Did someone mention chocolate?

[Mjark]

Yes they did, chocolate milk. I can do without that but I like chocolate.

I found a company called Fortunato No. 4 that used to just sell chocolate for commercial use in restaurants bakeries etc but due to the plague they had to find a new market.

That’s us. As per their ads online they harvest white beans thought to be extinct in some far flung corner of the Peruvian jungle then have it processed in Switzerland on machines called conches that melt it with heat generated by friction for 60 hours. Supposedly this preserves the flavors destroyed by heating and melting quickly.

It comes in thick slabs about the size of a Kindle Fire or similar tablet.

It’s not that easy to cut but it’s well worth the effort.

I don’t endorse or review products very often but if you’re an aficionado and want to splurge I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

 

[Blackmore Fan]

Yes they did, chocolate milk. I can do without that but I like chocolate.

I found a company called Fortunato No. 4 that used to just sell chocolate for commercial use in restaurants bakeries etc but due to the plague they had to find a new market.

That’s us. As per their ads online they harvest white beans thought to be extinct in some far flung corner of the Peruvian jungle then have it processed in Switzerland on machines called conches that melt it with heat generated by friction for 60 hours. Supposedly this preserves the flavors destroyed by heating and melting quickly.

It comes in thick slabs about the size of a Kindle Fire or similar tablet.

It’s not that easy to cut but it’s well worth the effort.

I don’t endorse or review products very often but if you’re an aficionado and want to splurge I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

I'm a chocolate devotee. I'm so dedicated to it, that I regularly find myself turning down other "sweets" an explaining "If I'm going to the crime of enjoying sweets, I'm only going to go there with chocolate."

 

[Hey_you]

Hmmm chocolate. I bake with it often. My fav is Guittard's, out of San Francisco. Started when Etienne Guittard left France to become rich, during the California gold rush. He later found he made more money selling his chocolate.

 

[Mechanic]

I find I’m rather partial to Trader Joe’s simi sweet dark chocolate. It’s more of a holiday treat and I’ll go thru a 1 lb bar in about 3 months.

 

[57joonya]

I love good chocolate, I just went out on a limb and bought a little Fortunato chocolate, thank you for the tip. My go to has been “green and blacks “chocolate.white, dark , or milk .

 

[brookdalebill]

Thanks, and duly noted.

 

[Fendereedo]

I love these, so there are always plenty in my house this time of year.

 

[uriah1]

I like dark today but as a kid I loved those brach swirly stars.

 

[Kandinskyesque]

I'm a chocaholic, I try to restrict myself to one bar per month of dark that I buy online from a hippy guy who makes his own (imports his own beans) on the East coast of Scotland.
However, this time of year with all those Jesus Bars in the shops, I end up eating the stuff in the same manner as I used to be around alcohol.
Yesterday's, Toblerone lasted about 5 minutes despite it's attempts to injure me.

Thanks for the heads up on the Fortunato No 4 @Mjark
I had a look for some online and I also found this article on a BBC site about it.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20190916-the-worlds-most-exquisite-chocolate

 

[Hey_you]

When Godiva's chocolate shops were around, I couldn't pass one without dropping $30 or so on Truffles.

 

[johnny k]

I don't know if it is still available. I remember i liked that one 35 years ago.