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If you were in a box of chocolate, what chocolate would you be? I would be a milk chocolate with peanuts. and you? (Original Post) debm55 Saturday OP
Dark chocolate with raspberry cordial filling SheltieLover Saturday #1
Very good. It makes my mouth water. Thank you SheltieLover. debm55 Saturday #2
Oh, probably milk chocolate with a chewy, gooey, caramel filling... hlthe2b Saturday #3
HAHAHHAHAHA. Thank you very much, hlthe2b for sharing with us. debm55 Saturday #6
Milk chocolate oozing caramel. ☺️ Polly Hennessey Saturday #4
Thank you very much for sharing with us. Polly Hennessey. debm55 Saturday #7
Dark chocolate with cayenne 4TheArts Saturday #5
Oh, that sounds really good. Thank you 4TheArts. debm55 Saturday #8
This artisinal chocolatier set up a chocolate making factory in Tribeca... electric_blue68 Sunday #22
Thank you very much. All the selections sound wonderful. TY. electric_blue68 debm55 22 hrs ago #25
It was a Chocolate Lovers Paridise! 😄 electric_blue68 19 hrs ago #47
A piece smushed in the middle and left in the box after someone didn't like what they saw. Xavier Breath Saturday #9
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAH. That's funny. Thank you Xavier Breath. debm55 Saturday #10
Grand Marnier! justaprogressive Saturday #11
Oh yum. Thank you very much, justaprogressive. Love it. debm55 Saturday #12
I use to be able to get these wonderful little bottles at the local liquor store - no more. lark 19 hrs ago #41
The chocolatier's store I mentioned had a champagne bon bon and... electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #48
Chocolate Covered Caramels ProfessorGAC Saturday #13
Thank you very much for sharing with us, ProfessorGAC. That sounds great. debm55 Saturday #14
Dark chocolate caramels with a touch of sea salt. CrispyQ 22 hrs ago #28
Wow, Thank you very much for sharing, CrispyQ. That sounds wonderful debm55 22 hrs ago #31
I Make Caramel ProfessorGAC 22 hrs ago #34
You are so talented, ProfessorGAC. debm55 22 hrs ago #35
I've never made caramel. Is it difficult? CrispyQ 19 hrs ago #43
No, It's Not Hard ProfessorGAC 19 hrs ago #45
Milk chocolate with raisins and almonds. LoisB Saturday #15
Yummy thank you very much, LoisB. That sounds great. debm55 Saturday #16
Crunchy frog IcyPeas Saturday #17
HAHHAHAHAH. thank you IcyPeas. Funny. debm55 Saturday #18
I would also like to be in a box of chocolate covered strawberries. YUMMY. debm55 Saturday #19
Good graciousness, now I'm going be craving chocolate! Wah! 😉 electric_blue68 Sunday #20
hahahahahahahahh; Thank you very much, electric_blue68 debm55 Sunday #21
The other day I saw a candy bar in our store's Easter section CrispyQ 19 hrs ago #44
Aw. Oh, well. electric_blue68 19 hrs ago #46
Dark chocolate with peanuts or crispies. Mad_Dem_X Sunday #23
Yummy, That sounds wounderful. Thank you very much, Mad_Dem_X debm55 22 hrs ago #26
Milk chocolate with vanilla cream, orange cream... 3catwoman3 Sunday #24
Terrific, Thank you for sharing 3catwoman3. I like it with the strawberry cream. debm55 22 hrs ago #27
Hon, I just can't decide, cuz somedays I feel like a nut... CrispyQ 22 hrs ago #29
HAHAHHAHAHH. that's funny. Thank you for that laugh.CrispyQ debm55 22 hrs ago #32
Dark chocolate covered dark chocolate C_U_L8R 22 hrs ago #30
I'll take a guess. Is it dark chocolate. Thank you,C_U_L8R debm55 22 hrs ago #33
I'd be a creamy dark chocolate patty surrounding a luscious, chewy coconut center FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #36
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Thank you very much for sharing with us.FakeNoose. debm55 22 hrs ago #38
Dark chocolate vegan fair trade with salt peanuts and dates . mucifer 22 hrs ago #37
That sounds great. Thank you for sharing with us, mucifer. debm55 22 hrs ago #39
I would be a turtle candy, good quality thick chocolate, carmel and pecans, oh my! lark 19 hrs ago #40
Yes. I love turtle candy. Thank you for sharing, lark. debm55 19 hrs ago #42
Dark chocolate carmel with sea salt. sinkingfeeling 18 hrs ago #49
Wonderful. That sounds delicious. Thank you sinkingfeeling for sharing. Now I want some. debm55 18 hrs ago #50
I would be evicted from the box, deb True Dough 18 hrs ago #51
HAHAHAHHAHAAHHA. Thank you for the funny, True Dough. debm55 18 hrs ago #52
My favorite is peanut butter cups TommieMommy 17 hrs ago #53
Thank you very much for sharing with us. TommieMommy. debm55 16 hrs ago #54
Coconut clusters dlilafae 14 hrs ago #55
HAHAHHAHhahah,Thank you dillafae.for sharing and go figure. debm55 8 hrs ago #57
Chocolate covered cherry MorbidButterflyTat 9 hrs ago #56
YUMMY, Thank you very much, MorbidButterrly Tat. My mouth is watering. debm55 8 hrs ago #58

hlthe2b

(113,329 posts)
3. Oh, probably milk chocolate with a chewy, gooey, caramel filling...
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 10:36 AM
Saturday

(I like to make a mess... )

electric_blue68

(26,524 posts)
22. This artisinal chocolatier set up a chocolate making factory in Tribeca...
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 06:14 PM
Sunday

while no longer there; he still has 2 shops. One in Brooklyn, and one in the passageway toward Grand Central.

Anyway I was near that factory for a while. There were candies, and bon-bons, bark, cookies, powdered chocolate, big molded chocolate items usually animals, ice cream in the summer, and hot (and ?frozen hot chocolate).
It was all to swoon for !!
😄🥰🥰🥰

They also had hot chocolate plain, or with a dash of chilli powder! Pretty tasty!

lark

(25,984 posts)
41. I use to be able to get these wonderful little bottles at the local liquor store - no more.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:28 PM
19 hrs ago

I miss them being so easily available!!

electric_blue68

(26,524 posts)
48. The chocolatier's store I mentioned had a champagne bon bon and...
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 01:24 PM
18 hrs ago

there also was a red wine one.

ProfessorGAC

(76,270 posts)
13. Chocolate Covered Caramels
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 11:00 AM
Saturday

I'm crazy about Carmel.
Now, add chocolate?
I'd be my own hero!

CrispyQ

(40,847 posts)
28. Dark chocolate caramels with a touch of sea salt.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 09:32 AM
22 hrs ago

Super yum!!

Private Selection caramels are better than a lot of boxed chocolates. My store sells so many they have a special display of them.

ProfessorGAC

(76,270 posts)
34. I Make Caramel
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 09:43 AM
22 hrs ago

I started by doing it just to make a caramel sauce for carrots.
Then, I decided just to make caramel.
But, I've never coated them with chocolate.
I do sprinkle them with course salt, though.
I avoid the term sea salt, because 99% of all salt on earth was, at some point, sea salt.

CrispyQ

(40,847 posts)
43. I've never made caramel. Is it difficult?
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:42 PM
19 hrs ago

Seems the chocolate coating part would be the easy part.

LOL on the salt.

ProfessorGAC

(76,270 posts)
45. No, It's Not Hard
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:53 PM
19 hrs ago

Sugar, a little corn syrup (we need the water in that) and a hot pan. (I use a big frying pan because of the high surface to mass ratio.)
Have to stir regularly, and have to keep a little water in the side. If it gets too "dry" the sugar can burn. A little water slows the reaction, because the first step in the reaction is the removal of chemically bound water. We're dehydrating the sugar!
A very complex set of reactions then take place to rearrange the organic backbone. Dozens of reaction products!
The flavor can be adjusted be using more or less corn syrup because the distribution of reaction products is changed by the presence of fructose being directly dehydrated.
Have to keep a sharp eye when it starts to change color, because it goes pretty fast at that point.
When it's tge right color, I add a little water and turn down the heat, add half & half or cream, vanilla extract, and then let it sit on low heat until the water we added & the water from the milk product is mostly gone.
Lots of regular stirring at that point.
When it's smooth and gooey, we're done.
I pour it into a small baking pan so it's about a half-inch deep, sprinkle course salt, and let it cool.
Probably 20 minutes, tops.
When I make sauce, it's pretty much the same, but with a bit more water & milk product.
That way, it still pours (very slowly) when cold. When it's warm, it has the consistency of maple syrup, so it sticks to the roasted carrots.

electric_blue68

(26,524 posts)
20. Good graciousness, now I'm going be craving chocolate! Wah! 😉
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 06:00 PM
Sunday

Dark chocolate (70% - 85%), with dark chocolate ganash, with a sprinkle of teeny pistachio pieces on top!
Or teeny pieces of macadamia nuts.

CrispyQ

(40,847 posts)
44. The other day I saw a candy bar in our store's Easter section
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:47 PM
19 hrs ago

that was some kind of pistachio filling covered with dark chocolate. I love pistachios! I was going to buy it & then saw it was $5 for 2" candy bar.

electric_blue68

(26,524 posts)
46. Aw. Oh, well.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:54 PM
19 hrs ago

If I had extra money I might have bought it anyway
. A one time treat 😄

C_U_L8R

(49,153 posts)
30. Dark chocolate covered dark chocolate
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 09:35 AM
22 hrs ago

Or dark chocolate covered toffee.
Then dark chocolate covered caramel.
And maybe dark chocolate covered krispies.
There's a theme.

FakeNoose

(40,895 posts)
36. I'd be a creamy dark chocolate patty surrounding a luscious, chewy coconut center
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 09:51 AM
22 hrs ago

... and yes, I've just described a perfect Mounds bar!

mucifer

(25,614 posts)
37. Dark chocolate vegan fair trade with salt peanuts and dates .
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 09:53 AM
22 hrs ago

It's fairly easy to make vegan turtles.

lark

(25,984 posts)
40. I would be a turtle candy, good quality thick chocolate, carmel and pecans, oh my!
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:24 PM
19 hrs ago

Yum!!

On my best days, I would be a fine piece of Belgian chocolate from one of their famous choclatiers, filled with gin that's incogorous but devinely awesome! Can't remember the name of the place, it was so amazing!!

debm55

(58,481 posts)
50. Wonderful. That sounds delicious. Thank you sinkingfeeling for sharing. Now I want some.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 01:41 PM
18 hrs ago

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True Dough

(26,193 posts)
51. I would be evicted from the box, deb
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 01:42 PM
18 hrs ago

I would drive those other chocolates nuts to the point where they would kick me out.

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