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Tony's Chocolonely bars are shaped unevenly to represent farmer inequality and the coastline of Africa (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Pencilnoob@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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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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[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

It's also why I no longer buy it. It's a PITA to eat.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Am I the only one that thinks its ridiculous to eat an ounce of chocolate a day?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

you're right, you need at least 7 a day to keep diabetes at bay!

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[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I want to like this chocolate, but it's just so bland.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I think it’s delicious.

Are you American as I find your chocolate far too sweet so perhaps you just like sugar and not chocolate.

I realise that might sound offensive but I don’t mean it that way, just curious.

[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Swedish. I think Marabou and Fazer taste 100x better than Tony’s, but maybe I have to give it another chance. Not like I eat chocolate that much anymore so it couldn’t hurt.

And I do love dark chocolate as well.

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

I see Saddam Hussein in the bottom left there. The meme know no bounds!

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 7 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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[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Absolutely disgusting chocolate in my opinion. Chalky and bland. It’s nice that they claim to be about equality, but the product itself just isn’t to my taste. And yes, the dumb way they make these bars also really puts me off.

I just want a normal, boring bar that tastes nice. And this is not the brand for me.

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[–] Teal@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Unless something has changed that company is no longer on the slavery free list due to them having Callebaut making their chocolate.

https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2021/02/16/Tony-s-Chocolonely-axed-from-Slave-Free-Chocolate-list-defends-ties-with-Barry-Callebaut)

Guittard is my favorite for snacking and using in baking.

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