Hot take: I actually like milk chocolate better than dark chocolate now

Used to be one of those people who bragged about only eating 85% dark chocolate. Then I had a baby and my taste buds just flipped overnight. Three years later and I'll take a Hershey's bar over any fancy dark chocolate any day. It's sweeter, creamier, and honestly I just enjoy eating it more. Anyone else have their snack preferences completely change after having kids?

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white.seth12d ago

Laughing at the "used to brag about 85%" part because same. I mean, I don't have a kid but I did turn 30 and suddenly my entire personality around chocolate just evaporated. Now I'm over here eating a Cadbury Egg in February and feeling no shame about it. Maybe it's just me but dark chocolate tastes like dirt and sadness now. I'll take that sugary fake milk chocolate any day over pretending to enjoy something bitter.

gibson.robert12d ago

Never thought I'd admit this but you might be onto something. I was that guy at parties talking about single origin Ecuadorian dark chocolate like it was a personality trait. Last week I found myself eating a Hershey's bar from a gas station and it was the best thing I'd had in months. The dark stuff just feels like punishment now, like I'm trying to prove something to nobody. My taste buds must have just given up the act somewhere along the way.