Posted on 05/08/2005 11:07:19 AM PDT by sully777
I'm sure the Belgians understand...that is one country so bound up in taxation and red tape it's a wonder anything is allowed to be done at all.
Regards, Ivan
You're not alone. With shipping from all over the world here, I can get any chocolate made and I always pick Hershey's. International tasting competitions pick Hershey's too if the Judges are blindfolded and can't read the label.
Did you mean Debauve & Gallais? If so, you can order them online.
Dasani bottled water is coca-cola without the syrup and carbonation.
Now illegal aliens will be making the only chocolate I like. Expect the quality to drop significantly now.
It aint Belgian chocolate if it aint made by Belgians.
"I've had chocolate in Italy, France, Switzerland, Korea, Japan and Russia. I still think we do it best."
I wholeheartedly disagree, with the possible exception of Sees and those charming little mom and pop operations in the historic tourist towns. We produce low-quality, cheap, trash candy.
Americans were known for excellent cars once, when Americans made them. What do we produce and export now? Weapons of mass destruction, cholesterol, diet and erection pills.
Americans were known for excellent cars once, when Americans made them.
" The Swiss know how to mass produced killer chocolate that rivals anything the Belgians can churn out, IMO."
Lindt....manufactured in New Hampshire and California
Hershey's doesn't even come close to good. There are several others producing better.
Dove for instance and the Nestle stuff i also good. Both are American
"Lindt....manufactured in New Hampshire and California"
Researching the Lindt website shows that the American plants are the Ghirardelli plants, which they acquired in 1998. Ghirardelli isn't any slouch in the chocolate department, but the Lindt Excellent line of bars I was talking about have always read MADE IN SWITZERLAND.
Whatever. The best American chocolate, bar none, is Dove.
Would like to try it some time. Thanks for the tip.
"indt website shows that the American plants are the Ghirardelli plants,"
Actually Lindt built the facility in New Hampshire. I was living in Exeter, New Hampshire during the construction.
And I believe you. Lindt bought Ghirardelli. So Ghiradelli is made in the U.S. That doesn't make it bad. The Lindt bars I'm talking about are made in Switzerland. Try both.
Lindt & Sprüngli had opened a manufacturing facility in Stratham New Hampshire to supply their North American Customers. As part of the factory, Lindt had opened up a small factory store. The factory store was such an immediate success that it was decided that they would open up more retail stores.
The Lindt website seems to indicate that the Excellence line is still made in Europe. The bars I get always have said MADE IN SWITZERLAND. Lindt rocks no matter where they are. I think you were correct, though, it appears Lindt is making Lindt chocolate (of some kind) in NH.
My apologies.
I think Hershey's is too grainy, but if I'm desparate, I'll eat Hershey's special dark.
Lindt is good. I like it with the orange flavor dark chocolate. Droste makes good chocolate oranges and pastilles. Lindt truffles are good too because they use palm kernel oil in the filling which makes them very smooth but is SO bad for you.
I had a really great Grand Marnier truffle from some chocolate shop in the Detroit airport recently. It was $1.75 for one 1/2" truffle, but worth every penny!
"I had a really great Grand Marnier truffle from some chocolate shop in the Detroit airport recently."
Sounds goood.
There was a story in the Dallas Morning News a few months ago about the store's owners (the husband and wife team are from Canada; they left the corporate rat race to go into the chocolate business).
I'll see if I can find the DMN article... apparently the high butter fat of Noka's product sets it appart from the competition - including the Europeans.
Pretty cool stuff out of Plano, Texas.
Trajan88
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