alcofribas/thing/chocolate

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hershey's: these are cool when they get a little too warm, before they melt, and they get kind of chewy.
nestlé crunch: what i usually get at the corner store.
scharffen berger - semisweet 62%: berkeley, ca. chocolate bar. nothing fancy but extra good all the same.
scharffen berger - bittersweet 70%: berkeley, ca. chocolate bar. i like this fine, but most people tell me it's too much.
scharffen berger - porcelana 75%: berkeley, ca. chocolate bar. kicks ass.
valrhona: french chocolate maker. i like any of their bars except the white- and milk-chocolate. try the ~60% with hazelnuts.
callebaut - baking chocolate: belgian chocolate maker. closed their store in san francisco. no more huge blocks of baking chocolate for me.
michel cluizel - amer aux oranges: smooth and all goodness. with orange bits.
michel cluizel - amer aux grue: more goodness. with crunchy cocoa nibs.
michel cluizel - single origin bars (from santo domingo, venezuela, sao tome, etc.): um, these are the best, and for $5, what more could you ask? each one tastes amazing and totally different from the rest. best to buy one or two of each and sit around with your brother and a bottle of whiskey.
la maison du chocolate - coro 100%: um, what the hell is this? how does it stick together? bitter as anything. melt and add sugar or flake on something that needs some badness.

nestlé butterfinger minis: stick to your teeth sugary goodness. at the movies i get these half the time.
nestlé raisinettes: unless i'm eating these.
nestlé kit kat: my standard at the drug store. weird chocolate. good as they melt.
teuscher - assorted truffles: swiss truffles, nut clusters, nougats, etc. their cocoa truffle most of all. stores all over the u.s.. also, fructose truffles for diabetics.
vosges haut chocolat - exotic truffles: chicago based truffle boutique has lots of fancy flavors. chef pascal for me.
la maison du chocolat - assorted dark chocolate box: perfect.
faerie queen (castro st. s.f.) - boop-oop-a-doop: mostly imported belgian chocolates, but those toffee/milk chocolate/nut clusters were amazingly good.