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Dubai chocolate

Meowingkitty — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:33:01 GMT

I was watching Shawn last night present Dubai Chocolate. If anyone is interested I saw Dubai chocolate this morning at Costco. I didn't pay a lot of attention to it but it was around $25 for a container.

Re: Dubai chocolate

CelticCrafter — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:39:00 GMT

It's very expensive and I don't know if it's the pistachio paste or the shredded phylo dough that raises the price.

I know it's not imported from Dubai, well maybe some of it, because my daughters sister-in-law owns a chocolate shop and they make it there.

Re: Dubai chocolate

tansy — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:40:14 GMT

I'm curious but didn't buy. Anyone try the chocolate?

Is phyllo dough always an ingredient?

Re: Dubai chocolate

conlt — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:44:07 GMT

When I was on vacation last month in New England, I tried some Dubi Chocolate. There are candy shops there, making their own. So, there are brands out there making Dubi chocolate. I purchased the dark chocolate version. It was expensive, about $10 per 4 oz bar. I loved it. I want some more. We have a local candy shop here that makes it.

It is an expensive treat.

I have never tried the brand name Dubi chocolate, the brand that exploded on social media. The original is Dubi Chocolate, I guess. Looked at QVC, and they are calling it Dubi Style Chocolate. I would check local shops.

Re: Dubai chocolate

Pecky — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:46:59 GMT

Marshalls is selling this too.

Re: Dubai chocolate

Catch71 — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 18:09:10 GMT

My local supermarket had it last Christmas for $18.00 a bar! After the holidays it went down to $12.

Yesterday it was on qvc from Russell Stover, indivually wrapped pieces.
it's a craze everybody is selling now. I am sure some is better than others but everyone is getting in on it.

Re: Dubai chocolate

bikerbabe — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 18:11:33 GMT

The green pistachio cream makes me 🤢

Re: Dubai chocolate

Mary Bailey — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 18:22:16 GMT

I had not heard of it. I had to look it up.

From Taste of Home (via DuckDuckGo)

May 6, 2025 Dubai chocolate is a viral sensation from the Middle East made with shredded phyllo, pistachio cream and rich Belgian chocolate.

from WikiHow (via DuckDuckGo)

Dubai chocolate is a large chocolate bar filled with pistachio paste and crunchy phyllo dough (kadayif). This stuffed chocolate bar went viral on social media in 2023, with users trying to recreate the bar or find somewhere to buy it. The original bar is made by the Dubai-based Fix Dessert Chocolatier.

Re: Dubai chocolate

Citrine1 — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 18:27:03 GMT

Thanks for the detailed information @Mary Bailey . I've been interested in trying it, but not at that price point. And what if I loved it and had to have it all the time? Yikes, I'd go broke. LOL

Re: Dubai chocolate

tipsy — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 19:29:13 GMT

@Pecky wrote:
Marshalls is selling this too.

HomeGoods has it also

Re: Dubai chocolate

patbz — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 19:37:29 GMT

Trader Joes has it but it fits out the door.

Re: Dubai chocolate

SilleeMee — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 19:54:24 GMT

It got that name, 'Dubai', b/c it's suppose to be a luxury and indulgent chocolate. Nothing about it came from Dubai.

Re: Dubai chocolate

Kachina624 — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 21:57:59 GMT

It might be best to never taste and develop a love for it. The price of chocolate is sky-high right now.

Re: Dubai chocolate

hopi — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:13:27 GMT

If it says Dubai like or Dubai style it not from Dubai.

Re: Dubai chocolate

Kachina624 — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:16:29 GMT

@hopi. I don't think it ever claimed to be from Dubai. Apparently Dubai was a brand name and they have use of the name by copyright so others use "Dubai style".

Re: Dubai chocolate

shoekitty — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:32:43 GMT

ok, you had me drooling. I added Dubai chocolates to order from Costco. lol.! I tried one soon as they cam in door...SO GOOD. Costco has them in a bag with 15 individually wrapped squares. The square od filling is reasonably covered in thick milk chocolate. The filling was about 1/4 thick, nutty pistachio, mashed up with crunchy bits..sort of like a nestles bar. They say it's bits of phyllo dough. The squares are large. I ate 3/4, and gave rest to husband who loved it. They were 18.00 and change,for 15 squares. The pkg is 16 oz, so I surmise each square is just under ounce. I recommend them. Wow!

ETA IDK why they named them Dubai, except to connotate indulgence, richness.. Pistashios are grown in the US and Turkey mainly, they are from the cashew family.
phyllo dough is used in many countries. So I go with Dubai chocolates, indulgence, richness, lol

Re: Dubai chocolate

AuntMame — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:31:29 GMT

I saw some at Walgreens the other day for $5 for a small bar. It was good, although I don't know how authentic it was and how much pistacchio it had. It's not something I would seek out.

Re: Dubai chocolate

jackthebear — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:45:16 GMT

its' available everywhere

Re: Dubai chocolate

candys mine — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 23:26:21 GMT

It's OK. but I wouldn't drain my bank account for more.

It is what it says it is.

Myself, I would rather have the pistachio Nuts and the chocolate each by themselves and the philo with a baked pear on it!

Re: Dubai chocolate

sunshine45 — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 23:49:47 GMT

the dubai chocolates i have purchased were made in TURKEY.

i usually buy them from a hallmark store for about $20.

my son in law loves them and has tried several flavors.