OP, what is your opinion of vegan molé? What do you think of savory chocolate?
this post was submitted on 31 Dec 2025
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You've never tried "Terrys Orange". I usually don't like the Chocolate & Fruit combo, either. But this one is surprisingly good.
Ungh, you pick the ONE counterexample that actually proves his point.
Are you 6?
Chocolate covered raisins are the worst thing ever.
i actually like chocolate raspberries because it preserves the raspberries from turning to mush.
Fully agree with you actually.
Interesting, an actual unpopular opinion! You get an upvoter because I disagree so heartily.
Dark chocolate and orange are amazing together. So are dark cherries and chocolate.
dark chocolate and cherries...mmmm
plus, we Canadians just lost these:
These are vile and you are making me start to think I agree with OP
I want to vomit just looking at this. Whoever put cherries inside of perfectly good chocolate did it as a sick joke.
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I'd like to think I've got a pretty adventurous palette, and I've tried all kinds of fruits with chocolate; fresh, dried, in various preparations, and while some are tolerable, is just tolerable really what you want when reaching for a treat?
I was about to use your mention of cherries and say that a German chocolate cake is far superior to a black forest cake, but that had me realize - is coconut a fruit? Perhaps I've got one exception...
Nope, coconut is a mammal. It's hairy and has milk.
:P
Perfect logic, this is now my explanation and I'm sticking to it.
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Your argument is invalid because the coca bean is itself the fruiting body of the theobroma cacao; chocolate is a fruit.
is corn syrup a fruit then?
Heavily processed though, far cry from 'fruit' as we use the term.
By the lengthy process and how bad it is to begin with, I'm still amazed it was discovered and developed and made to taste so good. So many steps to get there.
Are you suggesting fruit snacks aren't also fruit?
Upvoted because what’s wrong with you, but mang you fit the subreddit well.
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what’s wrong with you
Ah fuck, what have I done?
Sorry, gonna have to ask you to handover your lemmy passport
Trauma
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Upvote because your opinion is wrong.
That said, the things you described seem like they have a high potential to be underwhelming. I've had versions of almost all of them where the chocolate is cheap, grainy and too sweet.
Upvote for unpopular.
Choco and banana. Nothing else matters.
Banana, sliced in half long ways, peanut butter along the whole thing, cut into slices, frozen, dipped in chocolate.
Yesssss
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I'm with you.
Raspberries and chocolate? Each brings out the bitterness in the other.
I don't get fruit and chocolate at all, each diminishes the other.
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Upvoted. Seek help.
Kudos to your truly unpopular opinion. I disagree but wouldn't fight you on it. But what are your thoughts on nuts and caramel? That's a hill I would die on.
90% agree. Chocolate paired with actual fruit sucks, but chocolate with fruit flavoring (e.g. Terry's chocolate orange, chocolate-covered fruit-flavored ganache or nougat, etc.) can sometimes be good.
Yessss!! Hahaha. My whole life people have been trying to convince me that I’m crazy because I don’t like orange chocolate. (Not even the actual fruit, just the flavour in chocolate.)
I agree with this wholly. I love fruits. I love chocolate. But I don’t want them together.
Okay but
Cherry Garcia Ice Cream
I like chocolate with cheese, or with salt. Not really a fan of super sweet chocolate, 90%+ dark for me.
My favorite chocolate is honey almond salt.
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Do you know, I've just kind of accepted it my whole life, despite never really caring for it. I'll enjoy chocolate and caramel, or chocolate ice cream with stuff in it, or ice cream with chocolate pieces. Even chocolate truffles with different creme fillings. And I love yogurt covered raisins!
So it's not a general aversion to things in chocolate, for me. Fruit is definitely always better on its own.
The problem is the ratios. All your examples are basically fruit as the main ingredient with chocolate as the accompanying ingredient. That just means you don't like chocolate on your fruit.
The other way around is better, chocolate with some fruit as accents. One of my favorite chocolates is a flat dark chocolate bar and small cranberry pieces that make the texture feel like a crunch bar, and the cranberry flavor is not strong enough to overpower the chocolate.
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Finally someone else!
I was a strong defender of this position for a long time. There is a Venn diagram with a circle of dairy in the center. It overlaps heavily with chocolate on one side and fruit on the other. But the fruit and chocolate circles should not touch.
Or so I thought. One day a friend was arguing with me about this and she pointed out a banana split, which has all three. Ok so maybe the fruit and chocolate circles barely touch for this one exception but otherwise - say no to chocolate with fruit.
I agree with this one too. This and the nuts post, we're on a roll
Oh, I violently disagree. I find your position to be almost repulsive.
looks at name of sub
…here, have an upvote.
I completely agree with very few exceptions
Banana and chocolate is a good combo because bananas are so "mild" in sweetness
Also down with chocolate-covered raisins. Not grapes, though
But I can't think of a single other fruit I like with chocolate. I will eat the chocolate off a chocolate-colored strawberry and eat the strawberry alone
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I largely agree except one: bananas.
I know it’s not truly chocolate, but still in the realm, I like to make a peanut butter, Nutella, and banana sandwich sometimes.
I am genuinely amazed that you have this opinion, and also that a significant number of other comments do as well.
I cannot even begin to describe how strongly I disagree with this, but I guess there just is a whole section of people who agree...
I... I want to cook for you, make something you've not tried before, show you the light lol.
If you don't mind me asking, can you taste cilantro, or does it just taste like soap to you?
Do you like nutmeg?
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