JFC!
Carrefour’s current selection of chocolate appears to be almost all frickin’ dark chocolate.
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Did anyone ever tried this kind of chocolate? From Dubai? Seems to become popular. I am not even sure what is the green stuff in the middle. Said pistachio or something.
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Costco has stroopwafels in stock (first time I’ve actually noticed them), $320 for four packages:
As for Terry’s Chocolate Orange, I was keeping an eye out in the different Carrefours this Christmas season, and never noticed it. Maybe next year?
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They look tempting. Are they any good?
They are nice to munch on in the Netherlands even better when on a beach in Aruba 
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Specifically the Costco ones though? I don’t think I’ve ever tried a stroopwafel.
You’re kind of supposed to put it over your hot cup of coffee for a few minutes to soften it up.
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This works nicely with a cup of hot black tea, too.
Guy
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For brand comparison, I’d say they’re slightly better than a slightly more expensive brand at City Super, and slightly worse than another much-more-expensive brand at City Super.
But as others have said, the main point is to have them after they’ve sat atop a hot beverage for a couple minutes. They’re far better that way. If you just eat one out of the bag you’ll be confused about the appeal.
A more idiosyncratic virtue: I suck at self-control with junk food. I open a bag of cookies or bag of chips, and they’re done by my next meal (if they don’t just become my next meal). But these semi-require a freshly brewed hot beverage, so I’m “forced” to ration them out and, unusually for me, eat snacks in sensible amounts.
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Yeah, nah… never ever seen a dutchman do that in Holland.
Eaten plenty of the stroopwafels there, tasty👍…but noone - absolutely no person at all - instructed or demonstrated such an act.
Sounds to me like something dreamed up by a marketing promotion board, I suspect like that Tequila ritual we are “supposed to do” of biting a lime and licking the salt off your elbow or somesuch nonsense. What do they do in Mexico when drinking that stuff btw?
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Whew! That was a close one. Good thing I’m not in the Netherlands!
Guy
We may need to do more research on this.
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Eat, steam, dunk, crumble, so good 
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I can’t comment on Dutch men, but I had a Dutch girlfriend and she ate them like that. Perhaps she was humoring me.
As an aside, Dutch cuisine is terrible.
Ain’t nuthin’ wrong with sausage, mash and gravy!
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Croquette in a bread roll is a great snack too
It’s great when you make it tepid by placing it over a hot drink. You must have forgotten to do that.
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I might try that with some smoked cheese.
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Alrighty folks,
It’s that time of the year again and I’m trying to find Terry’s Chocolate Oranges. Milk chocolate preferred, but I’ll pretty much take anything including the drab dark chocolate.
I went to Carrefour in Tanshui yesterday and alas, no Terry’s Chocolate Oranges. Probably due to the fact that Carrefour is no longer French owned and is slowly being localized by the Taiwanese company who now owns the Taiwan chain. That’s a shame.
So, if anyone finds any around, please let me know right away. I would assume that the best places to find them might be Mia C’bon or possibly the western supermarkets in the B2 of either Takashimaya, Mitsukoshi or Sogo.
Thanks for your assistance.
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