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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Arwa Mahdawi

Why is American chocolate so disgusting? You really don’t want to know

‘God knows what else Americans get up to in their chocolate factories.’
‘God knows what else Americans get up to in their chocolate factories.’ Photograph: Amy Lee/Alamy

There are a few things that routinely keep me up at night: the futility of life, the inevitability of death, and the mystery of why the US’s chocolate is so disgusting.

Readers who have had the misfortune to encounter a Hershey bar will know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s wretched stuff isn’t it? If you are in possession of a sound mind and a few functioning taste buds then I don’t see how you can possibly enjoy US chocolate. It tastes like sawdust that’s been drowned in sugar and soaked with baby vomit.

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