random poll

[ratcreature]

Most people think chocolate and nuts go well together, but which nut do you think fits chocolate best? (Today when I decided to buy some chocolate with nuts I dithered for minutes in front of the shelf over whether I ought to go with hazelnut or almond chocolate this time.)

I realize radio buttons make this hard when like me you like many nuts in chocolate, but you'll just have to pick a favorite. (Feel free to imagine the chocolate however you like it to best compliment the nuts, i.e. if you like for example hazelnuts best in milk chocolate but almonds in dark chocolate, imagine the combination you like better and then pick the kind of nut in the poll.)

Poll #6193 chocolate & nuts

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Which nut do you like best with chocolate?

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None: Who would contaminate tasty chocolate with any nut?? (or nuts with chocolate)
5 (9.8%)

Hazelnuts
21 (41.2%)

Almonds
16 (31.4%)

Walnuts
1 (2.0%)

Pecans
2 (3.9%)

Macadamia
2 (3.9%)

Cashew
2 (3.9%)

Brazil nuts
0 (0.0%)

Pistachios
0 (0.0%)

Peanuts (counted as "nut" for the purposes of this poll despite being an undercover legume)
2 (3.9%)

some other nut you have forgotten
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[some_stars]

I've never actually made it, but from looking at some recipes it seems to be, generally: baking chocolate, sugar, milk or cream in some combination, butter, and corn syrup(but like, actual corn syrup, not HFCS). Or some recipes don't use the syrup, but have you cook the sugar to the soft-ball stage. Finished fudge is firm--it's sold in slices or squares--but not chewy, it just melts in your mouth. It's very sweet, and very rich, and the best thing ever.

[ratcreature]

I don't like extremely sweet things. One of the reasons I'm not fond of toffee. So I'm not sure I'd take to fudge, if it was sweeter than plain chocolate.

[laurajv]

It is. I love fudge, but can barely eat it because it's so sweet. So it's like "YUM FUDGE" *tiny nibble*