Chocolate chips are unaffordable

amother

↑ Ultramarine

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 7:52 pm

[quote="amother Daphne"]Their yogurt isn't that great nutritionally either, may as well switch to a different breakfast/snack[/quote

Its a lot better than anything else they would eat

amother

Rainbow

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 7:56 pm

Yups. My relative who's in the industry told me the chocolate is going to go up like crazy after pesach. I stocked up and then saw it's not so expensive. But then lovely over the summer and now fall it kept going up and up and up.

I recently used up my stash and boy is it expensive! We particularly like the shufra chocolate chips. It's so tasty even to take a few chips with the coffee. But boy is it expensive. A pack of shufras chocolate chips is close to $6!

We used to go thru 3 pks a week at least. Between Shabbos with the yogurts, homemade chocoalte chip biscotti chocolate chip Cookies or cake with chocolate chips or oat cookies w chocolate chip. Or granola bars with chocolate chips.... you get the drift. Chocolate is a staple here.
So I started making craisins biscotti, biscotti. And also chocolate chip cookies....
I don't like using a lot of coloring so I found natural sprinkles and use those.

amother

↑ Daphne ↓

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 8:36 pm

[quote="amother Ultramarine"]

amother Daphne wrote:

Their yogurt isn't that great nutritionally either, may as well switch to a different breakfast/snack[/quote

Its a lot better than anything else they would eat

There are many many types of food in the world
Yogurt isn't the best by any stretch of the imagination

amother

Cadetblue

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 8:38 pm

amother Slateblue wrote:

Cottage cheese is $6.99 😡

Yeah they’ve been unaffordable for a while and I hardly buy them anymore.

amother

↑ Slateblue

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 8:39 pm

amother Cadetblue wrote:

Yeah they’ve been unaffordable for a while and I hardly buy them anymore.

It’s a staple for my kids. I tell hashem listen you gave me these kids, you gotta give me money to feed them.

amother

Tangerine

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 8:51 pm

amother Daphne wrote:

There are many many types of food in the world
Yogurt isn't the best by any stretch of the imagination

Why is everyone saying this ? My kids eat plain whole milk yogurt with a few (like 6 were ever stingy ) dark (72%) choc chips, what’s wrong with that

amother

Feverfew ↓

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 9:10 pm

amother Ultramarine wrote:

They’re not affordable at all! And my kids eat yogurts with chocolate chips daily. They won’t eat a yogurt without chocolate chips

Same!

amother

Strawberry

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 9:42 pm

Some of you suffer from severe functional rigidity, a fancy way of saying you haven't learned to roll with the punches and adapt to changing conditions. Nobody NEEDS chocolate chips or chocolate anything. If the chips are too costly, make something else for gosh sakes. I'm not suggesting subbing dehydrated celery chips for the goodies, but surely there are other cookies you can make that don't call for costly add-ins. Won't hurt your kids to learn a little adaptability, either.

amother

↑ Antiquewhite ↓

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 9:49 pm

amother Tangerine wrote:

Why is everyone saying this ? My kids eat plain whole milk yogurt with a few (like 6 were ever stingy ) dark (72%) choc chips, what’s wrong with that

Not sure why this thread devolved into nitpicking on what other people's children eat.

Do whatever works for you! Dw about others sticking their nose into your business

amother

Thistle

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 10:45 pm

Cocoa prices on the market have quadrupled over the past two years, mostly due to poor crops in the cocoa growing region. That’s why you are seeing prices soar in the supermarket.

amother

↑ Antiquewhite

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 10:49 pm

amother Thistle wrote:

Cocoa prices on the market have quadrupled over the past two years, mostly due to poor crops in the cocoa growing region. That’s why you are seeing prices soar in the supermarket.

There's also a growing awareness and a movement for fair cocoa trade (ie, pay the cocoa farmers and workers a better wage).

amother

↑ Midnight

Tue, Nov 26 2024, 4:00 am

amother Tangerine wrote:

Why is everyone saying this ? My kids eat plain whole milk yogurt with a few (like 6 were ever stingy ) dark (72%) choc chips, what’s wrong with that

Because most people don't give their kids plain, whole milk yogurt. The amount of sugar added to most yogurt is shocking and destroys the little bit of "live cultures" they sprinkle in. Rather let them drink whole milk.

amother

Clear

Tue, Nov 26 2024, 4:42 am

amother Midnight wrote:

I would imagine someone who is letting their kids sprinkle a few chocolate chips into their yoghurt is using plain yoghurt, otherwise it wouldn't need anything sweet. It's a great way to get kids to eat something *very healthy* - bio yoghurt is way better than just milk.

amother

Purple

Tue, Nov 26 2024, 4:53 am

amother Strawberry wrote:

This is probably the same type of person who bashes people for complaining that baby formula is expensive-surely it's cheaper to nurse!
Duh it is, but obviously it's not an option or they would have done that already.

Bnei Berak 10 ↓

Tue, Nov 26 2024, 5:15 am

amother Thistle wrote:

Cocoa prices on the market have quadrupled over the past two years, mostly due to poor crops in the cocoa growing region. That’s why you are seeing prices soar in the supermarket.

THIS should be pinned.