This weekend there was a whole lot of chocolate talk on Twitter. Whoorl started it, and it ran from there. A whole lot of debating was going on. Which chocolate bar was better than the others?
The whole Canadian versus American debate also came into play.
I was inspired by my friend Meg who does the “Choose Ye” style of posts. She may have done a “chocolate” Choose Ye post already, but I cannot remember. I cannot even remember what I have posted half the time, to be honest.
Without further adieu, here is my inaugural (and maybe only) Choose Ye post.
If you were to choose, what would it be?
1. Smarties or M&M’s?
2. Milk or dark chocolate?
3. Coffee Crisp or KitKat?
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs or Hershey’s Eggies?
5. Purdy’s Hedgehogs, or whatever the US equivalent is?
On the whole Canadian/American divide, apparently Smarties in the US are what we call Rockets in Canada. Rockets in Canada? NO CHOCOLATE WHATSOEVER. They are pure sugar. And awesome.
You Americans are in dire need of a healthy serving of Canadian Smarties.
My American friends have also never heard of a Purdy’s hedgehog (I weep for you). I have never heard of a Thin Mint (Loralee and Ali have drooled over mentioned them).
If you do not feel like playing “Choose Ye”, then tell me what chocolate bar I neglected to include. I am also intrigued by chocolates that are unavailable to me, being a Canadian and all.
For being a good sport, Miss Emily and Mr. Bear would like to serve you a “tea” or “coffee”.
Ok. Here we go …
1 ~ Definitely Smarties! Yum. Yum.
2 ~ Milk chocolate. I’m not a dark chocolate kind of girl!
3 ~ Kit Kat all the way!
4 ~ Ewwww. What are eggies?! If they’re ANYTHING like Cadbury Eggs … no.thank.you!
5 ~ I must admit. I’m one of the not so privileged. I’ve never heard of a Purdy’s Hedgehog … but they look dee-lish!
Thin Mints are pretty good. I’m sure I’m going to be quite an oddball saying this … but I’m not really a big chocolate fan.
I prefer Sweet Tarts, Spree, SOUR Patch Kids, etc.
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1. I’ve never had these Smarties you speak of so I’d have to go with M&Ms.
2. Dark chocolate
3. I’ve never heard of Coffee Crisp but that sounds better than a kitkat.
4. I’m a huge Cadbury Mini Egg fan… never heard of the Hershey’s eggies. I do NOT like cadbury cream eggs though.
5. Never heard of these either but chocolate and hazelnut can’t be bad!
What about Ferrero Rocher? http://ferrerochocolatesusa.com/
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Does nobody love Turtles?
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1. Smarties or M&M’s? Smarties
2. Milk or dark chocolate? Milk
3. Coffee Crisp or KitKat? KitKat
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs or Hershey’s Eggies? Hershey’s
5. Purdy’s Hedgehogs, or whatever the US equivalent is? I would have to say Lindorff Truffle things?!?
No Reese Peanut Butter Cups? Reese Eggs?
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1. M&M’s (specifically, peanut or dark chocolate M&M’s when available)
2. Dark, though milk chocolate is best for s’mores
3. KitKat
4. Never eaten either one, to my knowledge, unless they’re called something else in the U.S.
5. Never eaten Purdy’s Hedgehogs, and I don’t know what the equivalent would be.
6. I am very, very sad for you that you do not know Thin Mints.
7. You know what else? Canadian Oreos are COMPLETELY different from American Oreos. (U.S. Oreos are better.)
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So Cadbury Mini Eggs are only in Canada as well?
I had no idea! You learn something new every day.
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1. M&Ms
2. Milk Chocolate
3. Neither (not a fan of KK or CC)
4. OMG – Cadbury MiniEggs all the way. I mention them in my recent post TWICE! LOL!!!
5. What the blazes are Purdy’s Hedgehogs? I even clicked on the link and they don’t ring any bells in my head.
ROCKETS, Oh, GLORIOUS, ROCKETS! My sister and I used to use them as our “pills” when we played doctor as a kids. I still gorge on them today. YUM!
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PS. thanks for the tea Miss Emily. It hit the spot on such a rainy day!
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OH, a post on my favorite topic…CHOCOLATE! First I have to say, I’m proud of my son for being as avid a chocoholic as his momma!
It’s good to start them early!
My favorite item of chocolate is Reese’s Easter Eggs. YUM. I like the shapes they make the rest of the year as well (pumpkins, trees, etc)…but the eggs are my favorite. Yes, I know, I’m a nutjob…hubby tells me this constantly!
I also like Mr. Goodbars.
And Brach’s Chocolate Covered Peanuts.
And I agree with most everyone else…Cadbury Cream Eggs are nasty.
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Peanut M&M’s.
Milk Chocolate.
Coffee Crisp.
Mini Eggs!!!!! I think they should be a food group! Mmmm!!
I’m not a fan of the Prudy’s hedgehogs, but I do love their vanilla caramel in milk chocolate!!!
I don’t love just pure chocolate, it needs to be on something or with something. Like mint chocolate, or chocolate covered strawberries, or something along those lines.
Cool post. I like seeing what others write.
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1. Smarties
2. Milk chocolate
3. KitKat
4. Mini eggs
5. Hedgehogs
Cute pic of Emily, she is looking so grown up.
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I have to say Smarties ALL THE WAY!!
Milk, but both are good for fondues.
Kit Kat Chunky, if I’m gonna be bad I’m going BIG!! LOL
Reeces Pieces mini eggs…YUMMY.
I’m with you on the Hedgehogs.
Ang, you are going to have to take some smartie and rockets and things to BLOGHER. You guys should all bring different things and try them out
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1. M&M’s
2. dark chocolate
3. KitKat
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs
1. Smarties or M&M’s?
2. Milk or dark chocolate?
3. Coffee Crisp or KitKat?
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs or Hershey’s Eggies?
5. Purdy’s Hedgehogs (never had one but they sound DELISH)
(Please bring some to BlogHer. Thanks!)
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1. M&M’s (American Smarties are gross)
2. Dark Chocolate
3. KitKat
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs (My absolute favorite Easter candy!)
5. Yeah, I think Ferrero Rocher is probably the closest equivalent to Purdy’s after looking at the link you provided. Either one sounds good.
I love the differences in candy between countries. I was fascinated with candy when I was in Paris several years ago.
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Peanut butter M&Ms.
Dark.
Coffee Crisp.
Cadbury mini eggs.
Reese’s peanut butter cups and turtles come very high on the list. I’m not a fan of “flavoured” chocolates ever, like fruity or minty, but caramel and nuts and peanut butter are good.
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Mmm… chocolate! My favourite food group! As you’ll be able to see from my answers, I’m dangerously addicted to the stuff.
1. M&M’s. Smarties are too candy-like, and I’m not a fan of candy. M&M’s are much tastier and have more chocolate in them.
2. Milk chocolate.
3. Both are fantastic, but I would choose a KitKat Chunky that is made in the UK. Seriously, you cannot compare. The chocolate in Europe is billions of times better than what we call chocolate over here. I brought a box of those KitKat’s home with me after my time in Europe, and they were gone so fast!
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs, but I much prefer the Cream Eggs. Yeah, they look disgusting, and are so full of sugar, but they’re so darn tasty! I was at the grocery store the other night, and they were on sale for 30 cents each. I picked up a handful of them. LOL.
5. Hedgehogs, baby! Yum!
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1. M&M’s
2. Dark chocolate
3. KitKat
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs
5. Purdy’s Hedgehogs look so damn good, OMG. To my knowledge there isn’t an equivelent. Maybe…rocher
I always have to be the blacksheep. I LOVE Cadbury cream eggs, hehe. I also love Cadbury chocolate bars. Chocolate almond, to be exact. It has a sort of tangy, fruity taste to it but its soooo subtle. Ugh. If you do not have these in Canada, I will send you one. No one should live without Cadbury chocolate bars. Ever. Or…Russel Stovers (normally I HATE russel stovers chocolate) ‘private reserve’ chocolates. Like Bavarian creme brulee and Black forest truffle. *Dies* Ugh, so good.
I’m a chocolate freak, clearly. I don’t care for normal candy shelf chocolate much but I’ll eat it in a pinch. I figure if I’m spending money on chocolates they better be good. Like See’s….which I bet you don’t have. Maybe I should send you some of THAT. TeeHee.
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I’m not a very big chocolate fan so I’ll attempt this list.
1. M&Ms – peanut specifically, and Matt, Danielle and I will tell you that they taste better in New Zealand. In fact, I brought about 4 big bags back for myself and Danielle to share.
2.Milk chocolate
3.neither
4.MIni eggs….oh the mini eggs, my thighs hate you
5.Purdy’s ORANGE CREAM
I’ve seen the Smarties chocolate boxes in the states, although only at airports. And I’ve NEVER heard of Rockets!
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M & M’s but they have to be with peanunts
Milk Chocolate
Kit Kat
Not familiar with eith of these
I am not familiar with Purdy’s Hedgehog either.
My very favorite is Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups – YUM!!
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M&M’s
Dark Chocolate- preferably bittersweet!
Neither
Mini Eggs- you can buy them in the US!
Never heard of the last 1
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mmmmmmmmmmm
1. Smarties! (Canadian style of course)
2. Milk chocolate
3. Coffee crisp
4. Cadbury mini eggs (ironically, I’m eating them RIGHT NOW!)
5. ooohhhh …. mmmm …. purdy’s ….
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1. Peanut butter M&M’s
2. Dark chocolate all the way!
3. Coffee Crisp (although I’ve never had one?!)
4. Neither, unless the Hershey’s eggs are dark chocolate
5. Do Canadians have girl scouts and thus, girl scout cookies?! Tag-a-longs are the greatest! (wafer layered with peanut butter and coated in chocolate – then frozen if you want to go all out =)
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1. Smarties or M&M’s? M&M’s *I had no idea there weren’t ‘real’ smarties south of the border.
2. Milk or dark chocolate? a piece of dark chocolate with a glass of red wine is heavenly, but I swing both ways with the chocolate.
3. Coffee Crisp or KitKat? hard one…Coffee Crisp
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs or Hershey’s Eggies? Mini eggs are my absolute fave! (And you only need a couple of ‘em to get your fix. Especially if you suck on ‘em before biting into the chocolate. Seriously. Yummy.
5. Purdy’s Hedgehogs, or whatever the US equivalent is?
I don’t think Ferrero Rocher is an equivalent of the hedgehog – but it would be close minus the nuts…
Hedgehogs (although it’s been many years since my tastebuds have encountered one) are yummy.
All time fave choc bar???? After Eight (dark chocolate and mint).
And us Canadians have Girl Guides (I guess the equivalent of Scouts….and we get fabulous mint chocolate cookies…)
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I choose:
Smarties
Milk Chocolate
Cadbury Mini Eggs (I don’t think I got enough this past easter!)
Purdy’s Hedgehogs are yummy. I would take one any day and any time…now I need to find myself some yummy chocolate.
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You must run down to your nearest US state and buy yourself a case of Samoas (Girl Scout cookies)!!! Like, right now!!!
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Another reason to come to NZ, Angella! We have the best chocolate! My faves … too many to list!
We have Cadbury mini eggs here but they won’t taste like yours, because our Cadbury is totally different to yours (I know because I’ve tried both).
Definitely prefer milk to dark or white chocolate!
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1- M&Ms
2-Milk chocolate
3-Coffee Crisp
4- Purdy’s. Yum. I’ve only ever seen them in Kelowna so my last one was close to two years ago now. What a shame.
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1. smarties–they don’t have them in the states?? weird…
2. milk chocolate
3. kit kat
4. mini eggs all the way!!!
5. purdy’s hedgehogs….sooo gooood!!!
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1. Smarties or M&M’s? Smarties…all the way!
2. Milk or dark chocolate? White Choc. preferred, Lindor had thee best little white eggs out for easter, I won’t even admit how many bags I ate…
3. Coffee Crisp or KitKat? KitKat, luv em
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs or Hershey’s Eggies? Cadbury Easter Eggs, so my favorite…Louise (best friend) bought me a bunch and hide them around my house in the days leading up to Easter, it was very sweet.
5. Purdy’s Hedgehogs, or whatever the US equivalent is? I don’t actually like Hedgehogs, however I love the little Peanut Butter Fingers from Purdy’s.
Also, I think there are many items that are unique to us northerners….Ketchup Chips & Wine Gums are not avail. in the US
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1. YES
2. YES
3. YES
4. YES
5. HUH? But Please ship me a case of those hedgyhoggy thingys, and I’ll give you an answer asap.
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1. Smarties
2. Milk
3. Coffee Crisp
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs
Do not forget about Caramilk bars. and mmmmmm rockets, I love Halloween because I can find those in large bags with a couple hundred. Yikes.
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1. Smarties
2. Milk chocolate
3. Coffee Crisp
4. MiniEggs
5. Don’t know what a Hedgehog is now I will have to go up to the mall to findout!
I am a Canadian Candy Mule
to my daughter who is at school in the States. These are the most popular import requests from her friends:
Smarties
Cadbury Caramilk
Mint Aeros
Crunchie Bar
The Student Cannucks I know in the States suffer from Canadian Candy withdrawal and they don’t have those Kindersurprise Eggs with the neat little toys inside.
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Um? Chocolate is a popular topic… I scrolled forever to get down here!
1. M&M’s hands down.
2. there is only one kind of chocolate… milk chocolate that other one is an imposter
3. Kit Kat though I like a Coffe crisp now and then
4. Mini Eggs – all others pale in comparison
5. I have not yet heard of these Hedgehogs. Where do I get me some of these? STAT!
I also LOVE the smartie chocolate bar. Which given than I strongly prefer M&M’s to smarties is quite shocking. However, if there was an M&M chocolate bar? I’d be on that like white on rice.
Mmmm, going to eat some mini eggs now I am!
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Sorry, this will only help the locals but Annegret’s Chocolates (Towne Centre Mall) in Kelowna is un-believable.
http://townecentremall.com/annegrets_chocolates.html
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Next March, you and me…I send Thin mints, you send me a hedge hodge thingy.
Drool…
P.S. I have always been fond of the Score bar. I heart toffee.
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1. Smarties or M&M’s? I MUST TRY THESE SMARTIES YOU SPEAK OF!
2. Milk or dark chocolate? Milk!
3. Coffee Crisp or KitKat? KitKat
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs or Hershey’s Eggies? Mini Eggs
5. Purdy’s Hedgehogs, or whatever the US equivalent is? See my comment above, re: Smarties.
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1. Smarties!!!!!!!!!!
2. I’m going to have to go with milk, but only because the caffeine in dark kills me!
3. KitKat if I have to.
4. Yikes. Can I say Cadbury BIG eggs please?
5. Hedgehogs
: )
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1. Smarties
2. Dark
3. Coffee Crisp (one of my fave’s)
4. Cadbury mini eggs (so yummy)
5. Hedgehogs
6. Reece Peanut butter cups
or there was no #6???
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Hi. I’m RLM and I’m a Chocoholic.
1. M&M’s
2. Milk Chocolate
3. KitKat
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs
5. Godiva’s Open Oyster
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1. Smarties or M&M’s? Depends on the day!
2. Milk or dark chocolate? Milk
3. Coffee Crisp or KitKat? KitKat
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs or Hershey’s Eggies? Definately Cadbury Mini Eggs
5. Purdy’s Hedgehogs, or whatever the US equivalent is? Hmmm…How about just Purdy’s in general!
I do like chocolate, however I have to say that I am generally drawn towards the sugary sweets like fuzzy peaches and sour keys!
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Oh, and tea time? Soooo cute!
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1. Smarties
2. Milk
3. Coffee Crisp or KitKat? Can I choose both? Because I really like them both.
4. Cadbury Mini Eggs
5. Purdy’s Hedgehogs !!! I feel for anyone who has never had a Purdy’s Hedgehogs. You should do a Purdy’s Hedgehog giveaway!
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Smarties—but those aren’t chocolate
But I really don’t like M & M’s either.
Milk–preferably English Cadbury. The Cadbury here in the states sucks.
Coffee Crisp
Cadbury Mini Eggs
5. Purdy’s Hedgehogs, or whatever the US equivalent is?
I’ll have to do some research for that one
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1. Smarties
2. Dark
3. I think coffee crisp – i’ve never heard of them but I like the coffee/chocolate combination and am not a kitkat fan.
4. Neither
5. No idea what that one is!
I suspect Australian chocolates and candy (“lollies”) are quite different again
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