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Tony's Chocolonely bars are shaped unevenly to represent farmer inequality and the coastline of Africa (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Pencilnoob@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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"It doesn’t make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry! The unequally-sized chunks of our 6.35 oz bars are a palatable way of reminding Choco Fans and Serious Friends that the profits in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.

And in case you haven’t noticed, the bottom of our bars depicts the West African coastline. The chunks just above it represent the Gulf of Guinea. From left to right, you have Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut), Nigeria and part of Cameroon."

From https://us.tonyschocolonely.com/pages/faqs

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[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 6 days ago

First not sure why everyone is so sure this is an ad and not just OP likes this and the message.

I’ve contemplated posting about this chocolate, I guess we can’t call out companies we like and we just all shit on everything all the time.

Second, my friend called me out for paying £3.50 for a bar of this whenever we have a chocolate and film night when Cadbury is like £1.50. When I said it’s more ethically sourced he said I don’t care about that. 😞

[-] arefx@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago

Cadbury in the USA is also literal shit next to tonys

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 days ago

I think all US chocolate is just shit tasting. I was referring to the UK (£), where it’s less shit.

[-] arefx@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah but there is a very distinct difference. Cadbury tastes like fake chocolate that's 90% sugar, Tony's still tastes like real chocolate even if you think it's shitty. Eat them back to back there's a noticeable difference in chocolate. I eat European chocolate all the time and Tony's is about as good just has a different flavor profile to it.

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

I’m confused as I’m pro Tony’s but your comment reads like you think I’m against it.

I’m saying it’s better than Cadburys in the UK and the USA.

[-] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 6 days ago

I like Cadburys and I like Tony's but like a £1.50 Cadbury bar is about the same footprint as a Tony's bar and about half as thick.

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 days ago

My price was a little off.

At Sainsbury’s and Tesco right now Cadburys and Tony’s are £2.50 and £3.50 respectively; both weighing 180g.

[-] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 days ago

I want to like this chocolate, but it's just so bland.

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 days ago

I think it’s delicious.

Are you American as I find your chocolate far too sweet so perhaps you just like sugar and not chocolate.

I realise that might sound offensive but I don’t mean it that way, just curious.

[-] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Swedish. I think Marabou and Fazer taste 100x better than Tony’s, but maybe I have to give it another chance. Not like I eat chocolate that much anymore so it couldn’t hurt.

And I do love dark chocolate as well.

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 days ago

Are those as ethically sourced?

[-] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Doubt it, which is why I rarely eat them anymore

[-] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/brwqu1/if_you_love_milk_chocolate_but_dont_like_dark/

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

I don't like chocolate that much, but if I do have it, dark all the way. The less sweet the better. I'm sure I have some limit, like 90% probably too much, but I definitely like less sweet.

[-] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Me too :) I just thought that thread was funny

[-] Teal@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Unless something has changed that company is no longer on the slavery free list due to them having Callebaut making their chocolate.

https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2021/02/16/Tony-s-Chocolonely-axed-from-Slave-Free-Chocolate-list-defends-ties-with-Barry-Callebaut)

Guittard is my favorite for snacking and using in baking.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

I'm gonna be real here when I saw one of these bars for the first time I just assumed they were assholes and didn't look any further into why the bar wasn't cut in a usable way.