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Default Chocolate Flavored Chocolate

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:46:21 -0500, Goomba38 wrote:
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>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> Looks like I just got suckered into buying some of this fake
>>> chocolate stuff. These were a 22oz bag of "solid milk
>>> chocolate", from what used to be a reputable candy company,
>>> individually wrapped valentine hearts marked down to $.75 at the
>>> grocery store.
>>>

>> Don't hold back... which "reputable candy company" was this?

>
> Palmer Candy Company in Pennsylvania. It used to be really
> popular when I was a kid in Pittsburgh.
>
> -sw


Ugh. The worst! I've never known them to sell any decent chocolate. They
do the cheap, mass market Easter bunnies and stuff for holidays. Waxy,
overly sweet yet totally lacking in chocolate pleasure. I've thought
that for at least 20 years so it isn't a new change of quality, IMO.