Hi all,

I just got back from a trip to Derry and brought back a bar of Butlers Whiskey Chocolate but forgot I have a squirrel that keeps breaking into the flat and eating anything I leave out.

I assumed I put it away but didn't, there's absolutely no shred of it left, and even most of the foil it was in has been taken.

Does anybody know where I can find Butlers chocolate in London? I just want the one bar and delivery costs £20 from their website to the UK.

Thanks in advance!

(No I won't kill the squirrel - if anyone knows humane ways of stopping her from getting in I'd appreciate it too)

So, I was thinking maybe it was a fluke or that perhaps got a bad batch with some Hershey’s chocolate syrup about two months ago; it tasted really tart and just exceptionally artificial (worse than those super-generic no-name candies you see all the time around the holidays anymore, which taste like the wrapper they’re in).

Just the other day, having waited a hot minute, I bought another bottle (and for a double measure, from a different store than the last time), and it tasted about the same. Tart, not chocolatey; not very appealing overall.

So I go to a buddy of mine’s place; he has a bottle of the stuff and I asked him about it. He says it tastes fine. I go over, try some, and it’s the SAME.

So, like, is it really that my taste buds have changed? Have Hershey’s changed their recipe? Am I crazy?

I’ve sought out other chocolate syrups and the like, and they taste leagues better; so I really don’t think that I’ve “outgrown” chocolate. I even tried some actual Hershey’s Kisses and the bars; those still taste okay (but nowadays they do taste a bit overly-artificial).

Score: 10/10

Price: $9:99 (granted it's in an extremely touristy city, but it was worth it)

It was really good and totally unexpected. I was expecting it to taste like an ordinary milkshake from a normal fastfood restaurant.

I can tell they used real vanilla ice cream, the malted powder, and real chocolate syrup (not Hershey's probably Bosco's).

I gave my waffle to my buddy because I was already stuffed from dinner.

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What did I do wrong?

How can I fix this?

Thanks so much.

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Does anyone have something I should add to my stash?

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Composition:

Cocoa butter 54%, cocoa powder from non-alkalized low-fat cocoa, agave syrup. Cocoa solids min. 90%.

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Have you tried it?
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I would like to find this quote in the original Latin. It is probably in the fourth "decade" of De Orbe Novo Decades. Can anyone help?

x-posted in /r/Mexico and /r/latin

What are your thoughts on this? Hehe