Interesting. I always wondered why I hated Hershey's. It's not just the taste, but also the horrible mouthfeel. I recently bought a couple 5lb bags of Ghirar

Interesting. I always wondered why I hated Hershey's. It's not just the taste, but also the horrible mouthfeel. I recently bought a couple 5lb bags of Ghirardelli(lower lead+cadmium, maybe) chips as a cheaper way of satisfying my chocolate cravings(also handy because I realized I eat over a lb/month). I noticed the mouthfeel is just lacking vs other Ghirardelli products. I've tried retempering them and adding more cocoa butter, but they just seem... a little less smooth. I don't know, maybe they weren't conched as much? My favorite is the Trader Joe's Fair Trade Organic 72 % Cacao Belgian Dark Chocolate Bar which, for a cheap, readily available in the US, relatively dark chocolate is amazingly smooth with a wonderful taste and mouthfeel.