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I feel like I'm the only one in my life who holds this opinion, but I have never tasted a combination of chocolate and fruit that wasn't significantly worse than the individual components.

  • Chocolate covered raisins? Blegh.
  • Chocolate dipped strawberries? I'll eat the shell then the rest.
  • Raspberry bits in fancy chocolate? You've ruined it.
  • Candied apple? Just plain caramel please, no chocolate.
  • Chocolate fondue? I'll stick to the marshmallows and graham crackers, thanks.
  • Gorp mix? I'm selecting handfuls with either raisins + peanuts or m&ms + peanuts, no blending.

Now I know taste buds are subjective, but how is it that folks will say a mixed bowl of m&ms and skittles is diabolical, yet happily chow down on other fruity chocolate combos? Give me my delicious fruit and chocolate - separately!

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[–] VoodooAardvark@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago
[–] fiendishplan@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Chocolate covered raisins are the worst thing ever.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

i actually like chocolate raspberries because it preserves the raspberries from turning to mush.

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Fully agree with you actually.

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 11 points 17 hours ago

Upvoted. Seek help.

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 6 points 17 hours ago

Oh, I violently disagree. I find your position to be almost repulsive.

looks at name of sub

…here, have an upvote.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 16 hours ago

Fuck orange chocolate! Only thing worse is mint chocolate.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

People eat chocolate covered banana and nobody bats an eye, but I eat chocolate covered kebab onc...

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 113 points 1 day ago (6 children)

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.

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (6 children)

dark chocolate and cherries...mmmm

plus, we Canadians just lost these:

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

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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[–] thrawn21@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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...

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope, coconut is a mammal. It's hairy and has milk.

:P

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[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Yeah nah that is a wrong opinion. Literally had a chocolate fondue yesterday and it was divine.

As someone else saud seek help please.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Your argument is invalid because the coca bean is itself the fruiting body of the theobroma cacao; chocolate is a fruit.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

is corn syrup a fruit then?

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Heavily processed though, far cry from 'fruit' as we use the term.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 day ago

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.

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[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

OK, I disagree but raise you one more. Chocolate covered popcorn and chocolate covered bacon are treats sent by the gods as the secret food of the initiated in the misteries of taste.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Upvote for unpopular.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Upvoted because what’s wrong with you, but mang you fit the subreddit well.

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

subreddit

what’s wrong with you

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah fuck, what have I done?

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Sorry, gonna have to ask you to handover your lemmy passport

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

%100 disagree with them, but first time I'm actually seeing something that fits the community

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Assuming you ferment the fruit first, yes.

[–] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

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.

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.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 4 points 23 hours ago

dark chocolate and clementines is a nice snack, though

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 18 hours ago

Put it better than I would.

Although some dry-fruits (I mean nuts, not dried-fruits) might do differently and be pretty good when wrapped in chocolate, most fruits are better off being present in tiny amounts to add flavour to the chocolate.

I have tried a chocolate with orange rinds in it, which definitely does better then just normal picked rinds. Then one white-chocolate with little bits of cranberry and blueberry, which did pretty well too and while those berries might be tastier, that's definitely a subjective thing and I might be in a mood for either one at any time.

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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Okay but

Cherry Garcia Ice Cream

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

I agree with this one too. This and the nuts post, we're on a roll

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

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?

[–] lath@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Choco and banana. Nothing else matters.

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Banana, sliced in half long ways, peanut butter along the whole thing, cut into slices, frozen, dipped in chocolate.

Yesssss

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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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[–] Borger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

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.

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.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

I totally agree, I'm like that Squidward setting up a chair meme when I see a chocolate bar. And immediately pack up if it has any kind of fruits in it.

[–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Or do you feel about chocolate oranges, or candied orange dipped in chocolate?

I might not be able to be friends with you depending on the answer.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll take fruits on pizza over fruits in chocolate any day.

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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 8 points 1 day ago

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.

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