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If you were in a box of chocolate, what chocolate would you be? I would be a milk chocolate with peanuts. and you? (Original Post) debm55 Feb 14 OP
Dark chocolate with raspberry cordial filling SheltieLover Feb 14 #1
Very good. It makes my mouth water. Thank you SheltieLover. debm55 Feb 14 #2
Oh, probably milk chocolate with a chewy, gooey, caramel filling... hlthe2b Feb 14 #3
HAHAHHAHAHA. Thank you very much, hlthe2b for sharing with us. debm55 Feb 14 #6
Milk chocolate oozing caramel. ☺️ Polly Hennessey Feb 14 #4
Thank you very much for sharing with us. Polly Hennessey. debm55 Feb 14 #7
Dark chocolate with cayenne 4TheArts Feb 14 #5
Oh, that sounds really good. Thank you 4TheArts. debm55 Feb 14 #8
This artisinal chocolatier set up a chocolate making factory in Tribeca... electric_blue68 Feb 15 #22
Thank you very much. All the selections sound wonderful. TY. electric_blue68 debm55 Feb 16 #25
It was a Chocolate Lovers Paridise! 😄 electric_blue68 Feb 16 #47
A piece smushed in the middle and left in the box after someone didn't like what they saw. Xavier Breath Feb 14 #9
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAH. That's funny. Thank you Xavier Breath. debm55 Feb 14 #10
Grand Marnier! justaprogressive Feb 14 #11
Oh yum. Thank you very much, justaprogressive. Love it. debm55 Feb 14 #12
I use to be able to get these wonderful little bottles at the local liquor store - no more. lark Feb 16 #41
The chocolatier's store I mentioned had a champagne bon bon and... electric_blue68 Feb 16 #48
Chocolate Covered Caramels ProfessorGAC Feb 14 #13
Thank you very much for sharing with us, ProfessorGAC. That sounds great. debm55 Feb 14 #14
Dark chocolate caramels with a touch of sea salt. CrispyQ Feb 16 #28
Wow, Thank you very much for sharing, CrispyQ. That sounds wonderful debm55 Feb 16 #31
I Make Caramel ProfessorGAC Feb 16 #34
You are so talented, ProfessorGAC. debm55 Feb 16 #35
I've never made caramel. Is it difficult? CrispyQ Feb 16 #43
No, It's Not Hard ProfessorGAC Feb 16 #45
Milk chocolate with raisins and almonds. LoisB Feb 14 #15
Yummy thank you very much, LoisB. That sounds great. debm55 Feb 14 #16
Crunchy frog IcyPeas Feb 14 #17
HAHHAHAHAH. thank you IcyPeas. Funny. debm55 Feb 14 #18
I would also like to be in a box of chocolate covered strawberries. YUMMY. debm55 Feb 14 #19
Good graciousness, now I'm going be craving chocolate! Wah! 😉 electric_blue68 Feb 15 #20
hahahahahahahahh; Thank you very much, electric_blue68 debm55 Feb 15 #21
The other day I saw a candy bar in our store's Easter section CrispyQ Feb 16 #44
Aw. Oh, well. electric_blue68 Feb 16 #46
Dark chocolate with peanuts or crispies. Mad_Dem_X Feb 15 #23
Yummy, That sounds wounderful. Thank you very much, Mad_Dem_X debm55 Feb 16 #26
Milk chocolate with vanilla cream, orange cream... 3catwoman3 Feb 15 #24
Terrific, Thank you for sharing 3catwoman3. I like it with the strawberry cream. debm55 Feb 16 #27
Hon, I just can't decide, cuz somedays I feel like a nut... CrispyQ Feb 16 #29
HAHAHHAHAHH. that's funny. Thank you for that laugh.CrispyQ debm55 Feb 16 #32
Dark chocolate covered dark chocolate C_U_L8R Feb 16 #30
I'll take a guess. Is it dark chocolate. Thank you,C_U_L8R debm55 Feb 16 #33
I'd be a creamy dark chocolate patty surrounding a luscious, chewy coconut center FakeNoose Feb 16 #36
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Thank you very much for sharing with us.FakeNoose. debm55 Feb 16 #38
Dark chocolate vegan fair trade with salt peanuts and dates . mucifer Feb 16 #37
That sounds great. Thank you for sharing with us, mucifer. debm55 Feb 16 #39
I would be a turtle candy, good quality thick chocolate, carmel and pecans, oh my! lark Feb 16 #40
Yes. I love turtle candy. Thank you for sharing, lark. debm55 Feb 16 #42
Dark chocolate carmel with sea salt. sinkingfeeling Feb 16 #49
Wonderful. That sounds delicious. Thank you sinkingfeeling for sharing. Now I want some. debm55 Feb 16 #50
I would be evicted from the box, deb True Dough Feb 16 #51
HAHAHAHHAHAAHHA. Thank you for the funny, True Dough. debm55 Feb 16 #52
My favorite is peanut butter cups TommieMommy Feb 16 #53
Thank you very much for sharing with us. TommieMommy. debm55 Feb 16 #54
Coconut clusters dlilafae Feb 16 #55
HAHAHHAHhahah,Thank you dillafae.for sharing and go figure. debm55 Feb 16 #57
Chocolate covered cherry MorbidButterflyTat Feb 16 #56
YUMMY, Thank you very much, MorbidButterrly Tat. My mouth is watering. debm55 Feb 16 #58

hlthe2b

(113,605 posts)
3. Oh, probably milk chocolate with a chewy, gooey, caramel filling...
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 10:36 AM
Feb 14

(I like to make a mess... )

electric_blue68

(26,710 posts)
22. This artisinal chocolatier set up a chocolate making factory in Tribeca...
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 06:14 PM
Feb 15

while no longer there; he still has 2 shops. One in Brooklyn, and one in the passageway toward Grand Central.

Anyway I was near that factory for a while. There were candies, and bon-bons, bark, cookies, powdered chocolate, big molded chocolate items usually animals, ice cream in the summer, and hot (and ?frozen hot chocolate).
It was all to swoon for !!
😄🥰🥰🥰

They also had hot chocolate plain, or with a dash of chilli powder! Pretty tasty!

lark

(26,042 posts)
41. I use to be able to get these wonderful little bottles at the local liquor store - no more.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:28 PM
Feb 16

I miss them being so easily available!!

electric_blue68

(26,710 posts)
48. The chocolatier's store I mentioned had a champagne bon bon and...
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 01:24 PM
Feb 16

there also was a red wine one.

CrispyQ

(40,887 posts)
28. Dark chocolate caramels with a touch of sea salt.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 09:32 AM
Feb 16

Super yum!!

Private Selection caramels are better than a lot of boxed chocolates. My store sells so many they have a special display of them.

ProfessorGAC

(76,470 posts)
34. I Make Caramel
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 09:43 AM
Feb 16

I started by doing it just to make a caramel sauce for carrots.
Then, I decided just to make caramel.
But, I've never coated them with chocolate.
I do sprinkle them with course salt, though.
I avoid the term sea salt, because 99% of all salt on earth was, at some point, sea salt.

CrispyQ

(40,887 posts)
43. I've never made caramel. Is it difficult?
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:42 PM
Feb 16

Seems the chocolate coating part would be the easy part.

LOL on the salt.

ProfessorGAC

(76,470 posts)
45. No, It's Not Hard
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:53 PM
Feb 16

Sugar, a little corn syrup (we need the water in that) and a hot pan. (I use a big frying pan because of the high surface to mass ratio.)
Have to stir regularly, and have to keep a little water in the side. If it gets too "dry" the sugar can burn. A little water slows the reaction, because the first step in the reaction is the removal of chemically bound water. We're dehydrating the sugar!
A very complex set of reactions then take place to rearrange the organic backbone. Dozens of reaction products!
The flavor can be adjusted be using more or less corn syrup because the distribution of reaction products is changed by the presence of fructose being directly dehydrated.
Have to keep a sharp eye when it starts to change color, because it goes pretty fast at that point.
When it's tge right color, I add a little water and turn down the heat, add half & half or cream, vanilla extract, and then let it sit on low heat until the water we added & the water from the milk product is mostly gone.
Lots of regular stirring at that point.
When it's smooth and gooey, we're done.
I pour it into a small baking pan so it's about a half-inch deep, sprinkle course salt, and let it cool.
Probably 20 minutes, tops.
When I make sauce, it's pretty much the same, but with a bit more water & milk product.
That way, it still pours (very slowly) when cold. When it's warm, it has the consistency of maple syrup, so it sticks to the roasted carrots.

electric_blue68

(26,710 posts)
20. Good graciousness, now I'm going be craving chocolate! Wah! 😉
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 06:00 PM
Feb 15

Dark chocolate (70% - 85%), with dark chocolate ganash, with a sprinkle of teeny pistachio pieces on top!
Or teeny pieces of macadamia nuts.

CrispyQ

(40,887 posts)
44. The other day I saw a candy bar in our store's Easter section
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:47 PM
Feb 16

that was some kind of pistachio filling covered with dark chocolate. I love pistachios! I was going to buy it & then saw it was $5 for 2" candy bar.

C_U_L8R

(49,269 posts)
30. Dark chocolate covered dark chocolate
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 09:35 AM
Feb 16

Or dark chocolate covered toffee.
Then dark chocolate covered caramel.
And maybe dark chocolate covered krispies.
There's a theme.

FakeNoose

(41,189 posts)
36. I'd be a creamy dark chocolate patty surrounding a luscious, chewy coconut center
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 09:51 AM
Feb 16

... and yes, I've just described a perfect Mounds bar!

mucifer

(25,642 posts)
37. Dark chocolate vegan fair trade with salt peanuts and dates .
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 09:53 AM
Feb 16

It's fairly easy to make vegan turtles.

lark

(26,042 posts)
40. I would be a turtle candy, good quality thick chocolate, carmel and pecans, oh my!
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:24 PM
Feb 16

Yum!!

On my best days, I would be a fine piece of Belgian chocolate from one of their famous choclatiers, filled with gin that's incogorous but devinely awesome! Can't remember the name of the place, it was so amazing!!

debm55

(59,391 posts)
50. Wonderful. That sounds delicious. Thank you sinkingfeeling for sharing. Now I want some.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 01:41 PM
Feb 16

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True Dough

(26,359 posts)
51. I would be evicted from the box, deb
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 01:42 PM
Feb 16

I would drive those other chocolates nuts to the point where they would kick me out.

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