Callebaut Dark Chocolate Belgian Couverture Callets 811, 2.5kg $47.81 ($46.62 eBay Plus) + $10 Delivery @ Sweet Chocolate eBay

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Hardearnedcash on 08/06/2023 - 13:18 ebay.com.au (298 clicks)
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This is a sweet deal if you are buying in bulk to overcome the postage overhead. It's a sweeter deal if you live local enough to pick up.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/166056648255

For those who came from eating Cadbury, Lindt, etc, this stuff is the base material before the big brands add their own twist to the flavour. To me, the original tastes better.

There's also a milk one from the same store which is much easier to eat directly but prices have risen so not posted.

These are great for making hot drinks or dessert. Note these are pellets. You can melt them in a microwave within minutes on high using a mug. Then stir into liquid gold and try not to indulge it in its purest form before you turn it into a drink with milk or whatever floats your boat.

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  Musiclover on 08/06/2023 - 13:30

  -5

  How much sugar does it have? Around 40%?
  Still comes at around $1.85 per 100 grams. Not really a deal. Sometimes one may get a 80-95% cocao bar for around $1.50 or even less per 100 grams and this is only 60% cocao.

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    2000voltz on 08/06/2023 - 13:34

    +3

    you obviously have no idea what this product is lol - its the bees knees

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      Musiclover on 08/06/2023 - 13:37

      -1

      Chocolate pellets? No? Only 60% choclate which isn't that great anyway. 40% sugar which is a lot cheaper than chocolate? What am I missing, enlighten me please?
      I usually buy 90-98% stuff from Lindt, Frey, Whittakers… It is always cheaper than this subject one.

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        2000voltz on 08/06/2023 - 13:47

        +1

        While I agree that it's on the lower end of dark chocolate % wise. Callebaut chocolate at this price is well worth it. The usability of this when cooking is generally better than super high % cocoa. Just from my experience, it's more balanced and not too bitter. Stand alone, eating the pellets wouldn't be as enjoyable as a high % lindt, but i guess it comes down to personal preference. At the end of the day, I have found it to be just a higher quality cooking chocolate.

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          Musiclover on 08/06/2023 - 13:56

          -3

          @2000voltz: IMHO cooking chocolate, especially in bulk like this one, should be a lot cheaper. I understand that it may be a super-duper well regarded brand but my relatives live in Switzerland and I tried a lot of boutique chocolates there. I do not think the price is justified at all and don't approve chocolate snobbery. :)
          I could enjoy a good quality chocolate pallets either for cooking or as a side dish, but their price would need to be in line with bars then.
          40% sugar chocolate on its own is way too sweet for me and as I said before, sugar is a lot cheaper than chocolate so fair price should reflect that.

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            wormarts on 08/06/2023 - 15:04

            @Musiclover: Would you sh*t on a Ferrari when a Toyota could be bought for cheaper?

            Go home, troll. No one cares about your opinion, which is sorely lacking in logic.

            “40% sugar chocolate on its own is way too sweet for me…” It’s a good thing that this product wasn’t manufactured just for you, then.

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              Musiclover on 08/06/2023 - 15:10

              @wormarts: Callebaut vs Lindt is not Ferrari vs Toyota.
              Callebaut is far from being a Ferrari in chocolate world, regardless. It is just a good strong mass produced brand. Not a boutique brand by any means.
              If you are such a chocolate snob you would not spoil it's taste with 40% sugar anyway.

              You don't care about my opinion so much you even wrote your fiery spill about it. L - logic.

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                Hardearnedcash on 08/06/2023 - 15:55

                @Musiclover: There's also higher percentage cocoa with less sugar variety if interested within the brand.

                Less sugar is healthier so I get where that could come from and it takes a lot of character, effort, and money to avoid sugar in this day and age.

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          Hardearnedcash on 08/06/2023 - 15:48

          @2000voltz: Yeah I only chew on the milk chocs myself. Eating dark is an adapted behaviour. So same principle, if you guys eat milk choc straight, go for the callebaut milk instead of dark. Personally, I still buy aldi Moser chocolate every now and then since callebaut came into the frame. I've dropped off Lindt, Cadbury, and other big brands generally for straight chocolate but there's still something to be gained from their mixed chocs like nuts too.

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            Musiclover on 08/06/2023 - 16:18

            @Hardearnedcash: It is interesting though, when I was in Switzerland I went to a Cailler chocolate factory tour, and they told the participants that milk chocolate is only their very recent invention (begining of XX century), before that, there was only dark chocolate. And now most people prefer milk chocolate. I think masses were trained to like it, makes so much better margin for the manuifacturers. (I am not a fan of conspiracy theories but how would you explain it otherwise?)

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      papagoose on 08/06/2023 - 15:39

      +1

      I don't know about bees knees, it is by design quite a plain and neutral chocolate. It's better for cooking than anything in the supermarket, but doesn't really compare to something like Valrhona

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        Hardearnedcash on 08/06/2023 - 15:49

        Valrhona cocoa powder is quite nice too. Also add that into the chocolate drink. A little goes pretty far.

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    tanabe88gg on 08/06/2023 - 14:56

    +1

    Do you buy milk powder too so you can save money on water that comes out of your tap?

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  Lomax on 08/06/2023 - 13:57

  Thanks OP… been waiting for this product on sale.

  Now I'm waiting for Callebaut baton on sale as well

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  kevitkotw on 08/06/2023 - 14:09

  +5

  It's great chocolate. Costco sell 1kg bags for ~$17

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  afoveht on 08/06/2023 - 14:54

  +1

  Excellent tasting chocolate but maybe a good idea to put it off till 2025.

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  bloomer on 08/06/2023 - 17:18

  +3

  Callebaut couverture, along with Belcolade and Sicao, are the main brands used by almost every mid-level chocolatier everywhere. You learn to recognise the brands' flavours. Almost every chocolatier in Australia uses these (e.g. Koko Black to my knowledge). Much more high-end chocolatiers will use less common brands or even make their own chocolate (often termed "bean to bar"), but it's not as common, especially in countries where the base-level chocolate is poor. (e.g. Australia vs France).