershey's features a lot in American tv and movies and as such is a known brand that was not available over here. That way you get curious.
Ubiquitous does not "best", very often it is not the case.
Yuck. No, it's certainly not our best. It's the bargain bin stuff that manages to push the most volume and marketing. You see it a lot around the holidays, but not too much besides.
Ghirardelli might be our best of the large brands, though it's now owned by Lindt.
We of course have a ton of smaller brands with higher quality too.
Any of the mars chocolates are streets beyond any of the spoiled milk Hershey's even.
Lindt makes basic-ass chocolate for premium prices, I'm quite sure you have better chocolate producers but as everywhere else they're quite low-volume and you won't find them in supermarkets. Also be prepared to pay up to 10 bucks per 50g, but it'll be worth it -- like once every couple of years, as a gift, etc.
If you have an Aldi close by try Moser-Roth, they're approximately Lindt quality at prices actually reflecting the quality of cocoa in it.
It's quite well known though, so the marketing works.