A lot of people are asking me if I have tried a particular brand or what I think of some particular chocolate, but I cannot answer all of these questions. However, every chocolate I have eaten since 1993 is on my chocolate blog, which has a search bar right at the top. The link to the blog is in this video's description.
I just ordered the Porcelana 70% :) along with a tasting box of the same brand. 🍫 Not sure if because is closer but here is only 11€ (not 100USD) ... also thanks to looking for that I discovered a "Chocolate Club" company here in Spain so I'll be checking out more often. Thanks :)
I can confirm that Lindt Excellence is truly, well, excellent. The Extra Dark and Bitter variations actually stick to their promise have low sugar and strong bitter taste. That also makes them more healthy than most full milk variants. Probably something special in the United States, too. Since sugar levels in most American foods I found to be much higher (sometimes double that) of their European counter-parts.
Hey Tim I have a game question, you are obviously a pillar of the RPG community but Im wondering if you somehow missed all the JRPGs (im assuming you didn't have a PlayStation) and I'm not talking about Final Fantasy. My favorite game is Steambot Chronicles from 2004 on PS2 it was a super small dev team and its the closest thing I know to Arcanum they put everything into steambot chronicles and its mechanics are unique to that game down to how you move each stick controls a foot. Its about a boy who goes to a new continent looking for work and finds an industrial revolution and you can interact with just about every element of its economy and revolution itself and a world war happens. It doesn't have skill trees its all about player choices and i consider it the ultimate sandbox. Its also hilarious and made me laugh hundreds of times. You get a steam powered robot that you customize and that determines how you can interact with the world in hundreds of ways. It had a rich system for how people treated you. Unfortunately the devs were working on a sequel but passed in the Fukushima disaster.
Hey tim im wondering what you think about JRPGs considering your a master and pillar of American RPGs, I assume you never played them due to not having a PlayStation but there's so much more than final fantasy. My favorite game of all time is a sandbox JRPG Steambot Chronicles from 2004 it is the most similar game ever made to Arcanums level of content and play style I think they were fans of your games. Steambot Chronicles was a small dev team but they put everything into that game, you were a boy who stowed away on a ship and reached a new continent amid an industrial revolution and you can interact with ever aspect of the revolution from its economy to shaping the world to developing technology the divergence from reality is they use robots instead of cars. The game has no skill trees or perks instead how you customize your robot determines how you interact with the world and i love that and combat is only about 5% of that. The game also developed there own mechanics for everything even moving was weird because each stick controls an individual foot. The game has rich reactivity and is hilarious when you pick dialogue you cant see the exact response instead it gives you the jist like "be angry" "be honest" and there are different responses for those choices depending on factors like how your personality developed and how people think of you as well as past choices, I i loved this personality system because dialogue would change depending on your actions and develop throughout. It also didn't have romance and characters were detailed. I enjoyed Seing how my guy ended up just as much as the world he would have emotions you could go to balconies and hear how he felt depending on the personality you shaped for him. The world could end up completely different depending on your choices and a world war even happens where you can interact with factions. It had every aspect of life represented it had hundreds of cool game mechanics like playing instruments and investing in business, travel was detailed, jobs, tasks. Its like a Japanese Arcanum with super cool open world physics and the combat still holds up to me because no game has ever been similar in how you control the robot. If you ever want to play Japanese Arcanum it is still around but its a holy grail game that sells for like 300-1000$. I still have my copy I ordered based off an article where the dev said he just wanted to make a game where you could live life within the industrial revolution and have your choices shape both your character and the world around him. They even had the thing at the end where it tells you what happened throughout. I figured I might as well recommend it its like the Japanese version of a Tim Cain Game. My friends who loved Arcanum and fallout 1 loved Steambot Chronicles and I find I can Usually put CRPG fans onto Steambot and if they can figure out the clunky controls it becomes there favorite game of all time. If I loan someone that game I trust them with my life.
Dear Tim, I have spent the last hour searching for SO many god damn brands of chocolates mentioned in here, and I also just ordered some Dark Chocolate Graham Crackers of which I had NO idea were even things that existed and just thank you for illuminating these haha.
They sell Amedei Porcelana 70 made from Criollo for about $12.25 here in Europe. Just in case you're looking for a more affordable supplier, try here:)
I used to work in the Fazer chocolate factory years ago. They were really particular about the quality and the chocolateur would condemn a batch on a whim if it wasn't up to his standard, even if it was destined for the mass market milk chocolate bars. It took a bit of traveling before I realized the bog standard chocolate we've got is relatively high quality. Must have put on 15 pounds during that stint.
It's fantastic that Fazer's chocolate made it to Tim's list. I was already going to recommend it and then noticed it was in the video. I always buy Fazer chocolate as a gift for my foreign friends and also when someone visits Finland. Many have said that Fazer is the best chocolate in the world. I was crazy about the popcorn chocolate that was on the market a few years ago, but unfortunately, it's no longer available. I also like Estonian Kalev chocolate, but Swedish Marabou is too sweet for me.
Far out-supercool to see the Whitakers mention! Kiwi here who grew up with Whitakers. When I was a kid they made just one thing, peanut slabs. Every dairy (corner store), sold them, unwrapped, along with lolly mixtures, ice-creams etc and you couldn't buy them in grocery stores for ages. They were a fixture of every pre-millenial kiwi's childhood. Incredibly, I could swear the chocolate still tastes the same today as it did then, where other inferior chocolate like Cadbury has become so sugary you can barely tell it's still chocolate. You are a man of rare taste Mr Cain!
Lol, just finished the video and saw your backhanded Cadbury comments (it totally does taste completely different depending on the country you buy it in)!
@@lennysmileyface I remember that factory vividly from my uni days-even did the tour. Employed so many people! Once it closed and all the Cadbury came from Australia, the quality seriously nose-dived. It's no wonder no one buys it here anymore
I don't recall ever having a Lindt bar, but their Lindor balls are a traditional stocking stuffer in my family around the winter holidays. Always look forward to having some at Christmas.
Tim, the insanely wide array of facial expressions and sheer passion with which you deliver this lecture about chocolate has absolutely made my day. Thank you!
Fazer! They make my favourite milk chocolate. The reason Fazer makes "odd flavour combinations" is because those type of chocolate bars areiä really popular in the nordic countries. I'd recommend their orange milk chocolate bar or Marianne (minty hardcandy bits) milk chocolate bar.
Love seeing how your face lighten up when talking about chocolate you’re passionate about. Inspiring me to try out a fancier chocolate bar next time I stop by a whole foods
My mom loves dark chocolate and im definitely buying her a 78% lindt bar whenever ill find one, the way Tim talks about chocolate makes it sound so good
So, a note on the Cadbury's thing. 1. The original factory near Birmingham in the UK still operates and produces. Also all the surrounding railings on the nearby train stations are purple to represent this. 2. Cadbury's got bought out by the Kraft corporation quite a few years ago and since then the quality dropped. So I think the disconnect you get is when you have a Kraft made Cadbury's bar over a proper one made here in the UK :)
I similar thing has happened since Nestle took over Rowntrees in York. Thankfully the factory is still there too. The whole city was heavily influenced by the same Quaker movement as in Birmingham. We still have Quaker meeting halls, Quaker schools and a bunch more. Because they didn't drink chocolate was their specialty. Being a pretty compact city you can smell the chocolate smell if the wind is in the right direction over a bunch of the inner city around the walls. I used to work in the hospital, which is opposite the factory. You'd get hungry just from breathing the air. Unfortunately Terry's got shut when they were bought out. The old factory was actually beautiful in its architecture. On Lindt we have a Lindt shop in Leeds. It's not huge but it's rammed to the gills with every kind they make. There's a large pick and mix section where you can get all the different ones you want in a box. Plus for whatever reason you always seem to get a free Lindt teddy bear whenever you buy anything. Not the tiny ones either. Sorry one last thing id forgotten before. The head flavor creator for Rowntrees before they changed lives near my mum and dad. He used to drink in my dad's local pub. Literally every time he came in he brought plates of tiny meals, I guess you'd say sort of canapes, but way more complex. I've eaten in a lot of really nice restaurants in my time but I've never had nicer food. Literally anything he brought in was a tiny masterpiece. Didn't matter if it was sweet or savory. He didn't charge anything, it was just what he loved doing then he'd bring whatever he was working on that day and just give it out at the bar to anyone that wanted some.
@swinny5797 - Thanks for sharing that info! I love chocolate, but I only have 1 Cadbury chocolate that I keep coming back to ... the Fruit & Nut one with purple colour on the package. I'm in Ontario, Canada... so I usually have to get it at a local 'British Store'. 🙂
Lindt, yes! I had to reach an age when I had some money of my own to freely spend, before I managed to finally get Lindt's dark chocolate eggs for Easter. That's because, in my family, the only approved concept regarding processed food buying was a high weight over price ratio. But I never went back. Thanks for your videos!
When I was growing up in Poland in early 2000s small shops (or sometimes literally just stands) that would sell products from Germany were very popular. They would primarily sell cleaning supplies, laundry detergents etc. since the German ones were higher quality than what was produced for the Polish market. They would also often sell sweets and it was always great when I managed to convince my mom to buy me a bar of Ritter chocolate. They also would often sell this coffee and cream flavored chocolate that had white chocolate on top and normal chocolate on the bottom. Used to love that too though it wasn't as good quality wise as Ritter was. Also Fazer used to sell those amazing mint chocolate candy that had like a liquid minty filling and came in silver wrappers. Haven't seen them in forever over here but I would go crazy for them as a kid.
So it looks like they sell that Amedei Porcelana bar here in the UK for £10, I'm guessing they've got a regular suppy going now. I'll definitely pick some up for myself & my family, and if you want I'm happy to organize a care package for you, Tim. 🍫
This is amazing, chilling out listening to Tim tell us about his favorite chocolate. I love it!! *Edit: I just wanted to add, I made the best brownies in my life once, using Scharffen Berger chocolate.
Here in Finland Fazer has been on this thing for the last few years where they basically iterate through different popular types of candy or cookies and try shoving them into their chocolate bars, one after another. All the traditional stocking stuffers and "candy your grandma always has" have had their turn. The other big chocolate brand here is the Swedish Marabou. Lindt bars are placed at the end of the candy/chocolate isle.
Speaking of Marabou, do you remember the ones with strawberry pieces in it? To me, it was criminally underrated. I thought it was so good. Then they stopped producing them and sold them all out dirt cheap all over the place. So i remember buying a whole bag of those.
My mother was born and raised in Finland, and ever since I was little I've been familiar with Fazer. Hands down my favorite milk chocolate, and to this day I get just as excited over a 100 gram bar of Fazer blue as when I was a child. Absolutely wonderful stuff.
Lindt is my favorite, too! I'll have to check out some of the others you suggested, since we seem to have a similar palate. Thanks for the video and have a great weekend!
Did you see Seamus Blackley made his own chocolate? I can't remember what beans he used, but he made an awesome twitter thread (like he does with his cool projects).
Tim feels and talks about Chocolate the same way I feel and talk about coffee, and that's great. Everyone needs to have a "thing" they enjoy which is just unambiguously good and enjoyable and improves any day. I am going to have to start tracking down some single-origin chocolate to go with my single origin coffee next time I am in Seattle.
Venezuela! where i was born and raised. i might had that chocolate without even knowing it was that special. Btw, i do really enjoy your videos, Tim. Your perspective and the way you explain how all this pc gaming started. Thank you Tim.
My Mom went to a local class last year where they processed cacao from the the bean I think and made their own chocolate, the person running the class has made a bunch of the equipment on their own, the chocolate was so different then anything I've ever had before, we savored it on special occasions throughout the year. I need to nudge my Mom into finding another class lol
Hey Tim! Thank for a great vid. Wanted to let you know that Royce Chocolate just opened a booth/store in the Alderwood mall in Lynnwood. They have all the products they sell on their retail site including seasonal nama chocolate !
Judging from your blog, you never tried Wedel chocolate from Poland. We Poles absolutely love it and I can wholeheartedly recommend it. If there are any Polish stores in your area, they would probably have it. I also recommend Ptasie Mleczko for a delicious chocolate-covered candy.
Looking at your chocolate blog (which I must say is quite extensive) almost all of the Cadbury’s chocolate you’ve tasted Tim looks like a lot of newer recipes, which don’t have the same flavour or subtle notes as the more traditional varieties since Kraft’s takeover in 2009. As a Brit who has tried a lot of different Cadbury’s chocolate, I would point more towards the older chocolate recipes: • Bourneville - it’s the original Cadbury’s Dark Chocolate brand, with a minimum 36% cocoa content. Overseas version of this may have a much higher cocoa percentage. • Crunchie - they have a honeycomb interior, covered in milk chocolate (you love them in the blog) • Wispa - is a chocolate bar with lots of tiny bubbles in the inner centre of the bar, covered in an outer layer of milk chocolate. It’s very similar to an Aero Bar with its aerated bubbly chocolate in the centre, but the outer layer gives it more of a crunch or solid feel to it when you bite into it. • Flake - is a chocolate bar made up of lots of strands of thinly folded milk chocolate, which is sort of half melted together, giving it a unique crumbly texture. The thin strands of chocolate melt in your mouth. During the summer, ice cream vans sell a cone of whipped vanilla ice cream with a Flake bar in it, called a 99 Flake. • Twirl - is very similar to the aforementioned Flake, as the chocolate bar consists of two Flakes side-by-side, covered in milk chocolate, giving the bar a textural contrast. • Fingers - these are thin biscuits covered in milk chocolate. These are very addictive and once opened you end up eating all of them in one go. • Picnic - is a chocolate bar with milk chocolate, peanuts, chewy nougat, caramel, biscuit and puffed rice. It sounds like a bizarre combination, yet combines quite well together. If you had to pick only one, I would recommend the Flake the most, as it is the most unique out of the bunch texture and flavour wise. None of these should affect your favourite list (as all the chocolate you’ve listed in the video are consistently better than Cadbury’s), but worth looking out for if you wanted to try the better Cadbury’s flavours. I've checked and you can order all of these flavours from Walmart, so you can likely get them from other suppliers and shops too. Other non-Cadbury brands of chocolate which are notable in the UK are Thorntons (which you have already tried in the blog), Terry's Chocolate Orange (which you've tried and hated and so do a lot of other Brits) and After 8’s (they are mint chocolate thins which have a stronger flavour and are best enjoyed after a dinner party as they are surprisingly filling). Hope this gives you new chocolates to try Tim :)
Tim, have you had 'Le Petit Ecolier' cookies? They're a butter cookie covered in a slab of dark or milk chocolate (dark is the best one). You need to try them if you haven't!!
Lindt, as you mentioned, is very easy to find and great value for its price. It is my favourite dark chocolate brand since I first tried them. I'll try Amedei Porcelana as soon as I can. Thanks a bunch Tim.
Glad to hear some love for our kiwi brand! The last two years I flew to the states for PAX, I brought about 69lbs of Whittaker's with me + ingredients to make lolly cake for my American friends. Had a fun time with TSA, lmao
A lot of times I wish these videos could have chapters, but I get not adding them if it's a lot of work. Either way... didn't think I would be so into Tim Cain's chocolate preferences, but I enjoy this video a lot. Personally I've lived in the US and Japan, so I've not experienced really great chocolate. A lot of the Japanese chocolate is pretty much comparable to the typical chocolate in the US. But like a lot of things in Japan, there are extremely high end, high quality, exorbitant price options. The common ones over there are Ghana (better than a Hershey bar, but similar composition: the name comes from the cacao sourced from Ghana), Crunky (great name, but basically a Nestle Crunch bar), and some Morinaga types that are usually just milk chocolate or maybe chocolate + some fruit flavor mixed in. I bet part of the similar flavor profile/quality between US and Japanese chocolates come down to Nestle having a big presence in both countries.
Me watching every other video sharing decades of industry wisdom and insider insight: "wow, neat" Me watching favorite chocolate: *feverishly taking notes*
Vosges Mo's Dark Chocolate Bacon Bar is wonderful. I started keto, and someone gifted me one of these bars as a dessert treat that was generally keto safe. It's the best chocolate bar I've tasted so far! I'll have to give some of the others on this list when I get a chance.
Not sure if you've ever reviewed it, but one of my favorite chocolates is Tony's Chocolonely. They've got a really good caramel and sea salt bar, and a pretzel one. Love the sweet and salty combination
Lindt is my favourite, they have so much variety without going into absurd pricing. I'm definitely going to try and hunt down some of the other recommendations.
God I love dark chocolate. I like Lindt a lot, but funny enough a local brand that sells a slightly cheaper chocolate just next door is my favorite one. Of course I don't know nearly as many as you do.
I know this will likely never be read, but I think you might be interested to try a historic recipe! There's a British seller called "The Copper Pot" and he provides quite a few different things, but there's a particular 1685 recipe that contains chilli, orange, cinnamon, cloves, anise and vanilla! You can buy it either as a hot chocolate pellet in white or dark, or a bar of milk chocolate! Its really nice, I hope you enjoy it!
My wife swear to Valrhona, and I'll grant her, it's damn good chocolate. I once gave her a 3kg bag of Valrhona cooking chocolate for our anniversary. She was very happy 😊
Tim, do you enjoy cooking mechanics in games? If so, what's your favorite so far? Have you ever thought of including these mechanics in your own games, or even doing themed games, like Haunted Chocolatier?
There are some amazing chocolates out of there. I use Amedei cocoa powder quite often and I really like it. I have never tried Porcelana, but nowadays it is more like €10 per 50 grams tablet in their official site. Marou and Michel Cluizel also have some good dark ones.
My favourite dark chocolate is the dark couverture from Haigh's, here in Australia. But I am not a huge dark chocolate guy so people that are may not like it as much as me. If I get Whittaker's I am usually getting there regular chocolate with caramel filling.
I bought Amedei Porcelana for a rather reasonable price back in the day. I think I bought another one for a less reasonable price in Amsterdam just because I liked it so much. Amedei has made some very nice bars but they are so hard to get these days. I like Pralus a lot, their 100% criollo is amazing for something with such a percentage. Melts in your mouth. Zotter has some very nice bars. Interesting to see Fazer mentioned since it is from my country. Lindt is good and my first choice from what is sold in the usual shops in here. Funny to find myself writing this all in here, grew up with Fallout and never thought I would be listening to its creator talking about chocolate one day.
Yoooo, i'm Australian and Whittakers is by far my favourite, was so surprised by the mention. Old Gold has a Baileys flavour, which might be a little sweet if you're into the more bitter ones, but I love it.
I had Fazer recently, a Finnish friend of mine practically forced me to order some. (She recently did the same for all of our friends) Some of the best chocolate I've had. I've also had a few single origin bars, and I really couldn't tell much out, but they were very pleasant.
I love that you're a massive chocolate nerd Tim, I had no idea! I've tried Lindt's >90% chocolates and they were a bit too much… oof. Couldn't eat them on their own, but they went well with a cup of coffee. Whittaker's is also great!
Not sure if you guys have Purdy's over in America, it's a store in Canada, but their chocolate Hedgehogs are my favorite chocolates, they're beautifully sweet and nutty.
Wow, I'm glad Whittaker's made your list. I stumbled across it during a trip to NZ and it's like hands-down my most favorite find while traveling. I was secretly hoping it would get a mention, but I mean, I'm no chococonnoisseur. Another thing I fondly remember from NZ was a ginger-based drink that I had in a place called Hobbiton which had a tavern or inn called the Green dragon or something. I still have not found a good facsimile of that drink.
Huh, I didn’t expect for my preferred brands (Lindt and Ritter) to make the cut. I got into specialty coffee during coffee, and I was considering into delving deeper into chocolate world. Might take your recommendations and see if I can track some of them.
So Cadbury is different in different regions - next time you're in Australia, I would suggest re-trying the local Cadbury from there, various varieties of course, but especially Milk Chocolate, possibly side by side with some UK variant, it's treated to avoid melting, so it's creamier. Yes I checked the blog and didn't see you try this one specifically.
Happy fun Friday, everybody. Some of my favorites: Trader Joe's 85% Dark Choc Lover's, Lindt, Chocolove, Endangered Species, Theo's (from Seattle, checked out their choc factory)
Thanks for the video Tim, I'm super excited to try out some of these chocolates. I think a local store near me carries Lindt often! I mightve had one of their bars with chile peppers in it and it was fantastic. I've thought of doing a similar cataloging style you do but for craft soda since I really like the local and regional stuff I've found here in Indiana. Of course this will be much more unhealthy for me than dark chocolate lol but I think it'd be fun for as long as I can do it!
Dude! If you like Lindt, you have to try their "Cacao Pur" line. It's a 82% chocolate with 18 % cocoa fruit pulp added for sweetness instead of sugar. Very rich and fruity taste.
I can eat creme eggs until they come out of my ears. Lindt is awesome. On my travels of America, eating mainstream chocolate, i came to realise we're really lucky here in the UK.
What do you mean when you say a chocolate is dry? Personally I've really enjoyed Green and Blacks 70% as my goto but you have reviewed them as dry. I've also had lindt 70% and while they are good and different I didn't particularly think of it as 'wet'. I do definitely think they had a different consistency. I may have to get them side by side to figure them out.
I find some chocolate to be dry, meaning the cacao butter is not melting in my mouth for some reason. Like it’s a bit chalky. It can be a sign of low cacao butter percentage, or sometimes of blooming.
Tim, you should try Cadbury Bournville dark chocolate. We get it here in the UK and it’s pretty nice. I am not a chocolate nerd so can’t speak to its quality really, but it would be good if you managed to get hold of a bar.
Hey Tim, If you ever happen to find yourself in Fargo, ND, give Carol Widman's Candy a shot and try their Chippers. I have yet to find a chocolate covered potato chip that tastes as good.
I have very fond memories of 10p - about 15 cents US - Freddo chocolate bars from the local corner shop as a kid. Looking back, I think there might just have been a reason they were so cheap! Not sure I could stomach one these days. Thanks for the recommendations, Tim. Time to clear some fridge space for a box of Royce!
I had no idea you were into this sort of thing so going in I was like oh maybe he’ll say like a Crunch bar or a Lindor, was absolutely not expecting something so fancy and expensive. I was like “Oh, Tim is 100% a chocolate guy.”
I'm not a fan of Lindt, but Fazer is good. Ritter is also nice. My personal favorites are Tony's and Marabou. I tend to stick to milk chocolate, rather than dark.
What is your favorite chocolate serving temp? Cold, chilled, room temp? What do you think about the American "pukey" milk chocolate? I'm used to smooth creamy rich European milk chocolate, so to me it's putrid. It's like you strip milk chocolate of the goodness, and replace that with the worst parts of parmesan.
Hi Tim! I saw on your chocolate-pedia that you have tried both Marabou with Daim and Cadbury Dairy Milk Daim. Have you ever tried just the standard Daim bar or the Daim bar with orange?
A lot of people are asking me if I have tried a particular brand or what I think of some particular chocolate, but I cannot answer all of these questions. However, every chocolate I have eaten since 1993 is on my chocolate blog, which has a search bar right at the top. The link to the blog is in this video's description.
I just ordered the Porcelana 70% :) along with a tasting box of the same brand. 🍫 Not sure if because is closer but here is only 11€ (not 100USD) ... also thanks to looking for that I discovered a "Chocolate Club" company here in Spain so I'll be checking out more often.
Thanks :)
I can confirm that Lindt Excellence is truly, well, excellent. The Extra Dark and Bitter variations actually stick to their promise have low sugar and strong bitter taste. That also makes them more healthy than most full milk variants.
Probably something special in the United States, too. Since sugar levels in most American foods I found to be much higher (sometimes double that) of their European counter-parts.
Hey Tim I have a game question, you are obviously a pillar of the RPG community but Im wondering if you somehow missed all the JRPGs (im assuming you didn't have a PlayStation) and I'm not talking about Final Fantasy. My favorite game is Steambot Chronicles from 2004 on PS2 it was a super small dev team and its the closest thing I know to Arcanum they put everything into steambot chronicles and its mechanics are unique to that game down to how you move each stick controls a foot. Its about a boy who goes to a new continent looking for work and finds an industrial revolution and you can interact with just about every element of its economy and revolution itself and a world war happens. It doesn't have skill trees its all about player choices and i consider it the ultimate sandbox. Its also hilarious and made me laugh hundreds of times. You get a steam powered robot that you customize and that determines how you can interact with the world in hundreds of ways. It had a rich system for how people treated you. Unfortunately the devs were working on a sequel but passed in the Fukushima disaster.
Hey tim im wondering what you think about JRPGs considering your a master and pillar of American RPGs, I assume you never played them due to not having a PlayStation but there's so much more than final fantasy. My favorite game of all time is a sandbox JRPG Steambot Chronicles from 2004 it is the most similar game ever made to Arcanums level of content and play style I think they were fans of your games. Steambot Chronicles was a small dev team but they put everything into that game, you were a boy who stowed away on a ship and reached a new continent amid an industrial revolution and you can interact with ever aspect of the revolution from its economy to shaping the world to developing technology the divergence from reality is they use robots instead of cars. The game has no skill trees or perks instead how you customize your robot determines how you interact with the world and i love that and combat is only about 5% of that. The game also developed there own mechanics for everything even moving was weird because each stick controls an individual foot. The game has rich reactivity and is hilarious when you pick dialogue you cant see the exact response instead it gives you the jist like "be angry" "be honest" and there are different responses for those choices depending on factors like how your personality developed and how people think of you as well as past choices, I i loved this personality system because dialogue would change depending on your actions and develop throughout. It also didn't have romance and characters were detailed. I enjoyed Seing how my guy ended up just as much as the world he would have emotions you could go to balconies and hear how he felt depending on the personality you shaped for him. The world could end up completely different depending on your choices and a world war even happens where you can interact with factions. It had every aspect of life represented it had hundreds of cool game mechanics like playing instruments and investing in business, travel was detailed, jobs, tasks. Its like a Japanese Arcanum with super cool open world physics and the combat still holds up to me because no game has ever been similar in how you control the robot. If you ever want to play Japanese Arcanum it is still around but its a holy grail game that sells for like 300-1000$. I still have my copy I ordered based off an article where the dev said he just wanted to make a game where you could live life within the industrial revolution and have your choices shape both your character and the world around him. They even had the thing at the end where it tells you what happened throughout. I figured I might as well recommend it its like the Japanese version of a Tim Cain Game. My friends who loved Arcanum and fallout 1 loved Steambot Chronicles and I find I can Usually put CRPG fans onto Steambot and if they can figure out the clunky controls it becomes there favorite game of all time. If I loan someone that game I trust them with my life.
Holy macaroni that is a lot of chocolate :)
Tim subtlety telling us what kind of chocolate to send to him.
He's a genius...
He's a genius… I'll take one of each.
😂😂😂😂❤
Nice
The fine line between audience exploitation,
and emergent chocolate eating?
(LOL!)
Dear Tim, I have spent the last hour searching for SO many god damn brands of chocolates mentioned in here, and I also just ordered some Dark Chocolate Graham Crackers of which I had NO idea were even things that existed and just thank you for illuminating these haha.
Thank you. I feel validated
"I'm gonna start with my absolute favorite chocolate bar, bar none". Me: Ooh, haven't heard of that one!
Your username is clever
They sell Amedei Porcelana 70 made from Criollo for about $12.25 here in Europe. Just in case you're looking for a more affordable supplier, try here:)
I used to work in the Fazer chocolate factory years ago. They were really particular about the quality and the chocolateur would condemn a batch on a whim if it wasn't up to his standard, even if it was destined for the mass market milk chocolate bars. It took a bit of traveling before I realized the bog standard chocolate we've got is relatively high quality.
Must have put on 15 pounds during that stint.
It's fantastic that Fazer's chocolate made it to Tim's list. I was already going to recommend it and then noticed it was in the video. I always buy Fazer chocolate as a gift for my foreign friends and also when someone visits Finland. Many have said that Fazer is the best chocolate in the world. I was crazy about the popcorn chocolate that was on the market a few years ago, but unfortunately, it's no longer available. I also like Estonian Kalev chocolate, but Swedish Marabou is too sweet for me.
Far out-supercool to see the Whitakers mention! Kiwi here who grew up with Whitakers. When I was a kid they made just one thing, peanut slabs. Every dairy (corner store), sold them, unwrapped, along with lolly mixtures, ice-creams etc and you couldn't buy them in grocery stores for ages. They were a fixture of every pre-millenial kiwi's childhood. Incredibly, I could swear the chocolate still tastes the same today as it did then, where other inferior chocolate like Cadbury has become so sugary you can barely tell it's still chocolate. You are a man of rare taste Mr Cain!
Lol, just finished the video and saw your backhanded Cadbury comments (it totally does taste completely different depending on the country you buy it in)!
Yeah I thought so too! Always nice to see NZ represented!
Cadbury had to close that Dunedin factory because no one wanted their crap chocolate.
@@lennysmileyface I remember that factory vividly from my uni days-even did the tour. Employed so many people! Once it closed and all the Cadbury came from Australia, the quality seriously nose-dived. It's no wonder no one buys it here anymore
Ok now we are talking
I don't recall ever having a Lindt bar, but their Lindor balls are a traditional stocking stuffer in my family around the winter holidays. Always look forward to having some at Christmas.
The sea salt truffles are 🧑🍳🤌💋 magnifique
Tim, the insanely wide array of facial expressions and sheer passion with which you deliver this lecture about chocolate has absolutely made my day. Thank you!
Fazer! They make my favourite milk chocolate.
The reason Fazer makes "odd flavour combinations" is because those type of chocolate bars areiä really popular in the nordic countries. I'd recommend their orange milk chocolate bar or Marianne (minty hardcandy bits) milk chocolate bar.
Marianne doesn't last long in my apartment, haha
Fazer mainittu. Torille🎉
I was crazy about the popcorn chocolate that was on the market a few years ago, but unfortunately, it's no longer available.
Love seeing how your face lighten up when talking about chocolate you’re passionate about. Inspiring me to try out a fancier chocolate bar next time I stop by a whole foods
My mom loves dark chocolate and im definitely buying her a 78% lindt bar whenever ill find one, the way Tim talks about chocolate makes it sound so good
So, a note on the Cadbury's thing. 1. The original factory near Birmingham in the UK still operates and produces. Also all the surrounding railings on the nearby train stations are purple to represent this. 2. Cadbury's got bought out by the Kraft corporation quite a few years ago and since then the quality dropped. So I think the disconnect you get is when you have a Kraft made Cadbury's bar over a proper one made here in the UK :)
Mondalez international used to be the snack division of Kraft before they spun off and the rest of Kraft merged with the ketchup people at Heinz
I similar thing has happened since Nestle took over Rowntrees in York. Thankfully the factory is still there too. The whole city was heavily influenced by the same Quaker movement as in Birmingham. We still have Quaker meeting halls, Quaker schools and a bunch more. Because they didn't drink chocolate was their specialty. Being a pretty compact city you can smell the chocolate smell if the wind is in the right direction over a bunch of the inner city around the walls. I used to work in the hospital, which is opposite the factory. You'd get hungry just from breathing the air. Unfortunately Terry's got shut when they were bought out. The old factory was actually beautiful in its architecture.
On Lindt we have a Lindt shop in Leeds. It's not huge but it's rammed to the gills with every kind they make. There's a large pick and mix section where you can get all the different ones you want in a box. Plus for whatever reason you always seem to get a free Lindt teddy bear whenever you buy anything. Not the tiny ones either.
Sorry one last thing id forgotten before. The head flavor creator for Rowntrees before they changed lives near my mum and dad. He used to drink in my dad's local pub. Literally every time he came in he brought plates of tiny meals, I guess you'd say sort of canapes, but way more complex. I've eaten in a lot of really nice restaurants in my time but I've never had nicer food. Literally anything he brought in was a tiny masterpiece. Didn't matter if it was sweet or savory. He didn't charge anything, it was just what he loved doing then he'd bring whatever he was working on that day and just give it out at the bar to anyone that wanted some.
@swinny5797 - Thanks for sharing that info! I love chocolate, but I only have 1 Cadbury chocolate that I keep coming back to ... the Fruit & Nut one with purple colour on the package. I'm in Ontario, Canada... so I usually have to get it at a local 'British Store'. 🙂
Visiting the UK in a few months, guess I better add that to the list.
Yes! Lindt really are great for the price. Before WFH, I always had a bowl of Lindt Truffles at my desk for any passerby.
Lindt, yes!
I had to reach an age when I had some money of my own to freely spend,
before I managed to finally get Lindt's dark chocolate eggs for Easter.
That's because, in my family, the only approved concept regarding processed food buying
was a high weight over price ratio.
But I never went back.
Thanks for your videos!
When I was growing up in Poland in early 2000s small shops (or sometimes literally just stands) that would sell products from Germany were very popular. They would primarily sell cleaning supplies, laundry detergents etc. since the German ones were higher quality than what was produced for the Polish market. They would also often sell sweets and it was always great when I managed to convince my mom to buy me a bar of Ritter chocolate. They also would often sell this coffee and cream flavored chocolate that had white chocolate on top and normal chocolate on the bottom. Used to love that too though it wasn't as good quality wise as Ritter was.
Also Fazer used to sell those amazing mint chocolate candy that had like a liquid minty filling and came in silver wrappers. Haven't seen them in forever over here but I would go crazy for them as a kid.
Fazer still do the mint center candies, they sell huge blue boxes of them around Christmas time! (In Finland that is)
So it looks like they sell that Amedei Porcelana bar here in the UK for £10, I'm guessing they've got a regular suppy going now.
I'll definitely pick some up for myself & my family, and if you want I'm happy to organize a care package for you, Tim. 🍫
This is amazing, chilling out listening to Tim tell us about his favorite chocolate. I love it!!
*Edit: I just wanted to add, I made the best brownies in my life once, using Scharffen Berger chocolate.
He's talks like he's recording a podcast. I want the CainCast!!!
Here in Finland Fazer has been on this thing for the last few years where they basically iterate through different popular types of candy or cookies and try shoving them into their chocolate bars, one after another. All the traditional stocking stuffers and "candy your grandma always has" have had their turn. The other big chocolate brand here is the Swedish Marabou. Lindt bars are placed at the end of the candy/chocolate isle.
Speaking of Marabou, do you remember the ones with strawberry pieces in it? To me, it was criminally underrated. I thought it was so good. Then they stopped producing them and sold them all out dirt cheap all over the place. So i remember buying a whole bag of those.
@@r.wilson3275 No, I don't remember. I've always preferred the mint krokant when it comes to Marabou.
11:20 You can see the wonderful sparkle come into Tim's eyes.
I love chocolate and what it can do for people! Thanks, Tim!
Who knew I could spend a rainy Friday afternoon hearing someone talk about their favorite chocolate (and enjoying it immensely).
My mother was born and raised in Finland, and ever since I was little I've been familiar with Fazer. Hands down my favorite milk chocolate, and to this day I get just as excited over a 100 gram bar of Fazer blue as when I was a child. Absolutely wonderful stuff.
I'm partial to the kind of chocolate that dissolves in your mouth, to me that brief yet heavenly feeling is enough for me.
Tim i'm loving these videos that are entirely about chocolate and i'm not even kidding
Lindt is my favorite, too! I'll have to check out some of the others you suggested, since we seem to have a similar palate. Thanks for the video and have a great weekend!
You are so wholesome man. An inspiration for game design and now different chocolates I wanna try out. Thank you Tim.
Now this is why I love your channel, Tim. ❤
Not what I was expecting, but watching anyway because Tim's enthusiasm is infectious
Did you see Seamus Blackley made his own chocolate? I can't remember what beans he used, but he made an awesome twitter thread (like he does with his cool projects).
Tim feels and talks about Chocolate the same way I feel and talk about coffee, and that's great. Everyone needs to have a "thing" they enjoy which is just unambiguously good and enjoyable and improves any day. I am going to have to start tracking down some single-origin chocolate to go with my single origin coffee next time I am in Seattle.
Just tried the Porcelana bar!. It’s amazing!.
Venezuela! where i was born and raised. i might had that chocolate without even knowing it was that special. Btw, i do really enjoy your videos, Tim. Your perspective and the way you explain how all this pc gaming started. Thank you Tim.
Tim talking passionately about chocolate is everything I need now :)
I've had Lindt and I love it as well.
Awesome. Can’t wait to try a bunch of these. I’m so glad to have learned chocolate has this kind of depth going on.
My Mom went to a local class last year where they processed cacao from the the bean I think and made their own chocolate, the person running the class has made a bunch of the equipment on their own, the chocolate was so different then anything I've ever had before, we savored it on special occasions throughout the year.
I need to nudge my Mom into finding another class lol
Hey Tim!
Thank for a great vid. Wanted to let you know that Royce Chocolate just opened a booth/store in the Alderwood mall in Lynnwood. They have all the products they sell on their retail site including seasonal nama chocolate !
Judging from your blog, you never tried Wedel chocolate from Poland. We Poles absolutely love it and I can wholeheartedly recommend it. If there are any Polish stores in your area, they would probably have it. I also recommend Ptasie Mleczko for a delicious chocolate-covered candy.
I can't have much chocolate any more due to health issues, but I love your enthusiasm about this topic.
Now this is the content that the world needs.
Looking at your chocolate blog (which I must say is quite extensive) almost all of the Cadbury’s chocolate you’ve tasted Tim looks like a lot of newer recipes, which don’t have the same flavour or subtle notes as the more traditional varieties since Kraft’s takeover in 2009.
As a Brit who has tried a lot of different Cadbury’s chocolate, I would point more towards the older chocolate recipes:
• Bourneville - it’s the original Cadbury’s Dark Chocolate brand, with a minimum 36% cocoa content. Overseas version of this may have a much higher cocoa percentage.
• Crunchie - they have a honeycomb interior, covered in milk chocolate (you love them in the blog)
• Wispa - is a chocolate bar with lots of tiny bubbles in the inner centre of the bar, covered in an outer layer of milk chocolate. It’s very similar to an Aero Bar with its aerated bubbly chocolate in the centre, but the outer layer gives it more of a crunch or solid feel to it when you bite into it.
• Flake - is a chocolate bar made up of lots of strands of thinly folded milk chocolate, which is sort of half melted together, giving it a unique crumbly texture. The thin strands of chocolate melt in your mouth. During the summer, ice cream vans sell a cone of whipped vanilla ice cream with a Flake bar in it, called a 99 Flake.
• Twirl - is very similar to the aforementioned Flake, as the chocolate bar consists of two Flakes side-by-side, covered in milk chocolate, giving the bar a textural contrast.
• Fingers - these are thin biscuits covered in milk chocolate. These are very addictive and once opened you end up eating all of them in one go.
• Picnic - is a chocolate bar with milk chocolate, peanuts, chewy nougat, caramel, biscuit and puffed rice. It sounds like a bizarre combination, yet combines quite well together.
If you had to pick only one, I would recommend the Flake the most, as it is the most unique out of the bunch texture and flavour wise. None of these should affect your favourite list (as all the chocolate you’ve listed in the video are consistently better than Cadbury’s), but worth looking out for if you wanted to try the better Cadbury’s flavours. I've checked and you can order all of these flavours from Walmart, so you can likely get them from other suppliers and shops too.
Other non-Cadbury brands of chocolate which are notable in the UK are Thorntons (which you have already tried in the blog), Terry's Chocolate Orange (which you've tried and hated and so do a lot of other Brits) and After 8’s (they are mint chocolate thins which have a stronger flavour and are best enjoyed after a dinner party as they are surprisingly filling).
Hope this gives you new chocolates to try Tim :)
Tim, have you had 'Le Petit Ecolier' cookies? They're a butter cookie covered in a slab of dark or milk chocolate (dark is the best one). You need to try them if you haven't!!
Oh yes, I’m a big fan. The dark ones are the best!
@@CainOnGames Thank you for answering my question, Tim! Gonna take a look at your blog, I hope you have a wonderful day.
Lindt, as you mentioned, is very easy to find and great value for its price. It is my favourite dark chocolate brand since I first tried them. I'll try Amedei Porcelana as soon as I can. Thanks a bunch Tim.
The last time I was in Zurich, I picked up a few rare Lindts, 100% Dark and Pur Cacao where it's entirely sweetened by the fruit of the cocoa tree.
Glad to hear some love for our kiwi brand! The last two years I flew to the states for PAX, I brought about 69lbs of Whittaker's with me + ingredients to make lolly cake for my American friends. Had a fun time with TSA, lmao
A lot of times I wish these videos could have chapters, but I get not adding them if it's a lot of work. Either way... didn't think I would be so into Tim Cain's chocolate preferences, but I enjoy this video a lot. Personally I've lived in the US and Japan, so I've not experienced really great chocolate. A lot of the Japanese chocolate is pretty much comparable to the typical chocolate in the US. But like a lot of things in Japan, there are extremely high end, high quality, exorbitant price options.
The common ones over there are Ghana (better than a Hershey bar, but similar composition: the name comes from the cacao sourced from Ghana), Crunky (great name, but basically a Nestle Crunch bar), and some Morinaga types that are usually just milk chocolate or maybe chocolate + some fruit flavor mixed in. I bet part of the similar flavor profile/quality between US and Japanese chocolates come down to Nestle having a big presence in both countries.
Me watching every other video sharing decades of industry wisdom and insider insight: "wow, neat"
Me watching favorite chocolate: *feverishly taking notes*
One of the...tastiest videos so far. Thanks, Tim!
Vosges Mo's Dark Chocolate Bacon Bar is wonderful. I started keto, and someone gifted me one of these bars as a dessert treat that was generally keto safe. It's the best chocolate bar I've tasted so far! I'll have to give some of the others on this list when I get a chance.
Kalev from Estonia is goooooood
Not sure if you've ever reviewed it, but one of my favorite chocolates is Tony's Chocolonely. They've got a really good caramel and sea salt bar, and a pretzel one. Love the sweet and salty combination
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@@CainOnGames Oh awesome! Glad you like it. I was gonna be embarrassed if you were like "yeah that chocolate is terrible" lol
Whittaker also has a really top notch Swiss rolling press. It's really smooth for this reason.
Lindt is my favourite, they have so much variety without going into absurd pricing. I'm definitely going to try and hunt down some of the other recommendations.
God I love dark chocolate. I like Lindt a lot, but funny enough a local brand that sells a slightly cheaper chocolate just next door is my favorite one. Of course I don't know nearly as many as you do.
Boy have i ever felt lucky to be an italian! Here you can get not only the porcellana, but other amedei criollo fars for a tenner!
I know this will likely never be read, but I think you might be interested to try a historic recipe!
There's a British seller called "The Copper Pot" and he provides quite a few different things, but there's a particular 1685 recipe that contains chilli, orange, cinnamon, cloves, anise and vanilla!
You can buy it either as a hot chocolate pellet in white or dark, or a bar of milk chocolate!
Its really nice, I hope you enjoy it!
incredible, thank you
Our whole family loves Lindt, glad to see them mentioned here because I love their milk chocolate
My wife swear to Valrhona, and I'll grant her, it's damn good chocolate.
I once gave her a 3kg bag of Valrhona cooking chocolate for our anniversary. She was very happy 😊
Tim! Your knowledge in Chocolate is just fascinating too me lol. My mother loves chocolate and I too have a decent love for chocolate.
Tim, do you enjoy cooking mechanics in games? If so, what's your favorite so far?
Have you ever thought of including these mechanics in your own games, or even doing themed games, like Haunted Chocolatier?
where i live there is a granola bar with figs and chocolate that is killer. i also love salted caramel dark chocolate when well balanced.
There are some amazing chocolates out of there. I use Amedei cocoa powder quite often and I really like it. I have never tried Porcelana, but nowadays it is more like €10 per 50 grams tablet in their official site. Marou and Michel Cluizel also have some good dark ones.
My favourite dark chocolate is the dark couverture from Haigh's, here in Australia. But I am not a huge dark chocolate guy so people that are may not like it as much as me. If I get Whittaker's I am usually getting there regular chocolate with caramel filling.
I bought Amedei Porcelana for a rather reasonable price back in the day. I think I bought another one for a less reasonable price in Amsterdam just because I liked it so much. Amedei has made some very nice bars but they are so hard to get these days. I like Pralus a lot, their 100% criollo is amazing for something with such a percentage. Melts in your mouth. Zotter has some very nice bars. Interesting to see Fazer mentioned since it is from my country. Lindt is good and my first choice from what is sold in the usual shops in here. Funny to find myself writing this all in here, grew up with Fallout and never thought I would be listening to its creator talking about chocolate one day.
Yoooo, i'm Australian and Whittakers is by far my favourite, was so surprised by the mention.
Old Gold has a Baileys flavour, which might be a little sweet if you're into the more bitter ones, but I love it.
Well, this week I had Nocciolato Fondente and that new chocolate brand... tonny's? pretty good. I like the ones that a bit bitter.
I had Fazer recently, a Finnish friend of mine practically forced me to order some. (She recently did the same for all of our friends) Some of the best chocolate I've had.
I've also had a few single origin bars, and I really couldn't tell much out, but they were very pleasant.
I was amazed at your blog and how far back it goes. Directly headed to the Germany section to see your opinions!
Few brands can beat Fazer on price + quality. Really good. In my region they often sell their 145gram bars for $2.
I love that you're a massive chocolate nerd Tim, I had no idea!
I've tried Lindt's >90% chocolates and they were a bit too much… oof. Couldn't eat them on their own, but they went well with a cup of coffee. Whittaker's is also great!
Not sure if you guys have Purdy's over in America, it's a store in Canada, but their chocolate Hedgehogs are my favorite chocolates, they're beautifully sweet and nutty.
For some reason this video made me very happy and sad at the same time, thanks for posting.
Wow, I'm glad Whittaker's made your list.
I stumbled across it during a trip to NZ and it's like hands-down my most favorite find while traveling. I was secretly hoping it would get a mention, but I mean, I'm no chococonnoisseur.
Another thing I fondly remember from NZ was a ginger-based drink that I had in a place called Hobbiton which had a tavern or inn called the Green dragon or something. I still have not found a good facsimile of that drink.
Huh, I didn’t expect for my preferred brands (Lindt and Ritter) to make the cut. I got into specialty coffee during coffee, and I was considering into delving deeper into chocolate world. Might take your recommendations and see if I can track some of them.
So Cadbury is different in different regions - next time you're in Australia, I would suggest re-trying the local Cadbury from there, various varieties of course, but especially Milk Chocolate, possibly side by side with some UK variant, it's treated to avoid melting, so it's creamier. Yes I checked the blog and didn't see you try this one specifically.
My favorite Whitakers flavors are peanut butter, Hazelnut, L&P and Jellytip. Last 2 are classic Kiwi crossovers
Happy fun Friday, everybody. Some of my favorites: Trader Joe's 85% Dark Choc Lover's, Lindt, Chocolove, Endangered Species, Theo's (from Seattle, checked out their choc factory)
Thanks for the video Tim, I'm super excited to try out some of these chocolates. I think a local store near me carries Lindt often! I mightve had one of their bars with chile peppers in it and it was fantastic.
I've thought of doing a similar cataloging style you do but for craft soda since I really like the local and regional stuff I've found here in Indiana. Of course this will be much more unhealthy for me than dark chocolate lol but I think it'd be fun for as long as I can do it!
Excellent, this is the hard hitting questions I'm looking for!
I never thought of Lindt as being all that great because of how abundant it is in all the supermarkets here
Love your videos, and the chocolate vids are a real treat.
Dude! If you like Lindt, you have to try their "Cacao Pur" line. It's a 82% chocolate with 18 % cocoa fruit pulp added for sweetness instead of sugar. Very rich and fruity taste.
I can eat creme eggs until they come out of my ears. Lindt is awesome.
On my travels of America, eating mainstream chocolate, i came to realise we're really lucky here in the UK.
What do you mean when you say a chocolate is dry? Personally I've really enjoyed Green and Blacks 70% as my goto but you have reviewed them as dry. I've also had lindt 70% and while they are good and different I didn't particularly think of it as 'wet'. I do definitely think they had a different consistency. I may have to get them side by side to figure them out.
I find some chocolate to be dry, meaning the cacao butter is not melting in my mouth for some reason. Like it’s a bit chalky. It can be a sign of low cacao butter percentage, or sometimes of blooming.
Yayyyy more Tim uploads! He talks about Cain-dy.
Tim, you should try Cadbury Bournville dark chocolate. We get it here in the UK and it’s pretty nice. I am not a chocolate nerd so can’t speak to its quality really, but it would be good if you managed to get hold of a bar.
Hey Tim,
If you ever happen to find yourself in Fargo, ND, give Carol Widman's Candy a shot and try their Chippers.
I have yet to find a chocolate covered potato chip that tastes as good.
Hey Tim, can you try the Godot engine and give us your take on it.
That's not a chocolate
I have very fond memories of 10p - about 15 cents US - Freddo chocolate bars from the local corner shop as a kid. Looking back, I think there might just have been a reason they were so cheap! Not sure I could stomach one these days. Thanks for the recommendations, Tim. Time to clear some fridge space for a box of Royce!
I'm from Venezuela, and one of the good things we have is chocolate 🍫 The Carré line is still one of my favorites of all time.
Thanks Tim! I was actually going to ask for a video like this
What a fun video! Thanks so much!
I tell you what, I learned something new today. Thanks Tim. 👍
I had no idea you were into this sort of thing so going in I was like oh maybe he’ll say like a Crunch bar or a Lindor, was absolutely not expecting something so fancy and expensive. I was like “Oh, Tim is 100% a chocolate guy.”
I'm not a fan of Lindt, but Fazer is good. Ritter is also nice. My personal favorites are Tony's and Marabou. I tend to stick to milk chocolate, rather than dark.
I think only Lindt is widely available where I live from the brands you mentioned.
What is your favorite chocolate serving temp? Cold, chilled, room temp?
What do you think about the American "pukey" milk chocolate? I'm used to smooth creamy rich European milk chocolate, so to me it's putrid. It's like you strip milk chocolate of the goodness, and replace that with the worst parts of parmesan.
Debrand in Indiana is really good name is silly but thats the best chocolate I have ever had my family in New Orleans orders it year round.
Hi Tim!
I saw on your chocolate-pedia that you have tried both Marabou with Daim and Cadbury Dairy Milk Daim. Have you ever tried just the standard Daim bar or the Daim bar with orange?