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"It doesn’t make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry! The unequally-sized chunks of our 6.35 oz bars are a palatable way of reminding Choco Fans and Serious Friends that the profits in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.

And in case you haven’t noticed, the bottom of our bars depicts the West African coastline. The chunks just above it represent the Gulf of Guinea. From left to right, you have Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut), Nigeria and part of Cameroon."

From https://us.tonyschocolonely.com/pages/faqs

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I love it, but I feel obligated to say

"It doesn’t make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry!

No, it makes sense. I understand, but it makes a lot more sense

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It doesn’t make sense for cars to have 4 equal sized wheels when there is so much inequality in the auto industry.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yeah this copy needed a couple more drafts/notes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Ok but this is a good way to raise awareness about the issue. Many people will pick these bars in the store without knowing much about the brand. Then when they eat it, they will probably wonder why it's divided like that and the explanation is right there on the inside of the wrapper.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm gonna be real here when I saw one of these bars for the first time I just assumed they were assholes and didn't look any further into why the bar wasn't cut in a usable way.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Around $5 and good chocolate

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No, I did not notice part of my chocolate bar looks vaguely like part of the coast of part of a continent I’ve never been too. I’m sorry. I’m clearly the asshole here

Good choc though

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It probably taste like shit american chocolate too. I tried Aldi's chocolates and can't go back.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Same. I am obsessed with their peanut butter cups and the peanut and cornflake bars.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

HAIL CORPORATE

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I do like these bars but breaking it into pieces without a mess is difficult. I've had to resort to putting the entire thing in my mouth and waiting for it to melt down my throat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

The sarlaac method

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess we'll just have to deal with slavery then

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If only there was some middle ground between hard to eat chocolate and modern day slavery.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But the slavery is where the flavour cones from!

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You break it while the packaging is intact

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

The geopolitical meta is strong here

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Quite succesful in the Netherlands.

In 2003, after discovering that the majority of chocolate produced at the time had links to human exploitation, Dutch television producer and journalist Teun van de Keuken began producing programs about the horrors of the commercial cocoa industry on his show Keuringsdienst van Waarde. Furthermore, he submitted a request to be prosecuted for knowingly purchasing an illegally manufactured product, which prosecutors declined to do.

After three years of unsuccessful attempts to change the industry through investigative efforts, Van de Keuken decided to start producing chocolate bars himself. The brand was called "Tony's Chocolonely" with "Tony" (= Teun) and "Chocolonely" in reference to Teun van de Keuken feeling as if he was the only person in the industry who was interested in eradicating slavery. Van de Keuken sold 20,000 bars in two days.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%27s_Chocolonely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teun_van_de_Keuken

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's making its way into Belgium too!

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is my favorite brand of chocolate rn

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It’s pretty average I find? Like it’s just cheap shit they sell at the supermarket.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's better than Hershey's. Hershey's is what I consider average and that shit is hot garbage.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I don’t think we sell Hershey’s in my country, but yeah most American chocolate isn’t really thought of as real chocolate here. So I could see Tony’s being good in comparison.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

The plain milk chocolate ones are meh but the other ones with nuts or salted caramel are quite nice.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It was my favorite too up until recently. It has been dethroned by Choceur brand from Aldi.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Funny that they made their brand the biggest piece of all in the representation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm reading it like they colonize Africa directly

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"It's UNFAIR that all of these countries exist! All must bow before Tony's West African Company."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Tony's West African Minimum-Security Chocolate Manufactorium - formerly several countries.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

Too bad about all the lead in them. They're not as bad as some brands, though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

The lead and cadmium are in there on purpose, to enhance taste. Have you ever had chocolate without lead and cadmium? It tastes nasty

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (13 children)

An ounce of their Dark Chocolate has 134% of the California max dose of 0.5 mg of lead, for those wondering about details.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Otoh, it makes them sweeter

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

If it's good enough to collapse the Roman Empire, it's good enough to collapse the American Empire!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I know, right? It really sucks. They're honestly one of the tastier bars I'd had. I've taken a bit of a step back from chocolate in general, these days. I probably got enough lead exposure as a kid... no need to add any more than is absolutely unavoidable.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Lol, that's per ounce too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (10 children)

if I die by eating dark chocolate, at least I'll die happy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Coco o plomo?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The billionaire chocolate bar would leave only the wrapping paper to the consumer.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Did Europe colonize that chocolate bar

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

I swear to god I need a rolling my eyes emoji for the shit I see on Lemmy sometimes.

Today's post is...
*Shuffles cards.
Inequality... Chocolate... so you can feel depressed about the world while you are eating chocolate.

(no offense to OP, maybe I'm just an old man who doesn't get it)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the advertisement?

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