Chocolate and _____?

[gnarlygninja]

I choose "everything but honeycomb".

 

[Mad_Jack]

I choose "everything but honeycomb".

There were.. five? six? things I didn't check off...

 

[Jeremy E Grenemyer]

This is such a delicious thread.

 

[roger semerad]

I'm a big fan of nuts and chocolate. Peanuts are my favorite, but pecans, hazelnuts, and almonds are a close runner up. You really can't go wrong with any nuts out there. Out of the options listed I also picked the buttery perfection that is toffee.

My additions to this list would be pastries in general. Cakes and cookies being the stand outs. Flour, butter, sugar cooked together with the magic that is the Maillard reaction is the perfect thing to pair with chocolate. If you think the cookie part of the chocolate chip cookie is just a vehicle for the chocolate, you aren't eating a good chocolate chip cookie.

Then there's pastry cream, rich creamy pastry cream. One of my all-time favorite deserts is the Boston cream pie.

Not much of a fan of fruits with chocolate personally, and while I like mint and chocolate, I often wish the desert was just mint without the chocolate itself. Making homemade just mint ice cream is the reason I even bother making homemade ice cream.

 

[CleverNickName]

Looks like peanut butter (23 votes) is the clear favorite, with mint (17 votes) and cherry (13 votes) close behind.

Not a single vote for blueberry...and of those that have votes, anise/licorice, matcha, and malt are all tied with a single vote.

 

[Ryujin]

I'm generally not a fan of chocolate and cherry, but these always hit me just right. Sadly, they were discontinued a year or two ago.

 

[Gradine]

I'm usually on the front line of the war in defense of licorice, but it's not really a good pair with chocolate.

Chocolate banana is clearly the underrated pairing here, so great

 

[Corinnguard]

Lemon and White Chocolate?

 

[Tonguez]

I'm usually on the front line of the war in defense of licorice, but it's not really a good pair with chocolate.

Chocolate banana is clearly the underrated pairing here, so great

Chocolate and Licorice is a great pairing - obviously its just too sophisticated for many

Anyone tried Wild Pork braised in dark chocolate-vinegar and spices? Its delicious

oh and I want to add Fig to the poll as I had chocolate figs last night

 

[MarkB]

I'm generally not a fan of chocolate and cherry, but these always hit me just right. Sadly, they were discontinued a year or two ago.

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