Mast Brothers ADMIT 'misleading' the public by melting down another chocolatier's products to [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | December 23, 2015 | Stephanie Linning

[C19fan]

Two brothers behind a popular brand of craft chocolate have apologized for 'misleading' customers after they were accused of 'defrauding the public' by allegedly covering-up how some of their bars used to be made. Rick and Michael Mast, who both sport impressive beards, launched Mast Brothers chocolate in New York in 2007. Their range, which costs up to $23 (£16) a bar, is now on sale at flagship stores in Brooklyn, New York, and London's trendy east end.

[C19fan]

Hipster and foodies are so easily fooled.

[o_1_2_3__]

who both sport impressive beards

A-ha!

[Cowboy Bob]

But it’s not a lie if THEY believed it!

[Cyman]

Ah yes, the great Chocolate Caper. That should keep our prissy friend Cameron busy with confectioniers instead of banning U.S. presidential candidates.

[Conservative4Ever]

I like good chocolate as much as the next guy, but I would need to do a taste test to see for myself if their chocolate is worth $22 a bar.

[LongWayHome]

2 hairy hipster dopes selling fake chocolate bars at $23 a pop to other hipster Obama voters....this is a good news story.

[Conservative4Ever]

OH sorry, $23 a bar. Seems pretentious.

[ShasheMac]

Milli Chocolati?

[wbill]

Yup.

There's a whole lot more organic food sold, than there is produced.

Ditto "Free-trade", "Free-range", "locally sourced" and whatever all other current food fad terminology there is.

A fool and their money are soon parted, and hipster millenials are among the most foolish of them all.

[W.]

I take it the leg hair in the chocolate is gratis?

Gross, man...

[envisio]

hahaha stupid overpriced hipster crap.
I don’t blame people for charging 10x what something is worth, knowing full well idiot hipsters buy it just because it costs more. I would drain that market for all I could get out of it.

[moovova]

“Milli Chocolati?”

Very clever. :-)

[ShasheMac]

Thanks!

[hal ogen]

Typical LIB dopes. No integrity. Taking advantage of other typical LIB dopes. $22 per bar??? Insane.

[amnestynone]

“OH sorry, $23 a bar. Seems pretentious.”

Liberal fashionistas are easily parted from their money.

[Hulka]

Me too. . .the best chocolate drink is found at the ‘Chocolate Bar,” Harrods (http://www.harrods.com/content/the-store/restaurants/cafe-godiva).

Belly-up to the bar and order a melted chocolate drink. . .mmmmmmmmm. . . .

[Calvin Locke]

They were falsely claiming "bean to bar".

Mast Bros. added finished chocolate from a French firm to craft their product.

I'd be surprised if they actually processed any measurable quantity of beans, too.

From what I understand, there are only a couple of [independent?] bean processors in the US that make raw bulk chocolate "ingots" that all the small chocolatiers buy.