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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Anti_Weeb_Penguin@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

The flavor and the texture are so much better than those bitter dark chocolate bars.

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[-] baascus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Going off of the comments already, I would say that this is a truly unpopular opinion. Well done, OP!

[-] julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I can't tell the pretentious assholes apart from the people jokily pretending to be pretentious assholes. Great stuff.

[-] antik@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As a Belgian I consider myself a bit of an ambassador on chocolate and after discussing this with all my fellow countrymen we came to the unanimous conclusion that you are wrong. Please apologize and remove this post.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I asked the Netherlanders what they thought of your comment, and I couldn't understand a fucking word they said, but they seemed angry.

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[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Are saltine crackers your favorite potato chips?

[-] GreenDust@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

His favorite movie is "books"!

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[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

White chocolate shouldn't even be called chocolate.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I so agree. Its nice with strawberries. sorta like the way powdered sugar is.

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[-] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

White chocolate literally just tastes like sugar and fat. And "sour"??? What dark chocolate are you eating? This one actually pissed me off fr. Truly unpopular opinion.

[-] UlfKirsten@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My guess is they’re American and damaged by Hershey's puke

[-] cley_faye@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe because it's not chocolate and we should stop calling it this.

[-] throwsbooks@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Depends! If you consider chocolate to be food derived from the cocoa bean, then white chocolate is chocolate because it's made of cocoa butter without the solids!

The powdery stuff you call cocoa is what's left over once you get rid of the cocoa butter. So if you feel that cocoa solids are required for something to be classified as chocolate... Then no, it's not chocolate.

[-] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Chocolate is cocoa and cocoa butter by definition

[-] mranachi@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago

I guess it's the same as asking if vegetable oil is a vegetable.

[-] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Now let´s also consider the fact that cocoa butter is free of chocolate flavor because all the chocolate flavor remains in the cocoa powder after the separation.

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[-] 1d420@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If you prefer white chocolate to other kinds you just don't like chocolate that much, which is fine, but don't lie to us about it

[-] TheBlackSwordsman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You're wrong

[-] Pringles@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't think this was going to be an unpopular opinion, but this apparently strikes a nerve with chocolate lovers.

Anyway, I don't agree with the claim but taste is always a personal preference and it's pointless stating one is better than the other.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Shite chocolate isn't chocolate. Edit I meant white chocolate but theres not much of a difference from my pov

Change my mind.

What you like is sugar and cocoa fat mixed together.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 5 months ago

I'm with you, brother. White chocolate is the superior chocolate. It's not tainted by vile cocoa powder.

[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I actually agree with you. Chocolate is great, but you never know heaven till you had white chocolate.

[-] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

Tell me you only buy low-quality confections without telling me you only buy low-quality confections.

Buy yourself one of these: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81+PzvS1KpS._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg

Then here's the trick: only eat a small piece at a time, like 1 square inch. Savor it. Don't immediately follow it with anything. Let the flavor completely leave your mouth on its own before you have anything else.

[-] jordanlund@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Let me try to change your mind...

Take 2 pounds of cream cheese, float the foil packs in warm water for 10-15 min. Drop the cheese into a bowl with 1.5 cups of sugar and hit it with a mixer until it's nice and smooth.

Add 3/4 cup Dutch processed cocoa powder. Dutch processing reduces the acidity and makes it darker and smoother.

5 eggs, 2 tablespoons of vanilla, then the secret ingredients, 1/4 cup of Grand Marnier and 2 teaspoons of orange extract.

Mix all that up until it's smooth again, then add an entire 10 oz. bag of miniature chocolate chips. Important you use mini chips because full size chips won't melt all the way and leave a weird texture.

Now, prep the pan, take a 9" springform pan and spray it with non-stick spray. Pop in 1/4 cup MORE Dutch processed cocoa powder and swirl it all around so it coats all the surfaces. This is going to bake into a dark chocolate crust.

Pour in the batter and bake at 200°F for EIGHT HOURS. I put it in the oven, go to bed and set an alarm. In the morning, your whole house will smell like chocolate and oranges.

Now, the worst part, it has to chill. You can't just eat it, it's pudding right now. So step 1, let it sit on a wire rack until it's room temp. 2 to 4 hours.

Put a plate on top, flip it over, and remove the springform pan. Put the cake in the refrigerator and chill another 2 to 4 hours.

When the cake is chilled, put another plate on top, flip it right side up, decorate, slice, and serve. I like topping it with some little candied oranges.

[-] Edgedancer_Knight@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Don't do this if you dislike the orange/chocolate combination. I really dislike that, I don't know why. I don't like dark chocolate, prefer milk chocolate, but I like oranges. Putting them together will make me throw it away.

But it looks like a good recipe for those who do like the combo!

Milk Chocolate > White Chocolate > Dark Chocolate.

Milk chocolate is the best of chocolates when there are no extra additives on it's own.

Dark Chocolate as much as I hate it, IS better than white chocolate on it's own.

White chocolate without any sort of flavor enhancers is just so damn bland. However, it's just like eating salt on it's own. Gross by itself, but delicious with something else to go with it. White chocolate is a catalyst. Milk Chocolate is a treat. Dark Chocolate goes in the trash. I'll begrudgingly eat it if I have no other better chocolate around lol.

The only people I've ever seen like dark chocolate are people who hate themselves, take scalding hot showers with the heat of a thousand suns, and enjoy starting their day with black coffee. AKA, people who had no self esteem as a teenager until they forced adult habits on themselves before they were ready rather than admitting they like 'childish' stuff. Cultural masculinity is so weird.

[-] Sev@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Windows is better than linux

[-] jmanjones@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Does anyone have any white chocolate candies they recommend?

[-] YooBitches@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm very much in love with Schogetten white chocolate. It's not candies but it's split into pecies and they just melt in your mouth.

[-] Magicianfox@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I also think white is better than dark chocolate, but what kind of dark chocolate you're eating that's sour? Dark chocolate is supposed to be bitter.

[-] spiffeeroo@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

American chocolates (like Hershey's) tend to taste more sour because they have more sugar and less cacao. The milk also tends to have a more butyric acid taste for some reason. Perhaps the difference is how the milk is treated, but those are trade secrets.

[-] Reliant1087@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I was surprised the first time I bought a Hershey's bar and it tasted a bit like vomit.

[-] Urbanfox@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Same, my brother returned from the US and I was excited to try Hershey's and was horrified to find it tasted like puke. The next one did too.

They all sat on the table for weeks before they got thrown away which is unheard of in our house with sweets.

Cadbury isn't the best in the world or anything but not tasting like puke is like, up there in the list of things that make chocolate good.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 year ago

butyric acid is more prevalent in US chocolate for some accident of history.

So, to non-Americans, American chocolate takes like vomit.

[-] Rotten_potato@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

IIRC, this "accident" is simply because chocolate producers figured out it's cheaper to make the milk slightly taste like vomit (something the Americans apparently didn't mind too much) than cooling it properly. I think nowadays that wouldn't really fly but back then cheaper chocolate was maybe so desirable that consumers didn't mind the weird taste.

[-] Reliant1087@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's kind of fucked up. Especially since chocolate isn't an essential food.

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