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[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What's the actual Snickers replacement? That one doesn't look like it tastes similarly and my SO is addicted.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

There are similar chocolates in lidl and similar stores. Basically a snickers but not branded that way.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

And I swear they taste the same but according to my SO they are a little bit different. I'll give it some effort to see if they tolerate alternatives, thanks!

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Maybe it's bias. Try buying a couple different brands from different stores and do a blind test on your SO. Unwrap them and have them test and see if they can tell them apart and ask which one is the best.

[–] Jorcky@lemm.ee 1 points 21 hours ago

My OH got me a Neuhaus advent calendar this Christmas and it was incredible, I've become obsessed and I am not usually a sweets kind of girl

[–] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

TIL Milka is now American owned.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I had no idea either. I always associated it as being a European chocolate, especially since it's basically impossible to find in the US outside of import stores.

Europe is not lacking at all in good local chocolate brands though, so it should be a no-brainer for replacing US brands.

Though I'd hope that they also work more on obtaining ethically-sourced chocolate beyond the base requirement of not being American-owned, since the global chocolate industry as a whole has a lot of problematic business practices such as the tacit support of slavery and child labor.

Reducing child labor in cocoa farming requires legal changes in Ghana as to how you purchase cocoa. Currently everything is bought from brokers who can obscure the labor practices involved.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

It's produced by Kraft Jacobs Suchard, now named Mondelez since the 90s.

[–] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

Feastables are a freaking joke to begin with.

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

France has all the best biscuits ! So many more I can think of. Let me know your fav!

[–] exchange12rocks@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

:( no more LU then

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

When my father was young, he used to live close to a chocolate factory. Built during communism, privately owned by a local company following the collapse. I looked it up out of curiosity.

It's now owned by fucking Nestlé.

Makes me wonder if there's an EU manufacturer of shaped charges.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Saab might be able to hook you up.

It even has anti structure ammo.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Feodora Edelbitter Sahne (IDK what the international name is) is really good if you like higher cocoa content (it's milk chocolate with 50% cocoa IIRC). The company seems to be Danish.

Also Tony's Chocolonely, it's fairtrade and from the Netherlands. Love the caramel one.

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't forget Tony's Chocolonely!

[–] exchange12rocks@lemm.ee -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sorry, but no. There are lots of European chocolate makers to choose from, that make chocolate that actually has the chocolate taste.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago

Not everyone has the money to buy Lindt or Leonidas always though.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Definitely not less chocolatey than OP's Prinzen Black and White or Corny bar. And it's been a while, but I'm pretty sure it beats Ritter Sport Alpenmilch, too.

[–] SculptusPoe@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Nah, Oreo's are great. I don't eat any candy bar because they are all trash in America, but no matter if the other brands are made of cocoa blessed by the smoothest chocolate goddess in Ghana and mixed by the deftest elves in Switzerland, Oreo is better.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago

I don't know what's in the Oreo Crble but it just doesn't fucking compare. The cream is whatever.