Pretty damn good bar of chocolate, actually
Thicker than I expected, some of the chunks they've cut (their bars are cut funny on purpose) were too big even for my giant mouth
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If I remember right the way the chocolate is cut is to represent the unequal distribution of cocoa profits in the industry.
You're correct.
"It doesn't make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry! The unequally-sized chunks of our 6.35 oz bars are a palatable way of reminding Choco Fans and Serious Friends that the profts in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.
And in case you haven't noticed, the bottom of our bars depicts the West African coastline. The chunks just above it represent the Gulf of Guinea. From left to right, you have Cรดte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut), Nigeria and part of Cameroon."
And their chocolate is just so, so good.
Yeah, a d i c t i o n warning. The bar you buy is likely disappear sooner than you would have thought ;)
Sold in the US too, if you're also stuck here! Looks like ~~Target~~ and Safeway cary them. Going to try it...
EDIT: Actually, I recommend you don't shop at Target in light of their anti-DEI "Bud Light u-turn"...
They are good chocolate too. I like the green one, it's dark chocolate and almond. They also got them at Harris Teeter and Walmart. I think Walmart has the smaller mixed bag of candy instead of the bars.
Interesting design, by the colours and font it actually looks American.
I'm now curious to try but it doesn't seem to exist in Spain, sadly.
Maybe in your local bio/eco shop, since they're made from 'slaverly-free' cacao they might be too expensive for a regular supermarket to make a profit on them.
In Austria they started selling in all big shops maybe like two years ago. At least that's when I realized them. I love the chocolate and worth the price for me :-)
They have been doing really well here too. Their initial goal was to become ethical chocolate/cacao wholesalers but they knew they had no chance starting a purely b2b business. So aside from selling their own bars, but over time they grew and now sell to a lot of other brands including the no-brand stuff the supermarkets sell with their own logo (how do you call that? We call them house brands, but that makes no sense in English). They are getting a serious market share as sell, with an ever increasing bigger part from their b2b branch now. More here: https://www.tonysopenchain.com/
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I thought it was American as well. It's on our shelves. I love the background... the chocolate itself is pretty damned good, and I do not often have sweets and candies.
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I discovered Tony's a few months ago and I've been loving their bars. A bit pricey, but it's worth it.
The others are cheap because of child labor and pesticides. It's what gives the extra kick when eating them ;)
You can really taste the exploitation!
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I really enjoy this chocolate, my only complaints are:
- It says not to chill it - I prefer cold chocolate
- The chocolate is not divided up equally, which for some reason annoys me..
It says not to chill it - I prefer cold chocolate
I tried, and they don't actually come to take it away if you ignore that and chill it anyway. :)
Thank you for taking the risk. I'll be chilling it from now on.
The chocolate is not divided up equally, which for some reason annoys me.
This is intentional on their part, it's to show that the profits in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.
It's a good concept but it does feel like a forced gimmick a. I would really prefer some regularity in the pieces possibly that's just a quirk of neurodivergence.
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Even more, the chuncks depict countries in Africa:
Wow, TIL! Been a fan of Chocolonely for many years now and never realized that!
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no idea you weren't suppose to chill them. this part of the world, that's practically impossible, it'll be a puddle if I leave it out anytime of year.
The circle one is my favorite piece!
Heck yeah, me too!
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How do you even buy non-european chocolate
- Lind Sprรผngli, Camille Bloch: Swiss
- Ritter, Trumpf, Stollwerck, Storck, Niedegger: German
- Ferrero: Italian
Ok Milka and Toblerone are american
Most big brands (even in Europe) are terrible because they rely on child slavery. There's a documentary about it.
If you want to buy European chocolate, well it can't be fully European because Europe doesn't grow cocoa, at least look for fair trade chocolate. That or an equivalent should be the minimum claim a company makes. I say claim, because that's what they are claims. None us will know for sure until we step foot in the places where these companies source their chocolate.
If you want an easy list https://www.chocolatescorecard.com/ has some. Top of the list of small, european companies:
- Choba Choba - Swiss
- Original Beans - Dutch
- Chocolate Makers - Dutch
- Malmรถ - Swedish (website seems to be only in Swedish?)
Tony's is top of the "medium and large companies". Rittersport is also up there, but I don't trust that at all. They are closely followed by Nestlรฉ, lol. Fuck Nestlรฉ.
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Toblerone is American?????
sold out to kraft in '90. really hasn't been the same since.
Always has been from Kraft/Mondelez. As of 2023, it's not even "Swiss made" anymore.
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Not a big fan of chocolate, but this is good.... Very good ๐.
Red packaging (as shown here) is milk chocolate, blue packaging is dark chocolate. There are other variants too.
Now that's a weird coincidence, I only learned about Tony's chocolate a few days ago cause there was a big product recall poster in my local supermarket and it kinda stuck in my mind cause I was wondering how TF do stones end up in chocolate. :D
Canadian here. Is there anywhere to get reasonably priced bulk chocolate chips or chunks for baking, in Europe, that ship to North America?
Callebaut is a common supplier for bakeries in Europe. That stuff is definitely not slavery free though.
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I was so sure it was American when I first saw it in stores, both the name and packaging design seemed very American. It took a few months before I stopped and read through the info on one of the bars to realize it's something good.
It's a great chocolate except for the large amounts of lead in their dark chocolate: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/
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French fair trade brand with a lot of choice: รthiquable
Not sure if they export much. The prices in France are reasonable considering cocoa prices make even junk chocolate quite expensive.
Ah nice. I had made the assumption that this was American based on the name and wrapping. Guess I will give this a try the next time I'm out for some chocolate ๐.
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