Chocoholics' tour of the World Showcase Updated 10/2

[skelster]

I was just reading on allears.net about a chocolate tour a group there did. I hope no one minds me unilaterally deciding to host a mouseowners meet event, but it would be a tragedy if we mouseowners lost our position as (Disney)world leaders because we did not keep up with the latest in chocolate technology.:wearenumb

The goal will be to visit each location in the world showcase and sample something chocolate at each! I expect we will be spliting items...I know I could probably eat a couple pounds, but I firmly believe it would be a big mistake (3 years on a treadmill to work it off maybe).

So is anyone interested in doing a late morning/early afternoon chocolate tour with me? Unless someone can come up with another day it will fit into, I fear it will have to be on 12/7. I will keep this updated with a list of those interested.

UPDATE AS OF 10/2

Attending:
Skelster
Ghost1000
Frozenfingers

Maybe:
Zulaya
Bavaria

[RweTHEREyet]

I am not going to be in WDW for the MO event, but I certainly hope this tour comes to be and that there is a report of all the items sampled and the ones definitely worth buying. :bouncingp

[ghost1000]

I can already tell you that the Cadbury Crunchie Bar is worth buying. You can get them at the tea shop at the UK pavilion. Doug is addicted to them.

A friend in the UK sent us some a while back. During our trip in May we found them in the tea shop.

[Stimpy]

I can already tell you that the Cadbury Crunchie Bar is worth buying. You can get them at the tea shop at the UK pavilion. Doug is addicted to them.

A friend in the UK sent us some a while back. During our trip in May we found them in the tea shop.

I finally found someone to send our Crunchies too! :hahahaha:

DH still has most of his family in Ireland so anytime someone goes there to visit or comes here, we get a ton of Crunchies. I don't know why they can't find something else, but it is always Crunchies! We don't like them so it's become a joke between DH & I when ever we pass them in Epcot. I always threaten to buy him some :crazy: So next time we get some, expect a box Rita! :ROTFL:

Brian, back to the OT...we would have loved to have tried this but we're leaving on the 5th. DH is a huge chocolate lover....except for Crunchies ;)

[zulaya]

Hmmmm....I liiiiikkkkkke chocolate. I'll have to see what we are doing on the 7th...if my family is just hangin', I'd be up for a chocolate tour!

[Ken Dickinson]

Since have to wait on kids to get out of school we aren't going down till after Christmas but the DW is a practicing choacaholic so I definitely need this Trip report posted before we depart if at possible I would love to suprise her with an EPCOT chocolate touring itinerary

[ghost1000]

I'm up for this, but Doug's not a big fan of chocolate, except for Crunchie Bars. So count us out.

Stimpy, I told Doug about your problem. He'd love to get the Crunchie Bars that your family gets from your hubby's family. Let us know if there's anything we can send you from either WDW, Disneyland, or the Philly area. Rufus said he'd love to try a Crunchie Bar, but he never gets the chance since Doug beats him to it.

[bavaria]

um, there are even souvenir postcards from 'Bavaria's Chocolate Tour of World Showcase'... - ask JiggerJ, she has received a few over the years! ;)

I am ALWAYS up for a chocolate tour, but scheduling only permits me to work out dates very last minute. however, if not there in person I would be there in spirit.

Be sure to include some Reber chocolate from the German pavilion - the factory was almost outside my house. We used to give each other Reber Mozartkugeln as little friendship gifts. They are far better than the Austrian Mirabel ones... And some 'Schoko Leibniz' cookies from Bahlsen - my aunt lives near the factory and has a once a year pass - sort of like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory golden ticket - and used to fill up the trunk of my car... There may only be 9 cookies in a box, but they are the best nine cookies you will eat.... :D

[TW1]

Sounds like my kind of tour! :thumbsup:
Sorry I can't be there, but stop and try a Milka Bar in Germany for me. It's one of my must-haves each trip.

[TW1]

We used to give each other Reber Mozartkugeln as little friendship gifts.

Mozart Balls!
http://www.germanfoods.org/consumer/images/mozartkugeln.jpg

[bavaria]

we had a little crisis here in India - first the Nutella got taken away at Singapore airport, and then we ran out of Milka!!! :holymoly:

that will be one of the things on my 'stock up' list next week :D along with some Asbach Uralt chocolates......... :drool:

[KNWVIKING]

Mozart Balls!
http://www.germanfoods.org/consumer/images/mozartkugeln.jpg

Looks painfull.

[TW1]

Looks painfull.
Not really, he's been dead over 200 years.

[KNWVIKING]

Not really, he's been dead over 200 years.

Ohhhhh. that Mozart.

[TW1]

When DW and I had first met, I sent her a box of Mozart Balls for valentine's day...but that story is for a different forum.

...Now back to our original topic...

[ghost1000]

I'm going to keep an eye on this thread. Maybe Doug and I can join you for at least part (if not all) of this. We have a dinner reservation at Yachtsman Steakhouse on the 7th, so it might be an Epcot day for us.

[skelster]

First, I looked at the schedule again and realized that maybe we could fit this in on the 6th. If we go for that day I would like it starting early enough so anyone interested could still go to the Space Shuttle launch at 4:30pm at Cape Canaveral. The world showcase opens both days at 11am. Since chocolate is one of the 4 food groups, I suggest that as our start time and make a lunch of it!:yo-yo:

Now, to give you all an idea how this might work, here are my thoughts on how we will do this. (Of course, we can modify this as the group decides.)

We start in Mexico and work our way around to Canada. Be warned; I am sad to say I've heard the chocolate pickings are scarce in both Mexico (land where chocolate originated) and the American Pavillion (where it is a national obsession).

The goal is to try something chocolate in each of the pavillions. To steal the idea behind Iron Chef, the items we pick should be an attempt to celebrate the essence that is chocolate. (For example, I personally feel Chocolate Cheesecake is not really chocolate...the cheese is just too overpowering for it to retain it's chocolate nature...of course if it has chips or chocolate coating, that's a different story). Pastries, drinks, cookies, & candies are all fair game.

While white chocolate is not considered true chocolate by some people, I don't see a problem with white choclate items for this tour. For that matter, while hot cocoa isn't true chocolate either (it lacks cocoa butter), no one would dispute it being chocolate!

There are 11 pavillions to visit...if everyone had that many individual items, I think we would be quite sick by the end and the last stops would become torture. I suggest buying one or 2 items per pavillion and share. (Obviously if suddenly 50 people decide to do this we will up the number of items.) This will save room until the end and if someone is still hungry for more it lets them go back to whatever they thought was the best!

Majority will generally decide what to get, but we will all take turns as the deciding vote in the event of ties.

Well those are my thoughts for now. Anyone have more ideas or thoughts on it?

[bavaria]

mmmmm I may need to take that day off whereever I am, and fly down! I also like the dark chocolate Pocky sticks in Japan (the male ones). Can't think of anything for China. Chocolate pastries or hot chocolate from Morocco. Cadbury's from UK. Chocolate pastries in France. SMORBUKK or Daim bars from Norway. :drool: (but if I am coming, be forewarned that I am not sharing my Smorbukk!)

UGH I can't get to Germany soon enough - not even the Lindt tastes the same in India..... as soon as I land in Germany in about 24 hours I am buying a bag of mini Schoco Leibniz, some Milka, a few Ritter Sport bars, and some cigarettes :rolleyes: . Cravings are getting to me!!!

BTW Skelster, I LIKE how you think!

[zulaya]

Can I just say this all makes me hungry?

[skelster]

Bavaria, I went back to allears and re-read the original source for my idea. I fear you are right about China.

For anyone who want to read the source that inspired me, here is a link: http://allearsnet.com/din/rev_choc.htm

[ghost1000]

So what's the status on this? Will it be on December 6 (I'm not available that day) or the 7th? Do we have a rendezvous place picked out (outside Mexico??).

Inquiring minds want to know.


*edited* to fix a stupid typo.

[nbodyhome]

I can already tell you that the Cadbury Crunchie Bar is worth buying. You can get them at the tea shop at the UK pavilion. Doug is addicted to them.

A friend in the UK sent us some a while back. During our trip in May we found them in the tea shop.

I like the Taxi bars the best, but I don't think the Epcot UK has them. :( Oh - and ASDA puffins. Yum!

Denise

[7swans]

We won't be in the World for the meet, but DS's had alot of fun with the Daim bars!

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa170/graciemagoun/CopyofDSCF0833.jpg

[bavaria]

oooh Daim!!! I go to Ikea to get my fix now....

Back in the day however my roommate in Bavaria came from Hamburg, with Northern Germany the only place to get Daim in Germany. Her mother would mail us care packages including bags of Daim candies. My skinnyminny roommate never ate chocolate, so at the weekends when she was gone I would 'borrow' her cigarettes, peach schnapps, and Daim candy. :Pssst: Problem was, I could replace the cigarettes, the schnapps, but not the Daim as it was not available locally.....

She figured it out when she found the empty bag - not too hard to figure out who was responsible! :innocent:

[skelster]

So what's the status on this? Will it be on December 6 (I'm not available that day) or the 7th? Do we have a rendezvous place picked out (outside Mexico??).

Inquiring minds want to know.

I'd hate to lose you when you could be the only one other than me going on this! So, lets will go with the 7th at 11:10am. Since it has been so long since I have been there, I am not sure of spots outside Mexico...I was sort of thinking near the southeast corner (first point we reach as we enter the world showcase). I can either pick out a good location when we are there over Halloween, or if someone who has been there recently has a good spot we can go with that.

I think I'll taking my lead from the daily show..."And, now here's your daily moment of [chocolate]zen:"
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p86/melthyzar/cake-2.jpg

[ghost1000]

Brian, everything depends on the shuttle launch, which is currently scheduled for December 6 (we plan to get tickets for Kennedy Space Center for the launch). If it goes off as planned, I'll look for you on the 7th at around 11:10am near Mexico. We have Friday completely open until our dinner reservation at Yachtsman Steakhouse at 6:00pm.

[DSNY FN]

This sounds great to bad we fly out at noon on the 7th.