595771 Thu Feb 12 17:42:39 -0800 2009 24 23 Ontario (including Toronto) 0 4412515 Not sure if it's at all the stores or not, but today I found a display of Scharffen Berger chocolate bars at a Dollarama store in Peterborough. 85 gram bars of 3 different kinds: semisweet, bittersweet and extra dark (each one has the % on it but I forget what they are). One thin loony each bar. I bought 6. Thu Feb 12 17:42:39 -0800 2009 12383 Nyleve 1 4412646 good score! i work close to a dollarama - am going to go check it out tomorrow during lunch and hope i can stock up! Thu Feb 12 18:29:42 -0800 2009 4412515 265227 blindbunny 2 4412706 I found it waxy. Thu Feb 12 18:51:26 -0800 2009 4412646 247788 ChalkBoy 3 4412773 A similar thread has been up on the Montreal board for a few weeks already -- methinks they're already up to 16 pages long! Anyways, I picked some up last weekend at the STC Dollarama (although they didn't have any more of the 41% Milk) and at the Woodside (Finch & McCowan) Dollarama where they still had all 4 kinds (41%, 62%, 70%, and 82%). The bitterness is an acquired taste. I used to like the high-sugar/hydro-veg-oil Cadbury and Rowntree chocs but have come to find these high cocao chocs more satisfying. If you haven't tried a high cocao bar before I'd suggest you try the 41% milk first! Anyways, a great buy at a buck. Shoppers is charging close to $5 a bar. Wow. BTW, their stock did pretty well today... on the back of chocolate lovers??! Thu Feb 12 19:17:02 -0800 2009 4412706 220404 Chow_Hound_Dog 4 4412780 Just a correction. The 16 pages long forum was actually on Redflagdeals NOT the Montreal Chowhound board. My apologies. Thu Feb 12 19:20:28 -0800 2009 4412773 220404 Chow_Hound_Dog 5 4412790 Plenty of them at Dollarama in Shopper's World (Victoria Park/Danforth) Was very temtpted, but resisted, not very good for the diet that I'm trying to work on. Thu Feb 12 19:23:30 -0800 2009 4412780 241085 ragged25 6 4413442 Yes, I agree the chocolates are high in fat so I wouldn't recommend eating more than 1/8 bar or around 10g if you're on a diet. Still, there are health benefits to high cocao chocolate but only for the 70%+ ones assuming you can take the taste. Fri Feb 13 05:25:42 -0800 2009 4412790 220404 Chow_Hound_Dog 1 4412837 Lots of the stock/stores have been picked over.. the RFD effect it's been on sale for weeks now :) Cheers Thu Feb 12 19:37:18 -0800 2009 4412515 115105 duckdown 1 4413587 Can this be true? Are these 100g bars for a $1.00? That’s almost 1/5th of the price that Shoppers is selling Scharffen Berger. I suppose that they have bloomed or they are near or past the best before date or both? Does anyone know? Fri Feb 13 06:36:38 -0800 2009 4412515 193247 Pastryrocks 2 4413819 Yes to the first two questions, no for the second last one. As to the final question: there's a thread on the General Board that explains the situation. Fri Feb 13 07:45:03 -0800 2009 4413587 202405 tjr 3 4413852 Thanks tjr. Fri Feb 13 07:55:13 -0800 2009 4413819 193247 Pastryrocks 3 4413886 did a quick scan and did not see the thread, perhaps a link or a title? Fri Feb 13 08:07:10 -0800 2009 4413819 10634 pinstripeprincess 4 4414099 I think it was a combination of this thread and one of the other threads on a different board (maybe it was the Montreal thread): http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/591577 Not in General, sorry! Was trying to avoid doing the search myself :-) Fri Feb 13 08:57:52 -0800 2009 4413886 202405 tjr 2 4413977 They're actually 85g bars, not 100g. Still, a bargain at a buck, IMO. The 41% have a b/b date of June/2009 and the 70% have a b/b date of July/2009 and they both taste alright to me. You have to do your own calcs to figure out how much you should buy if you don't plan on overindulging and finishing them off before those dates. Fri Feb 13 08:30:37 -0800 2009 4413587 220404 Chow_Hound_Dog 2 4416750 They're absolutely fine - not bloomed or anything. I tried a chunk of the 70-ish% one and it was perfect. And hey, it's chocolate. Even if it were past it's best-before date, it's not like it's going to suddenly become toxic. Stored properly, chocolate lasts a long time. That said, I don't remember the exact dates on mine, but they were all pre-expiry anyway. Sat Feb 14 06:43:49 -0800 2009 4413587 12383 Nyleve 3 4417227 Went to the Dollar store which I'm no used to shopping at. Tired one bar of the 70% and indeed it is fine. So I purchased 19 more chocolate bars. At $11.76 per Kg, it is a deal even if the quality has gone down hill since Hersey has taken over. Made some hot chocolate and imho the chocolate is better than Lindt regardless of cost. Sat Feb 14 10:36:04 -0800 2009 4416750 193247 Pastryrocks 1 4414677 I bought some today too. Went in for a Valentine's Day bag! I purchased the 82% ones and tried one. Tasted just fine to me, I bought 6 of them. Also went to Shopper's today and noticed a Hershey's Kiss in a heart shaped box. I bought a couple for the kids. Then talking to my Mom an hour later, she told me she had just bought a couple boxes of the same.....at the Dollar Store. For $1. The ones I bought at Shopper's were $7. Same exact. Goes to show you, shopping around pays off sometimes.... Fri Feb 13 11:21:47 -0800 2009 4412515 15543 Raquel 1 4415901 Just got back from the East York Town Centre. They still had plenty of 62% and 70%. Anyone seen any 41% (milk) in the GTA? Fri Feb 13 17:41:50 -0800 2009 4412515 43422 cheesymama 2 4417328 Dollarama at Dufferin Mall has the milk chocolate and LOTS of them as of this afternoon. They have all other varieties as well. College Park only has a few of the darker chocolate varieties. WON http://whatsonmyplate.wordpress.com Sat Feb 14 11:27:55 -0800 2009 4415901 92591 wontonfm 2 4417509 I just checked Woodside Mall (McCowan & Finch) Dollarama this afternoon and they still have the 41% Milk as well as the others. Sat Feb 14 13:06:03 -0800 2009 4415901 220404 Chow_Hound_Dog 3 4417661 Thanks to both of you, hubby is working near Dufferin Mall so I will send him on my quest! Sat Feb 14 14:13:48 -0800 2009 4417509 43422 cheesymama 1 4417435 I can tell you that as of Valentine's Day afternoon, there was a nearly a full display of 41%, 62%, and 70% Scharffen Berger bars at the Dollarama in St. Catharines (Welland Avenue location) ... well, less the 10 bars that I bought. Sat Feb 14 12:29:17 -0800 2009 4412515 122287 peasandcarrots 1 4616476 In case anyone's still interested, the Dollarama at Albion and Martin Grove in Rexdale still has a large quantity of all four kinds. I don't think I can legitimately store any more in my cupboard, but it's such an amazing deal, I'll probably end up going back. Tue Apr 21 16:57:44 -0700 2009 4412515 76619 sgogo 2 4617127 I've tried to replenish my supply the past month but every dollarama I've been to have sold out already. Alas rexdale is a bit too far for me. Would appreciate if anyone sees anymore kicking around. Tue Apr 21 22:03:08 -0700 2009 4616476 14629 aser 3 4617504 Well, I don't think I can eat it all, so I will reveal our horde in case it helps you Aser. The dollarama at Morningside and Kingston road still had lots of all varieties when I was last in. Wed Apr 22 06:18:52 -0700 2009 4617127 173919 elrik