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Hershey chocolate was a mistake
- Thread starter NuclearCake
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wow it's so amazing that people who grew up stateside are acclimated to this thing and don't mind it, but people who DIDN'T think it's GROSS
hahaha guys, did you hear the french eat... SNAILS?!?!?!
hahaha guys, did you hear the french eat... SNAILS?!?!?!
The distinct flavour of vomit comes from butyric acid, an ingredient also found in Hershey's not typically used in non-American chocolates. People who grow up eating Hershey's usually don't notice it, but it can be obvious to people from elsewhere.
Every British person I've met who's tried a Hershey's chocolate bar has independently used the word "vomit" to describe it's flavour.
Hershey is awful, yes.
There's so many better chocolates in the US. Places that actually use chocolate and cocoa butter, and not SUGAR, as the first ingredients. Seriously, take a look at the label of most chocolate sold in the US. Just freaking awful.
There's so many better chocolates in the US. Places that actually use chocolate and cocoa butter, and not SUGAR, as the first ingredients. Seriously, take a look at the label of most chocolate sold in the US. Just freaking awful.
I grew up in the States and have had the good fortune to eat chocolate from Germany and other non-American producers. I hate to admit it, but raw Hershey's is pretty bad compared to the chocolate made outside of the US. If it's on a Reese's or a Snickers it's not a big deal, but I never eat just straight chocolate bars made in the US anymore. Too waxy, too much filler.
I'm very confused with the "acid vomit aftertaste" so many people have mentioned. I don't think anyone would argue it's high quality chocolate but... what? I don't taste anything even remotely close to that.
EDIT: This butyric acid thing is very interesting. It's one thing to be accustomed to the taste, but I don't even recognize any sour or acidity at all. Kinda crazy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey_bar
EDIT: This butyric acid thing is very interesting. It's one thing to be accustomed to the taste, but I don't even recognize any sour or acidity at all. Kinda crazy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey_bar
Hershey's is a guilty pleasure of mine, but i generally prefer using it in baking (i'll break up a bar and use chunks of it in chocolate chip cookies and stuff sometimes). i'm lucky enough to live in an area with a lot of local, specialty "indie" chocolatiers and confectioneries, and i have my tastes for a lot of the Euro producers, but sometimes you just want something cheap to hit that spot. im not always going to buy a Mast Brothers bar (and after some past revelations, probably wouldnt anyway) when i can nab a pack of Reese's cups or a Milky Way here and there. also, the vomit taste/scent is NUTS. ive thrown up an awful lot in my early to mid 20s, and there's no fucking timeline in the multiverse where that same taste is in a Hershey bar.
i think of it similarly to pizza. i grew up in an region with a huge variety of pizza styles and quality, from Old World to Old Forge, the ritzy-ass artisanal jawns to giant NY slices and deep Chicago style... and honestly, one of my all time favorite pies will always be a standard Pizza Hut medium pan with pepperoni. i wouldnt say a Hershey's is better than even Lindt or Ghirardelli, or even fuckin' Cadbury. and i'll always go to Scharffen Berger when im making a batch of hot chocolates. but damn, dude.
and as an aside, as the wise Freckle once said, "Sometimes things that are expensive... are worse."
i think of it similarly to pizza. i grew up in an region with a huge variety of pizza styles and quality, from Old World to Old Forge, the ritzy-ass artisanal jawns to giant NY slices and deep Chicago style... and honestly, one of my all time favorite pies will always be a standard Pizza Hut medium pan with pepperoni. i wouldnt say a Hershey's is better than even Lindt or Ghirardelli, or even fuckin' Cadbury. and i'll always go to Scharffen Berger when im making a batch of hot chocolates. but damn, dude.
and as an aside, as the wise Freckle once said, "Sometimes things that are expensive... are worse."
I like it well enough but it's never been my preferred chocolate bar. I'll eat it and enjoy it if you give it to me but I'm not buying it.
It's not good or even average chocolate, but the people who find it totally disgusting are usually the ones who didn't grow up eating it. People who ate it as kids aren't going to be grossed out by the "vomit" taste that Europeans notice when first trying it. Americans, like myself, who graduated to better chocolate just think of Hershey's as cheap crap rather than totally inedible.
That's an interesting piece of information I wasn't aware of. Still curious though, if someone becomes so attuned to that 'flavor' by growing up eating Hershey's, then the flavor of vomit becomes, what, unnoticeable? Vomit still tastes repulsive any time I've ever had the unfortunate reason to throw up.
Our palates build up a tolerance to it over time. There is definitely a demonstrable difference in flavor between a Hershey bar and even a mid-level German chocolate bar, but the harshness of the butyric acid flavor is lessened by exposure.
I would speculate it's present in a much higher concentration in vomit. Even if someone doesn't notice it in chocolate, they certainly will in vomit.
More wax than chalk, but yeah. American chocolate is full of filler.
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If this was "just ok" then i don't think this thread would exist.
I rather like it a lot. Often more than the "superior" European brands. Then again, America always has the best food so it's no surprise to be catching shade from Europeans about this.
Why would I want to buy really bad chocolate when my local supermarket in the UK sells really excellent own-brand chocolate?
After "chocolate occasionally reminds consumers of the last time they tasted vomit, but at least it isn't like Easter Egg chocolate which tastes of desperation and soiled rags", how much lower do you go?
Yeah man, why would anyone be put off by the smell and taste of vomit? Bunch of stupid euro babies.
People accustomed to eating vomit have no negative associations with vomit, CONFIRMED.
Lindt is widely available and, while not to my personal taste, is about as close to a gold standard for chocolate as is possible.
It's not my first choice, but I do like their dark chocolate. But more importantly, I think their chocolate is a good gateway for people to become chocolate lovers.
It's horrible and it's always been horrible, but I believe it got worse. I tried it when I first moved to the states and NOPED out.
I had it recently and it was actually worse.
The best thing about Hershey's is that the british equivalent - Cadbury's Dairy Milk also entered the race to the bottom and ruined itself thoroughly a few years ago. Cocoa solids or something changed.
It's actually quite hard to buy reasonable tasting chocolate in a US grocery store. Ghirardelli also cheaped out on recipe and I really don't like Fran's. Oh and Lindt has been trash for years too.
I had it recently and it was actually worse.
The best thing about Hershey's is that the british equivalent - Cadbury's Dairy Milk also entered the race to the bottom and ruined itself thoroughly a few years ago. Cocoa solids or something changed.
It's actually quite hard to buy reasonable tasting chocolate in a US grocery store. Ghirardelli also cheaped out on recipe and I really don't like Fran's. Oh and Lindt has been trash for years too.
if you dont like this, then we're not gonna get along
Probably doesn't contain a lot of chocolate.
I really can't recall ever being bothered by Hersheys (I loved the cookies and creme one as a kid) but I rarely eat chocolate like a few times a year. The Japanese market near me has a bunch of imported chocolate from Europe and Asia (Japanese Kit Kats are must if you haven't had them) but they are kind of pricey.
Please, for the non-Americans in this thread, explain what a S'more is.
Basically two graham crackers sandwiching marshmallow and chocolate in between. It's pretty much a camping trip tradition.
Cadbury chocolate in the UK is like that, too. But that's for another thread.
if you dont like this, then we're not gonna get along
Hershey's CnC is great.
I looked it up. It's basically a nineteenth century thing that was intended to stop you having impure thoughts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_cracker
And yet here we are.