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Nel is 76% done

“the marquis de Sade’s palate was most keenly excited by pastry and sweets. He was capable of wolfing down frightening quantities…. Chocolate inspired an irresistible passion. He loved it in all its forms: in cream, in cakes, in ice cream, in bars”

why am i not surprised even that marquis was a chocoholic.

— Sep 18, 2025 12:26AM

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Nel is 84% done

With only 150 employees (compared to Hershey’s thousands), Valrhona has working for it a full-time jury of ten who do nothing but sit and eat chocolate all day, testing new products.

so...how do i apply?

— Sep 20, 2025 11:38PM

Nel is 50% done

“Whether this account is true or not, at that time chocolate-drinking was obviously not something that decent Frenchwomen were allowed to do (at least in public).”

indeed. the suffragettes were powered by chocolate, everyone knows that.

— Sep 17, 2025 12:48AM

Nel is 45% done

— Sep 16, 2025 11:33PM

Nel is 35% done

— Sep 14, 2025 11:52PM

Nel is 9% done

“If the intentions are not so benevolent, what up-scale chocolatiers refer to as “junk chocolate” will be manufactured, with only 15 percent of the product consisting of cacao solids, the remainder being sugar, milk solids, lecithin (an emulsifier), and sometimes cheaper solid vegetable fat; the valuable cacao butter is taken out and sold elsewhere.”

yeah this is why i never cheapen out when it comes to chockies

— Sep 12, 2025 01:31AM