Everybody wants a box of chocolates

[venta]

OK, I want opinions on chocolate.

Now, as previously discussed with some of you, I'm not an enormous fan of chocolate. Sure, I like it, but I don't really hold it in the kind of reverence that many do. It's a niceish, sweet tasting thing - sadly not the extreme sensual experience which some people seem to find it (and do they really, or are they just exaggerating ?)

So, what I want to know: how much chocolate is too much ? How many people actually don't think there is such a thing as too much ? People who are allergic/intolerant to chocolate (hello, half my family) are a different case. Would anyone seriously claim to be addicted to chocolate ?

For reference, I've eaten a Tw*x and two Cadbury's Roses in the last hour, and am now feeling distinctly queasy about the whole experience. Should have stopped after the Tw*x, really, but when someone hands anything edible round I eat some on reflex.

Update: is there any mileage in the idea that extreme dedication to the eating of chocolate is a female thing ? A quick mental survey of blokes of my acquaintance suggests "no", but some people seem to believe it quite firmly.

Comments

Re: Chocolate varieties

[triskellian]

I'm with leathellin (except that I'm not all that keen on the taste of coffee, which probably makes me a philistine or something ;-)

(Oh god, this is a 'me too' post. Are me toos allowed when it's data points you're after?)

Re: Chocolate varieties

[lathany.livejournal.com]

except that I'm not all that keen on the taste of coffee, which probably makes me a philistine or something ;-)

Yep, it does.

;-) (too).

Re: Chocolate varieties

[venta.livejournal.com]

No they're not if you're not answering any of the questions :)

I want to know, assortedly, how much is too much, whether you'd consider it addictive, and whether boys like it too. Me-tooing that you prefer dark to white is no use at all.

Bah :)

Re: Chocolate varieties

[leathellin.livejournal.com]

Well if it is white then obviously the point is that any is too much and although dark chocolate is lovely I don't really want to eat more than a few Lindt squares at a time.
Addictive in the case of chocolate is I think more of a mental thing than a physical thing.
I think that of course boys like it too it's just that girls whinging about being on a diet are much more likely to comment on how much they wish they could eat some.

Re: Chocolate varieties

[triskellian]

Sorry - implicit question answering there ;-)

Too much = any more than a little bit of dark chocolate (not cos I don't like it, but because it's a bit overwhelming)

Too much = a moderate amount of milk (it's not overwhelming, but it's just not that exciting)

Too much = a slightly larger moderate amount of milk-with-nuts

("A moderate amount", incidentally, is at most two normal-sized chocolate bars. And only that much if I'm in an especially chocolate-craving mood. I think I eat the equivalent of maybe one bar a week, and am perfectly satisfied.)

Too much = any white chocolate. Why bother? (Unless it's Lindt white-with-coconut)

For the last two questions, I present bateleur as defence exhibit A.