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The Daily PollIT’S LIKE PICKING your favourite film or song – so much depends on your mood, and your tastes change over time.
But since it’s Easter weekend and we’ll be surrounded by the stuff over the next few days and weeks, we’re going to make you choose your favourite chocolate.
So weigh up the textures, the taste, the milkiness, and tell us: What brand do you think makes the best chocolate?
Other – take it to the comments
Cadburys quality dropped massively in the last 3-4 years
@Jack Johnson: palm oil overload
@Jack Johnson: Shouldn’t be on the list. Even calling Cadburys chocolate is a stretch.
@Jack Johnson: 3-4 years? LoL
@Twitruser2022: Dodgy stuff palm oil. It’s in everything nearly now. I’m constantly checking ingredients.
@Jack Johnson: not just the quality, the size of the bars have gotten smaller,
@Jack Johnson: and their bar sizes dropped while the prices went up.
@Jack Johnson: wasn’t there a dispatches documentary on Cadbury recently regarding child labour?? Avoid
@Jack Johnson: It was never.great.
@Dearbhla O Reilly: definitely don’t go with Mestle for similar and possibly worse reasons
@Dearbhla O Reilly: Does that affect the taste though? They might have to add more sugar to hide the tears.
Anybody that picked Cadbury either has never tasted any other chocolate or has no taste buds.
@arnaas: 100%
Unfortunately Cadbury chocolate is so greasy now it leaves an awful aftertaste. Lindt is up there as its Butlers but they are quite expensive. Nice treat though. Happy Easter all.
@Fiona Ryan: i agree. I’d rather have less Lindt and Butlers, and enjoy them, than a bar of Cadburys any day.
@Fiona Ryan: Definitely. The Lindt bunnies are a firm favourite in my family :)
@Fiona Ryan: Milka used to be a nice cheap alternative to Cadburys but I don’t see them on sale that often anymore.
I can’t believe that Cadburys is topping the poll!
@Colleen: I’m the same. Cadbury chocolate was nice about 30 years ago, now not so much. Although I don’t personally like it much I’m surprised there is no mention of Hersheys or Reeses.
@Carm(Orange Vampire): because Hershey’s tastes of candle wax? And is not recognisable as chocolate?
@Mary Fitzsimons: also if you look at the ingredients it uses genetically modified ingredients
Cadburus is not choclate anymore since the yanks messed it up. The proliferation of it is shocking too no wonder they have to use kids to make it.
@Pat O’Brien: cadburus defo isn’t. Cadbury’s is nice though.
@Darren Byrne: it’s not
@Pat O’Brien: Kids make Cadbury’s chocolate?
@FiannaFáilness FineGaelness: yes there was a documentary on channel 4 called Cadbury Exposed. Would highly recommend watching it.
@Caroline Hickey: Oh yes I remember seeing that advertised, cheers.
No mention of Aldi or Lidl who on the whole make chocolate with quality ingredients.
Cadburys on the other hand use cheapest ingredients they can source including synthetic ingredients & Shea / Palm fat muck.
@Gavin Tobin: their dark chocolate is the best
@Gavin Tobin:
or Terry’s
@Gavin Tobin: You haven’t had any of Lidls junk that comes out at holiday time….. chocolate Santas are absolutely horrific
@Gavin Tobin: agree Gav totally
@Gavin Tobin: Moser Roth is delicious
I find it hard to believe that Cadbury’s is a favorite given that it can no longer really be regarded as chocolate. The Americans took it over a once quite reputable chocolate brand and have made it so oily and with an unpleasant aftertaste. I voted for Butlers but was surprised Green and Black was not there and given the very high quality and reasonable prices of a huge range of chocolate from both Aldi and Lidle, I find their absence from the list inexplicable.
@Noel Dillon: I have two G and B salted caramel dark chocolate bars waiting in the fridge for me, although think I read somewhere, chocolate should not be stored in fridge but I love it. Also Aldi do a fair trade dark chocolate bar, really nice.
@Clare Ryan: Green & Black’s is owned by Cadbury since 2005.
@Alex McDwyer: well that settles that so, will be purchasing the Aldi fair trade bar from now on,
@Noel Dillon: I didn’t realise Cadbury ingredients and recipe quality had deteriorated so badly. I just looked at a label to confirm. I’ll be avoiding in future. I agree with other comments here, lidl and Aldi chocolate is actually quite good. There are also some fabulous artisan chocolate producers out there.
Cadbury is not allowed to advertise as chocolate thus the word chocolate is omitted from its name..the veg oil content is too high..Lindt is chocolate worth buying.On their website in product filter it has a section called ” Chocolate Type”..They use the words Dairy Milk to describe their awful product.
Cadbury is one of the worse in Europe. Powdered evaporated milk and E or F class chocolate powder.
Kilkenny’s ‘Truffle Fairy’ makes the most sublime exquisite chocolate imaginable. Shops in Kilkenny city and Thomastown and online. Truly superb
Lindy. The southside of chocolate
@Mattress Dick: *Lindt obviously
@Mattress Dick: ffs, leave it out of the choc discussion. Especially, since Butlers is a D17 affair and the Lindt factories are far removed from the factories in Sallynoggin.
Hate to burst the galaxy 8 percenters bubble but Galaxy is Mars chocolate.
@Laura McCarthy: It’s a different (nicer, smoother) recipe from the general Mars products, but they’re both very good – way better than Cadburys (degraded terribly since since Mondelez took over) and Nestle (increasingly waxy, brittle stuff in recent years) – Mars/Galaxy is the best of the ‘everyday’ chocolate brands.
Lily O’Brien’s is the nicest chocolate for me!
Lorge chocolatier, Bonane and Kenmare, Co. Kerry. Stuff of dreams!
@Nick Caffrey: Lorge is Amazing!
How can there be no Belgian brand
@Pablo Rojas Coppari: Indeed, and Leonidas have shops in Ireland’s major cities and a few smaller locations, so at least some on here should be aware of it. My favourite ‘special occasion’ chocolate.
@Pablo Rojas Coppari: Thanks for reminding me – Leonidas should have been one of the choices!
@Pablo Rojas Coppari: Good point, I love Belgian chocolates.
Not on the list but love Skelligs
Lindt clearly but Butlers ain’t bad a must say! There coffee is damn good though
Ritter !!!!!
ABC – Anything But Cadbury
Milka chocolate is wonderful
@TheWhitelunalion: Sadly now also owned by Mondelez, who have destroyed the taste/texture of Cadburys, so it’s may degrade soon (but is still good at present).
@Type17: it isn’t. Its changed for the worse. A recent purchase was binned , waxy and with unpleasant mouthfeel.
Cadbury’s awful- full of palm oil – greasy and tasteless. Nestle still doing business in Russia – speaks for itself.
@Irish Cottage Rental: Mondelez own Cadbury not Nestle
Shouldn’t Ferrero be in here? Rocher an outstanding chocolate
@Aidan Duffy: same company as Kinder; they own Nutella also
Cadbury (Mondelez) partly responsible for 70,000 hectares of Indonesian rainforest, including 25,000 hectares of orangutan habitat, destroyed in just two years
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/palm-oil-oreo-cadbury-linked-destruction-orangutan-habitat/
Moser Roth from Aldi is premium chocolate with a minimum of 42% cocoa solids. Way better than other brands and cheaper too.
Cadbury still operating in Russia
Please not that over sweetened greasy cadburry stuff!
Cadburys used to be fantastic but now is horrible. My everyday chocolate is Lidl and Aldi are my everyday choice and Tesco do some good ones as well.
We cant all afford the artisan stuff.
US chocolate is waxy a lot of the time.
Kilkenny’s ‘Truffle Fairy’ makes the most sublime exquisite chocolate imaginable. Shops in Kilkenny city and Thomastown and online. Truly superb
Where’s the, “I don’t eat chocolate” option?
@Craig Balfe: Jog on Craig
@Craig Balfe: The question was “which is the best chocolate”, not “do you eat chocolate”. If you don’t eat it, how could you have a relevant opinion on the taste of it?
Galaxy Ripple bar should be listed on its own!10/10
Ritter is a serious omission …. their milk choclate cornflake mixed bar is some next level sheeeeeeeeeeeeet
Dunne’s Stores do a nice Dark Colombian Black
@Noel Doherty: Ben used to do a nice Columbian white too!
@Joey Navinski: wow nice
@Joey Navinski: it will be deleted, but top bants!
@Joey Navinski: LOL gives you wings
People really call Cadburys a chocolate?? LMAOOOO
Skelligs
@ChronicAnxiety: yuk! They have awful combinations going on.
Less than 8% voting for handmade? Mad.
@sean o’dhubhghaill: Yeah, illustrates the power of a brand.
@sean o’dhubhghaill: because the mass majority of people have no idea what real chocolate is
Milk chokolate – Karl Fazer, Finland; Dark chocolate and pralines – Godiva, Neuhaus or almost any Belgian chocolatiers.
Cadbury but I do love a Twix and Malteasers both of which are made by Mars.
Always from the fridge.
Toffee Crisp is also amaze ball sack.
Dunnes Irish made Colombian the best
Cadburys, Nestlé etc are a bit boring so Lindt or Butler’s for something different
FAZER is the best!!!
tony’s chocolonely is rather delicious and fairly ethical seemingly
Cruelty free Vegan Chocolate for me – lot’s of choice out there now even in Aldi – and tastes great too.
Back in the day all you could buy was Cadbury and some Fry’s – now it’s all gone to shyte
Cadbury’s is only fit for baking and cooking with these days.
Any Belgian chocolate, even inexpensive, inferior quality Belgian chocolate is way superior to Cadbury’s! Followed a close second by Swiss chocolate. And by Swiss I don’t mean those ubiquitous bars of Toblerone everyone buys in duty free. Galaxy has a nice smooth texture and a decent flavour. So I’d say that’s third for me
a good chocolate must be rich in cocoa mass, not too much sugary, without palm oil and smooth ; add some perfume here and there such as true vanilla extract and not vanilline, or some wisky, even pepper and you could have a bit of paradise
Sugar and Synthetic chocolate are theenemy.
Marketing works well in Ireland anyway
@Piggy: people are so susgestible and easily hypnotised by marketing geniuses at moment yet I’ve faith they wake up and tune in to what is worth putting into our bodies .
Lindt is beautiful but overall taste and price has to be galaxy absolutely love minstrels
I love a bar of Galaxy Milk Chocolate! It’s so smooth and delicious, no matter if it’s as a plain bar or, my favourite, the Galaxy Ripple bar! Heavenly!!!
Love Irish artisan brands milsean, brona and Wilde’s chocolates. Roisins from Aldi is magic too then butler’s. Milsean is fav as no crap soya leicthin which like all unfermented soya is an endocrine disruptor (throws out Ur hormones). It’s hard to source the good ones as they sell out and so popular so to get my hit I make pea protein berry smoothie s and add raw cacao nibs and bingo happy Coleen and healthy ….yummy
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