"ferret" > wrote in message
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> Alex Rast wrote:
>
>> In a larger sense, indeed, the whole chocolate industry is moving
>> upscale. Commodity brands like Hershey's and Lindt are producing
>> excellent chocolate
>> and boutique brands are exploring new sources and showing off single
>> varietals.
>
> Lindt at least has had some pretty good dark chocolate for some time,
> unlike Hershey's.
>
> I guess I'm a little spoiled because there are enough stores around here
> that carry really good chocolate that I don't have to settle for any of
> the waxy generic crap that Hershey's, Nestles, and Girardelli sell for the
> most part.

Chocolate by-the-pound by Ghiradelli is pretty good IMO for the price of
$3.49#; particularly the semi-sweet; not the milk chocolate. I think it is
good value. If I am wrong, I would prefer an expert's opinion as to where
and how I am wrong.
Dee Dee