The Flavor's What Counts!
I rate chocolate based only on flavor, and I try to keep my opinions as unbias as a person's taste buds can be! I look for very chocolatey flavors that have a sensible balance between ingredients, that are not too overwhelming in one "department" (for example if there is peanut butter in the chocolate, that it doesn't taste like you just ate a spoonful from the Jiffy tub!!), and if it even tastes good as opposed to just using the wrong choice of ingredients!! I won't specifically mention my opinion of each, I'll just give a description of the presentation, the taste, and the igredients to the naked eye!OTHER THINGS I RATE UPON OCCASIONALLY
Other things I may rate chocolate on are Quality, Presentation, Creativity. I won't rate all of the chocolate like this, probably just the ones that belong to collections that are limited edition perhaps, or when I rate large groups of chocolate all from the same brand. The category in which I'm rating the chocolate will be specified. All will be on a scale from 1-5.
Quality
For quality, I will rate to see if the chocolate was worth the price paid. If it wasn't very good, but very expensive, the quality rating will be lower.
Presentation
For presentation, the prettier the chocolate the higher the score! But it's not just that. If there are random accesories that add no flavor, then the score will go down. If it's just a plain bar of chocolate, then the score will be somewhere in the middle, because it's difficult to make a classic chocolate bar look interesting.
Creativity
For creativity, there has to be a lot of imagination and indiviuality to achieve a 5. If it just Milk Chocolate in a bar shape and taste very ordinary and predictable, then they will only receive a 1 or 2. If it's a original flavor that I've never seen before with a rare taste then they will be awarded with a 4 or 5!
