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[olivermoss]

I have a deep moral quandary. As I said in my last post, if I can eat a food I typically do, especially dessert. Due to my medical food restrictions I can eat very few prepared foods. This is why I stood for at least twenty minutes in near 90 degree heat for half melted barley milk ice cream and while I am going to critique and made fun of it, still glad I went out. But...

Here's the thing that I only remembered last night, I can eat Mr. Beast's chocolates. Being plant based and having few ingredients is part of the whole thing he's doing.

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Should I try the creepy youtube influencer chocolate?

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Yes, follow your own rules
4 (30.8%)

No, follow your heart, your terrified heart
0 (0.0%)

Ticky
4 (30.8%)

Yes, it's way cheaper than the allergy friendly chocolate you usually buy so who cares?
9 (69.2%)

Other: Will say in comments
1 (7.7%)

Comments

[james]

I think that one person buying the chocolate will not change whatever the youtuber is doing, so if you want the chocolate, get it. There is a difference between buying and consuming for yourself, and loudly advocating everyone go buy the thing to drum up business, anyhow.

[olivermoss]

Yeah, I am not going to be one of the people on twitter posting pictures of myself facing product and tidying displays with a desperate grin at the camera. In terms of how much money Beast has, he is probably a billionaire at this point, doesn't matter. It's more just... buying it feels weird.

[walgesang]

As someone with medical restrictions, I highly encourage you to buy the chocolate for just being chocolate you can eat!

[olivermoss]

Which is also what I voted, lol. I was side-eyeing that display for days and last night I was suddenly like 'oh wait...'

[mistressofmuses]

Yes, but critique it harshly. (I'm so sorry if it's actually like really good.)

[olivermoss]

The problem is, it probably is good. Milk actually dulls chocolate flavor a lot which is good for creaminess and consistency, but not for chocolate flavor. Hershey and other American chocolate makers famously use preservatives that taste gross to people not used to them. Just using cocoa butter to thin out the cocoa instead of something cheaper is usually very, very tasty unless you are so used to Hersheys that you expect Hersheys

The first time I had chocolate using coconut oil (non-dairy and doesn't dull flavor, but still cheaper) I was really surprised by how rich and layered the chocolate flavors were.

[mistressofmuses]

Yeah, I've had a couple very fancy dairy-free chocolate things, or fancy chocolate brought back by family visiting overseas, and it's very impressive what a difference in flavor that makes, to the point it's basically a different thing, ha. I don't *dislike* "American style" chocolate, but the difference is pretty drastic.

So you're right. It probably IS good. :(

[olivermoss]

I just wrote my review and it was hard to write without sounding judgey about most American chocolate.

The display is gone from my local store, but I found a pic online:



Is is just me or is that a smile not reaching the eyes? I don't typically fins pictures of him creepy, but that particular one just feels so painfully fake. Is it just me?

[mistressofmuses]

That is a really dead-eyed smile.

Almost the sort of expression that makes me feel like I have to ask "are you being held hostage?"

[olivermoss]

If that was a promo pic taken around the time of launch, it's possible he hadn't eaten in 2 weeks due to the attempt at a month long fast he was doing. I don't usually find pics of him creepy but honestly, that is like some We Happy Few or FFAF shit

[mistressofmuses]

Yeah, maybe that's to blame. Starvation is not actually that great for you!

But for real. Creepy looking, lol.