Do you like cheap Easter chocolate?

[stilgar]

Well too bad, the factory that makes it exploded.

 

https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-chocolate-factory-explosion-0bcc0d052393273c10c4466ff596b127

[The_annoying_one]

Who the hell put a hit out on the Easter Bunny??

[katt_goddess]

That photo looks nothing like a Willy Wonka accident. 

I demand screaming Oompah Loompas and chocolate geysers. 

[Top Gun]

Man, we always got Crisp Kringles in our Christmas stockings.

[scoobdog]

I was going to laugh but, shit… there’s like dead and missing.

[The_annoying_one]

10 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

I was going to laugh but, shit… there’s like dead and missing.

Now I feel bad about what I said.

[stilgar]

31 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

I was going to laugh but, shit… there’s like dead and missing.

Yeah, it is really terrible. The explosion was so big it moved another building 4 feet forward. 

[Insipid]

lol, that happened where Taylor Swift was born.

[katt_goddess]

12 hours ago, scoobdog said:

I was going to laugh but, shit… there’s like dead and missing.

Oh trust me, my reply went through a few revisions before I hit 'post' just because of that. -.-; 

The line between attempting to lighten the mood and being a complete and total dickhead is really thin sometimes. 

[stilgar]

7 hours ago, Insipid said:

lol, that happened where Taylor Swift was born.

Who?

[1pooh4u]

I saw this yesterday but the headline said “Pennsylvania chocolate factory” and I was kinda relieved that it was Palmer and not Hershey. Both aren’t great but Palmer is worse 

[The_annoying_one]

1 minute ago, 1pooh4u said:

I saw this yesterday but the headline said “Pennsylvania chocolate factory” and I was kinda relieved that it was Palmer and not Hershey. Both aren’t great but Palmer is worse 

Don’t you talk shit about Hershey! Them’s fightin’ words! 🤪

[stilgar]

52 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said:

I saw this yesterday but the headline said “Pennsylvania chocolate factory” and I was kinda relieved that it was Palmer and not Hershey. Both aren’t great but Palmer is worse 

Yeah, my first thought was "did hershey explode?" because I had no idea there were other chocolate factories in PA.

Edited March 26, 2023 by stilgar

[stilgar]

49 minutes ago, The_annoying_one said:

Don’t you talk shit about Hershey! Them’s fightin’ words! 🤪

Hershey chocolate is not very good.

[tsar4]

32 minutes ago, stilgar said:

Hershey chocolate is not very good.

Everything I've heard about Ethel M. (Mars) Chocolate's is that they will show how weak Hershey is by comparison.

[1pooh4u]

4 hours ago, The_annoying_one said:

Don’t you talk shit about Hershey! Them’s fightin’ words! 🤪

Hershey chocolate is to chocolate as what skim milk is to full fat milk 

[The_annoying_one]

4 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said:

Hershey chocolate is to chocolate as what skim milk is to full fat milk 

Argh! Why doesn’t this place have a mad react?! 😡

😂

[tsar4]

1 hour ago, 1pooh4u said:

Hershey chocolate is to chocolate as what skim milk is to full fat milk 

That's being generous.

 

[1pooh4u]

2 minutes ago, tsar4 said:

That's being generous.

 

Any harsher and we might break TheAnnoyingOne forever, and no one wants that 😆

[scoobdog]

5 hours ago, tsar4 said:

Everything I've heard about Ethel M. (Mars) Chocolate's is that they will show how weak Hershey is by comparison.

It depends on your taste, of course, but a candy bar confectioner isn’t building depth into its chocolate like a more traditional confectioner like See’s, Helen Grace, or Godiva.

[The_annoying_one]

5 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said:

Any harsher and we might break TheAnnoyingOne forever, and no one wants that 😆

Everyone just go ahead and trash the only decent chocolate that my poor butt can afford. I can take it. 😛

[tsar4]

3 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

It depends on your taste, of course, but a candy bar confectioner isn’t building depth into its chocolate like a more traditional confectioner like See’s, Helen Grace, or Godiva.

That depends on the Maker.  My paternal grandmother worked for the Original Mars.  Their chocolate didn't burn in my throat like Hershey's did and still does.  Ethel M. chocolates grew out of Forrest Mars' boredom in retiring from Mars.  

[scoobdog]

1 minute ago, The_annoying_one said:

Everyone just go ahead and trash the only decent chocolate that my poor butt can afford. I can take it. 😛

Bro, ain’t nothing wrong with Hershey’s.  No one buys an Ethel M chocolate for a snack.

[1pooh4u]

Lindt and Lindor 

truffles and the dark chocolate chili bar 

[1pooh4u]

Palmer tastes like wax probably how the factory exploded the chocolate burned like candles 

[The_annoying_one]

3 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Bro, ain’t nothing wrong with Hershey’s.  No one buys an Ethel M chocolate for a snack.

I know. I’m just kidding around. Also, I’ve never even heard of Ethel M. I do love me some Ferrero Rocher (sp?), though.

[scoobdog]

2 minutes ago, tsar4 said:

That depends on the Maker.  My paternal grandmother worked for the Original Mars.  Their chocolate didn't burn in my throat like Hershey's did and still does.  Ethel M. chocolates grew out of Forrest Mars' boredom in retiring from Mars.  

I mean not really.  Candy bars are an entirely different beast for a myriad of reasons.  They have preservatives designed to make the bar more portable, longer lasting, and less susceptible to heat.  The chocolate itself is often used as a casing for whatever the bar’s center has in it, rather than being a centerpiece for the confection.  The ingredients themselves are often of poorer quality.  That’s been the case all along, but it’s been exacerbated since the latter half of the 20th century as chemically altered ingredients ( like HFCs) have caused additional health impacts without necessarily changing the taste.

[scoobdog]

9 minutes ago, The_annoying_one said:

I know. I’m just kidding around. Also, I’ve never even heard of Ethel M. I do love me some Ferrero Rocher (sp?), though.

They’re not particularly big in their segment.

[katt_goddess]

18 hours ago, scoobdog said:

Bro, ain’t nothing wrong with Hershey’s.  No one buys an Ethel M chocolate for a snack.

*nibbles away at a $3 bullshit bar from Chocolove while reading this thread...

[scoobdog]

22 minutes ago, katt_goddess said:

*nibbles away at a $3 bullshit bar from Chocolove while reading this thread...

Why is it bullshit?

[PenguinBoss]

18 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Why is it bullshit?

That's just what it's made out of.

[katt_goddess]

56 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Why is it bullshit?

Because it cost like $3 while we are all taking pot shots at cheap vs stupidly expensive chocolates.  

I'm usually on the side of the cheap Hershey's ones myself if I do have any chocolates around here. Chocolove doesn't fall under the 'snack category' but that's what its going to be because it 'expires' this month. 

[tsar4]

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/are-there-heavy-metals-in-milk-chocolate-a1095452037/

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/chocolate-makers-urged-to-get-lead-cadmium-out-of-products-a6449371819/

Edited March 28, 2023 by tsar4

[lupin_bebop]

Like……I want to laugh and make jokes and stuff….but people died. 

[stilgar]

Jesus, there is footage of the explosion.

 

 

[scoobdog]

That’s bad.  

[naraku360]

On 3/26/2023 at 5:47 PM, 1pooh4u said:

Hershey chocolate is to chocolate as what skim milk is to full fat milk 

Hershey's is for when you want chocolate to feel like you swallowed sugarcoated sandpaper.

[André Toulon]

damn