Chocolate Thread

[lynn]

too bad they don't have a local store in my area...i wonder if i can order online....

 

[Katarzyna]

Probably yes, but they aren't cheap...

 

[lynn]

the chocolate themselves are fine (the cheapest one is around $35), but whoa, the shipping is $32 :shock: !!!

I think I"m having a heart attack....

 

[Katarzyna]

wow, that's insane...

 

[lynn]

talk about rip off! I wonder if i have to pay another $50 for duties/tariffs....etc....

 

[Katarzyna]

I am sure you can find them in some store in canada and ship it cheaper. THey probably want to ship it from Belgium

 

[lynn]

they ship it via fedex, probably next day delivery too.... private carrier can be very expensive!

I wonder if my chocolate craving's worth that much??!!

 

[pygmalion]

I'm strictly a cheapie chocolate gal, myself. Gave a girlfriend of mine a couple pounds of Godiva (her fave) for her birthday once. Boy, was I mad when she reciprocated for my birthday. She coulda bought me fifty pounds of Hershey's for what she spent. And I would have enjoyed it more. :lol:

 

[Swingolder]

the chocolate themselves are fine (the cheapest one is around $35), but whoa, the shipping is $32 :shock: !!!

Then I am glad I have not heard of it nor tasted it. Sometimes it is better not knowing what you are missing! And at the price I guess I will just consider myself lucky for never having tasted Neuhaus.
I think I would prefer a large quantity of something cheaper than one taste of something so expensive.

 

[lynn]

can you return the godiva chocolate and get yourself something else?

i remember reading somehwere that white chocolate really isn't chocolate.... have to dig a little deaper into that.

 

[pygmalion]

can you return the godiva chocolate and get yourself something else?

No. I just ate it, one piece at a time. Expensive chocolate is just too rich for me, especially the dark chocolate. *shrug*

white chocolate really isn't chocolate.... have to dig a little deaper into that.

Seen the same thing myself. Must :google:

 

[Sagitta]

I like both white and dark. Both are chocolate IMO. :wink: 8)

 

[pygmalion]

According to fabulous foods.com, here are the ingredients for white cholcolate:

White chocolate is made from cocoa butter, milk solids, sugar and vanilla. When buying white chocolate, look for a brand that contains cocoa butter. There are cheaper versions (which by law cannot be called chocolate) that don't contain any cocoa butter, but their flavor is inferior to those that do.

And here's how dark chocolate and milk chocolate are made:

Similar to coffee, cacao beans are dried and roasted before being hulled. "Chocolate liquor", made from the roasted, ground cocoa bean nibs (the meat of the cacao bean) is what makes chocolate chocolate. Thus, unsweetened chocolate is pure chocolate liquor and about 50% cocoa butter. Bittersweet chocolate blends at least 35% liquor with as much as 50% with cocoa butter, sugar and vanilla. Semisweet chocolate has the same ingredients as bittersweet with the addition of more sugar. Milk chocolate, which contains about 10% chocolate liquor, takes the process a step further by adding about 12% milk solids.

Not really the same thing, IMO, but hey, if you love chocolate, who cares? Have fun. 8)

 

[lynn]

According to healthierliving:

Researchers found chocolate contains four times the level of catechins than black tea, a common source of the anti-oxidant. High consumption of black tea has been linked to lower rates of heart disease and cancer. Dark chocolate contained 53.5 mg. of catechins per 100 g. of chocolate; milk chocolate contained 15.9 mg./100 g., and black tea contained 13.9 mg. per 100 mL. of tea, researchers report in the August 7 issue of The Lancet.

Hmm, looks like not all chocolates are created equal....

 

[pygmalion]

According to healthierliving:

Researchers found chocolate contains four times the level of catechins than black tea, a common source of the anti-oxidant. High consumption of black tea has been linked to lower rates of heart disease and cancer. Dark chocolate contained 53.5 mg. of catechins per 100 g. of chocolate; milk chocolate contained 15.9 mg./100 g., and black tea contained 13.9 mg. per 100 mL. of tea, researchers report in the August 7 issue of The Lancet.

Hmm, looks like not all chocolates are created equal....

True. Same thing with teas. Green, black and decaf all have different levels of both caffeine and anti-oxidants. 8)