What's your favourite chocolate? What's the best quality in Irish stores ?

wally1990

Looking for suggestions

sporina

depends what price range etc your talking about - do you mean in supermarkets or more artisan type products?

best in supermarkets imo is Lindt

artisan? depends where you live mayb...

I am a chocaholic but I actually don't like v rich chocolate.. like I find Butlers too rich and I really dislike Lilly O'Briens..

You cannot beat Marabou. (IKEA)

Supercell

Those Lidl chocolate seashell things, oh my!
Not a fan of Lindt, it's a very minor step up from Cadbury's imho.
The Belgian chocs in M&S are pretty decent too.

ablelocks

Wilde Irish Chocolates (not shilling, i've no connection beyond buying from them in the markets every now and then and their chocolate is lovely)

Bam Bam Mickey

First thought was Lindt, it's nice and smooth and milky.

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

You cannot beat Marabou. (IKEA)

Marabou is a very good shout. To me it has a kind of toffee aftertaste, which makes it stand out a bit. from your regular old Cadbury and whatnot.

Mad_maxx

chocolate gives me a headache so i rarely eat it

PhilOssophy

Still can't beat an auld Dairy Milk for me.

Mr. CooL ICE

Pretty sure the chocolate hipsters are going to be along any minute to say that CaDbUrYs IsNt ReAlLy ChOcOlAtE!!!111!!

Cadbury's may be sweet but it's what most of us were reared on. A Twirl, Dairy Milk or Wispa melting in your mouth makes the pain of the world float away. Likewise, nibbling off the outer edges of a purple snack do skillfully expose the inner biscuit only to win the lottery and get one of those prized bars with no biscuit at all! And eating a Bourneville when you don't want to eat too much chocolate in one sitting, but do anyway.

Honourable mentions go for Lindt 70% and Alsi's Roser Moth. Lily O'Brien's and Thornton's are great. Any Belgian chocolate seashells I've tried have been great too.

Not a fan of Nestle/Mars chocolate. For those bars, it's the insides that make them. The actual chocolate by itself is too waxy

Zaney

Aldi’s Moser Roth is well liked in my house.
I really love Skelligs, especially their chocolate shards. It’s my go to treat chocolate. It’s stocked in Avoca and other places. Their online service is good, the deliveries I got last year were one of the few highlights in 2020.

razorblunt

You can get as fancy as you want, still can't beat the simplicity of a Dairy Milk (8 square) or a Galaxy!

Garlinge

Cadburys still make a few bars in their Coolock base and the emigrants crave them and can tell the difference from 'same' variety made elsewhere. Cadbury's mint crisp = yum but I am dark choc fan really and not fussy! Aldi Moser Roth good value....

Calvin001

Zaney wrote: »

Aldi’s Moser Roth is well liked in my house.
I really love Skelligs, especially their chocolate shards. It’s my go to treat chocolate. It’s stocked in Avoca and other places. Their online service is good, the deliveries I got last year were one of the few highlights in 2020.

You need to visit Skelligs factor in Ballinskelligs then, avail of the free tasting samples :pac::pac::D

chopperbyrne

Lindt Lindor

Nothing else comes close.

French Toast

Had one of these recently, Tony's milk chocolate hazelnut.
Really nice, would recommend.

dennyire

100% shout out for Aldi Moser Roth.
Particularly Orange and Almond and also Mint. Chili Salt lovely too; Love the way the big bar is opened and there are individually wrapped bars inside. So cheap too.....delicious

Mister Vain

lindt the master chocolatier.

Earthhorse

Milka is by far an underrated bar IMO. Their milk chocolate is probably the nicest of any around; really smooth.

Lindt's dark chocolate and orange bar is nice but other than that I'm not a huge fan.

If you're talking boxes of chocolates I do like Lily O'Briens, Butlers and Leonidas (not the liquors).

French Toast wrote: »

Had one of these recently, Tony's...

I do like the Tony's bars but I've got to admit I'm puzzled by their marketing strategy - "Let's target the lonely, they probably eat a lot of chocolate and will want to be reminded of that as they eat."

Zaph

Although they're limited to just two shops in Dublin so availability for a lot of people is an issue, for me Hotel Chocolat is by far the best chocolate around. Their 65% Supermilk is unbelievably good.

sporina

ablelocks wrote: »

Wilde Irish Chocolates (not shilling, i've no connection beyond buying from them in the markets every now and then and their chocolate is lovely)

hmm thanks - some of 'em look amazing.. praline and the hazelnut duet products in particular .. wonder if i can get em in Cork? i'll ask in The Chocolate Shop as they stock a lot of artisan choc

dotsman

Mr. CooL ICE wrote: »

Cadbury's may be sweet but it's what most of us were reared on.

But the oily Cadbury's available in the shops today is completely different to the Cadbury's "we were reared on"

Old Cadbury's was great. Absolutely. But today's cheap muck - I still eat it 'cos I'm a chocoholic - is pretty poor.

Autosport

Can’t beat a bar of Galaxy chocolate or Galaxy caramel

Greyfox

Lots of great choc out there but Cadburys is still the best for me. You cant beat Dairy milks, Boosts and twirls.

mdwexford

Toblerone and Terry’s Chocolate Orange is up there for me.

Cadbury’s is poor now.

mfceiling

Calvin001 wrote: »

You need to visit Skelligs factor in Ballinskelligs then, avail of the free tasting samples :pac::pac::D

Just came here to post this. Beautiful location and the chocolate is unbelievably good. My wife's mother has a holiday home nearby and we used to visit it everyday to the point that the staff recognised my kids and used to overload us with free samples!!

Moghead

French Toast wrote: »

Had one of these recently, Tony's milk chocolate hazelnut.
Really nice, would recommend.

Tony's is lovely.

I've bought Valrhona anytime I've seen it in a irish shop, really nice chocolate. You'd see it in places like Fallon & Byrne. A few years ago Brown Thomas had a load of their stuff, even cartons of drinking chocolate.

Mr. CooL ICE

mdwexford wrote: »

Toblerone and Terry’s Chocolate Orange is up there for me.

How could I forget Toblerone.

Sheer triangular heroin.

Wanderer78

Mr. CooL ICE wrote:

How could I forget Toblerone.

...and toblerone chocolate orange, and I will get one of those 5kg bars someday

Mr. CooL ICE

Wanderer78 wrote: »

...and toblerone chocolate orange, and I will get one of those 5kg bars someday

I never heard of these! Location of purchase please

Squeaksoutloud

Lindt Sea Salt Darc Choc is unrivalled imo. Even compared to some of the artisan chocs knocking around these days. Eaten with some 85% Lindt and it's manna.

For sweeter milk choc honourable mention for Milka and Terry's. Like skelligs and Chez Emily stuff but nothing compares to the Lindt Sea Salt. Always goes out of stock in my local SV ahead of their other bars!

Cadburys has too many veg fats which will destroy your arteries as well as being mank.

Wanderer78

Mr. CooL ICE wrote: »

I never heard of these! Location of purchase please

https://www.yoursurprise.ie/chocolate/toblerone/toblerone-xxl-chocolate-love?channable=014ed2696400363134303035bb&artikelcode=614005&gclid=CjwKCAiAl4WABhAJEiwATUnEF-X21SpmeTmPtUU7tlVfkvHIxksh0kG2UfhDlVETCao0WTFkUMcfPhoC8dwQAvD_BwE

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/details/?id=306809929

Mr. CooL ICE

Wanderer78 wrote: »

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/details/?id=306809929

Sorry, this product is currently not available

Wanderer78

Mr. CooL ICE wrote: »

seen that alright, but you ll probably find them around, maybe in dealz

kildare lad

Had some chocolate over Xmas and it was lovely I've never had them before. Got a box of lily o brien and wasn't impressed at all . To sweet or buttery but one sweet was enough for me .

sporina

Zaney wrote: »

Aldi’s Moser Roth is well liked in my house.
I really love Skelligs, especially their chocolate shards. It’s my go to treat chocolate. It’s stocked in Avoca and other places. Their online service is good, the deliveries I got last year were one of the few highlights in 2020.

Calvin001 wrote: »

You need to visit Skelligs factor in Ballinskelligs then, avail of the free tasting samples :pac::pac::D

yes Ballinskelligs is v good - feels v clean on the palate - yet has that essential melt factory... did the factory tour once too and it was so much fun - and so informative - its quite a big operation they have down there... talk about feeing like a kid, gorging on the free samples lol.... hmm..
my OH loves the Mint Brittle... lots of local stores here in Cork stock them

Bobblehats

I have impeccably good taste. Only the most graying of fox’s chocolate bars to be found in the darkest recesses of the bargain bins will sate my palate..

kildare lad

Mr. CooL ICE wrote: »

I never heard of these! Location of purchase please

Seen them in Tesco's the other day. Plenty of them left too,

fussyonion

Cadbury Turkish Delight or Galaxy Ripple. Mmmm

Loafing Oaf

sporina

fussyonion wrote: »

Cadbury Turkish Delight or Galaxy Ripple. Mmmm

Galaxy Ripple... umm... are they still around? gee - I use to really like them - not had one in about 20 years i'd say... gee - thanks for the reminder..

I love the Galaxy caramel ice cream bars - the one on the stick... had trouble finding any last summer though... had a serious craving for one and had no luck sourcing any,.. I didn't try too hard to lol

Must get my hands on a ripple

Bobblehats

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Ever feel like you’re the chocolatey goodness caught up in a bad sandwich?

peasant

The 60% Peru in particular (Lidl)

wavyhair

Leonidas chocolates are lovely!

Junkyard Tom

TAYTO CHEESE AND ONION CRIPS.

Greyfox

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

TAYTO CHEESE AND ONION CRIPS.

Chocolate is a treat for the gods, tayto crisps are a treat for poor peasants.