The hunt for chocolate

[Styler]

While I enjoy a wide variety of flavour profiles when it comes to cigars, I often get an urge to smoke something with rich chocolate as a core flavour. This leaves me with a problem as the only cigars I have found offering that profile are either super premium like the Genios or limited editions. Neither my wife nor Barclaycard would thank me for burning through several boxes of these a year! Which leads me to my question:

Does anyone have any recommendations for a cigar that meets the below criteria?

*Core chocolate flavours in recent examples

*Standard production

*Average price bracket

[Dbone]

The original chocolate bomb, VR Unicos. When they're on it's like a cup of hot chocolate in a cigar. Good luck on your hunt :-)

[zappaFREAK]

Totally agree on the Unicos. Just what the dr ordered!

[CaptainQuintero]

Sancho Panza for me, specifically the molinos are a lovely rustic chocolate.

Monte especial #2

Mag46 with a couple of years on

[isa]

Have got hints of chocolate in many vitolas, but as a core flavour - not really in my experience. The Mag 48 maybe, but thats LE. Havent tried the VR unicos - damn , one more vitola to buy

Monte esp 2 - thats good news, just bought a box today at the Czars

[CigarAsh]

There's an NC stick that came out last year from EP Carrillo - his new maduro - that is pure chocolaty goodness. Had them at an event when he first released them. Was the first time I really got that flavor profile out of a cigar. I've been smoking the robustos. Have about a dozen left and love them for a change of pace.

[investandprosper]

Get a nice, dark box of Monte 4s or Monte 5s. Good price point, and very chocolatey with dark, oily wrappers.

After hearing that about the Unicos, I'll have to try them!!

John

[Styler]

Many thanks for the replies guys, food for thought!

[Zigatoh]

A good HdM PR has a lovely creamy chocolate flavour, nothing dark and heavy more milk chocolate, Galaxy maybe.

[MIKA27]

Mate, I would go with the following:

- VR Unicos with also a touch of spice along with the chocolate.

- COHIBA Secretos and or Genios.

- My ultimate favourite and you will NOT find these (Ken will agree) Montecristo Series D LE 2005

EDIT: I just read the original post: Apologies: Scratch the Genios but still go the Secretos, they are still pretty cheap (We in OZ pay the most and its still cheap for us)

[markmurase]

Get a nice, dark box of Monte 4s or Monte 5s. Good price point, and very chocolatey with dark, oily wrappers.

After hearing that about the Unicos, I'll have to try them!!

John

I have found Monte 5's to be more coffee than chocolate, but one of the great things about this hobby is everyone tastes something different.

[Dbone]

I have found Monte 5's to be more coffee than chocolate, but one of the great things about this hobby is everyone tastes something different.

I would agree. Monte is more coffee than chocolate for myself. If anyone asks me, looking for milk chocolate in a cuban cigar I always go back to the Unicos.

[Rushman]

X2 on VR Unicos

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[tdlfoto]

SCDLH El Principe

[mazolaman]

SP Belicosos...and more recently Monte no 1

[beamer]

Smoking an HQ Monte4 now that definitely started with a deep chocolate flavour.

Mellowed out to the typical toasty Monte4 now.

[nonameno]

Hello Fellow FoHers',

I have found chocolate in the H.Upmann Mag48 LE and deep chocolate cake in the Ramone Allones Extra LE.

Thank you,

Curtiss

[cigcars]

Well, Por Larranaga has closer to honeyed maple flavor and aroma...I s'pose Montecristo No.1 and Vegas Robaina Classicos offer somewhat "chocolaty" essences

[ChanceSchmerr]

Good luck finding them, but I always find a rich Milk Chocolate in a Rafael Gonzalez Lonsdale.

VR Unicos is rich chocolate when on, agreed on that.

Various Montecristos....but they are so inconsistent for me, only the Sublimes LE delivers nearly every time

Lastly - I have a PSP box of Sancho Panza Belicosos in the locker that I bought on a whim a couple of years ago....if they deliver a chocolate flavour, then it will be money well spent!!! Never tasted much Chocolate in Sanchos, To be honest....

Happy hunting, man!

[Pilgrims]

Both Dark chocolate but, Bolivar Belicosos Finos & Monte Petite Edmundo are both on that spectrum for me...

[nikosdoc]

I wiil agree in the BBF,and will add some aged Bolivar CG.

On the lighter side try some Monte P.Edmundos.

Enjoy the search man!!!!

[coug28]

Monte GE - all chocolate and wood. Not sure why the fanfare for this stick, as I don't think it's worth the $$...but if chocolate is what you're after, give that a try.

For a more economical choice though, and as good or better than the GE noted above, go with the VR Unicos...as others have mentioned, very nice chocolate & cream stick IMO.

[Styler]

What about the VR Famosos, does it have the chocolate of it's bigger brother?

[Ophidion]

My experience with the VR Famoso has been more of a honey core and not so much chocolate. I got a well aged box from an online vendor some time ago and they have all been amazing but not much in terms of chocolate.

[CUBANO]

Had a VR Unicos in Cancun last week and defenitely had chocolate taste.