A question old as time: milk or dark?

[Greg]

I dunno about the rest of you but for me I agonize for hours over this question: Which is better, milk or dark chocolate?

For me, the way I finally came down to deducing the answer was if there was only one chocolate that I could ever eat for the rest of time, which would it be?

My answer?

Milk.

This is painful because if I was asked simply which I 'liked' better I would most certainly answer dark because dark chocolate kicks ass. I was practically raised on the stuff.

But…...on a cold winter overcast day, when you come in from the snow and pour a glass of water, (water and chocolate, trust me) nothing beats sinking your teeth into a delicious sweet mound of milk chocolate. That experience alone makes it the 'better' of the two which pains me deeply as I feel I'm betraying my beloved dark chocolate, but I've got to be honest with myself.

How about you?

[CosmicDebris]

Ah, that's easy for me. Dark. I only got to appreciate dark chocolate more recently. I have acquired an appreciation for rich, bitter flavor. Maybe getting to like coffee is to blame. Not that I don't like milk chocolate, but given a choice I usually go for the super special dark chocolate…particularly if it's a good chocolatier like Ghirardeli. Hershey's doesn't make very good dark.

If I'm coming in from the cold, I'd much rather get a nice cup of hot cocoa. :)

[Pants-eater]

Milk. I like it better.

I also get twitches and panic atatcks when I get too much caffeine.

[Greg]

particularly if it's a good chocolatier like Ghirardeli

INSANELY good chocolate.

Try their brownies. Killer.

[Saloma]

Milk. Dark chocolate, while good in small proportions, isn't as good as a big slab of the milky stuff.

[Buuhan1]

Milk. I've tried Dark plenty of times….each times it just taste...I can't explain the test...bitter really....

[CosmicDebris]

Yesh, Ghirardeli kicks ass.

The bitterness is an acquired taste. Just like with coffee…at first I only wanted really sweet stuff like mochas, then I only liked mild coffee, now I like a nice dark, bold coffee with just cream. Now milk chocolate seems kind of bland and too sweet in comparison. Dark chocolate is rich. And it's better for you too!

[Chaos Inferno19]

i have tried thatr much much dark becaue the first time i tried it didnt got to well but i will again then so for now i say milk

[Buuhan1]

But wait, isn't the question as old as time:

How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a Tootsie Pop?

[bevin]

Dark for me, no contest. It's practically the only kind of chocolate I eat anymore, I just prefer the taste to any other kind of chocolate. The fact that they're promoting it as a source of antioxidants now makes me happy, but that's not why I prefer it (I drink loads of tea and pomegranate juice, I'm antioxidanted out the yin-yang).

I also don't really care for Hershey's chocolate on the whole and haven't since I was a kid. I still ate it because at the time I wasn't aware that you could have chocolate without the chemical burn aftertaste in your throat, but once I was exposed to higher quality chocolate, there was no going back for me.

[Greg]

Although I went with milk I think there's definitely some lines to be drawn.

For one, many 'brand' milk chocolates basically suck.

Like the chocolates everyone and their mother buys for holidays in bulk. For example:

Russel Stover.

Holy crap does Russel Stover chocolate suck ass. It's like eating a bag of sugar.

I find that mom and pop shops in the middle of nowhere have some of the best chocolate.

[Carly]

Vanilla.

I can't eat chocolate. ^___^;

[Buuhan1]

I thought Vanilla WAS chocolate, hence "Vanilla Chocolate".

[Carly]

Er what no ? Vanilla and chocolate come from different beans dude.

[mr_bushido]

@CosmicDebris:

Yesh, Ghirardeli kicks ass.

OMG, my mom puts the little Ghirardelli squares in my stocking every year at Christmas! Their 60% Cacao Dark Chocolate is sublime… when I lived in San Francisco, we would go to the Ghirardelli Caffe to get coffee & chocolate!!! Their flavor is simply breathtaking! XD

If anyone is in the area, you should check it out... the shop is in the west end of the Wharf... nothing better than enjoying a hot cup of joe on the bay...

[Pants-eater]

I don't like chocolate… very much.

I usually don't care what sort of chocolate it is (Super-fancy-Belgian) but I do love Fry's Turkish Delight and Crunchies.

Have I just committed blasphemy?

[Cr4zy]

@Buuhan1:

I thought Vanilla WAS chocolate, hence "Vanilla Chocolate".

Are you thinking about White chocolate?

[Refii]

Yep, definately getting dumber..

Anyway umm, I'm not a big fan of 'Dark Chocolate' On the other hand, hazel chocolate is incredible. Also Kinder Bueno.

However, hot chocolate is quite incredibly more tantalizing than regular moo milk. I can't have chocolate with goat milk, but in terms of milks my pick goes to vanilla soy. In particular Very Vanilla Silk Soy feels all warm inside. (Tree hugging fag? Sure, but who hasn't had a wet dream about a redwood)

Where was I? Oh yes, Very Vanilla silk soy + 4 tsp Ovaltine + a dash of Carnation evaporated milk; Shaken not stirred = dies a happy man

[Greg]

Vanilla Soy Milk is killer.

[mr_bushido]

@Mr.Prince:

Are you thinking about White chocolate?

No, all chocolate is made with vanilla… alone the cocoa bean is bitter... you mix the cocoa powder with vanilla bean extract to make cocolate... I saw it on the Discovery Channel like 5 years ago... or maybe it was the History Channel... either way, that's how chocolate was developed back in the 1600's or something...

[Deblas]

I prefer milk, although I never really eaten that much dark.

This reminds me of the time I took a bunch of pieces of Hershey dark chocolate, put it between two pieces of bread, and ate it like a sandwitch. ^^

[The Dude]

Dark chocolate. I can get sick of milk chocolate, but dark? Hell no.

Dunno if that's a good thing or not…

[normyk]

All I need in life is a little quality dark chocolate. I love good milk chocolate and white chocolate as well, but dark chocolate is magic. And quality is everything. The difference between good dark chocolate and the generic stuff is amazing.

[Crickeylynn]

I definatly prefer Dark Chocolate to Milk Chocolate. I really enjoy the bitter flavors.

[CosmicDebris]

@mr_bushido:

OMG, my mom puts the little Ghirardelli squares in my stocking every year at Christmas! Their 60% Cacao Dark Chocolate is sublime… when I lived in San Francisco, we would go to the Ghirardelli Caffe to get coffee & chocolate!!! Their flavor is simply breathtaking! XD

If anyone is in the area, you should check it out... the shop is in the west end of the Wharf... nothing better than enjoying a hot cup of joe on the bay...

I've been the the San Fran factory, it's cool. Mmm now I want some cacoa dark chocolate. :D

@Refii:

I can't have chocolate with goat milk, but in terms of milks my pick goes to vanilla soy. In particular Very Vanilla Silk Soy feels all warm inside. (Tree hugging fag? Sure, but who hasn't had a wet dream about a redwood)

I like soy milk too, but I'm not crazy about it flavored. I get soy milk espresso beverages at Starbucks sometimes and I like cereal with soy.
Even though I like chocolate, I prefer vanilla over chocolate flavors.

Where was I? Oh yes, Very Vanilla silk soy + 4 tsp Ovaltine + a dash of Carnation evaporated milk; Shaken not stirred = dies a happy man

That sounds good…I was thinking I'd like to get Ovaltine but I really don't like making drinks with real milk.
I used to like to eat dry evaporated milk btw XD

[taboo]

I prefer milk to dark right now, though both are pretty good. Though I've recently begun to hate white…

[Saloma]

I have and will forever hate white chocolate. Something about it really disgusts me, probably because it's too sweet without a bitter aftertaste.

[mr_bushido]

@CosmicDebris:

I've been the the San Fran factory, it's cool. Mmm now I want some cacoa dark chocolate. :D

!

@taboo:

Though I've recently begun to hate white…

Same here… I can't even bring myself to swallow white chocolate these days... and to think I used to love it...

[Refii]

I like white chocolate, but I think when I have too much it bothers me. Are there eggs in w.c.? How about butter? Either way it's really thick and fattening but too much messes me up.

[jadiesama]

I'll eat dark milk or white, but it depends on who's making it, and what's in the chocolate. I'll basically eat any chocolate that's got hazelnuts/hazelnut praline in it. And of course chocolate covered anything is awesome in my book. Save for those Cherry Cordials. I can't eat those. Never really liked Maraschino cherries.

Best chocolate i've had is probably Godiva. My mom gives me some for chirstmas every year and holy shit that stuff's GOOD. There's some chocolate place in manhattan that i've been meaning to get to at some point. Can't remember what it's called though…It's got a bald guy on the sign...

[Roz]

Chocolate? The darker, the better.

@Buuhan1:

But wait, isn't the question as old as time:

How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a Tootsie Pop?

OVER NINE THOUSAND.

[Cr4zy]

I choose Dark cause milk makes my tongue feel weird. Dark does not do that, the bitterness tastes too much like plastic for like first 10 seconds for me. :P

[Le Lawliet]

I like either, not really a preference between the two, but maybe a bit on the milk side.

Ghirardeli, huh. I'll think about buying some around Valentine's Day.

[igalsfy]

milk chocolate with entire nuts is better than any drug on earth.

[Solar Knight]

I like milk over dark, but either's great with mint. I love mint chocolate. LOVE. grabs a Ghiradelli dark mint

[Den Den]

i prefer milk
btw, did you know that chocolats can tell what kind of person you are?so if your sense of taste changes it might be because your personality changes. well, i have no prove and i don't really believe that, but that's what i've heard. i only remember that if you like truffle-chocolats that means that you kinda like to stand out or that you are self-confident and if you like nougat chocolat than you are rather shy.

you can even tell what kind of person you are judging by your (natural) hair. and by your ice-cream preference.

[CosmicDebris]

I don't like nuget and I don't really care for nuts in chocolate. I do like truffles though. But I am shy.
If I like dark chocolate, does that mean that I have become bitter? XD

[TakinawaTonfa]

@CosmicDebris:

If I like dark chocolate, does that mean that I have become bitter? XD

BA-BOOM-pssh!

As for myself, definitely Dark chocolate. I think the older you get, the more taste you develop for bitter things, dark chocolate in this case, and it does seem like a lot of the younger members here prefer Milk. So who knows…

[Mister_Anbu]

Dark in small doses, milk in general.

I suppose dark, since I usually eat small amounts.

[Kirin D. Cross]

It all depends on the quality of the dark.. If its a good dark I have to go with that over Milk.. I love dark as long as there is a good cocoa to suger ration.. But i do like milk without a doubt. But I have to say dark

Oh and white when it comes to covered pretzels XD

[normyk]

@jadiesama:

There's some chocolate place in manhattan that i've been meaning to get to at some point. Can't remember what it's called though…It's got a bald guy on the sign...

That'd likely be Max Brenner (Chocolate by the Bald Man). I've heard mixed things, but I believe in trying things myself. In theory there are many better places in Manhattan, but its all subjective. Eventually I'm going to get there to try them all, Max included.

[Local-chan]

Moo cow milk <3 I like that type…..

I wonder if there is boobie milk chocolate.....that would be interesting.

or the Dog's milk! That would be nice, full of natural stuffs, full of marleobone jelly (cant remember the spellinig) and lasts longer than any other dogs milk.....maybe thats cus nobody'll drink it tho...

[bevin]

Ahh Red Dwarf. Haven't seen that in a while.

And something tells me that breastmilk chocolate would only sell well in specialty shops. ;)

[Local-chan]

oh, I'd have the boobiemilk chocolate like, its quite tasty, from what I remember.

[Senshi Mizaka]

This is one of the hardest questions I've ever had to answer. XD There's no type of chocolate I don't like. I actually used to hate dark chocolate, but I've recently started to like it.

[Local-chan]

What about Brown Chocolate? That comes from your arse? Do you like to eat that too?

[CosmicDebris]

Have you ever known someone that did, Local-chan?

I've seen chocolates in the shape of boobies. And other things.

[Local-chan]

well actually, I do know somebody who did that, his name is Spot.

[CosmicDebris]

I hope Spot is a dog.
Some dogs eat poop and vomit frequently. :sick:

[Local-chan]

hmmmm, well now that you mention it, he does have a sort of doggy feel to him….

Doesn't stop people from doing it tho...I bet somebody on here eats poop.