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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

I know how you all love a good chocolate thread.

I have just tried the new KitKat Chunky.
Beware, this confection will give you nightmares.
A giant finger of KitKat, about an inch thick.

We've had fingers, packs, now we have bullion bars.

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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

Don't talk to me about KitKats! They introduced the sublime Dark Chocoalte one, only to stop it in favour of a wimpy orange one! Brits just can't handle REAL chocolate, it has to be nice soft milk chocolate what won't upset their delicate palates. . . B(

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

*still waiting fo rthem to bring back Lemon Polo's*

I KNOW that's not chocolate. Bite me.

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

After Eights and Ovation. Dark Chocolate with mint inside. Gotta love em.

As for other chocolate confectionaries, anything with raisins in it will be good.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*drools over After Eights*

I also have a very deep passion for Tobler Chocolate Orange, a rare comoddity in the States... *whines* I wish I were back in the UK, where I can just go to ASDA's and BUY them!

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

I am truly blessed. The commissary stocks Chocolate oranges on a recurring, though irregular basis.

Yes, I know I capitalized Chocolate. Doesn't everybody?

--Baloo

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

*Homerspeak* Mmm... Inch-thick KitKat... Ahhhh...

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

Baloo ........ Egads ..........

You KNOW you want to send me one of those.... you KNOW you do .... It was my birthday on Monday, it would make a great birthday present .....

*drools all over the carpet*
*cleans it up*

Please? ..... I'll beg..... you wouldn't want to see me beg, would you? ......

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Siegfried, that was just rude.

Oh, and I'm going to start a chocolate religion to combat Daryus' curry Cult. All Hail the Glorious Creme Egg!

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*actually insulted*

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

An apology would appear to be in order. The edit having already been taken care of.

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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

*stratches head, having missed it all*

Never mind. I think its safe to hail the Creme egg once again. The egg-despising Orion Syndicate having taken a leave of absence.

Of course, we may yet discuss the glorious Galaxy Truffle egg.....
Uhhhh-h-hh-hhhh!!!

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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

The general Synod of Curry have passed down a ruling - a curried Bull, as it were - that the religions of Curry and Creme Eggs are mutually compatible, only don't try eating them at the same time!

Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :

Jubilee, I'm very sorry for that previous post. It was only a joke, and I meant it in good fun. I really very sorry for it.

Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

One thing that comes to my mind about Chocolate is Deanna Troi. Anyone remember the scene where Deanna is showing Riker the "proper way" to eat chocolate ice cream?

*fishes through book* ahhhh..... here it is. Hitarian Chocolate puff is a favourite of Deanna's. It is made from 17 different kinds of Chocolate.

Alright, 17 differnt kinds..... That's kinda OD-ing it, y'know.

There's also an alcoholic drink by the name of "Death by Chocolate". Some person quipped that it would be "Deanna Troi's Epitaph".

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

OOOOh creme egg!

The 1st One speaketh words of wisdom there!

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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

I have actually tried one of these chunky KitKats, and it's phenomenal! 8)

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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

Odd, I though that post didn't work. . .

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

Forgiven. But treat me like a dog again and i'm putting you on my shit list.

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

<Top="over">Hey! I'm overly-sensitive and I resent that smear against dogs!</Top="over">

But seriously, folks, when I was stationed in Spokane Washington, there was a chain of restaurants called "The Onion" (excellent French onion soup, BTW -- drool-drool). One of the desserts was a Chocolate confection named "Death by Chocolate". It was the thermonuclear warhead of fatbombs (about 100Mt -- that's how much you gained if you ate the whole thing ).

It had a variety of Chocolate elements, including a Chocolate brownie base topped with Chocolate ice cream, Chocolate pudding, Chocolate whipped cream, Chocolate syrup and atop the whole mass, a Chocolate-covered cherry. It was garnished with bittersweet Chocolate shavings.

The servings were very large and it was very rich. I could never manage to finish one, and always had to request a "doggy bag". It took a couple of days to finish one unless you were a pig. I theorize it was the tri-ox compound of Chocolate, fulfilling one's Chocolate requirements for several days (occasionally a week or so) afterwards.

--Baloo

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

*wonders if Chocolate Capps will make an appearance.*

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

If brits have gentle palates, how can they withstand salt and vinegar crisps then? Something else must be going on here, maybe they just don't like REAL chocolate. BTW, this is a great flavour, I really love it. no, it's the Dutch who have gentle palates, we don't have salt and vinegar flavour here, so I'll have to make do with cheese-onion.

So you call it DARK chocolate? I didn't know that, I'll remember..

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Mil chocolate-regual Kit Kat, Mars etc kind
Dark Chocolate-also called plain chocolate. Stronger, less, erm, milky
White Chocolate- Favourite! MilkyBars are on me! Not literally. Get off.

And don't dis Salt & Linekar crisps.
Or Prawn Cocktail
Or Worcester Sauce
Or Pickled Onion
Or any of the other flavous that make your breath stink.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

*had four Creme Eggs today*

Eat your chocolate hearts out... :-)

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

I can't stand white choclate....but dark choccy, and milk choccy mmmmmm

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-Descartes

Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

White chocolate is a sort of forbidden pleasure. One never could be seen buying it without being accused of being the "Milkybar Kid".

Prefer Plain Chocolate anyway.

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

*swings open door and yells*

CHOCOLATE SHELLS!!!!!!!!!

Guylian to be more precise - mmmmmmmmmmmm what a lovely confectionary chocolatey substance...

oh and Turkish Delight!!!!!!!!!

*does that Hanna-Babera cartoon dog who when gets the dog buscuit goes mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmm mmmmm mm mmm mmmmmmmmm while floating down to the ground*

Andrew

Homer: "The only monster here is the gambling monster that has enslaved your mother, I call him GAMBLOR! and its time to snatch your mother from his NEON CLAWS!!!!!!!!"

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Alamaraine, count to four...

[This message was edited by AndrewR on April 16, 1999.]

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Andrew, Its Scooby Doo!!! And Scooby Snacks...

Scooby, Scooby Doo, looking for you...
Scooby, scooby Doo, where are you?

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Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :

....or Muttley and medals......

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

There was actually a precursor to Muttley who did the Mmmm-Mmmm-Floating gag. I think he was a regular character on Quickdraw McGraw, but I am no longer certain. It's been over 30 years since I last saw that character.

--Baloo

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

He was a short horse thing if I remember. Tonto/Robin to Quick Draw McGraw's Lone Ranger/Batman.

I auditioned for the Milky Bar kid when I was young. Not having blond hair was a bit of a disadvantage, but i never let that sway me.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Jeff: IIRC, it's "Scooby-dooby-doo", not "Scooby, scooby doo". :-)

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Such are the differences between Frank Sinatra and animated dogs that walk on their hind feet and know how to make sandwiches.

PsyLiam: You are thinking of Babalooey, QD-McG's sidekick. There was another character, a dog. Might not've been a Quickdraw character, though.

I'll try to look it up if it's still a burning question tomorrow, but I have other fish to fry (figuratively, anyhow).

--Baloo

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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

Nowadays these threads change subject more often than a Ronnie Corbett monologue. . . Smoking concludes with Dr. Pepper, chocolate with Quick-Draw McGraw. . .

Someone mentioned Turkish Delight. Well, the other day I saw an advert on TV for Fry's Turkish Delight, something I haven't seen in shops for years (but must be making a comeback). The thing was, they used the same advert they used in about 1981! It seriously freaked me out, sorta like a timewarp. . .

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

KINDER SURPRISE SUCKS!

(you know what I'm talking about?)

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

yes, RW, although, i've never eaten one but the ads here have the original European ads (which country??) dubbed over in English - to match the words really closely.

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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

But the toya are such fun! *notices the funny looks he's getting* Er - so they tell me. . . 8)

Actually, just before Easter someone at work wne to our local shop and bought one for everyone. I got the best toy, I might add! The others did, well, suck.

Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

They're German. The Ferrero rocher commercials are much better (on the terrible scale, they rank "terrible" instead of "rock bottom")

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

What is Turkish Delight, anyway? The only references I've heard to it are in the TMBG song "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" (not theirs originally, though) and in one of C.S. Lewis' Narnia books (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, IIRC).

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

*drool* Ferrero Rocher. Rather good confectionaries.

On a sort of related side note, news about a couple of weeks ago featured a truck carrying a tank which had been punctured, leaving a trail of ooze around a city. The cargo? Caramel, sweet caramel.

The Dangerous Chemicals Cleanup division of the local police force was dispatched to clean up the sweet mess, and they were sort of chuckling through the entire escapade, as they are used to dealing with flammable and toxic chemicals. And to top it off, the Dispatcher said that he has ordered several boxes of apples to be used in the cleanup.......

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*enters the thread again, to sway the topic towards sex since that seems to be what she's good at* ...

Caramel .. now there's a festive thing that has many, many purposes...........

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*whacks and unwraps a chocolate orange* ... I AM BLESSED! ....

*slowley eats a slice*

Is it POSSIBLE to get an orgasm from chocolate?!

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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

I dunno. Ask Marianne Faithfull. }B)

*suspects he's gonna have to explain that one*

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

TSN! Your surely missing out on one of lifes little - scrumcities... mmmmmmmmmmmm

heh heh T. Delight - is basically a jelly like (red) ummmm jelly (as in the set type not jam - as you Americans call jam i.e. strawberry jam etc. jelly - hence Kramer's restaurant PPandJ's heh heh ANYway, it can come coated in a thin layer of chocolate - or dusted with icing sugar!?! (can someone help me out with that one) i think thats the more classic version - and also the one you would have seen in the Chronicles of Narnia television series - gee I loved that show (and of course the books) anyway - its scrummie - so go to a confectionary store and buy some you won't be dissapointed...

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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

The egg despising Orion Syndicate is back. The forums are still in one piece, there's a cause for celebration. Now I'll just clear this up, I love chocolate, but the cream in the Cadbury's creme eggs is just vile. Euughhhh!

That's it, from now on, the topic of Creme eggs is forbidden.

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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

Ah... I suspected mention of Creme Eggs would precipitate your return Orion...

- Blue Jam

Posted by MaGiC (Member # 59) on :

...Yum...Turkish Delight!! Dusted with icing sugar is indeed the traditional way...though I hate the pink (rose flavoured) Turkish delight..I lke green (limeflower) and yellow (lemon blossom)...

Jubes...need I mention caramel and my favourite body parts...or even better melted chocolate orange and a soft paint brush.....

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Posted by Dani (Member # 57) on :

Ewww...

I had Turkish Delight once, didn't much care for the stuff...

But you know MaGiC, the chocolate & paintbrush idea could be fun.

*feigns an innocent look and scuttles off*

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

My god, now Dani's at it. Are their any women here that haven't been corrupted?

I blame...everyone.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*winks at MaGiC* Anytime, babe. You know my number.

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

I think the only sane one left is Tora Ziyal.

What say you, guys?

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

*Hasn't checked this thread in a while, wanders in unsuspectingly*

MY GOD!

*Runs out*

Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

*runs in again*

Actually, my favorite chocolate is those Ferrero Rochers.

*runs back out*

Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

Why, Mees Ziyal, weeth thees Ferrero Rocher you are reelly spoileenk us. . . 8)

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

And Lee deserves a reward for the amount of restraint he's shown. Anyone else would have cracked The World'd Most Obvious Joke (TM)as soof as Ferrero Rochers had been mentioned.

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

I just can't believe you have the same commercial. It's such a sad one.. "meneer, met deze rocher verwent u ons werkelijk"

Somehow I feel I posted this before, a very long time ago..

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

*has his eye sockets bulge* Ferrero Rochers! *drools*

Uhm... Pardon the mess, I suppose.

*gets a rag and wipes up his mess*

*exits, stage left*

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

*posts this against better judgement*

I do hope that was drool you were wiping up

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Alamaraine, count to four...

Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

*can hold it in no LONGAHHH!!!!*

"Delicioux!!!"

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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

That f***ing ambassador has corrupted everyone. Ferrero Rocher is taking over the world.

*runs around like a headless chicken trying to escape this craze*

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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

Speaking of Ferrero Rocher, does anyone else think like I do that the chauffeur in that ad really ought to slap that old woman. She's utterly clueless.

D'OH...I've been taken in now too.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

I've never had one. Are they good?

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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

dunno, I've never tried them

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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

They are. . . *Russian accent* Echellent�! 8)

Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

Someone just happened to offer me a Ferrero Rocher at work yesterday and they are good.

BTW Lee, how did you get that accent on the last e?

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[This message was edited by Orion Syndicate on April 23, 1999.]

Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

Ctrl + Alt + � 8)

Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Or option-e on Macs. S��?

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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

Cheers mate, I've sussed it. (�)

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Posted by CaptSershek on :

This is what I get for wondering into a thread of one of my two weaknesses (the other involves an hourglass shape and I do not mean a Coke bottle

). I am more of a peanut butter and chocolate type or nuts (any variety) and chocolate. Unfortunately, of the aforementioned confections mentioned, some are available in the U.S., sometimes if I hit a British shop I can try some things. Corrupted women and chocolate....the mind boggles on a sweet (pun intended) concept.

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