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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Anti_Weeb_Penguin@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

The flavor and the texture are so much better than those bitter dark chocolate bars.

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[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 183 points 1 year ago

Are saltine crackers your favorite potato chips?

[-] dylpickles@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I'd honestly go a different direction with the burn like white chocolate is to chocolate what sweet potato chips are to potato chips.

If we were to figure out where saltine crackers relate to potato chips in reference to chocolate or general sweets I'd say if potato chips are milk chocolate Hershey's then saltine crackers are toffee.

[-] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Sweet potato chips are good though..

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[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 133 points 1 year ago

White chocolate shouldn't even be called chocolate.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

I so agree. Its nice with strawberries. sorta like the way powdered sugar is.

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[-] baascus@lemmy.world 91 points 1 year ago

Going off of the comments already, I would say that this is a truly unpopular opinion. Well done, OP!

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[-] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 80 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] UlfKirsten@feddit.de 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My guess is they’re American and damaged by Hershey's puke

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[-] cley_faye@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago

Maybe because it's not chocolate and we should stop calling it this.

[-] throwsbooks@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] mranachi@aussie.zone 12 points 1 year ago

I guess it's the same as asking if vegetable oil is a vegetable.

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[-] xuxebiko@kbin.social 53 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] ViridianNott@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You have the palate of a child

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[-] antik@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

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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[-] pyrflie@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Azal@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

This. I despise how sweet white chocolate tastes. I like that rich bitterness to dark chocolate.

But I was the weird kid who grew up liking dark chocolate over milk chocolate.

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[-] like47ninjas@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

Upvote because I whole heartedly disagree with you.

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

Yes. This is what unpopular opinion should be about.

[-] Lowered_lifted@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] pocopene@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

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 :)

[-] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

All you´re doing is saying that you don't like chocolate with extra steps ...

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[-] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Narrrz@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

no officer, he was already dead when I found him

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[-] Md1501@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Magicianfox@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

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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[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Right? The bitterness is the point. It makes my life so much sweeter in comparison.

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[-] LonelyWendigo@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

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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[-] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Completely disagree, though I don't like dark chocolate all that much either. Upvoted.

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[-] _jonatan_@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Proper dark chocolate isn't even good. Milk chocolate however is far better than white chocolate. White is just too... cloying?

[-] Lord_Logjam@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

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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[-] ratboy@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

White chocolate is just a shell of the chocolate it wants to be

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[-] NotMichaelCera@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Im glad you like your sugary milky butter. Have the day you deserve.

[-] kogs@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

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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[-] CodyCraftTwelve@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I completely agree. White chocolate isn't as sweet and I believe is very underrated.

[-] favrion@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

What do you mean? It's sickly sweet.

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[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 9 points 1 year ago

Shut it. Debating taste is pointless.

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