Milton Hershey: "I need to make the milk stay fresh longer for processing." Europe: "here, try pasteurising, we use this for decades." Hershey:"No thank you, I will come up with a process that partially sours the milk and make the chocolat taste like vomit. The comsumer does not care as long it is the cheapest product on the shelf."
supposedly the American military guys liked it like that and continued to make it that way since. We got the anzac biscuits for the Australian military and they actually do taste good!😄
@@andyossiethe millitary guys had to like it, as there was no other choice. Hershey had an exclusive contract with the US governnent to supply their millitary with chocolat during WW2. And after the war thousands of G.I.s came back home, many of them with PTSD, yearning for that familiar taste. This clearly gave Hershey a big market advantage ... So much about conditioning people to like low quality food.
@@marziamira7895 My mom (b1939) more than once told me the story about how after WW2 the american soldiers gave the german kids candy ... but most rejected their Hershey bars after the first time, bc it tasted "off" and weird and therefore even had no real value as an exchange object on the black market
@@MLWJ1993 Imagine being that braindead that you eat it whole or the toy inside after you open it, imagine parents being braindead enough not to teach their kids not to eat everything
And yes, Kinder is completely addictive! If you can find Kinder Bueno give that a try. It’s so so addictive and light to eat… Toblerone that large will break your teeth! lol
We once got an even bigger bar of Toblerone at our work, as a thank you gift from another company. We had chocolate for nearly a week & actually had to break it into pieces with a hammer! 😆
E.Wedel is one of the oldest Polish companies producing sweets. The chocolate you bought is the flavor of the Bajeczny bar. Fun fact, E.Wedel is one of the favorite candy brands in Japan. They liked our chocolate so much that it was bought by the Japanese-Korean Lotte Group in 2010. And now the official name is Lotte Wedel.
I tried the tiramisu E. Wedel chocolate, and it's amazing (didn't knew that it's from poland). But for a couple of years I can't find that flavour anymore in my country.
Sure. I don't know how old are you but I remember taste of simple milky chocolate by Wedel 30 years ago and it's completely different to what you can buy now. Currently it feels more artificial, more like a cheap chocolate-like products 🤢
@@juwen7908 The founder of the company Karol Wedel was the son of German evangelicals Joachim Friedrich Wedel and his wife Maria Christine Friederike Krüger. He was born in Ihlenfeld in the then duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.Germany
Seems to be a trend with US YT-ers trying European chocolate right now. Most seem to discover that it wasn't simply mindless US bashing - it simply *is* better :)
It's a good trend and not just for our European egos (lol), but hopefully people in the U.S realise that they've been eating unhealthy crap and demand better ingredients from the manufacturers. It's very sad, especially considering their lousy healthcare system. In my country, manufacturers follow trends associated with healthier options and if there is someone prominent declaring war on some certain harmful ingredients, then the producers make adjustments. For example, our former first lady declared a war against the trans fats and the manufacturers made adjustments. Same went with some of the harmful E... ingredients. Then there was a trend to have the most % of meat in sausages. You see "88% meat!" or whatever high % written on a sausage packages and so on. If one company starts something like that, others follow. Also, "no added sugar" products are trendy. People demand healthier choices and the manufacturers deliver. Which is nice.
You ever tried americane? not saying its horrible but lets just say its not great. They probable make some good chocolate at some locale manufacturers cause they do make nice stuff in everything else. Its just that their more commercialy stuff is pretty bad.
I literally just ate some Fazer before watching this video! Hard to come by in the UK but I can get a couple of varieties in IKEA. My fave milk chocolate!
Fazer is like a drug ;) Thanks to the local sailors church up here in Hamburg, Germany I can get my fix on Fazer regulary ;) Always have to have a Salmiakki filled one at home. And ofc some other variations as its sooooo good.
Yes, absolutely true, so much tastier than the Swedish Marabou (I'm Swedish). Fazer's "Levain" bread for making toast is so good. Their products overall are top class.
I love chocolate so when my aunt recently went to the States I asked her to bring me some Hersheys chocolate back with her. I've got to say it was one of the worst experiences I've ever had tasting something, I had one bite and had to throw the rest of it away, it was awful. I've heard the "taste of vomit" quote everyone says and I've got to say it's bang on, it's the most revolting chocolate I've ever tasted. I can honestly say I've never thrown chocolate out before. BTW, Twix is not an American chocolate, it originated from the UK...
what i often heard is that chocolate has a different melting consistency. For example most people in the US bite/chew their chocolate, because it gets somewhat waxy. But most people in europe put a piece in their mouth, and then let it melt on their tongue without biting/chewing it. (of course, normal chocolate only, does not count for crisps, wafers, etc. embedded in the chocolate)
Swiss here: In the mountain on the toblerone you can see a bear which is the symbol of the city of Bern, where Toblerone comes from. A lot of people here don't really like Toblerone that much. There's a lot of better chocolate in Switzerland than Toblerone
@juwen7908 I really like Lindor from Lindt or anything from Läderach. Even Frey or Halba make delicious chocolate. Not even mentioning small manufacturer all over the country
It’s striking me that compared to USA chocolate, like the fizzy drinks, the European products have less artificial “filler” ingredients. It shows the difference that food standards and trading standards can produce. To think, certain individuals want to lower standards in the rest of the world to make it easier to sell US food standards elsewhere!
But have you thought how much money shareholders could make thanks to those regulations? Are you so heartless and selfish that you believe public health is more important than them affording a second yacht?
E. Wedel (pronunciation: Veh-del) is a Polish confectionery company, which has been producing a variety of chocolates, cakes, and snacks since 1851. Wedel is also a well-recognized brand of candy in Poland, considered to be the "Polish national chocolate brand". The logo of the company is based on Emil Wedel's signature.
Yoooo you got some Milka! That is the standard chocolate most people eat here in the German-speaking area of Europe I would say. Milka has probably dozens of different kinds of chocolate, you could likely fill an entire week's worth of videos just tasting them (and getting fat in the process 😅) :D. The same could probably be said about Ritter Sport as well. I feel like your wife should also have tasted all of them, would be interesting to see what she has to say :). Regarding the packaging of the Milka, you open them along the white stripe at the back and the inside edges of the packaging are a bit sticky, so you can completely re-seal them if you got some left over! When it comes to the Kinder (which means "children" by the way, hence the English term kindergarten!) products I can highly recommend Kinder Pingui (the standard one is ok, but the strawberry and cherry ones are out of this world!) and Kinder Bueno :). Kinder is a brand of the Italian confectionery company Ferrero and was originally marketed for children.
nice one again :) if im not mistaken you tried the Milka Noisette, which is not the standard one. Noisette has a chocolate-nut-mixed cream like filling. im not a big fan of these. the standard of Milka would be "Milka Alpenmilch", which is way better imo. just for your information ;)
Polish one - Wedel flavor is Bajeczny, which is a chocolate sweet bar (also their product). If you were able to get that Wedel flavour you should be able to find original Bajeczny chocolate bars as well as they are popular
Man i grew up with the Eurocream block. My parents used to have them as kids, i grew up with them too. They were dirt cheap and the best we could get at time. Might not be the best but it has a special place in my heart.
I live in Austria and believe me they are fresher than in Serbia and taste better. It's like Serbians in their own country are second class citizens. It is valid for all other snacks/sweets Jaffa Cakes, Marshmellows, Choco Bananas, chips etc. It's like they are exporting fresh stuff and selling old stock to customers in Serbia.
Marabou, Fazer, Lindt are good ones too. The darker Toblerone and the white ones are pretty good also. Maybe should send a package before trumleedis tariffs.
Not a single real chocolate in this clipp only sweet soft milky stuff. Now i don't mind it but yup belgium is better in my opnion at least the good stuff is.
Many US Americans aren't fans of dark chocolate, neither as marzipan. But as you seem to be not the typical one when it comes to taste, you need to try the 'Marzipan' one from Sarotti or Ritter Sport. Or even better the original Lübecker Marzipan! I also love Ritter Sport 'Rum Trauben Nuss' which is 'rum raisin and hazelnut'. It's delicious 😍 Greetings from Berlin 😎
@@martynnotman3467 I've only ever seen the rum, raisin and hazelnut version of Ritter Sport here in either Asda or Tesco. Where can you get the sans nut version?
Kinder makes the good stuff yeah Kinder surprise ( most favorite when i was kid) Kinder Choco Fresh ( my most favorite now) Kinder Bueno White (i love to put it in a freezer) Kinder Pingui Kinder Schoko Bons Kinder Milk Slice All of them are must try , my mouth was watering as i was writting :D
European Chocolates are fabulous. American Brands are made in a Lab. by Dr. Frankenstein's Disciples. Using a wide array of Chemicals, instead of Chocolate. The Labels should state : " Chocolate Imitation (Ersatz)",
9:00 You're right. In polish you spell "W" like english "V". This brand has been sold to some Korean brand and believe me - now it's not even close to what it used to be back in the days. It's not the same quality nor the same taste, sadly...
Unfortunatly Toblerone is no more a swiss brand, it is ownd by Mondelez and the milk in it is no more from switzerland and most of the produced Toblerones are no more producet in switzerland, this is also the reason why they had to change the desing of the mountain in theyer logo from the Matterhorn with the bear on it to an not to differend mountain with no bear on it.
I never saw an american try "Côte d'Or" chocolate from Belgium sadly. They have a lot of different types but even the regular milk chocolate one is incredible in taste. You can go up to super dark chocolate 90% (for ex)
E. Wedel is with wafers and nuts. And Alpinella has some delicacies in it. Both are from Poland. Alpinella is subbrand for Terravita, that comes from Poland.
Everything from Ferrero is great! It's just the way they do it. Like Nutella... It's so good... And if you read about how it started as a company, it's a great story.
You might try Alpia or Lindt; I have to suggest Kinder/Ferrero products as well, as a good friend of mine works for their H.R. at their German HQ. In terms of flavors, I‘d recommend the caramel ones from most European brands.
Milka is king here in Prague because Olympic champion and probably the most famous living Czech athlete- Ester Ledecka posts videos eating it all the time.
@@danielpetrucco6513 Yes. People are easily influenced by advertising. People who don't play football buy football jerseys. People who don't play basketball wear Jordans...
@@billigmad3720 Few years ago they brought back limited edition original Raider bars for just a month or two in Finland and I saw them selling out everywhere. I liked the taste better than whatever the recipe for Twix was and still is.
In Sweden where I live we have a "American" shelf in my store. I've tried Hersheys, Reeses, Hostess snowball and Twinkies etc and everything tastes chemical, stale and chalky.
My favorite snack from ferrero (kinder) is "Fiesta": if you just dig your teeth into the bar and breath in from your mouth you get high! You can have material enough for an entire series of video only by covering all the different Ferrero snacks... Great video as always, keep it up!
A Double Decker is my favorite bar. Two layers of crispy cereals and soft, chewy nougatine wrapped in delicious Cadbury chocolate. The Double Decker name was inspired by double-decker buses.
If you can find please try the Hungarian Stühmer chocolates, it will blow your mind, it also has beautiful arts on their chocolate paper usually. But also the more cheaper chocolate like Boci and Tibi are awesome too.
Or for a completely different sensation: Lakrids by Bülow. It’s chocolate with liquorice inside. As a Dutch I believe it’s really divine, but then again we’re liquorice (black liquorice that is) lovers.
Fazer's to die for! For sure my favourite milk chocolate after Anton Berg stopped either exporting their chocolate bars or producing them altogether (crushing my poor soul in the process...)
@@akyhne correct, thought I’d mentioned that. However the chocolate/liquorice combo is a Scandinavian thing, I was told by a Swedish colleague. (Nowadays we have our own brand here too: Meenk, but the Bülows one is far superior, despite it costing almost 5 times more)
the ingredients are written in order of percentage present in the food. At least in Europe it's like that by law. if they write flour, sugar, etc. it means that the flour will be a higher percentage than the sugar and so on...
Languages on the Milka are German (for Deutschland,Austria,Switzerland), Hungarian, Czech, Slovak - Product of Germany, this is made for 6 countries, there will be different bunch(or how u call it) for different groups of countires. distributor in East Hanover, New Jersey not Germany's Hanover On the Polish Chocolate BAJECZNY - fabulous; mleczna - milk type; nadziewana - filled(stuffed in Czech); z wafelkami i orzeskami - with wafers and nuts There is a text something like "Remind yourself tastes of childhood kokoa-nuts filling with addition of crunchy wafers ... yes, it's a fabulous candy!"
I dont know how well the chocolate will behave (taste-wise) if i send him proper belgian chocolate (at least, non-industrial ones) Like he said, basic but "decent". But then, there's "high end" brands and/or "homemade" ones that might not hold well the transport to US.. (sadly)
Belgian chocolate is the best. But I do not think the chocolate would survive the trip very well. Most of the chocolate you would buy at a proper chocolatier is made to be eaten fresh. I would not really recommend sending it tbh because the chocolatier puts a lot of work into their craft and if it spoils it is a shame.
FERRERO is the Italian maker of Nutella. Kinder is mainly for children. PERUGINA is another maker of chocolate in Italy. Try BACI PERUGINA, you ll love them.
That Toblerone does require appreciation for almonds & honey. I love the flavour combination, so it's absolutely tied with hazelnut flavour chocolate for me.
There are many chocolates in Germany and other European countries. You should try one from "Hachez" (German Brand) and "Lindt" (Brand from Switzerland). These are also very good brands. I would call them premium brands. Also "Storck Riesen" are really good 😊
Chocolate made in Europe, Australia and New Zealand is all good. Different standards of good, different brands, different price points - but all better than the great majority of commercially-available chocolate in tbe USA.
You need to try Nidar Bergene "Troika". Marzipan, truffle, and raspberry jelly, covered by chocolate. A Norwegian product so good it almost makes up for them not producing any cars.
Toblerone and Milka are made by the same U.S. company Mondelez. This is basically a former conglomerate of Nestlé and Kraft Foods chocolate and cookie activities spun off into a separate company.
Bajeczny is a very old, classic Polish chcolate candy which is made of cocoa-peanut butter with chunks of panuts and wafers, covered in chcolate. What you have is a large chocolate bar of that:)
Get your hands on Tony Chocolonely - some 5000 supermarkets in the USA sell it. It's Belgian chocolate from a Dutch company, guaranteed to be very good!
@Mus.Anonymouse, I think you mean slave free. But I strongly advise you, to go to Ghana or Ivory coast. But if you still want to believe the advert people, be my cast...… I know better!
@@Real_Claudy_Focan The annoying part about Lindt is their "pricing", which they themselves print on their packaging ... and then the stores sell them as "30% off" all the time. I currently have a "winter craving" for "Belgian pralinés" ... which taste super awesome, BUT it is a german discounter brand version, so its not going to be "top of the line" belgian chocolate.
Belgian chocolatiers have the best chocolate, but Belgian chocolate made by a quality chocolatier is a much more exclusive product. It's not mass-produced, because it's hand crafted, and it's more scarce. It's also meant to be eaten fresh. Because of that it's much harder to ship it to the US.
One thing about the Kinder bar: the name "Kinder Country" is the name used for internationalization (the language you had on your bar was German). Italian bars of the same product are called Kinder Cereali (Kinder Cereals) but I think the recipe is the same - and yes despite the German inspired name Kinder is an Italian brand, owned by the Ferrero, the one that makes Ferrero Rochers. Kinder Cards are not really the same thing as the Kinder Country: they have a creamy inside made out of the same cream of the Kinder Country (but without the cereals) and a chocolate version of it while the outside is a "shell" made of a chocolate wafer on one side and a white one on the other side. And as an Italian it's SO GOOD.
The Wedel chocolate (1:24 second pronounciation sounds about right) is actually "candy" flavoured. Candy is called "Bajeczny" and it's also a Wedel product. It's not gourmet either. They make all sorts of chocolate based sweets, be it bars (WW, our version of KitKat waffles), chocolate, candy bars or other stuff (I highly recommend "Ptasie Mleczko", which is a box of chocolate covered marshmallows).
An excellent video. I also love the bars made with 60% Cocoa, ranging all the way to 90% . Practically featuring no sugar, that type of bars affords the real taste of almost pure Cocoa. A little bitter, although delicious. In the US even Burgers and most cereals and breads are loaded with sugar. In the early fifties, my Grand Father used to go often to the States. American brands used to be fantastic, at that time. Even cars were great. Unfortunately, quality across the board in no longer the main objective.
The best chocolate in the world you get in Belgium. It is world-famous for its chocolate. Belgian chocolatiers take great pride in their craft. At the chocolatier, you have great selection of different types of chocolates. They vary in types of cocao-beans used, in cocao content, in texture, the way it is crafted (hand crafted chocolates). Belgium also has strict regulations on chocolate production, requiring minimum 35% pure cocoa in the chocolate. And it is fresh made. Sadly, you would not be able to get it in the USA. It's not really commercialized as much as for example a Milka is. Its more like local hand-made produce. As a Dutchman, I greatly respect the Belgian traditions in chocolate-making. Wish you could taste it! :) Loved the video Ian! :)
Usually, Milka and Ritter Sport are sold for identical prices in the stores. Both are considered mid-class chocolate, selling above the no-frills white-label chocolate, but at lower prices as for instance Lindt or fair trade chocolate or specialties.
Those aren't true chocolate imo, One day i will send you some true Belgian chocolate you will see the difference If you someday come to belgium Try out Nehaus chocolate, Daskalidés, Pierre marcolini chocolate, and galler chocolate you will not be disapointed
You need to try a Terry’s Chocolate Orange - the milk chocolate one is so nice. Again u need to let it melt in ur mouth to let the flavour build. It’s a classic Xmas choccy for the Christmas stocking.. then there’s After Eights which are ‘after dinner’ mint thins. Really good after a curry lol And I don’t like Toblerone. Never have. But my mum loves the stuff! We need to send you supplies….
Milton Hershey: "I need to make the milk stay fresh longer for processing."
Europe: "here, try pasteurising, we use this for decades."
Hershey:"No thank you, I will come up with a process that partially sours the milk and make the chocolat taste like vomit. The comsumer does not care as long it is the cheapest product on the shelf."
Omg you’re so right, the first time I tasted it I thought it was actually spoiled.
supposedly the American military guys liked it like that and continued to make it that way since.
We got the anzac biscuits for the Australian military and they actually do taste good!😄
The lengths some people will go to not pay licensing fees 🤦♂🤦♂
@@andyossiethe millitary guys had to like it, as there was no other choice. Hershey had an exclusive contract with the US governnent to supply their millitary with chocolat during WW2.
And after the war thousands of G.I.s came back home, many of them with PTSD, yearning for that familiar taste.
This clearly gave Hershey a big market advantage ...
So much about conditioning people to like low quality food.
@@marziamira7895
My mom (b1939) more than once told me the story about how after WW2 the american soldiers gave the german kids candy ...
but most rejected their Hershey bars after the first time, bc it tasted "off" and weird
and therefore even had no real value as an exchange object on the black market
7:44 The Milka is a different taste because you got their noisette one… (5:43 zoom on the import label) their „pure chocolate“ ones are „Alpenmilch“.
yeah u right I thought the whole time isn't that the noisette one but i prefer Ritter Sport anyway
I was looking for this comment because otherwise I would have commented just that. 🤓👍🏻
Vollmilch is the usual "basic version descriptor" for most brands.
Noisette is better than original anyway due to the hazelnuts.
I was just about to write that too, but you were quicker 👍🏼
Milka Noisette is the one with hazelnut cream
Kinder eggs are also good, but illegal in US, as you know, they are more dangerous than the weapons you can buy in the section next to the sweets.
Trump would probably say exactly the same, but without sarcasm 🙄🫣
Imagine your child choking on a plastic toy inside a chocolate egg instead of a bullet! 🙄
@@MLWJ1993 try to swallow a whole kinder egg without opening it to get the toy .....
This is just pathetic :(
@@MLWJ1993 Imagine being that braindead that you eat it whole or the toy inside after you open it, imagine parents being braindead enough not to teach their kids not to eat everything
And yes, Kinder is completely addictive! If you can find Kinder Bueno give that a try. It’s so so addictive and light to eat…
Toblerone that large will break your teeth! lol
Kinder Bueno would blow his mind :D
The White one is the best one and the hippos
@@heyaxxel Bueno was king until I discovered Kinder Chocofresh
Modern Tobleroneis a lot softer than 10-5 years ago. Less peaks as well now. No need to break teeth or need a lever or hammer to get a bit off now.
We once got an even bigger bar of Toblerone at our work, as a thank you gift from another company.
We had chocolate for nearly a week & actually had to break it into pieces with a hammer! 😆
E.Wedel is one of the oldest Polish companies producing sweets. The chocolate you bought is the flavor of the Bajeczny bar.
Fun fact, E.Wedel is one of the favorite candy brands in Japan. They liked our chocolate so much that it was bought by the Japanese-Korean Lotte Group in 2010.
And now the official name is Lotte Wedel.
I tried the tiramisu E. Wedel chocolate, and it's amazing (didn't knew that it's from poland). But for a couple of years I can't find that flavour anymore in my country.
Lotte Wedel sounds so german 😅
Sure. I don't know how old are you but I remember taste of simple milky chocolate by Wedel 30 years ago and it's completely different to what you can buy now. Currently it feels more artificial, more like a cheap chocolate-like products 🤢
@@juwen7908 The founder of the company Karol Wedel was the son of German evangelicals Joachim Friedrich Wedel and his wife Maria Christine Friederike Krüger. He was born in Ihlenfeld in the then duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.Germany
@@juwen7908 man who started the company was German during partitions on stolen Polish land
Seems to be a trend with US YT-ers trying European chocolate right now. Most seem to discover that it wasn't simply mindless US bashing - it simply *is* better :)
It's a good trend and not just for our European egos (lol), but hopefully people in the U.S realise that they've been eating unhealthy crap and demand better ingredients from the manufacturers. It's very sad, especially considering their lousy healthcare system. In my country, manufacturers follow trends associated with healthier options and if there is someone prominent declaring war on some certain harmful ingredients, then the producers make adjustments. For example, our former first lady declared a war against the trans fats and the manufacturers made adjustments. Same went with some of the harmful E... ingredients. Then there was a trend to have the most % of meat in sausages. You see "88% meat!" or whatever high % written on a sausage packages and so on. If one company starts something like that, others follow. Also, "no added sugar" products are trendy. People demand healthier choices and the manufacturers deliver. Which is nice.
You ever tried americane? not saying its horrible but lets just say its not great. They probable make some good chocolate at some locale manufacturers cause they do make nice stuff in everything else. Its just that their more commercialy stuff is pretty bad.
For me as a German the American chocolate tastes like the eastern German ones. As if the best-before date had expired :D
If you can find chocolate brands from Nordic countries like Marabou (Swedish), Fazer (Finnish) and Tupla (Finnish), you should try them also.
I agree 100%. Ian has to try Swedish Marabou and Finish Fazer, they taste sooo good.
I love marabou ❤
Marabou nowadays is basically Milka, lol.
Marabou is my favourite
Aren’t we still boycutting Marabou because they are still in Russia?
If you can find it, Finnish Fazer chocolate is pretty dope
I literally just ate some Fazer before watching this video! Hard to come by in the UK but I can get a couple of varieties in IKEA. My fave milk chocolate!
Fazer is like a drug ;) Thanks to the local sailors church up here in Hamburg, Germany I can get my fix on Fazer regulary ;) Always have to have a Salmiakki filled one at home. And ofc some other variations as its sooooo good.
I never knew Fazer was Finnish (:
Yes, absolutely true, so much tastier than the Swedish Marabou (I'm Swedish). Fazer's "Levain" bread for making toast is so good. Their products overall are top class.
I love chocolate so when my aunt recently went to the States I asked her to bring me some Hersheys chocolate back with her. I've got to say it was one of the worst experiences I've ever had tasting something, I had one bite and had to throw the rest of it away, it was awful. I've heard the "taste of vomit" quote everyone says and I've got to say it's bang on, it's the most revolting chocolate I've ever tasted. I can honestly say I've never thrown chocolate out before.
BTW, Twix is not an American chocolate, it originated from the UK...
No Belgian chocolate? Blasphemy 😂
we need cote d'or, meurisse and leonidas tastetest.
Tony Chocoloney.
It makes sense. Belgian chocolate is a different universe 😁
@aageon
Absolutely!! And I'm french.
@@Temeraire101Tony is a Dutch brand, not Belgian...
Nothing Belgian, so you need to do a part 2 :D. Also Ferrero from Italy has some good stuff.
Kinder is a part of Ferrero, actually.
Belgian chocolate is nothing special anymore. I can get the best chocolate here in Norway 😆😆
Ferrero Rocher 🤤🤤
if only they could avoid palm oil !!!!
@@MrBadbaron it is just the best chocolate in the world. Nothing more, nothing less.
what i often heard is that chocolate has a different melting consistency. For example most people in the US bite/chew their chocolate, because it gets somewhat waxy. But most people in europe put a piece in their mouth, and then let it melt on their tongue without biting/chewing it. (of course, normal chocolate only, does not count for crisps, wafers, etc. embedded in the chocolate)
Yeah, i usually let it melt, it tastes way better that way
After knowing that butyric acid IS used in reeses, i couldnt eat peanutbutter Cups Anymore, because the chocolate tastes sour
I let it melt too, this way the taste lasts longer.
@@Papa_Ul this is the way to eat less(for me)😂
I let it melt a little and then breath out of my nose, that way you get all of the aromas, especially with some really dark chocolate
Swiss here: In the mountain on the toblerone you can see a bear which is the symbol of the city of Bern, where Toblerone comes from. A lot of people here don't really like Toblerone that much. There's a lot of better chocolate in Switzerland than Toblerone
And toBlERoNe has Bern in it 😉
Which one is your favorite swiss chocolate brand?
@juwen7908 I really like Lindor from Lindt or anything from Läderach. Even Frey or Halba make delicious chocolate. Not even mentioning small manufacturer all over the country
@@lionofzion81 Lindor is god tier chocolate. I love our E.Wedel but Lindor is my go to when I see it.
I was just about to say that Toblerone is considered mid at best here haha
I hope a legend from Belgium sorts you out with some Côte-d'or chocolate. Hard to beat.
Les Galler sont meilleurs , mais plus cher , hélas . mon gros péché se sont les Manon . " chocolat " blanc et crème café . a tomber
@@marclaurent6207 Ah merci!
Ça fait longtemps que j'ai pas visité la Belgique. Voila une belle excuse!
Yes. This.
It’s striking me that compared to USA chocolate, like the fizzy drinks, the European products have less artificial “filler” ingredients. It shows the difference that food standards and trading standards can produce. To think, certain individuals want to lower standards in the rest of the world to make it easier to sell US food standards elsewhere!
Of course. The US wants to push their chlorinated Chicken and hormone injected meat, on the rest of the World.
The European Union with its strong regulations makes it even harder for US products
I hate that in my EU country so many food contains glycose-fructose syrup (corn syrup) or palm oil. Bad for healt, both, but dirt cheap.
But have you thought how much money shareholders could make thanks to those regulations?
Are you so heartless and selfish that you believe public health is more important than them affording a second yacht?
E. Wedel (pronunciation: Veh-del) is a Polish confectionery company, which has been producing a variety of chocolates, cakes, and snacks since 1851. Wedel is also a well-recognized brand of candy in Poland, considered to be the "Polish national chocolate brand".
The logo of the company is based on Emil Wedel's signature.
Yoooo you got some Milka! That is the standard chocolate most people eat here in the German-speaking area of Europe I would say. Milka has probably dozens of different kinds of chocolate, you could likely fill an entire week's worth of videos just tasting them (and getting fat in the process 😅) :D. The same could probably be said about Ritter Sport as well. I feel like your wife should also have tasted all of them, would be interesting to see what she has to say :).
Regarding the packaging of the Milka, you open them along the white stripe at the back and the inside edges of the packaging are a bit sticky, so you can completely re-seal them if you got some left over!
When it comes to the Kinder (which means "children" by the way, hence the English term kindergarten!) products I can highly recommend Kinder Pingui (the standard one is ok, but the strawberry and cherry ones are out of this world!) and Kinder Bueno :). Kinder is a brand of the Italian confectionery company Ferrero and was originally marketed for children.
In the Netherlands for something to be called "chocolate" it has to have at least 35% cocoa. So we wouldn't consider a Hershey bar to be chocolate.
It’s not. It just resembles something close to chocolate.
@Mind-your-own-beeswax products containing less than 35% cocoa are to be called 'cocoa fantasy' overhere.
Which is why _Koetjesreep_ isn't a chocolate bar!
nice one again :)
if im not mistaken you tried the Milka Noisette, which is not the standard one. Noisette has a chocolate-nut-mixed cream like filling. im not a big fan of these. the standard of Milka would be "Milka Alpenmilch", which is way better imo. just for your information ;)
I 2nd that. Never liked Noisette.
Polish one - Wedel flavor is Bajeczny, which is a chocolate sweet bar (also their product). If you were able to get that Wedel flavour you should be able to find original Bajeczny chocolate bars as well as they are popular
Man i grew up with the Eurocream block. My parents used to have them as kids, i grew up with them too. They were dirt cheap and the best we could get at time. Might not be the best but it has a special place in my heart.
I live in Austria and believe me they are fresher than in Serbia and taste better. It's like Serbians in their own country are second class citizens. It is valid for all other snacks/sweets Jaffa Cakes, Marshmellows, Choco Bananas, chips etc. It's like they are exporting fresh stuff and selling old stock to customers in Serbia.
@@VladimirCvetkovic-cj8vb in belgium you can only find them in "balkan shops" ran by romanians or turks and trust me it is not better haha
Marabou, Fazer, Lindt are good ones too. The darker Toblerone and the white ones are pretty good also. Maybe should send a package before trumleedis tariffs.
Lindt is bullshit, not good. Don't eat that garbage.
Tony chocoloney, Cote D'or, Verkade.
As a swedish person, marabou is the best according to me
@@assarstromblad3280 Mmmm.. War crimes
I don’t think he’s gonna put tariffs on European chocolate lmao 🤣🤣
I will look for those brands, thank You! 🙏
European pocket size Toblerone 👍
Talking about Toblerone, can you see the "bear" in the mountain? ToBlERoNe the capital letters form the word Bern, the capital of Switzerland.
If you liked the crunchy Ritter Sport you have to try Ritter Sport "Knusperflakes".
I'm not a fan of it. Always seems to be so basic
Cote d'or is my favorite chocolate.
Or verkade is very good as well.
Yes, it is very good. For regular chocolate, I enjoy either Lindt for milk choc, or Bournville for dark. For a luxury brand, it must be Godiva.
No Belgian Chocolate ??? 😱😱
You are missing out man
real dark chocolate for sure. The other milk cholocate is for kids.
Depends what is available in their shops. As most of this stuff seems to be more from Eastern Europe than Western Europe.
Not a single real chocolate in this clipp only sweet soft milky stuff. Now i don't mind it but yup belgium is better in my opnion at least the good stuff is.
He missed nothing. Belgian chocolate is sickly or very bland.
Many US Americans aren't fans of dark chocolate, neither as marzipan. But as you seem to be not the typical one when it comes to taste, you need to try the 'Marzipan' one from Sarotti or Ritter Sport. Or even better the original Lübecker Marzipan!
I also love Ritter Sport 'Rum Trauben Nuss' which is 'rum raisin and hazelnut'.
It's delicious 😍
Greetings from Berlin 😎
US Americans like things which are really sweet because they put corn syrup in everything.
We get the Rum and Raisin one in the UK only without the nuts!
@@martynnotman3467 I've only ever seen the rum, raisin and hazelnut version of Ritter Sport here in either Asda or Tesco. Where can you get the sans nut version?
You should try Kinder Pingui, its amazing!
yes, but Kinder Maxi King rules 😋
@@A909GA Yes Kinder Maxi king
@@A909GA also good choice!
@@Nako3 isn‘t Pingui a refrigerated product? Difficult to import…
@@Roberternst72 Yes, it is not solid chocolate and has milk in it.
Finland is not known for chocolate but we have pretty good ones. If you find some carl fazer brand chocolate somewhere I really recommend to try👍
You do have some amazing licorice though.
Kinder makes the good stuff yeah
Kinder surprise ( most favorite when i was kid)
Kinder Choco Fresh ( my most favorite now)
Kinder Bueno White (i love to put it in a freezer)
Kinder Pingui
Kinder Schoko Bons
Kinder Milk Slice
All of them are must try , my mouth was watering as i was writting :D
European Chocolates are fabulous.
American Brands are made in a Lab. by Dr. Frankenstein's Disciples.
Using a wide array of Chemicals, instead of Chocolate.
The Labels should state : " Chocolate Imitation (Ersatz)",
9:00 You're right. In polish you spell "W" like english "V". This brand has been sold to some Korean brand and believe me - now it's not even close to what it used to be back in the days. It's not the same quality nor the same taste, sadly...
If you do a 2nd vid about chocolate, try to add Lindt.
Unfortunatly Toblerone is no more a swiss brand, it is ownd by Mondelez and the milk in it is no more from switzerland and most of the produced Toblerones are no more producet in switzerland, this is also the reason why they had to change the desing of the mountain in theyer logo from the Matterhorn with the bear on it to an not to differend mountain with no bear on it.
Damn, that's sad. I liked the original one. =(
it still has the bear. its just not the matterhorn
Americans ruining everything to maximize profits?!? What a shocking discovery!!!
28:00 it says ,,made in switzerland‘‘. And Milka is also a Mondelez brand. But Toblerone just tastes different, then the average chocolate.
I never saw an american try "Côte d'Or" chocolate from Belgium sadly. They have a lot of different types but even the regular milk chocolate one is incredible in taste. You can go up to super dark chocolate 90% (for ex)
E. Wedel is with wafers and nuts. And Alpinella has some delicacies in it. Both are from Poland. Alpinella is subbrand for Terravita, that comes from Poland.
Of course your favorite chocolate had to be the italian one! 🇮🇹
(Kinder is part of Ferrero, an italian company!)
Everything from Ferrero is great! It's just the way they do it. Like Nutella... It's so good...
And if you read about how it started as a company, it's a great story.
@@armindoribeiro6286Nutella = palm oil
No thank you.
It was german Kinder chocolate, not italian. And the brand name ,,Kinder‘‘, means children in german.
@@chris_0018 Bro just google it, Kinder is an italian company. They may have factories abroad but they’re still Italian.
Milk chocolate is not basic chocolate, basic chocolate is just chocolate with nothing else added.
I agree. Basic chocolate is dark chocolate mostly.
In theory, yes, in practice, milk chocolate is the default chocolate sold.
@@Alias_AnybodyNot where I live...
With basic i think he meant plain...
‚Nothing added’ would be grinded cocoa beans… not chocolate…
You have to try Sweden "Marabou"
Yes... Nån borde skicka dit en kartong att jämföra Amerikanska produkter med svenska produkter!
@@torulfvikingsson7735 And cranberry jam, there must be jam, even with chocolate.
@@malkontentniepoprawny6885 Not cranberry, we have lingonberry in Sweden
@@user-zf6zn3dz7c Whatever, jam everywhere.
Skip marabou, they still operate in ruzzia.
You might try Alpia or Lindt; I have to suggest Kinder/Ferrero products as well, as a good friend of mine works for their H.R. at their German HQ. In terms of flavors, I‘d recommend the caramel ones from most European brands.
Lindt is pure dogshit.
Milka actually is low quality by European standards, but the mainstream unfortunately loves it.
By the way, Twix was originally from the UK.
Milka is king here in Prague because Olympic champion and probably the most famous living Czech athlete- Ester Ledecka posts videos eating it all the time.
@@stevemcgowen you sure about this?:D Do you think that everybody eats some chocolate brand because of some athlete? Thats funny.
@@danielpetrucco6513 Yes. People are easily influenced by advertising. People who don't play football buy football jerseys. People who don't play basketball wear Jordans...
My favorite E. Wedel chocolates in tab form are mango, and tiramisu. All time favorites are cocktail filled chocolate barrels.
Fazer from Finland has a lot of different varities, classic milk chocolate and hazelnut are popular
Twix, by the way, was originally British.
Milka has been my favourite for years though.
In my childhood "Twix" was named "Raider" in Denmark. They changed name to "Twix" during the 1990's.
@@billigmad3720 Same in Germany
@@billigmad3720 Same in The Netherlands. You also had "Treets" they were bought by M&M and guess what, they made em worse 😀
in all europe was known as Raider until somewhere in the '90
@@billigmad3720 Few years ago they brought back limited edition original Raider bars for just a month or two in Finland and I saw them selling out everywhere. I liked the taste better than whatever the recipe for Twix was and still is.
Karl Fazet (blue), Marabou.. Try those!
In Sweden where I live we have a "American" shelf in my store. I've tried Hersheys, Reeses, Hostess snowball and Twinkies etc and everything tastes chemical, stale and chalky.
You should try Finnish chocolate Fazer and various Belgian chocolates.
You absolutely have to do this again with Belgian and Norwegian chocolate.
I agree with norwegian shocolate, belgian is for my taste too sickly sweet
My favorite snack from ferrero (kinder) is "Fiesta": if you just dig your teeth into the bar and breath in from your mouth you get high! You can have material enough for an entire series of video only by covering all the different Ferrero snacks... Great video as always, keep it up!
A classic
Yes, but most people who try it seem to dislike it.
A Double Decker is my favorite bar.
Two layers of crispy cereals and soft, chewy nougatine wrapped in delicious Cadbury chocolate. The Double Decker name was inspired by double-decker buses.
Try Belgian chocolate
i have anticipated this video for a while now, i love your thoughts on the ingredient difference and your opinion on the taste difference
Lindt Lindor (red) 😋👌
Lindt recently got exposed for having cadmium and lead in their chocolate. That company is trash.
I shouted at my screen when you opener the Milka bar. It has a special way of opening it
If you can find please try the Hungarian Stühmer chocolates, it will blow your mind, it also has beautiful arts on their chocolate paper usually. But also the more cheaper chocolate like Boci and Tibi are awesome too.
Really enjoyed it! Looking forward to more videos from you! 💖😘
Please try find finnish Fazer chocolate. It's made with real milk and not milk powder and it's the best :)
Or for a completely different sensation: Lakrids by Bülow.
It’s chocolate with liquorice inside. As a Dutch I believe it’s really divine, but then again we’re liquorice (black liquorice that is) lovers.
Fazer's to die for! For sure my favourite milk chocolate after Anton Berg stopped either exporting their chocolate bars or producing them altogether (crushing my poor soul in the process...)
@@Mus.AnonymouseThat's Danish, not Finish.
@@akyhne correct, thought I’d mentioned that. However the chocolate/liquorice combo is a Scandinavian thing, I was told by a Swedish colleague. (Nowadays we have our own brand here too: Meenk, but the Bülows one is far superior, despite it costing almost 5 times more)
You godda try Lindt and côté d'or, it's so good
the ingredients are written in order of percentage present in the food. At least in Europe it's like that by law. if they write flour, sugar, etc. it means that the flour will be a higher percentage than the sugar and so on...
Languages on the Milka are German (for Deutschland,Austria,Switzerland), Hungarian, Czech, Slovak - Product of Germany, this is made for 6 countries, there will be different bunch(or how u call it) for different groups of countires.
distributor in East Hanover, New Jersey not Germany's Hanover
On the Polish Chocolate
BAJECZNY - fabulous; mleczna - milk type; nadziewana - filled(stuffed in Czech); z wafelkami i orzeskami - with wafers and nuts
There is a text something like "Remind yourself tastes of childhood kokoa-nuts filling with addition of crunchy wafers ... yes, it's a fabulous candy!"
I dont know how well the chocolate will behave (taste-wise) if i send him proper belgian chocolate (at least, non-industrial ones)
Like he said, basic but "decent". But then, there's "high end" brands and/or "homemade" ones that might not hold well the transport to US.. (sadly)
Belgian chocolate is the best. But I do not think the chocolate would survive the trip very well. Most of the chocolate you would buy at a proper chocolatier is made to be eaten fresh. I would not really recommend sending it tbh because the chocolatier puts a lot of work into their craft and if it spoils it is a shame.
It schould be fine I think. Air cargo is not heated
FERRERO is the Italian maker of Nutella. Kinder is mainly for children. PERUGINA is another maker of chocolate in Italy. Try BACI PERUGINA, you ll love them.
I don't know if you can find it over there, but you should taste chocolate from "Venchi", an Italian brand. Very high quality chocolate
Twix is from the UK, first produced in 1967 and then introduced to the US in 1976
That Toblerone does require appreciation for almonds & honey. I love the flavour combination, so it's absolutely tied with hazelnut flavour chocolate for me.
Do they still use genmodified nuts in Toblerone?
3:19 some chocolate may contain more than 80% of Cocoa in it. It is also called "bitter chocolates".
There are many chocolates in Germany and other European countries. You should try one from "Hachez" (German Brand) and "Lindt" (Brand from Switzerland).
These are also very good brands. I would call them premium brands. Also "Storck Riesen" are really good 😊
Kinder is produced by Ferrero, which is an Italian company. Nutella is arguably their most famous product.
Chocolate made in Europe, Australia and New Zealand is all good. Different standards of good, different brands, different price points - but all better than the great majority of commercially-available chocolate in tbe USA.
You need to try Nidar Bergene "Troika". Marzipan, truffle, and raspberry jelly, covered by chocolate. A Norwegian product so good it almost makes up for them not producing any cars.
Toblerone and Milka are made by the same U.S. company Mondelez. This is basically a former conglomerate of Nestlé and Kraft Foods chocolate and cookie activities spun off into a separate company.
Bajeczny is a very old, classic Polish chcolate candy which is made of cocoa-peanut butter with chunks of panuts and wafers, covered in chcolate. What you have is a large chocolate bar of that:)
🍫 Look out if you can find Zotter chocolate from Austria. It's handmade and made with the most unusual ingredients (all organic).
Grammeln vom Waldschwein war eine geile Zotter-Sorte. 😁
Get your hands on Tony Chocolonely - some 5000 supermarkets in the USA sell it. It's Belgian chocolate from a Dutch company, guaranteed to be very good!
Try Lindt chocolate, or Chocolonely (absolute slave free). Another one that’s good are Belgian “zee banket” bon bons.
Lindt is indeed a "premium" brand but still not at the level of some top-notch belgian chocolate.
@ but worldwide more available. I don’t think good Belgian chocolate will be available there.
@@Real_Claudy_Focan Lindt is premium bullshit. Look into their recent lawsuits.
@Mus.Anonymouse, I think you mean slave free. But I strongly advise you, to go to Ghana or Ivory coast. But if you still want to believe the advert people, be my cast...… I know better!
@@Real_Claudy_Focan The annoying part about Lindt is their "pricing", which they themselves print on their packaging ... and then the stores sell them as "30% off" all the time.
I currently have a "winter craving" for "Belgian pralinés" ... which taste super awesome, BUT it is a german discounter brand version, so its not going to be "top of the line" belgian chocolate.
Really got to say your mrs has an amazing voice.its so soft and relaxing
Aww, you did not get the finnish Fazer. As a swede it kind of hurts, but Fazer blue might be the best basic chocolate there is.
The Italian chocolate Ferrero Mon Cheri and Perugina Baci are excellent choices!
How is Belgium not represented. :o
Belgian chocolatiers have the best chocolate, but Belgian chocolate made by a quality chocolatier is a much more exclusive product. It's not mass-produced, because it's hand crafted, and it's more scarce. It's also meant to be eaten fresh. Because of that it's much harder to ship it to the US.
I feel so inclined to send some real Belgian and Dutch chocolate to him for review!
One thing about the Kinder bar: the name "Kinder Country" is the name used for internationalization (the language you had on your bar was German). Italian bars of the same product are called Kinder Cereali (Kinder Cereals) but I think the recipe is the same - and yes despite the German inspired name Kinder is an Italian brand, owned by the Ferrero, the one that makes Ferrero Rochers.
Kinder Cards are not really the same thing as the Kinder Country: they have a creamy inside made out of the same cream of the Kinder Country (but without the cereals) and a chocolate version of it while the outside is a "shell" made of a chocolate wafer on one side and a white one on the other side. And as an Italian it's SO GOOD.
7:10 This Milka is not basic. Alpenmilch or Zartbitter (less sweet) are the basics. Noisett is more a fancy one.
The Wedel chocolate (1:24 second pronounciation sounds about right) is actually "candy" flavoured. Candy is called "Bajeczny" and it's also a Wedel product. It's not gourmet either. They make all sorts of chocolate based sweets, be it bars (WW, our version of KitKat waffles), chocolate, candy bars or other stuff (I highly recommend "Ptasie Mleczko", which is a box of chocolate covered marshmallows).
6:18 Bruh why is he opening the Milka like that?!😭😭😭
An excellent video.
I also love the bars made with 60% Cocoa, ranging all the way to 90% .
Practically featuring no sugar, that type of bars affords the real taste of almost pure Cocoa.
A little bitter, although delicious.
In the US even Burgers and most cereals and breads are loaded with sugar.
In the early fifties, my Grand Father used to go often to the States.
American brands used to be fantastic, at that time.
Even cars were great.
Unfortunately, quality across the board in no longer the main objective.
The best chocolate in the world you get in Belgium. It is world-famous for its chocolate. Belgian chocolatiers take great pride in their craft. At the chocolatier, you have great selection of different types of chocolates. They vary in types of cocao-beans used, in cocao content, in texture, the way it is crafted (hand crafted chocolates). Belgium also has strict regulations on chocolate production, requiring minimum 35% pure cocoa in the chocolate. And it is fresh made. Sadly, you would not be able to get it in the USA. It's not really commercialized as much as for example a Milka is. Its more like local hand-made produce. As a Dutchman, I greatly respect the Belgian traditions in chocolate-making. Wish you could taste it! :) Loved the video Ian! :)
Belgian is good, but in my opinion, Swiss is better. Belgian chocolate is a little too sweet for me, Swiss dark chocolate is excellent.
Confections at least. For pure chocolate bars they are mostly too sugary for my taste.
I strongly disagree, to sweet for my taste.
2:51 Try Lindt chockolate if you can find it. It's another level of sweetness.
Also prefect pronunciation on Wedel 👏👏
I've tried all of these euro sweets except for Eurocream. I think I would vote for Kinder if I had to.
Just finished watching. Glad we agreed. XD
You forgot Droste(one of the best), Verkade and Lindt. Also Cote d'Or is really good.
Aldi got great Chocolate 🍫 called Nussknacker 👍
Storck Knoppers also available by Aldi (ALbrecht DIscount)
Usually, Milka and Ritter Sport are sold for identical prices in the stores. Both are considered mid-class chocolate, selling above the no-frills white-label chocolate, but at lower prices as for instance Lindt or fair trade chocolate or specialties.
Those aren't true chocolate imo,
One day i will send you some true Belgian chocolate you will see the difference
If you someday come to belgium
Try out Nehaus chocolate, Daskalidés, Pierre marcolini chocolate, and galler chocolate
you will not be disapointed
I've tried Pierre Marcolini's chocolate last year. It's on another level, I've never tasted something like that before.
You need to try a Terry’s Chocolate Orange - the milk chocolate one is so nice. Again u need to let it melt in ur mouth to let the flavour build. It’s a classic Xmas choccy for the Christmas stocking..
then there’s After Eights which are ‘after dinner’ mint thins. Really good after a curry lol
And I don’t like Toblerone. Never have. But my mum loves the stuff!
We need to send you supplies….
Kinder is Ferrero. You know, Nutella. Their "Ferrero Küsschen" or "Ferrero Rocher" are always on my table.
Need to try the basics: Lindt, Valrhona, and then Leonidas, Jeff de Bruges, Amedei
U need to try Tony. from the mainstream brands its the best.
French and Belgian chocolate can be amazing
The milk bar is not "simply Chocolate". Its noisette which tells you that thers hazelnutcream in it.
Kinder is from Ferrero, which is an Italian company. The Kinder country you loved so much is made in Germany.
If you go to Poland then look for Wedels chocolate shops 🎉
Hi Ian. Noisette is hazelnut.