"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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    21 hours ago

    I love it, but I feel obligated to say

    "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!

    No, it makes sense. I understand, but it makes a lot more sense

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      20 hours ago

      It doesn’t make sense for cars to have 4 equal sized wheels when there is so much inequality in the auto industry.

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      17 hours ago

      Ok but this is a good way to raise awareness about the issue. Many people will pick these bars in the store without knowing much about the brand. Then when they eat it, they will probably wonder why it’s divided like that and the explanation is right there on the inside of the wrapper.

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        15 hours ago

        And then never buy them again because they are difficult to break evenly. Great idea but poor execution imo.

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          14 hours ago

          Do you buy chocolate based on convenience over taste?

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              12 hours ago

              My internal chocolate bar cost has gone way up. I find the stuff at the bottom (like the stuff at the checkout) doesn’t even taste like chocolate anymore. I usually get something from the specialty section now.

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                I agree. The budget snack items like chocolate, chips and so on have, in my opinion, lost a lot of quality; they taste a lot greasier, have worse “mouth-feel”, or are just sugar with less aroma depending on the product. I also buy less, but higher quality stuff now in comparison to 20 years ago. (Central Europe here)

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              13 hours ago

              Fair, I do remember eating a lot of Tesco Value chocolate back in the day

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          13 hours ago

          lol imagine sharing your chocolate bars with other people, tssk (/hj)

          fr tho if that bothers you, the inequality that comes with other chocolate brands should bother you too

          not saying Tony’s is 100% fair, but at least they put in a lot of effort to make it as fair as possible