Chocolate Quality Debate

Comments criticize mass-market American chocolates like Hershey's as inferior or not real chocolate, often comparing them to premium or international alternatives like Lindt or Cadbury, with recommendations for better options.

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Sample Comments

wirrbel β€’ Mar 5, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Surely it’s better than Hershey chocolate

nottorp β€’ Jun 29, 2021 β€’ View on HN

Random duckduckgo result:https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/cheap-chocolate-candy-m...I remember seeing stuff like this since years ago.Mind, it's not actually cocoa less, just not chocolate. At least in this article.

XorNot β€’ Jun 10, 2017 β€’ View on HN

No worse then a Hershey's chocolate bar...

pbronez β€’ Aug 31, 2022 β€’ View on HN

Have you tried Hershey's bars? Hard to call that stuff chocolate...

daemin β€’ Apr 6, 2011 β€’ View on HN

I would imagine that by chocolate you mean some 70% cocoa chocolate with minimal sugar, not a king size snickers or similar?

eru β€’ Feb 21, 2014 β€’ View on HN

Interesting. What about proper bitter chocolate that doesn't contain any milk?

JSDevOps β€’ Jul 22, 2024 β€’ View on HN

What sort of chocolate are you eating?

tech_timc β€’ Feb 3, 2022 β€’ View on HN

Which presumably is different that Cadbury chocolate. . . ;-)

uptownfunk β€’ Jan 19, 2024 β€’ View on HN

Why not just take with chocolate like everyone else

r0b05 β€’ Oct 29, 2025 β€’ View on HN

Could you point me in the direction of some actual chocolate please