why is everyone here so means?!

[Astonished lemons]

Its amazing, half the candies youre mentioning Ive never heard of.
The only reason I know what Turkish Delight is was because of that Narnia book.

Around here the best easily attainable chocolates are either Dove or a brand with a name I cant spell. (Gihaldi, grihaldi? Something with a G.)
The best chocolater ever, however, comes from a store in San Francisco. I cant remember what the place is called, but they sell all these cool molded chocolates.
My aunt got me a package of the ones shaped like dolphins and sea horses.

[ChaosInAMinor]

Ghiradelli. They sell those EVERYWHERE here...being the place it hath been born from the froth of the...er..bay? I don't really like Ghiradelli, strangely enough. I think maybe a sensory overload.

Haha, are you talking about those little touristy chocolate shops in North Beach? They do have amazing fudge in some of them.

[HeartOFire]

I was thinking Godiva..those are good too.

[EmilyTwitch]

I like Lindt chocolate. Although, just about any chocolate is good (as long as it isn't Hershey's.)

[Druid]

The only reason I know what Turkish Delight is was because of that Narnia book.

That was the same for me. As a kid, I always wondered what it was, since they made it sound so good - When I came across it at a specialty store back in high school, I immediately grabbed a small package of it. It was a Rose flavored turkish delight candy bar... I took one bite and almost retched. SO SWEET. It was like eating potpourri gel. I was so disillusioned! Why would Edmund do what he did* for THAT stuff... (It does explain why he gets awfully sick afterward though!  )

* It know it's been like 50 years since the books were written, but someone always bitches when you give stuff away, even though I think the statute of limitations on spoilers for this is WAY past...

[SoggyFox]

I like turkish delight.  As a candy, its nowhere near as sweet to me as alot of the more modern candies.  And let's face it, back in the early 40s it was likely like asking for a box of snickers or something.

I 'specially like the rose flavoured ones.

As for chocolates, give me belgian chocolates.  They are the best I've ever had, and according to a belgian friend, the ones they ship are trash compared to what you get there.

[keirra]

All of ya all suck. Now I want chocolate. 

 

[calalily]

There are a couple of Chocolate shops around these parts that I have to physically turn my head away if I am walking past. We have the Lindt Cafe for godsake. And millions (okay hyperbole anyone?) of chocolate shops. Tiny rose flavoured, violet flavoured, every kind of flavour (snozzberry?). Rich dark melt-in-your mouth chocolate. Which is more than just a bit of cocoa and shitloads of sugar (like let's say Nestle or Cadbury - sorry Cala, I HATE cadbury, and I'm not a snob, it's seriously too sweet), which I hate.

You shouldn't have turned your eyes away from the Lindt Cafe - they have 70% cocoa dark chocolate and 85% dark as seen here.  Coolington waxes lyrical about it.  Nothing sweet about that chocolate - except I've found that extreme bitter does morph into sweet if you have a piece.

[Alexia]

  I'm not too fond of Turkish Delight (It's also known as soutzouk-loukoum in Greece and Turkey). Somehow whenever I used to go visiting with my nana all of her friends insisted that I ate at least a piece of rose flavoured one. Theoretically it's supposed to make young girls sweet! Fat chance, I'm living proof of the oppposite as my lovely husband can confirm  . If you're into the stuff try Mastic flavoured (can be a bit difficult to find, but I suggest trying out Greek or Turkish delis).

  My personal piece of heaven: Sundried orange slices covered in bitter chocolate. They're quite bitter at first and then you get a chocolaty explosion on your taste buds. Too bad they're considered an easter treat so they're available only a couple of months per year

[falln_angel]

My personal piece of heaven: Sundried orange slices covered in bitter chocolate.

That sounds devine! The closest I've come to that is when I bake grated orange peel (orange zest??) into my chocolate chip cookies.

[Alexia]

You could try baking orange slices (with their peel on) for a couple of minutes until they dry out a bit, and covering them in melted chocolate. But sundried are soo much better. Damn now I can't wait for this year's oranges to rippen. (We never buy imported fruit as we mostly grow our own)

[Immortelle]

For some reason, I'm a big one for baklava.  Its a kind of sweet lebanese pastry.  Crushed nuts, usually walnuts, wrapped up in filo pastry and soaked in a honey syrup.  That and pavlova.  I rule the sweet toothes

[ChaosInAMinor]

I love baklava. There's this little deli near where I work that's run by a Lebanese couple. The wife makes her own baklava and it's amazing. Not to mention they're adorable.

[deelink]

Yeah the Lindt Cafe is pretty damn good. But I can't trust myself to go there more than three times a year, because I do want to maintain this ability to walk and not waddle

Anyhoo, Baklava rocks! Homemade is so delicious! Especially with coffee... sweets and coffee....my favorite. Which is probably why I never ask for sugar in my coffee. Overkill
I hate sugar in coffee. BLERGH. 

[LadyDea]

I'm not a big fan of chocolate, I don't like chocolate cake, chocolate muffins or even chocolate chip cookies (oatmeal raisin is my favourite). I do like Cadbury and Lindt, though. Creamy, smooth milk chocolate is to die for. I hate dark chocolate, too bitter.

My favourite candy, though, is Popeye Sticks. They are simply white, candy sticks made out of various sugars. They don't have a definite taste, but I love them. Lucky for me they cost only 30 cents and I can find them at most gas stations in the candy isle.



The candy I hate the most is Tootsie Rolls. Disgusting. Blech.