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Tony's Chocolonely bars are shaped unevenly to represent farmer inequality and the coastline of Africa (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"It doesn’t make sense for chocolate bars to be divided into equal-sized chunks when there is so much inequality in the chocolate industry! The unequally-sized chunks of our 6.35 oz bars are a palatable way of reminding Choco Fans and Serious Friends that the profits in the chocolate industry are unequally divided.

And in case you haven’t noticed, the bottom of our bars depicts the West African coastline. The chunks just above it represent the Gulf of Guinea. From left to right, you have Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin (terribly politically incorrect, we know, but we had to combine them to create enough space for a hazelnut), Nigeria and part of Cameroon."

From https://us.tonyschocolonely.com/pages/faqs

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I want to like this chocolate, but it's just so bland.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (6 children)

I think it’s delicious.

Are you American as I find your chocolate far too sweet so perhaps you just like sugar and not chocolate.

I realise that might sound offensive but I don’t mean it that way, just curious.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The billionaire chocolate bar would leave only the wrapping paper to the consumer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

I see Saddam Hussein in the bottom left there. The meme know no bounds!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna be real here when I saw one of these bars for the first time I just assumed they were assholes and didn't look any further into why the bar wasn't cut in a usable way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It literally tells you why inside the packaging.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

No, I did not notice part of my chocolate bar looks vaguely like part of the coast of part of a continent I’ve never been too. I’m sorry. I’m clearly the asshole here

Good choc though

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

You don't have to visit a continent to learn about it in geography

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Unless something has changed that company is no longer on the slavery free list due to them having Callebaut making their chocolate.

https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2021/02/16/Tony-s-Chocolonely-axed-from-Slave-Free-Chocolate-list-defends-ties-with-Barry-Callebaut)

Guittard is my favorite for snacking and using in baking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Did Europe colonize that chocolate bar

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