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1. 1 On February 6th, 2009, john said:

   It seems like she’s ridiculing those ads. I don’t understand why; women do love chocolate. I work with tons of them, and they all love chocolate.

   posted on February 6th, 2009 at 7:25 pm

2. 2 On February 6th, 2009, Lisa said:

   Oh, Sarah Haskins, I’d take you over chocolate any day. Unless it’s Cadbury’s. Sorry.

   posted on February 6th, 2009 at 7:58 pm

3. 3 On February 6th, 2009, Rachel said:

   And I bet men like meat, huh John?

   Lisa — I had a Cadbury’s Egg for the first time in, oh, I don’t know when. Years, maybe. I had forgotten how good they are!

   posted on February 6th, 2009 at 8:31 pm

4. 4 On February 6th, 2009, apricotmuffins said:

   cadburys? please! cheap, sugary awfulness. Give me green & Blacks any day.

   and um, no, im not living up to offensive stereotyping.

   posted on February 6th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

5. 5 On February 6th, 2009, apricotmuffins said:

   I would also like to point out that its my husband who buys the chocolate in this house, and he’s the one who’ll actively want it every. single. day.

   posted on February 6th, 2009 at 9:31 pm

6. 6 On February 6th, 2009, Godless Heathen said:

   I love chocolate, too bad you can’t buy it in the US. Seriously, what the hell is this sh*t?! No matter how many “orgasm face” women they stick in the commercials, I’m not convinced. Could be all the friggin corn syrup they put in American chocolate brands, gross.

   Hey advertisers, chocolate doesn’t cause that face. Batteries, however, are a whole ‘nother story.

   posted on February 6th, 2009 at 10:29 pm

7. 7 On February 7th, 2009, meerkat said:

   That’s hilarious. It’s just sad that those ads aren’t intended as self-parody. All those women chasing down that truck of 100-calorie snack packs–like they’re going to eat more than one or something? Or are they horrible binge-eaters who eat more than 100 calories of cookie in a serving? (Note: sarcasm.)

   I’m glad I don’t watch American TV anymore!

   posted on February 7th, 2009 at 1:40 am

8. 8 On February 7th, 2009, Alyssa said:

   Brilliant!!!!!!
   Oh, how I DESPISE that 100-calorie pack ad! Thank you, Sarah, for making fun of it much more intelligently than I could have!

   (And, yeah, American chocolate pretty much sucks.)

   posted on February 7th, 2009 at 2:10 am

9. 9 On February 7th, 2009, Tiana said:

   Ahaha, so apparently American chocolate commercials are even crazier than the ones we have here. Then again, it’s been months since I watched tv …

   You know who REALLY loves chocolate? My boyfriend.

   posted on February 7th, 2009 at 9:39 am

10. 10 On February 7th, 2009, Rachel said:

    FYI: For some good and not too expensive chocolate brands, check out some of the favorites listed in this post and comments.

    posted on February 7th, 2009 at 9:56 am

11. 11 On February 7th, 2009, Mickey said:

    Rachel: Re: Cadbury eggs — Have you tried the ones with the chocolate ganache filling instead of the sticky-sweet white cream? To freakin’ die for… I’m also quite fond of the caramel-filled ones.

    Lindt (on the European market at least) has recently made a new line called “excellence” (currently noshing on the 85% cocoa one, which is bitter like contemplating your ex- and as dark as my soul!), which among others contains the “touch of sea salt” dark chocolate bar. It’s the awesomest if you like sweet and salty together; it reminds me of this one random time I tried chocolate-covered potato chips, which are way better than they sound. Mm… flakes of yummy sea salt in dark, dark chocolate…

    Yeah, if major-brand American chocolate didn’t suck, they wouldn’t have to advertise the bloody hell out of it. Forget the sex words; tempt me with percentages higher than 65 and flavors like “Extreme mint”.

    posted on February 7th, 2009 at 10:46 am

12. 12 On February 7th, 2009, Fangirl said:

    Okay, so I got up after and got one of the cherry cordials I had on my desk. (Sarah Haskins + chocolate = my day is made.)

    What really gets me is the emphasis on calorie count. It’s freaking candy, who cares how many calories it has? When I eat a Cadbury Creme Egg (which they already had out at home in Nowhere and don’t have in the city for some reason) I do not care how many calories it has. Guilt tripping with food makes me cranky, ’cause I like food.

    Mickey – I had a friend who used to eat the Lindt 85% cocoa bars like most people eat milk chocolate.

    posted on February 7th, 2009 at 1:29 pm

13. 13 On February 7th, 2009, JeanC said:

    MMMMMmmmmmmm chocolate. Who cares if chocolate has calories in it. IT’S CHOCOLATE! That is all that matters. I’m not sure if I am happy that my hubby loves chocolate or not as that means I have to share it LOL. Then again, it is so much fun to feed it to each other

    For absolutely to die for chocolate, I recommend Cow Girl Chocolates:

    http://www.cowgirlchocolates.com/

    Comes in sweet and spicy.

    posted on February 7th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

14. 14 On February 7th, 2009, Rachel2 said:

    Mmmmm… chocolate… Yummy…

    posted on February 7th, 2009 at 4:30 pm

15. 15 On February 9th, 2009, Wish said:

    This actually reminds me of the advertising for Valentine’s day at Amazon.com. They have a little strip on the front page, and sometimes when you log in, it says “She’s Craving:” and has links to chocolate and flowers and fluffy animals, other times you log in and it’s says “He’s Craving:” and it’s all meat and beer and power tools. It’s freaking Amazon, you’d think they’d at least throw a book in there

    posted on February 9th, 2009 at 2:55 pm

16. 16 On February 15th, 2009, Bronwyn said:

    That was a great Target: Women.

    I do have to say that all the bashing of American chocolate makes it sound like you can’t find good chocolate here, which you CAN. I agree that Hershey’s and company (I won’t name everyone) don’t tend to have very good chocolate (even their “premium” brands are gross in my opinion) but we can get good chocolate flavors. We have the Lindt Excellence line, and all that.

    Though even good chocolate doesn’t give me the “taste face.”

    posted on February 15th, 2009 at 9:23 pm