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White chocolate is better than dark chocolate and i'm tired of pretending it's not
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this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2023
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White chocolate shouldn't even be called chocolate.
I so agree. Its nice with strawberries. sorta like the way powdered sugar is.
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Going off of the comments already, I would say that this is a truly unpopular opinion. Well done, OP!
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White chocolate literally just tastes like sugar and fat. And "sour"??? What dark chocolate are you eating? This one actually pissed me off fr. Truly unpopular opinion.
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Maybe because it's not chocolate and we should stop calling it this.
Depends! If you consider chocolate to be food derived from the cocoa bean, then white chocolate is chocolate because it's made of cocoa butter without the solids!
The powdery stuff you call cocoa is what's left over once you get rid of the cocoa butter. So if you feel that cocoa solids are required for something to be classified as chocolate... Then no, it's not chocolate.
I guess it's the same as asking if vegetable oil is a vegetable.
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As a Belgian I consider myself a bit of an ambassador on chocolate and after discussing this with all my fellow countrymen we came to the unanimous conclusion that you are wrong. Please apologize and remove this post.
I asked the Netherlanders what they thought of your comment, and I couldn't understand a fucking word they said, but they seemed angry.
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TIL, some people think solidifed mix of powdered milk & sugar is chocolate.
Thank you for satisfying yourself with that and leaving chocolate for the rest of us.
Upvote because I whole heartedly disagree with you.
Yes. This is what unpopular opinion should be about.
It really isn't. The key flavor factor of Chocolate is it's bitterness.
White Chocolate totally sacrifices this flavor profile. If you prefer white chocolate you like sugar, not chocolate.
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You enjoy sweetened cocoa butter rather than the fermented product of the cocoa bean, one is chocolate and the other is not. You enjoy the one that is not chocolate, but makes a great moisturizer if you don't add sugar.
Comparing white chocolate to dark chocolate makes as much sense as comparing macarons to macaroni :P
Other than that, enjoy white chocolate moderately, preferably with friends, and enjoy your weekend, kind human being :)
Im glad you like your sugary milky butter. Have the day you deserve.
Are you a serial killer or just an absolute freak in other ways? White chocolate tastes like someone mixed jizz and chalk dust into some bland milk chocolate.
So the only problem I have with white chocolate is that is seems soooo much sweeter. Like a sickly sweet. Its not bad just not my go to sweet
Wait, is dark chocolate actually sour to you? Dark chocolate is definitely not sour for me. Bitter maybe, but absolutely not sour.
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So you like pure fat mixed with sugar. That's ok with me.
Damn, I think this may be the first truly angry upvote I've ever given. How someone can be so wrong, but post about it in the one place where the sheer insanity of saying it requires me to applaud their saying it, it don't understand.
Legit though, I get it. Dark chocolate is an odd pleasure. Sour isn't the right word, it's bitterness, though. And it's an earthy bitterness rather than something that is only bitter. But I can see how the dominance of the bitterness is going to overwhelm the palate until and unless you've taken the time to break away from sweet pleasures as the only pleasures. And that takes both time and effort, we aren't geared to detect bitterness as good by default.
I love me some white chocolate though! The cheap stuff is cloying and waxy, but when it's done well, you get this creamy texture along with the buttery flavor carried on sweetness.
Wait, dark chocolate is sour? Very high concentration (80%+) dark chocolate is close to powdery and has some fruity notes, but it's usually slightly bitter rather than sour to me. It's not my favourite but I can't think of it as being sour.
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I also think white is better than dark chocolate, but what kind of dark chocolate you're eating that's sour? Dark chocolate is supposed to be bitter.
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It's not even real chocolate. Dark chocolate for the win. At least 70% or bust.
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Why would you pretend anyway? Such a nonsensical thing to do, I can't even comprehend why anybody would do such a thing in this instance.
They probably weren't actually pretending. Most likely just using the meme phrase for the title.
White chocolate is just sugary butter, you are a simpleton. Good day sir or madam.
I guess you're gonna be tired aaaaand wrong.
I'm sure we'll see eye to eye on other matters, but not this.
Good day to you!
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Proper dark chocolate isn't even good. Milk chocolate however is far better than white chocolate. White is just too... cloying?
Proper dark chocolate doesn't have to be 100% cocoa solids. I agree that is too bitter, and I like a very dark chocolate.
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Completely disagree, though I don't like dark chocolate all that much either. Upvoted.
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If you prefer white chocolate to other kinds you just don't like chocolate that much, which is fine, but don't lie to us about it
Those be fightin words.
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