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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My dog would occasionally get into a bag of Hershey kisses, he lived to be 18 years old

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's because Hershey's chocolate isn't actual chocolate, it's milk mixed with vomit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Good to know, I'm cooking chocolate chip cookies this afternoon, I'll try your homemade substitutes per your suggestion 😁

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

FYI, the vomit thing is very real: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hersheys-chocolate-tastes-like-vomit_l_60479e5fc5b6af8f98bec0cd

I also had a childhood dog that got into a bag of Hershey's Kisses and was just fine. I'm nearly certain it's because the amount of actual cocoa in it is basically negligible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh damn, I thought you were just taking the piss out of Hershey

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I know, right? I always knew there was something off about Hershey's chocolate, and as soon as I learned about this it all made sense. Now I try to avoid it because once you are aware of it, it will be all you can taste lol.

Also, just not a fan of milk chocolate in general. Give me dark over milk 100% of the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

my wife's childhood dog - schnauzer mutt - ate an entire basket of chocolates and sweets that was from valentine's day. like multiple pounds of assorted fancy chocolate. lived for another 10 years (this was the 80s, I don't think people grokked the choc / dog thing).

Around 2009 a neighbor lost their pyranese (sp? long haired tall dog) when it ate a single chocolate bar (it was dark and high cacao whole foods stuff). It was just dead when they got home from work, apparently ate it the night before.

seems like a bad gamble to make. but holy hell I can't keep my dogs from eating random biohazards, dead birds, snails & slugs and god knows what, it's a miracle they survive as long as they do.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

frankly, that just tells me about the quality of 80s "fancy" chocolate