after dinner sneeze

t says:  Over the past few weeks, I have become acquainted with another who has some food obsessions similar to my own.  For instance, he is a very big fan of Girl Scout Samoas.  Actually, he one-ups even my obsession with these cookies by routinely stockpiling/freezing Samoas each Girl Scout cookie season.  Interestingly, he may be the only person I’ve met who could also out-chocolate me, as his fondness for Cadbury products far surpasses my dedication to any particular food, pig products included!  Eager to learn from a master, I was befuddled when one of his favorite commercially available desserts was one that I had not even heard of – probably because I am not as well-traveled as he (knowing him, he probably traveled the globe solely in search of delightful chocolate confections).  So the next day, he gave me one (I swear, his fridge/freezer must be full of chocolate).

"Flake"? What kind of name is "Flake"?

This chocolate bar is more easily procured overseas, as the Hershey’s owned Cadbury of the US is apparently nowhere as near as awesome (or as delicious) as the UK’s (kp has shared a similar view).  Unfortunately, I didn’t take a picture of the unwrapped bar, itself – mostly because it wasn’t attractive, but also because it was so delicious that I forgot to.  In essence, a Flake bar is a thin ribbon of chocolate drizzled slowly onto itself so that there’s a lot of air trapped between these infinitesimally thin layers of chocolate.  The result is a texture is very different than a solid bar of chocolate because Flake ends up being very crumbly.  While I normally hate crumbly chocolate (my dexterity-of-a-six-year-old means that I make a mess of it – it gets on my tie, my face, my fingers), this was one instance where crumbly was good.  Flake has a very unique texture in the mouth – it was creamier, lighter, fluffier.  And while the chocolate was far sweeter than I normally enjoy (I like some bitterness in there), I was a little addicted to the texture, which is kind of like a whipped nougat, but not sticky.

Next time I’m passing through the UK (as if I’d ever be “passing through the UK” so nonchalantly), I’ll be sure to check it out again.  I’ve read that they have other flavors, too!

UPDATE: I just had a Hershey’s “Air Delight” bar, which has tiny little bubbles of air throughout (I guess that’d be another way to accomplish a similar thing to Flake), but it wasn’t as good.  Actually, it also tastes different than a normal Hershey’s bar, which I realize is not a “good” chocolate, but it’s those childhood memories that I miss.  So the chocolate doesn’t taste good and the mouthfeel is not as good as Flake … yea, the “Air Delight” is a total pass.  Oh – and “Air Delight” – that might be a worst name than “Flake”.