When I say people, I mean other people. Not this people right here.
Nobody really wants a surprise in every bite. Do they?And face it. There are only about 2 really good chocolates in every box.
The rest is filler, garbage, second-rate cocoa muck.
Even chocolate has feelings, and trust me. This hurts 'em.
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Why would someone as sweet as you ever need chocolate!? (Whipped cream, maybe!) LOL
I could not agree more!
Although, my husband bought one of those Hershey's Pot of Gold boxes and there were a lot of good ones in it, I was so surprised.
Couldn't agree more!! :)
ummm I like bridge mix lol and a caramel other then that not so much
Except for the awful coconut ones, I like the variety on a box of chocolates. If I wanted just truffles or plan chocolates, you can get those but for a big box of assorted chocolates I like the surprises.
It's true. I go through the box looking for the caramels and I throw the rest away. Who eats cherry cremes anyway?
Is Otin going to buy you chocolate anyway? ;)
I hate the bitter ones!
You have to spend a fortune to get a box with chocs that don't make you gag with every bite:) I'll do without.
I hate how some boxes don't put the little paper in there to tell you what is in there. The only ones I like are the coconut and the caramel ones!
Ooh, I so agree! If it was all filled with say, truffles, then it'd be a good box of chocolate! But that tooth breaking caramel? Blechhh!
Btw.... thought you were re-doing your blog?
Justine :o )
Ditto! If someone gives me a box, I will poke into each one until I find the caramels...all 2 of them:-)
i so agree!! bring me the chocolate i LIKE!
When I see a box of chocolates, it's always been picked over. The lid is turned over sitting in front of it and people have eaten the peanut butter cups, the turtle candies and the vanillas if they're desperate. All the rest are half-bitten and waiting for some chump to finish them off. NO THANKS. I'd take a blue symphony bar over a box of chocolates any day!
As a chocoholic, all chocolate are good ;)
You are SO right. Why can't they just make a box with all caramels??
They should all be caramel. Hahaha.
That's why I prefer to get a gift certificate for a pound of See's chocolate then I can decide exactly what goes into the box - no control issues here.
I totally agree with this! I hate biting into one and finding some pink crap in it. That is one of the worst.
That's true unless you get Godiva. They don't make second-rate cocoa muck, lol!!
Hugs to you!
I used to bite all the corners looking for the caramels.
Man! I wish I was more like you. I even eat the yucky chocolates!
So true, dime store chocolate is narsty!
so true...now I don't feel bad about throwing them all away. Seems like everyone does it!
Good point! Couldn't agree more!
If I ever got one of these boxes? I'd eat every single one.
Haha, and true... I only like a couple of the chocolates from each box. For this Valentine's day I'm just hoping to be holding my baby... hopefully he's not still 'in' there. :)
Yes, it's very frustrating when a box comes without a guide, lol. But...I never ever let a chocolate go to waste. If I poke it or bite it to see what's inside...I HAVE to eat it. It would just be insulting to the chocolate if I didnt.
Wouldn't it?
I stick my finger in the underside of the chocolate, and if I don't like what I see, I put it back for the next person.
LOL, I ONLY like the fruity ones. The orange, Raspberry or Lemon filled... I hate the rest.
the really good one has the caramel. What's the second one?
caramel and coconut are the only ones I eat, the rest is garbage.
Thanks for visiting my blog and sharing on your post partum. That is exactly what I was wishing for during my posts.
As for chocolate I am a chocolate snob so yeah a mixed bag is never my fave.
Totally agree!
That's why I only want a box full of Reese's cups :) Then I know I will eat all of them!
Godiva and truffles...thats all the chocolate Ill ever need....! oh and chocolate martinis...the only surprise in those is how Ill act afterwards....
Yup, couldn't agree more! My parents always got us those mini boxes with like 5 chocolates in them. I'd break them all open, eat the two good ones and give the rest to my sister. lol
i agree. the caramel and coconut are the only ones that get eaten, the rest in the trash. although we haven't bought and exchanged these for many many years!
chocolate and peanut butter are my friends...
I totally get this. I was looking a the heart shaped boxes yesterday for my girls...and I thought: "they won't like MOST of this"...that is why I go right for the good stuff: Reeses pb cups!!
Amen! Just get me some chocolate with chocolate inside from See's, and I'm good.
i get a bag of york peppermint patties each year. no flowers, they just die. no card, it just gets recycled. take care.
For real. Who comes up with some of those gross fillings! Yuck!
I agree 100%!! I just want Skotchmallows from See's. Then I am a happy camper.
I could not possibly agree with you more!! :)
I agree -- People would be better off getting a custom box of chocolates for their Valentine. Filled with their favorites!
I agree completely. No chocolates for Valentine's for me please!
I am the queen of chocolate but even I have to agree here. The only exception (in my hubble opinion) is Godiva. They really make chocolate in a box work!
I, too, hate the waste of good chocolate mixed with what I jokingly refer to as "contamination". Plain chocolate, please and thank you.
I like the chocolate filled with nuts. But that's all.
LOL so true!!
I love chocolate with strawberries!
give me chocolate covered cherries and Im a very happy man!
You are so right!! Though I might still be found buying those boxes after V-day when they are really cheap.. then it doesn't matter if I throw most of them away :)
I totally agree with you.
Betty xx
totally agree.. i only want a box if its all of one kind.. and all of one kind that i really like!
I was raised on see's candy. And it is fabulous. So ... if it isn't see's, pretty much, I don't want anything to do with it! :) I agree with you that most chocolate is junk!
You hit it right on, we don't want a surprise when it comes to candy. This year I am picking out my own box of candy and pointing it out to hubby and he will get it for me! This way we share the candy and there are no surprises.
oh I so agree. WHY would they mess up perfectly good chocolate with orange and strawberry CRAP inside?!?!
I just want the choco caramels. Since it comes with all that other gunk, I just request a box of Nestle's Turtles.
To. Die. For.
*salivating*
Oh, but think of all the warm fuzzies those chocolate rejects get from all the touchy-feely fingers trying to figure out what's inside.
So true !! am a truffle girl :)
I only like the ones with the nuts. Go figure.
surprises in chocolate are NOT where it's at. just tell me it has caramel and nuts and i'm all over it!
Doesn't matter. Crap or not, I'll eat 'em.
you are SOOO dead on with this...surprises in every piece...yeah NOT good bleck!!
I have to agree...I do not want to be surprised, especially with some sticky pink or yellow muck. I like the nuts, the chocolate, and the caramel. That's it. Oh, and only milk chocolate.
I agree! I love chocolate but I am not tempted by these at all!!
Ugh. I SO prefer the ones that are either solid, hollow or have chocolate/caramel inside. That being said, I wouldn't turn it away, either!
Our chocolates always end up cut in half so we know what we are getting.
I am confused by the ones that LOOK like chocolate on the outside, but inside they are dry, sugary nastiness.
blech. I like the boxes that have all of them labeled. Better yet, I like to go to See's and just ask for a pound of caramels with dark chocolate. Makes me happy.
i like when they give you a map. i don't think thats the top shelf chocolates though.
i usually just bite it and put it back. :)
Oh no, i could eat almost every chocolate in the most regular box and be happy. And that's about all the chocolate I'll need all year.
I totally agree. Yuck. I'd rather have a bunch of my favorite candy bars. : )
LOL..you are so right!!!
Yes, these chocolates may as well be chocolate covered turds.
But...have you tried See's? If not, it's worth a shot. So good!
Absolutely one or two pieces is tops.
I love you consider the feelings of chocolate.
Well as much as I love a good chocolate, there are some I don't care for quite a much. Kind of like a roomful of people, I might like some of them but not all.
Fear not, for those of us who HATE a maple nut or something similar, there are folks who love them.
Give me a couple of Hershey's bars over those nasty things any day!
I am so with you and so are my children apparently because they like to take a bite out of each, declare it yucky, then move on to the next. And the next. And the next. And so forth. Wanna come over and have some prelicked, pretasted chocolates anyone?
Coconut and Caramel. Those are the only two flavors I like. The rest - meh. I'm more of a gadgeet gal myself. Get me something cool I can play with (get yer mind outta the gutter, I'm talking cameras, and software!) Oh and jewelry!
That's why people should give one of those giant bars of Hersheys. You know the ones that weight as much as a small child and really hurt if they fall on your toes. Been there , done that.
Vanilla cream baby... vanilla cream
that is the only one I eat an dyes I will take a bit or push my finger in to see what is in the middle.
One would think that my husband would know to just get vanilla cream, wouldn't one?
Nope!
I know...I'd rather have a bag of those really tasty Dove chocolates.
that is why i like reese's peanut butter cups. no surprises. just pure deliciousness. :)
Whitman Samplers give you a guide. After the good ones are gone, you eat the maple cremes...
I agree. Give me a box of caramels anyday.
I LOVE to gross my hubby out by taking a bite & putting it back in the box. He HATES that :) It is gross but so fun!
Ive never been the one who want's a box of chocolates for Valentines.
I like the coconut, the caramel and the ones that taste like a heath bar.
I'm not a big fan of boxed chocolates either. Mostly dark choc with caramel & nuts if any.
I guess that's why the boxes come with maps.
Here in Cincinnati, we eat Esther Price chocolates and I don't think there's a bad one in the bunch...but we're a little biased.
Stopping by from SITS.
Never cared for those ugly boxes of candy. Buy me candy I like or don't get me any. I happen to love the nuts & chews from See's Candy.
Otherwise just get me some Dove!
I'm with you 100% on this. Can't stand most of the flavors in the box. Hubs & I aren't into Valentine's anyway, so it works out. I'd much rather get flowers on an ordinary day than on a forced Hallmark holiday!
And the two good ones would be stuffed with carmel. The rest can got straight to the trash!
***Ally
When I was little if someone gave me a box of chocolates, I used to squeeze them to see what was inside. Coconut was always the worse. BLECH.
My hubby LIVES for these things, but he isn't a picky eater...at all. I don't like dark chocolate or all the fruit flavored ones, but it is quite entertaining to watch him pick his way through the box, calculating each choice very carefully.
Too true! Unless they have caramel on the inside, I don't want them!!
Totally agree sister.
I switched to good, organic chocolate as an adult, and it's hard to go back.
Couldn't agree more.
I had an overload of chocolates during winter break!! It was amazing. lol Won't have one this valentine cause probably no one will even give me a damn gum! :P
That's why I'm giving away a certificate for chocolate. One can choose!
Agreed. If I want chocolate, it better be a kind I KNOW that I like.
I agree....but I eat them all anyway.
I take a bite, then put it back unless it's really good. lol
*giggles* Yes, it hurts the chocolate. I agree.
What a horrid little gift, a box of chocolates. In theory, just wonderfu. In reality, that nasty pink fake coconut crap...yeeeew!
I go to See's chocolates and get a special packed box with just the "good stuff".
Those boxes are always a disappointment. Always wondered who actually liked them?!
what about godiva? now that's some good shit!
LOL!! I agree!! I always cut them in half searching for the 2 best ones in there LOL ;) Happy Monday!
Let's turn up our noses at the fattening part of Valentines Day this year, and turn on the Romance Part!
Secretia
I'm a Whitman's Sampler gal myself. I get that from my Mom. No surprises. Same ol' chocolate, which I happen to find delish!
Actually I eat about all of them except the ones with the big nuts. I have been know to almost finish a box in a day;)
I agree. I don't need the calories and I'm a practical kinda gal too.
You're so right! I aint gettin dentures over one of those heart-shaped boxes, no way.
Just give me a bar of cadbury's and big glass of wine.
I agree...I hate that chocolate. I sample to find the caramel. LOL
So true! It is really a waste of chocolate! :)
Hahaha! How kind of you to think about chocolate's feelings!
And I SO agree, I end up biting all of them until I find a good one and throw the rest away. Who likes those anyway?
That's why I give her wings and beer. Something good in every bite.
I am 100% with you. I never liked those mixed boxes, especially to share. It's a mad dash to the best chocolates.
I am so with ya on this one -- although I still by one every year -- eat the best one's and leave the rest for kiddo's (they don't have very good palette's anyway!!)
I know what you mean...but somehow I STILL end up buying one every year...they're just so festive!!
{Hangs head in shame}
I agree ... once the caramels are gone I'm outta there!
SOOO True!
Don't we all just look for the square caramels?
And maybe the rectangle raspberry caramel ones??
When I was a kid I remember poking my finger in the bottom of them, like that made it ok- no one would notice and could still eat them. lol
*poking the bottoms of the chocolates to see what they were I meant
You had me at chocolate...........
We have a rule at my house when it comes to Valentines days gifts..no flowers, no stuffed animals and especially no mixed boxes of chocolate! YUCK!
I don't like surprises!
I agree!! Most of them are yuck!!
i hate getting those!!! I do like that now you can get them candy specific. So now I ask for Reese Cup box chocolate :-D
I agree; I do not get worked up over heart box candy. Unless it's from Godiva, then, maybe.
Somehow the aura of a bag of Reeses Peanut Butter Cups is less than that of a sampler. sounds like a job for super ad person.
AMEN to that!!
I buy my own chocolate. I'm single. V-day mocks me. But in the end I win because every piece is a good one.
this cracked me up...my wife and I could not agree more...hate those assorted nasty old things...LOL
Scott
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You mean people eat the chocolate inside? I thought they just threw the chocolate out left the box on the mantle to impress their friends.
LOL.I have always thought the same thing! :0)
p.s. Wishing you all the best with the house sale and changes in your life right now. *hugs*
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Good luck on the house!
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too true. those creme filled ones...blech.
a comment about today's post. :)
we are considering moving and just the thought of getting the house ready is pretty much quelling any desire to move! good luck!
Good luck with all of the changes to come. I will be here when you get back.. I am there giving you hugs and hoping your house sell fast..
I dont like these boxes of chocolates..never have. Give me Vosges baby, any day.
Im not a box of chocolate type of girl. Just give me a bag of lindor truffles. Yum:)
Well, unfortunately for me, I rarely meet a chocolate I don't like! However, when it comes to those frou-frou heart boxes, I am a masher, for sure! I like to know in advance, ya know?
(Glad to be back!)
Lisa
@ All That and a Box of Rocks
That is so true!
I forgot to wish you good luck selling your house.
But you know what? Despite the only-two-good-flavors truth, the boxes with the little map, showing you where to find each flavor, are kind of cool. I mean, if you don't have a life. Like me.
Good luck on the house sale.
When my sister was a little girl, she used to take a bite out of each chocolate every time we would get a box. She liked sampling each and every one. It was always too bad - because it's so true! There are only about 2 good chocolates in every box.
When my sister was a little girl, she used to take a bite out of each chocolate every time we would get a box. She liked sampling each and every one. It was always too bad - because it's so true! There are only about 2 good chocolates in every box.
I pretty love all chocolate. Each and every one.
(Good luck with the house sale. Feeling positive thoughts your way.)
That's why I love See's Candies gift certificates. You can fill a box with whichever chocolate you like!
I really said 'hehehe' lol
That is why I ensure that dh knows that I love Mauna Loa chocolates :)
I totally agree - only the nut chocolates are any good and there are usually only two of them!
that's why I don't eat these unless there in peanut butter in them! Preferably from Trader Joes
Ew. I so do NOT like those assorted boxes at all. Now a box filled with Russell Stovers chocolate truffles (and nothing but them)...THAT I can do!
I concur! I love See's Candies, but I have my favorites. I would rather have a hand packed box : )
I dig and dig and dig until I find the strawberry cream or that strange white nugget which I am head over heels for!
Must say no to cheap chocolate.
Calories are important and I will not waste them on bad chocolate. If I bite into a bad one, I spit it out. Even at work in front of people!!
For me, I would be happy to eat all of ones you don't like! Chocolate addict here!!!
Huggs to you BTW Girl!
I totally agree!
i hate assorted chocolate. give me a box of turtles any day.
i'm not good with surprises....but girl i am down with a box of see's nuts and chews!! holy sweet goodness!!!
Ummmm, I think I might be a chocolate whore.
So true! I always look for the caramel pecan clusters, yum!
Chocolate can never go wrong in my opinion! On a bad day, even a bad piece does the trick.
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Bwahahahaha! This is why I love you.
I'm not a fan of the mystery chocolates, a box of truffles, fine. Something with nuts, okay. Pink cremes and yellow cremes and white cremes in my chocolate, blech. I inevitably end up cracking each one open to find out what its guts are made of.
Okay, I totally agree. what is up with all the hard crappy ones. Just give me a box with twenty candies you know I like okay?
During the holidays lots of our vendors and customers give us those boxes. It's a hoot to watch the salesguys come in and take a bite, screw up their face, a deem the chocolate in their mouth as nasty. It fills my holidays with glee.
Yup that is why you take a knife to the bottom to peel back a bit of the chocolate. That way you see what is in there and if you don't like you put it back because really does someone look at the bottom? nahhh :)
Hate to diagree with you, BV, but I'm of the mind that chocolate is like sex and pizza.... even when it's bad it's GOOD!!!!!
(Oh, except raspberry filled chocolate - I hate raspberry anything!! BLECH!)
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