What is a good quality chocolate?

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Itchy_Storm4154@reddit

Audreys - https://audreyschocolates.co.uk/

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Future_Ground6028@reddit

Galaxy’s milk bar is the best chocolate. It’s very smooth and melts the moment it touches your mouth.

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I just discovered Tony's sea salted caramel and I think it will be responsible for me dying of obesity or some other related health issue. It is the best chocolate bar I have ever tasted, and I can't stop eating it.

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No_Upstairs909@reddit (OP)

Just bought it yesterday and the price seemed lower per gram compared to Lindt. So far I liked it and doesn't feel like a brown sugar mass.

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Cultural-Serve3190@reddit

hey I just saw your post about the police clearance certificate from India and I came across your profile. I wasn't able to reply there nor could I DM you so here I am. I applied for one last week at vfs global. It went through to the high commission the very next day but it's been stuck there ever since. I need to start working so I need it asap. what was the timeline breakdown for each step in the process? can you please advise. your help is much appreciated. and also if you want to learn Tamil I can teach you btw

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No_Upstairs909@reddit (OP)

Hi I recall it being atleast 3 weeks. The only way to expedite it "asking" your local PC to look at it.

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Cultural-Serve3190@reddit

So when did it get to your local police station from the high commission? I am talking to people there but they haven't received it yet.

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No_Upstairs909@reddit (OP)

If I'm being honest I don't remember the exact timeline sorry.

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Barkasia@reddit

£4 for a bar of chocolate that tasted like advent calendar chocolate last time I had it. I support their cause but I don't get the rave reviews that always crop up on here.

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slimboyslim9@reddit

It’s £4 (although I’ve always seen it for less on store card prices anyway) because it’s twice the weight of most supermarket bars. They do a smaller variety now that’s more like £2 and is much more comfortable to eat as it’s not so chunky.

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Barkasia@reddit

It's 180g, which is fairly standard from what I've seen of most sharing bars.

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slimboyslim9@reddit

The 180g Dairy Milk bars are £3 where I’ve looked. I’ll gladly pay 1.33x more for better chocolate. The 100g standard Dairy Milk bars I was talking about are £2 so you’re then only paying 1.11x more for Tony’s.

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MrMikeJJ@reddit

but I don't get the rave reviews that always crop up on here.

The best part is the lack of blood from actual slaves in it.

Plus I like it, much better than advent & Cadburys.

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admirallottie@reddit

Apparently you should look into - Tony’s is supposedly not meeting most of its claims

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Grand_Act8840@reddit

They’re very open that exploitation may not be entirely eliminated from their supply chains despite their efforts - because that is so difficult to achieve because of where cocoa comes from and the supply chain is long. Their point is that when they discover/uncover it, they do something about it to eliminate it from their chain through education, support (or finding a new supplier I guess).

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rxuz@reddit

Advent calendar chocolate is spot on

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ShineAtom@reddit

I've tried it but found it too sweet for my taste.

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Kingsworth@reddit

Yup, so tasty. Reddit gets a bit weird over it though, apparently it tastes like advent calendar chocolate whatever that means. If that’s the case, can someone can direct me to said advent calendar?

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Infamous_Tough_7320@reddit

Just wish it wasn’t so expensive. But I’m willing to pay the price for (supposedly) how humane they are

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thesaharadesert@reddit

I heard they try raise the cocoa trees in the open, and they’re allowed to roam all day. Shelter is provided if a tree decides they’re not feeling it on a given day.

Much tastier than battery farmed chocolate bars.

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ads894@reddit

I hear that. I could just about justify it when it was £2.50 but now it’s £4 at Tesco 🥲

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cannydooper@reddit

The collaboration with Ben&Jerry’s has to be the best chocolate I’ve ever had. Dark chocolate with B&J brownie pieces omds get in my belly.

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mostlybaffed@reddit

I quite like Green and Black's Organic 70%

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Starlight-Kitty@reddit

Lindt, Ritter Sport and Läderach are my top three.

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EveMonsoon@reddit

Monty Bojangles - delicious chocolately truffles.

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Happy-Yak-2677@reddit

I don't get this at all. Sooooooo sweet and not very chocolatey to my taste.

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throwaway_t6788@reddit

galaxy truffles were nice. got them 2 years ago not seen since..

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admirallottie@reddit

You just reminded me of the truffle in celebrations!

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2AMarvin@reddit

The first listed ingredient, Vegetable Oils (Coconut, Palm Kernel), is a big no for me thanks.

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nepeta19@reddit

I wish I could find the chilli truffles that they used to do. They were the best chocolates I've ever had.

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Regular-Whereas-8053@reddit

Second this, my neighbour got me some for cat sitting and they were fabulous!

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94T0t0r0@reddit

Oh my god they’re incredible

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Happy-Yak-2677@reddit

Ocelot - but it is expensive.

Also a plug for https://www.zaraschocolates.com/

No link to them except that I have been buying her chocs since she was selling of market stands probably 15 years ago, and they are still just as delicious. If I get a box of her chocs for my birthday I am very happy. If I'm buying for myself I usually get the seat praline. Really really good.

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rxuz@reddit

The best chocolate I have ever tried has been always Montezuma. Their absolute black bar, is 100% Cocoa, it's an exotic powerful experience where one bar has lasted me months because you nibble the corner of one piece and enjoy it with tea, coffee, fruit, smoking, anything becomes richer.

My second favorite is Lime and Sea salt, just wow, incredibly powerful flavor both of them are so isolated but work so well together. That's a bar that you can chow down in 10 minutes.

Montezuma used to be in my local Tesco but unfortunately no longer, it's often available in health shops or order via the website where they have many taster test packs and a store finder tool.

I have gripes with Tony chocolonay, outside of the fact that it's very lecturing and the bar shape is so inconvenient, it's not premium chocolate - it's mediocre chocolate which is priced to reflect the true cost of creating mediocre chocolate without unfair labour.

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alurlol@reddit

I enjoy 90-95% dark but found that 100% bar from Montezuma far too much, it felt like eating mud. Been used in my chilli's since.

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Few_Calligrapher_764@reddit

I actually think Tony’s is the best texturally. Lindt is a bit too smooth for me. And a bit greasy if it’s warm weather!

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haikoup@reddit

Chocolate is over. Cocoa is increasing in rarity. So most companies now are just not using it as they should and replacing it with artificial flavourings and sugar.

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txe4@reddit

OP, what do you actually like?

Lindt is usually a solid choice but it's very expensive now.

I think some of the supermarket high-cocoa ones (eg the Sainsburys own-brand 90%) are decent.

All of them (Lindt and supermarket) can sometimes be found on supermarket special offer, so stock up when you see a good price.

I also rate Montezumas - especially the 100%-with-orange one - but it's also expensive.

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No_Upstairs909@reddit (OP)

I usually chocolate with nuts/caramel/mallow but not minty or orangey ones. I love Lindt!!!

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2AMarvin@reddit

Ritter Sport do hazelnuts in either dark or milk chocolate. No vegetable/palm oil, lovely smooth chocolate that actually tastes of chocolate. They also do a rather nice salted caramel.

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Outrageous_Shirt_737@reddit

I usually get a bar or two of Lindt with our weekly online shop and I stopped a couple of weeks ago when I realised how expensive they’d got! Luckily, they went on special offer so I bought some more, but I’ll be keeping an eye on the price!

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Wonky_Halo@reddit

www.bullionchocolate.com

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slimboyslim9@reddit

Second for this. Chanced upon the chocolate cafe in Sheffield and ended up taking a few bars to go. Delicious stuff. Proper, 2-3 ingredient single origin high-cocoa. £6-7 a bar but worth every penny.

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MisabelWearsNikes@reddit

I used to love Green & Black's almond bar & also their plain milk one, but hardly ever seen them in stores anymore & prices are just silly for a measly bar.

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MrReadilyUnready@reddit

To be honest, I think Galaxy is the best mainstream brand currently. The chocolate is still smooth and creamy, unlike Dairy Milk nowadays.

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MisabelWearsNikes@reddit

It's way too sweet & tasteless. I still prefer Dairy Milk.

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Leading_Screen_4216@reddit

I suspect you've not eaten a Galaxy for a few years. They are like drinking cooking oil now. I put the last one I had down after a few squares because of the horrid mouth full of oil texture.

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MrReadilyUnready@reddit

I actually only started buying Galaxy bars a couple of years ago. I last got one a month or two ago and I enjoyed it.

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lunaj1999@reddit

In terms of cheap, readily accessible chocolate, I think Tesco’s own brand is the best. It’s thick and tastes like chocolate.

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TheHootOwlofDeath@reddit

I agree, it's good quality for the price.

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FCSadsquatch@reddit

The Galaxy cookie crumble is to die for.

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Infamous_Tough_7320@reddit

It’s difficult to get behind any mainstream brand at the moment. Galaxy has just been super bland for me

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skybluepink77@reddit

I wish that were true...Galaxy is smooth &creamy, I grant you but has no taste anymore. It's gone the same way as Cadbury's.

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skybluepink77@reddit

I wish that were true...Galaxy is smooth &creamy, I grant you but has no taste anymore. It's gone the same way as Cadbury's.

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Aggressive_Poet_7059@reddit

Green and blacks milk chocolate is amazing and high coco content even though it's milk chocolate and not overly sweet

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Thread-Hunter@reddit

Hotel chocolat

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SpinMeADog@reddit

I can back their actual chocolate as being high quality. they do little batons of mint flavoured 70% chocolate and they're absolutely wonderful. once they start doing other stuff with the chocolate, the experience falls off a bit. had a large selection box from them once, about 3 or 4 of them were really quite nice, and all the rest really disappointing. either mediocre renditions of a basic chocolate, or ones that sounded nice but didn't live up to expectations

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Few_Calligrapher_764@reddit

They do a wee bag of little pebbles which are slightly layered maybe? They are delicious! Perfect chewy texture and size.

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MissFlipFlop@reddit

Shame they sold to Mars a couple of years ago. They lost their ethical angle with me then. And some of what's been made since has been lower quality for higher price.

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FakeNordicAlien@reddit

If you’re not allergic to nuts, I like Lindt Orange Intense, which has orange and almond slivers. Very chocolatey. I normally am not a Lindt fan at all - their milk chocolate tastes like rancid fat plus a boatload of sugar to me - but they do dark chocolate well. Their normal dark chocolate is also good, though a bit too bitter for me, and I prefer the orange.

I also like Ritter Sport dark chocolate with peppermint fondant filling so much that I bought out all the shops around here during chemo and nobody’s had any in since July. You’d think they’d restock, what with having a guaranteed buyer. Maybe I bought out the suppliers, too. Oddly, I don’t like any other Ritter Sport bars much, though the marzipan is OK.

My one brush with criminality was when I was 10 and tried to steal a bar of Ritter Sport peppermint from a sweet shop in town, and got an informal caution from the police. I like to think I’m balancing the scales now.

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No_Upstairs909@reddit (OP)

I hope you have recovered and I wish you a lifetime of Ritter Chocolates !

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blagsag@reddit

Booja Booja if you’re feeling spendy. Otherwise I’d recommend Monty Bojangles, Forest Feast or the bags of Lily O’Brien’s sea salt caramel chocolates.

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PercentageSea1212@reddit

Rita Sport all day

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SilverBirches123@reddit

No 1 Waitrose Milk Choc 49%. 100g on sale for £2.20 currently.

Only 6 ingredients, proper, very chocolatey but also enough sugar not to be bitter.

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Myorangecrush77@reddit

The best I’ve found in ages is Lidl’s

They do a 5 pack of small milk chocolate bars which are nice, and the pretzel one is lovely - takes me a week to get through it as it’s quite rich.

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Myorangecrush77@reddit

Tony’s is excellent. But it is going up in price by the week.

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Astronaut_Level@reddit

Lindt, Thornton’s, Lily O’Brien

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ThePsychicBunny@reddit

I'll probably get crucified here but Tesco own brand is nice.

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melanie110@reddit

Their salted pretzel chocolate is lush

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Embarrassed_Run7562@reddit

I came here to say this, the best chocolate bar in my opinion

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melanie110@reddit

I love Aldi Moisure Roth (sp)

Bloody lovely

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Purrtymeow04@reddit

Dark chocolate bar 70% or more. I like buying Lindt

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Cool-Sentence-2584@reddit

galaxy. also love lindt

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taknyos@reddit

There's some Lidl brand dark chocolate that's good imo, much better than most nowadays.

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g00gleb00gle@reddit

M&S bars are actually decent

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Terrible-Group-9602@reddit

That Tony's stuff tastes like it actually has cocoa in it!

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Jacks_Journey@reddit

I like Ritter

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Green-Ad5007@reddit

Green and Black's

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braverthanweare@reddit

Milka is the best tasting as far I'm concerned

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Capable_Tip7815@reddit

Lindt and Ritter Sport. M&S too.

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StrawbFroggo@reddit

Love Cocoa - owned by James Cadbury and is certified B corporation. Single origin chocolate too.

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TipiElle@reddit

M&S cooking chocolate. £1.25 per 100g. The milk but also the golden blonde is delicious. Fairtrade too.

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GeekyGamer2022@reddit

Green & Blacks
Hotel Chocolat

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forgetthesolution@reddit

Divine

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BG3restart@reddit

From the supermarket, I like Lindt Excellence. I only eat dark chocolate and their dark chocolate is excellent, but I can't comment on the milk.

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ProtonHyrax99@reddit

Montezuma is pretty good. High cocoa content.

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auntie_climax@reddit

This is what I get, it's gone up a lot in price in just a few months tho! But as it's so dark and quality, a bar does last me ages, I get the 100% dark

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jolittletime@reddit

Hotel chocolat. Their flavours are really good (pistachio and honey bars, dark fruit and nut), the plain chocolate is amazing and I've never had one of their filled chocolates i didnt like!

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According_Style2520@reddit

The Lindt extra creamy is my go to these days. If youre after something extra special, Hotel Chocolat is pretty good and Godiva is another one

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hp17nw@reddit

I like Hu chocolate, the milk simple bar has 4 ingredients.

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TEFAlpha9@reddit

I read lindt excellence range has the best cocoa and least palm oil content. All the Cadbury crap tastes like oil and grease to me now

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mrggy@reddit

You'll want to be getting dark chocolate rather than milk. Look for independent brands rather than supermarket chocolate. I like Hotel Chocolat, personally. You should also look for small independent chocolatiers in your area

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Inner-Device-4530@reddit

Coca prices are going up and sugar is cheap, so to maintain profits they reduce the costly ingredients. Recently both penguin and club have stopped being described as chocolate and now have to be called chocolate flavoured because of this. I am not a chocolate eater, but the wife does like the tesco's own brand dark chocolate, think they do 3 or 4 different types which don't have a lot of sugar in them

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mhoulden@reddit

Lindt, Ritter Sport, or premium supermarket own-brands. Lindt does one that's 97% cocoa if you like it dark.

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