Talk About Hot Chocolate!

[slyc_willie]

Saw a blurb on this on the TV at work and did a genuine double-take.

Check it out.

But don't think we'll be seeing automakers following this model any time soon. Still, it's amazing what can be done with a little ingenuity and some creative engineering.

 

[amicus]

Damn! That means the bag of Hershey's Kisses I buy for my chocolate crazy daughter is gonna cost even more! Harumph!



Amicus

 

[slyc_willie]

Damn! That means the bag of Hershey's Kisses I buy for my chocolate crazy daughter is gonna cost even more! Harumph!



Amicus

And carrots, and potatoes, and soy beans . . .

 

[Liar]

Paging Willy Wonka...

 

[michchick98]

Saw a blurb on this on the TV at work and did a genuine double-take.

Check it out.

But don't think we'll be seeing automakers following this model any time soon. Still, it's amazing what can be done with a little ingenuity and some creative engineering.

Well, hey! At least if your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, you won't go hungry, huh?

 

[TE999]

*sings* "What would you do for a chocolate car?"

I'd be damned if I'd depend on cashew nut shells to stop me from 150 MPH.

Are the wheels licorice Life Savers?

 

[slyc_willie]

*sings* "What would you do for a chocolate car?"

I'd be damned if I'd depend on cashew nut shells to stop me from 150 MPH.

Are the wheels licorice Life Savers?

I think they're Laffy Taffy.

Seriously, though, this could be the thing that saves GM. Imagine their new slogan:

"A well-balanced company. A well-balanced car. A well-balanced meal. All in one. The new GM."

Or:

"We put our heart into every car we build. So when someone says, 'eat your heart out,' we take it literally."*

Or:

"Over 500 miles on a full tank and under 500 calories per serving . . . unless you eat the fuel."

*This ad sponsored by Survivorman and Weight Watchers.

 

[driphoney]

Damn! That means the bag of Hershey's Kisses I buy for my chocolate crazy daughter is gonna cost even more! Harumph!



Amicus

Mmm. Unless they start actually putting chocolate in Kisses, you have no worries. Kershey's chocolate doesn't actually have enough to qualify as a chocolate.

Sad, huh?

 

[amicus]

Mmm. Unless they start actually putting chocolate in Kisses, you have no worries. Kershey's chocolate doesn't actually have enough to qualify as a chocolate.

Sad, huh?

~~~

Well they taste like chocolate to me, but I had to look...

http://culinarychick.wordpress.com/...s-goodbye-to-using-cocoa-butter-in-its-candy/

~~~

But then I discovered the real reason you are dissing the company, they are outsourcing from high taxes and regulation...which most economists would say is a wise move.

http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-answers-a-20070215130858AAb6Hm7-k-chocolate+candies

HARRISBURG, Pa.

- Hershey Co. is cutting its work force by 1,500 and is building a new factory in Mexico as part of a three-year plan to scale back its production lines, the nation's biggest candy maker announced Thursday.

You folks just never give up on your propaganda spree, do you?

Sad.

Amicus

 

[driphoney]

But then I discovered the real reason you are dissing the company, they are outsourcing from high taxes and regulation...which most economists would say is a wise move.

http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-answers-a-20070215130858AAb6Hm7-k-chocolate+candies

HARRISBURG, Pa.

You folks just never give up on your propaganda spree, do you?

Sad.

Amicus

Excuse me? No. My conservative, homeschooling, stay-at-home-mom friend who was working on her chocolatiers license a few years ago brought this up. For her class she had to conduct a taste testing of chocolates with several people. I got to be a taster.

I was saddened and shocked to learn that Hershey's didn't qualify as chocolate. I know nothing of Hershey's or their lay-offs, and you know nothing of me or my political philosophies. I do not come to this site to talk politics. I understand that others enjoy it very much and that's fine with me, but I choose to try to step around it while hanging on Lit.

I can't believe a little comment about chocolate got twisted into a political hammering.

Unbelievable.

 

[oggbashan]

...

I can't believe a little comment about chocolate got twisted into a political hammering.

Unbelievable.

UK chocolate doesn't apparently qualify as "chocolate" by European Union standards. Nor do our sausages count as sausages. They once attempted to reclassify them as "British Sausages" because they contain too much cereal. As for what they say about our beer? - Unrepeatable!

What people want to buy is a personal preference. I know that our chocolate isn't "Pure" chocolate, our sausages aren't just meat and our beer is different. I like them that way.

I can choose to eat continental sausages as well as British ones; to eat and enjoy British chocolate as well as Swiss and Belgian chocolate; to drink British beer as well as Australian lager - and why not?

I don't need politicians or European Union civil servants to tell me that what I am consuming isn't "The Real Thing". I don't drink Coca-Cola or Pepsi either but locally made copies at a quarter of the price.

I'm a consumer. I can choose without needin to be told I'm wrong about the description.

Og

 

[driphoney]

UK chocolate doesn't apparently qualify as "chocolate" by European Union standards. Nor do our sausages count as sausages. They once attempted to reclassify them as "British Sausages" because they contain too much cereal. As for what they say about our beer? - Unrepeatable!

What people want to buy is a personal preference. I know that our chocolate isn't "Pure" chocolate, our sausages aren't just meat and our beer is different. I like them that way.

I can choose to eat continental sausages as well as British ones; to eat and enjoy British chocolate as well as Swiss and Belgian chocolate; to drink British beer as well as Australian lager - and why not?

I don't need politicians or European Union civil servants to tell me that what I am consuming isn't "The Real Thing". I don't drink Coca-Cola or Pepsi either but locally made copies at a quarter of the price.

I'm a consumer. I can choose without needin to be told I'm wrong about the description.

Og

I'm not sure, but I think it's just a matter of trying to find a standard, of making sure the consumer is aware, and to cut down on false advertising.

How are you Og? Feeling good? Gonna be buyin' a vegetable car soon? The idea of licorice tires still makes me smile.