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Good story but the title could be misleading to some people who don’t know that “chocolatey” dog treats and real chocolate can create confusion. For many dogs real choclate is toxic. We had to rush our dog to the Vet after he managed to open and eat a pound of chocolates and have his stomach pumped. It was scary. Thanks for your great posts.
I second Sonja’s remark. I named my American cocker spaniel Cadbury for his sweetness — but have to resist buying him any treats under the Cadbury label for fear they would prove fatal.
@Anthony
Are you certain Britain had chocolate treats for dogs — I thought you were a nation of canine lovers?! Beginning of course with the Queen and her corgis…
Anthony is quite right. They were readily available, and we used to buy doggy chocs for our dog at Christmas. This was kind of shutting the stable door after the horse had bolted – she’d already devoured Toblerones and numerous bars of Cadbury’s, and lived to tell the tale until she was 14. I’m not sure the dangers of chocolate to dogs were that well known in the 1970s/80s, tbh.
Well I was five or six at the time so I have no idea precisely what the treat was other than it was a chocolate or chocolate-esque button that was manufactured for dogs. A quick google shows such treats are available – the Good Boy Choc Drops. http://www.petspantry.tv/acatalog/dog-chocolate-drops.html I’d imagine it was a packet of these or something of that ilk.
I lived in the US for 25 years and my opinion of chocolate there is simple — it’s Nasty!! Like the gritty doggy treats, Hershey’s reminds me of when I was young (born and reared in the UK, many, many, many years ago), my parents weren’t rich and if we were in town the day before “payday” mam would buy me a treat of chocolate from Woolworth’s. Again, nasty, nasty stuff — and anybody out there old enough to remember chocolate “flavoured” worm cakes, with the coloured sprinkles on them?? Good grief, how did I survive my youth??
Marion
Oh, but *some* of the US chocolate is really good, and this is coming from someone who grew up a sniff’s length from a Cadbury factory in the UK! Ghirardelli chocolate…great stuff.
I do remember the nonpareils at Woolworth’s pick and mix counter, though. Nasty, and non-Cadbury.
But when Woolies closed in the UK, according to wiki:
“The final bag of Woolworths’ Pick ‘n’ Mix was sold on eBay for £14,500.”
Believe me. I LOVE British chocolate. It’s amazing!
But there is also wonderful chocolate being made in both Canada and the US.
Any true chocolate connoisseur has heard of SOMA chocolate maker in Toronto. They are remarkable, in producing both pure perfect chocolate (they roast and process their own beans) as well as first class single origin truffles.
And perhaps my favourite chocolatier of all is Norman Love of Fort Meyers, Florida, USA. His BLACK collection is to die for. I have not eaten a better chocolate, and believe me … I’ve eaten a lot of chocolate from around the world.
SOMA? I’m ashamed to say that this one has passed me by. Hmm. Wonder if they sell it at Whole Foods? *trots off to find car keys*
I doubt SOMA is sold at Whole Foods. Here’s my blog post about them:
http://diversionswithdoreen.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/toronto-is-a-top-destination-for-chocolate-lovers/
Do drop in for a taste!
A woman after my own heart! But where to find SOMA in New England, I wonder?
My father used to leave mini milky way bars in the freezer – excellent. Even after 10 years in France, I still like the occaisional Hershey’s kiss – but I think it’s more to do with the shape than anything else…
That must be the equivalent of freezing EnglishMars Bars… yummy! I’m not keen on the regular Hershey’s Kisses, but the candy cane white chocolate ones at Christmas – yes, keep them coming.
@Anthony
On Monday when you posted this, #chocolateweek was trending on Twitter as Americans thought National Chocolate Week applied to them (in fact, American Chocolate Week is the third week March). But who could blame them/us? In this appalling economic and political climate, we’d all be grateful for a chocolate shaving or two…
In any event, I’d like to point out that you have something in common with Joanne Harris, author of the best-selling Chocolat. Like you, she has French blood (she was born to a French mother and an English father in her father’s parents’ sweet shop). Also like you, she is not as particular about the chocolate she eats as her luxurious novel might suggest, telling one interviewer:
Don’t worry, continental Europeans have been banging on about British chocolate for years. Not proper chocolate they say. Who cares? It tastes good. Perhaps this is why Kraft bought Cadbury’s?
Belgian chocolate is supposed the the ultimate in good chocolate, but NOTHING beats Cadbury’s Dairy Milk. My son, who has a charming turn of phrase when the mood takes him, said that Hershey’s tasted like vomit. I thought it was just another of his “charming turn of phrases” till I actually tasted some. You know what? He was so right!
Indeed he was. Original Hershey’s milk chocolate has an “interesting” aftertaste. But their dark chocolate is pretty nice, as is their “Symphony” milk chocolate, and even, dare I say it, the stuff they make in the name of Cadbury’s. It’s not the same as proper Cadbury’s, but you know, if one is desperate. Not that I am. Still have two suitcase-sized blocks of proper CDM in the pantry (although the gifts someone brought me in May are sadly gone!) and half a dozen Flakes are even nearing their best-before date. Evidently I am falling behind in my chocolate-eating duties.