Ferrero Rocher - is there a more luxurious chocolate?

I don't know about more luxurious but I do know there are better chocolates.

I just wish they weren't so sweet, although I suppose that's exactly what makes them so addictive – you can't ever have just one.

My partner's Mormon half-sisters think that Ferrero Rocher are the acme of sophistication and class.

See this.

Drugstore candy. It’s shit, nicely wrapped.

i've never tried it

They're not shit. They are probably better average but elevated by excellent marketing. I wish all manufacturer would (be mandated to) add the share of chocolate content for all their milk chocolate like many do for the dark kind. My taste buds prefer chocolate between 35 and 40%. But those are rare. I think they are usually around 34% with a tendency to even lower. Does Hershey even have any cocoa in their chocolate anymore?

SO luxurious, op.

Perfect with your Enjoli perfume and your Chivas Regal alcohol.

I like Ferrero Rocher.

What I do not enjoy are the waxy Lindt LINDOR Truffles.

I'm not a chocolate connoisseur, and acknowledge there are plenty of higher quality options out there...but I love Ferrero Rocher. Particularly the Rondnoir, and Raffaello.

I don't find the name appealing: "roacher."

Sheesh. It's supermarket chocolate at the middle range. Tasty. Every Swiss city has a few local chocolatiers selling their own chocolate for astronomical prices and that far outclasses over every industrial brand in quality.

I like Tootsie Rolls.

They would go perfectly with your $1.99 Royal Dansk cookies, op!

For whatever reason, they are considered a delicacy in China (PROC).

In a previous life, I worked as the purchaser for a small consulting firm. Whenever consultants were going to China, I had to lay in a supply of these so the consultants could take them with them and had them out as much appreciated and valued gifts.

They are the epitome of luxury!

They sell those in the CVS around the corner; same aisle as the Moleskine notebooks.

[quote] Every Swiss city has a few local chocolatiers selling their own chocolate for astronomical prices and that far outclasses

And as soon as we are in a Swiss city we will try one. But right now I am limited to what my store in the US offers.

Luxurious, OP? Are you from flyoverstan?

We are quite fortunate here to have some nice choices for chocolate.

Oh great. Another thread for pretentious twats to whip themselves into a frenzy. They taste just fine, pretentious cunts.

[quote]Luxurious, OP? Are you from flyoverstan?

I'm British, and they're on special offer in Tesco with a club card!

This is a very interesting video about the fine chocolate we have in the Boston area.

Rogue Chocolatier is considered the best chocolate in the country and it’s made right here in Massachusetts.

Here you are:

OP is Nicholas Fairford.

I prefer Rocher’s coconut and almond-based sister Raffaello. They look like little snowballs!

Yes, there are far more luxurious chocolates.

Occasionally I enjoy a Ferrero-Rocher with an unsweetened shot of espresso.

[quote]Another thread for pretentious twats to whip themselves

Pics please.

Bubble DeVere loves them!

Fat Whore thread.

R30- Correction

HIGH END- Fat Whore Thread

Do you drain pasta, OP?

R4- Those chocolates with the nuts in the center look 😋

My favorite high end chocolate treat is Jacque Torres

Milk Chocolate Bark- VERY expensive but fabulous taste- it's $40 a pound

Only one of The Poors would think this is anything but mass produced, over sugared shit.

A festive basket with cans of Champale malt liquor and boxes of Ferrero Rocher makes a wonderful holiday gift!

Or pair it with Riunite

(on ice!)

Riunite

(so nice!)

It's not the worst thing I've had in my mouth, but neither was it anything near the most luxurious.

Baci are more glamourous.

r39

Are Baci the ones in the glamorous dark blue with silver stars wrapping?

More than the Ferrero chocolate I prefer Hanuta. In the US it's not available everywhere, usually just AMZ or specialty stores like World Market. But oh my god they are delicious. The perfect combination of chocolate and hazelnut sandwiched in a wafer. They re available all over the world. but I think the ingredients vary. I had them in Mexico once and they tasted differently there.

Duplo is excellent, too.

The best purveyors of chocolate in Gotham.

I love Katzenzungen. Yum!

Stale, worm-ridden CRAP. Similar to Dove.

I do think the packaging is nice for something that's available at a supermarket. If you weren't used to seeing something like that, it would be impressive. If people enjoy it, so what.

It costs them 20c to use nicer packaging and enables them to charge 70c more. Good margin for relatively low effort.

Nasty, dry pieces of bug spittle.

But chocolatey, hazel nut infused bug spittle, r48.

Datalounge don't HATE me-

When I was about 25 years old I would go to CVS and purchase a box of Russell Stover chocolates and I considered them quite good at the time.

I like to carefully unwrap them, take out the chocolates and insert brussel sprouts, then leave the box out for my coworkers.

I hope so. Since when do hazelnuts (or as we used to call them, filberts) denote luxury? They're just cheap, nasty-tasting nuts that overwhelm the flavor of everything they're in with their foul taste. I'd rather have a Russell Stover assortment than a box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates.

Some of these replies are the same kind of vibes when someone complains about McDonald's.....

"But....but....it's my special treat! How can you be so mean about my $2 hamburger?"

People who say Ferrero Rocher chocolates are nasty are living in an alternate reality. Please check your meds.

R53, I've tried the luxury brand La Maison du Chocolat. Their chocolates don't have much taste. But good for you for being a pretentious fool who has to wait for others to tell him what quality is.

I had a neighbor who was a fantastic cook and developed a specialty for chocolate late in life. She was commissioned by a handful of restaurants and top caterers to make chocolate, and she competed in some national competitions by invitation and was often on study tours in Europe. She had a special kitchen built at her house expressly for chocolate. One thing she impressed upon me was that in chocolate, freshness was hugely important; that while you could buy expensive and perfectly good chocolates with an expiration date many months or even a year out, the quality of truly great chocolate was measured in days, not months, nor even weeks. Temperature conservation could be a big factor as well and part of her kitchen was a series of refrigerators to store chocolate at the optimum temperature for preserving flavor.

Indeed, her chocolate had complex and layered flavor and a texture and body I'll call it that was a world apart from the better boxed chocolates or specialty gourmet stuff, by the piece, fresh from a cooled counter display. It did put me off boxed stuff, and made me think that I were going to spend money for chocolate, buy it from a place where you know the quality is exceptional and that the chocolates are at most days old. I've had good chocolates in Brussels, in Paris, in Italy, and in a few other places that approaches some of the quality of hers, but if it's shipped around in a box and sits on shelves for months, I'm usually as happy with a fresh Kit-Kat or Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. American chocolates are all very sweet (or archly bitter.)

Ferrero Rocher is a not bad (nor novel) idea, but it's excessively sweet more than flavorful.

Be careful, salmonella covered.

R50 If you are over 75 years old, that makes sense. They were once nice drug store chocolates. Up through the 60s I'd say. A lot of food brands got destroyed starting in the 70s.

R31 Ferrero Rocher is high end? This is from the firm that makes Nutella and Kinderschokolade.

CHEAP Fat Whore thread!!

Go ahead and enjoy it, OP. It is tasty. Just don't overpay for it, because it is not a luxury commodity.

OP, if you are focused on class and sophistication you probably don't have either.

available at Dollar Generals across the country!

R3, my partner’s family in Kolkata also think that.

I think the chocolate at Aldi is superior. I don’t care for Italian chocolate at all.

If you want to step up in Italian quality, try Baratti & Milano, Caffarel, Guido Castagna, Venchi and so on. They all make hazelnut delights. You could also buy fresh hazelnuts and eat them with your favorite chocolate. And you can probably find Swiss Lindt chocolates with hazelnuts, and they are basic but delicious.

[quote] I think the chocolate at Aldi is superior.

In the same category I’d rather eat a Cellas chocolate covered cherry 🍒

So luxurious!

R41

I never cared for them.

R64, where can I get these brands in the US? Do you know? I want to try them.

R57, article dated May 19, 2022. Got anything newer?

I enjoy them. I also enjoy local chocolatiers and the pricey chocolates at Whole Foods. But don’t overlook Aldi. While I avoid most items at Aldi, they do have really, really good chocolate. And I’m a sentimental fat whore: my father would sometimes bring home a box of Russell Stover and we’d devour them. Chocolate with a cup of plain black coffee is my favorite treat.

Lindor. Beats them hands down.

I like the Choceur chocolate from Aldi. The Lindor truffles, also.

I haven’t had Whitman’s Sampler chocolates for many years, but I remember liking those and the box a lot.

R73 is RIGHT

Lindor is 💯 better

You get Lindt at RiteAid. It’s that cheap.

But it’s true, compared to American chocolate, which taste like machine oil (think of her Hershey’s) European chocolate is infinitely better.

R76 so? Your Ferror Roche is on the shelf next to it.

Ritter Sport has nice chocolate, too. This almond-orange milk chocolate is my current favorite. I'd say the quality of their chocolate is above average.

R79 in Germany it’s their Hershey’s

😂 😂 😂

They do such a fine display at CVS—next to the self-checkout 🤮

Godiva isn't around anymore but when they were, people complained it was a brand successful with marketing an inferior product

What do you mean? Godiva is still around. They just don't have stores in every mall.

Godiva started off as delicious and high quality then it passed through different owners and declined each time.

True, R85. Godiva chocolates in recent years are just too loaded with sugar.

Where have the Baci gone? I can’t find them anywhere near me. Hope they haven’t gone out of business. I love those chocolate and hazelnut morsels.

Does anyone remember a raspberry liqueur chocolate brand from the 80s or 90s? I think they came in a bar where you would break strips off. My first introduction to alcohol.

Dipping Dairy Milk into Chambord is not the same.

Aldi really isn't bad, it's true. Some of those brands are German and they may not be Super Mega Deluxe but they're very good, especially for the price.

Trader Joe's is also good. They had a chocolate bar with cornflakes mixed in that beat the Ritter version - twice as big for half the price. Being TJ's it's already discontinued, but they do have quality items, generally speaking.