I feel like I’m the only one in my life who holds this opinion, but I have never tasted a combination of chocolate and fruit that wasn’t significantly worse than the individual components.

  • Chocolate covered raisins? Blegh.
  • Chocolate dipped strawberries? I’ll eat the shell then the rest.
  • Raspberry bits in fancy chocolate? You’ve ruined it.
  • Candied apple? Just plain caramel please, no chocolate.
  • Chocolate fondue? I’ll stick to the marshmallows and graham crackers, thanks.
  • Gorp mix? I’m selecting handfuls with either raisins + peanuts or m&ms + peanuts, no blending.

Now I know taste buds are subjective, but how is it that folks will say a mixed bowl of m&ms and skittles is diabolical, yet happily chow down on other fruity chocolate combos? Give me my delicious fruit and chocolate - separately!

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    Your argument is invalid because the coca bean is itself the fruiting body of the theobroma cacao; chocolate is a fruit.

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    Upvote because your opinion is wrong.

    That said, the things you described seem like they have a high potential to be underwhelming. I’ve had versions of almost all of them where the chocolate is cheap, grainy and too sweet.

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    Kudos to your truly unpopular opinion. I disagree but wouldn’t fight you on it. But what are your thoughts on nuts and caramel? That’s a hill I would die on.

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    Oh, I violently disagree. I find your position to be almost repulsive.

    looks at name of sub

    …here, have an upvote.

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    Finally someone else!

    I was a strong defender of this position for a long time. There is a Venn diagram with a circle of dairy in the center. It overlaps heavily with chocolate on one side and fruit on the other. But the fruit and chocolate circles should not touch.

    Or so I thought. One day a friend was arguing with me about this and she pointed out a banana split, which has all three. Ok so maybe the fruit and chocolate circles barely touch for this one exception but otherwise - say no to chocolate with fruit.

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    2 days ago

    People eat chocolate covered banana and nobody bats an eye, but I eat chocolate covered kebab onc…

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    90% agree. Chocolate paired with actual fruit sucks, but chocolate with fruit flavoring (e.g. Terry’s chocolate orange, chocolate-covered fruit-flavored ganache or nougat, etc.) can sometimes be good.

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    Yessss!! Hahaha. My whole life people have been trying to convince me that I’m crazy because I don’t like orange chocolate. (Not even the actual fruit, just the flavour in chocolate.)

    I agree with this wholly. I love fruits. I love chocolate. But I don’t want them together.