Chocolite

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mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 221d (25 replies)

Wait, are chocolate oranges just chocolate formed to look like orange slices? All this time I thought it was oranges dipped in chocolate, which has always disgusted me.

And in my defense, I've always heard it was a British thing. And British food is infamous for being terrible apart from fish & chips

GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 221d (6 replies)

Yep, it's break-apart slices of chocolate. You knock it on a table and they separate. I used to like them, and either I can't find the brand I used to get or my tastes have changed, because the ones I have tried in the past few years just aren't good.

(I do like orange + chocolate still, in a chocolate bar!)

Drusas@fedia.io · 6 pts · 221d (1 reply)

I remember the ones that you had to break apart from when I was a kid. The modern ones are all cast so that there's nothing to break apart; you just grab a little slice of the sphere.

GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 220d

The modern ones are cast, but last time I checked still require some force to break the slices off their central sprue / core. What were the older ones you're referring to if they weren't cast like that? Now I am curious lol.

CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 220d (2 replies)

There used to be two main brands. But you can only seen to find Terry's now. They were not the good brand. It's sad really

TunaLobster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 220d (1 reply)

I've only known Terry's. Now I'm curious what I'm missing out on!

CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 220d

Might be ferrera. I haven't seen them since I was a kid but they might still exist

gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 219d

or my tastes have changed, because the ones I have tried in the past few years just aren’t good.

chances are that as you get older, your taste changes. i liked lots of sweets when i was younger and now i just can't stand them anymore.

also yeah, recipes have changed as well. factories want to make their food "healthier" so it appeals to the consumer who tries to watch their diet and as a consequence they often use less artificial flavors (i actually don't have a data source on that, it's just my personal impression/observation). like everything used to be chock-full of artificial flavors in the mid 20th century, and now they're not so much anymore.

TheRealKuni@piefed.social · 13 pts · 221d (1 reply)

British candy fucks, though.

cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 221d

It had fucking better.

Drusas@fedia.io · 8 pts · 221d

It's also an American thing. Historically, one would give oranges (citrus, which is ripe late in the year) and chocolate. Somehow that turned into this.

untorquer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 221d

Yes and i used to get these every year growing up in the US.

Lumidaub@feddit.org · 5 pts · 221d

That is exactly what I thought, I'm so confused.

FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 2 pts · 221d

I've never known it for being british, used to get these in my christmas stocking every year as a kid

eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 221d

Also flavored.

gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 219d

where i live we have both chocolated fruits and nuts (like nuts dipped into chocolate, which is delicious btw) and animal-shaped chocolate (mostly chocolate bunnies for some reason)

we also have chocolate with fruit flavor. that's mediocre i'd say.

fox2263@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 221d (9 replies)

Oof that last part. So racist.

ranzispa@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 221d (1 reply)

British food Is not a race, just terrible food nobody should have ever come up with.

fox2263@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 220d

K

TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 221d (1 reply)

British isn't a race, it's a rationality. And as a Brit, British food is horrible, including fish and chips.

fox2263@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 220d

Erm ok.

Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 220d

As a Brit I often joke "if you can communicate cleanly with the people making the food, you're ordering food from the wrong place"

mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 220d (3 replies)

I said it's infamous for being terrible, i.e. a factual statement about its reputation. I never said that it is terrible because I haven't really had any.

Also, you're trying to be holier-than-thou over a comment about an Empire that opressed half the world up until around 70 years ago? One that continues to idolize "the good old days"? Learn to pick your battles.

fox2263@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 220d (2 replies)

Wow you got all that from what I said? Maybe an emoji 😂

Chill

mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 220d (1 reply)

Projecting much? You're the one calling people racist over stuff that isn't racist. And turning into a sarcastic douche towards anyone who reaponded to you.

All of this originated from you making baseless claims because you can't read. Just stfu amd leave the thread like a normal rational person does when they're wrong

fox2263@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 219d

You ok?

X@piefed.world · 26 pts · 221d

wtf is sandy talking about have people never heard of alchemy lol

WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 221d

I can turn an orange into a chocolatey thing in less than a day. And other things too.

shalafi@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 220d

Discworld science right here.

Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 221d (2 replies)
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fossilesque@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 221d (1 reply)
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Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 221d
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Gleddified@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 220d

Is that actually Sandy Petersen? Please say yes

FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 4 pts · 221d

I love chocolate oranges so much, definitely one of the coolest candies up there with cotton candy and pop rocks.

borth@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 221d

More like Chocolie

theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 221d

Going to chose to believe this from now in and never look into it because it brings me pleasure.

lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 221d

Just gotta make sure you're not eating it the wrong way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVMpz4fxvYU

Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 219d

Drugs're bad, mmkayyy?