Dark Chocolate...

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  • TrekkerCynthia
    TrekkerCynthia Posts: 155 Member
    Thinking this could be a good link for this thread. This is a serious community of chocolate lovers: http://www.seventypercent.com/ I hope to migrate to the cocoa nibs without the sugar - just the pure chocolate.

    Also, if you want a brand other than Lindt, give Whole Foods a try. They have a huge variety of 70% and higher bars.
  • Chris0h9
    Chris0h9 Posts: 24 Member
    The chocolate I used to eat at first was 40%. One day I went straight to the 90% dark. The first time you taste it, it's pretty crazy. The thing is really powerful and bitter, but after some time, I managed to like it.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Lindt - a touch of sea salt with caramel bits.

    To die for. One square.


    What is the cocoa % on this one? Sounds awesome!

    Only about 47%. It is excellent. I can only get the salt without caramel in Germany so when I go to France I buy about 10 bars.
    Lasts more than a month.

    http://www.lindt.co.uk/noswf/eng/products/whats-new/excellence-dark-caramel-and-sea-salt/
  • RobynLB
    RobynLB Posts: 617 Member
    Thinking this could be a good link for this thread. This is a serious community of chocolate lovers: http://www.seventypercent.com/ I hope to migrate to the cocoa nibs without the sugar - just the pure chocolate.

    Also, if you want a brand other than Lindt, give Whole Foods a try. They have a huge variety of 70% and higher bars.

    Whole foods and cost plus world market both have a nice chocolate selection. I found my new favorite bar at whole foods... of course, it's an $8 bar... Vosgos marzipan. The marzipan isn't a traditional marzipan. It's half way between a paste and syrup, and it's tinged with amaretto. The bar is thin. It's the only Vosgos bar I like, I think the others are a little overpriced for what they are... decent but pretty sweet chocolate bars with semi interesting flavor combinations. They just end up being more timid than the look when you taste them.
  • jennaworksout
    jennaworksout Posts: 1,739 Member
    I love Lindt 90%, i don't care for sweet anyways , it just has a touch, don't find it waxy though
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
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    Someone needs to try this and report back :happy:

    I've tried it. I actually liked it. It was interesting. I like all different levels of dark chocolate. But, usually I eat the 88% endangered species brand.

    I should mention that this chocolate is made thinner and in smaller squares. It tastes better like that when it is strong like this.

    This is the endangered species brand that I like: http://chocolatebar.com/

    I try to always purchase chocolate that is grown under the natural canopy of the rain forest and not chocolate companies that clear out the trees to build their own shade. I purchase Fair Trade and not chocolate companies that use children as slaves.
  • justal313
    justal313 Posts: 1,375 Member
    I'm a huge fan of the Lindt 85% and the dark with Chili or sea salt (though I only know they are dark)

    My wife likes the 70% so if I buy the 85% it's safe..

    Did you know that Dark Chocolate is loaded with flavonoids which will help lower your LDL Cholesterol. So it's good for your heart :)
  • Topher1978
    Topher1978 Posts: 975 Member
    I'm a huge fan of the Lindt 85% and the dark with Chili or sea salt (though I only know they are dark)

    My wife likes the 70% so if I buy the 85% it's safe..

    Did you know that Dark Chocolate is loaded with flavonoids which will help lower your LDL Cholesterol. So it's good for your heart :)
    The main reason it is a part of my diet!!! Superfood candy!!! c :
  • jennaworksout
    jennaworksout Posts: 1,739 Member
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    Someone needs to try this and report back :happy:

    I've tried it. I actually liked it. It was interesting. I like all different levels of dark chocolate. But, usually I eat the 88% endangered species brand.

    I should mention that this chocolate is made thinner and in smaller squares. It tastes better like that when it is strong like this.

    This is the endangered species brand that I like: http://chocolatebar.com/

    I try to always purchase chocolate that is grown under the natural canopy of the rain forest and not chocolate companies that clear out the trees to build their own shade. I purchase Fair Trade and not chocolate companies that use children as slaves.

    extremely bitter, recommended you let it melt in your mouth versus chewing... extreme bitter chocolate , i still like it though, many people don't
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,031 Member
    I try to always purchase chocolate that is grown under the natural canopy of the rain forest and not chocolate companies that clear out the trees to build their own shade. I purchase Fair Trade and not chocolate companies that use children as slaves.
    Most definitely agree on purchasing fair trade over anything else!
  • Topher1978
    Topher1978 Posts: 975 Member
    I try to always purchase chocolate that is grown under the natural canopy of the rain forest and not chocolate companies that clear out the trees to build their own shade. I purchase Fair Trade and not chocolate companies that use children as slaves.
    Most definitely agree on purchasing fair trade over anything else!
    Understand the sentiment, but haven't got the cash to fork out. Since I moved, I have not been able to get a real job, and it might be a while that I am working this crap job. No extras for me, no organic for me. It is what it is.
  • wild_wild_life
    wild_wild_life Posts: 1,334 Member
    I also jumped from 70% to baking chocolate because I didn't want the extra sugar. It's actually really good if you let go of the idea that chocolate is supposed to be sweet. I like ghirardelli and Baker's brand, ghirardelli is a little easier to eat.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I try to always purchase chocolate that is grown under the natural canopy of the rain forest and not chocolate companies that clear out the trees to build their own shade. I purchase Fair Trade and not chocolate companies that use children as slaves.
    Most definitely agree on purchasing fair trade over anything else!
    Understand the sentiment, but haven't got the cash to fork out. Since I moved, I have not been able to get a real job, and it might be a while that I am working this crap job. No extras for me, no organic for me. It is what it is.

    I understand and a lot of the time it is pretty hard to avoid. If I buy a granola bar, I probably don't know where the chocolate came from. My kids get chocolate at school. It's just the world we live in. So, no judgement from me. And I'm sure many of the products I purchased have an unsavory journey to the store, so it would be impossible to fully avoid or to judge anyone for their purchases. I try when I can (the chocolate industry is terrible).
  • melmckay99
    melmckay99 Posts: 358
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    Someone needs to try this and report back :happy:

    Where can I buy this? I've never seen it in any grocery store!
  • issyfit
    issyfit Posts: 1,077 Member
    If you do eat 90% + chocolate, how long did it take for you to acquire the taste? Do you enjoy the flavor now? Also, those that do 85%, what is the chocolate experience for you?

    I have 1 square of Lindt 90% every evening--it's my signal to stop eating for the day. So far it's working well.
  • samantha1242
    samantha1242 Posts: 816 Member
    I love Lindt 90%. I didn't work up to it cause I've always preferred dark chocolate. I find Lindt to be my favourite kind.
  • imwithgizmo
    imwithgizmo Posts: 146 Member
    My absolute favorite is Theo 85% Organic Fair Trade dark chocolate. They used to make a 91% that I tried, and it was a bit too bitter for me. Though it was great in my turkey chili! They aren't producing that 91% any longer. The 85% is wonderful, I highly recommend it.
  • karen19711
    karen19711 Posts: 99 Member
    Gotta love Dark Choclate, baby.......smile K
  • Topher1978
    Topher1978 Posts: 975 Member
    I just finished my 90% bar. I have 2 or 3 85% bars in the freezer. When I am done with them, I will be buying the 90%. After my last serving, I was really taking a liking to it. This thread probably encouraged my palate.
  • nexangelus
    nexangelus Posts: 2,080 Member
    I love 70 - 90 %, it is real food for me...not sugary, sweet...just right, you can only eat two squares and it is loverly!!!
  • Topher1978
    Topher1978 Posts: 975 Member
    I love 70 - 90 %, it is real food for me...not sugary, sweet...just right, you can only eat two squares and it is loverly!!!
    That is exactly what I do! I eat 2 squares as a part of my breakfast. It is great too, because I eat it with my B-complex, which is largely fat soluble, so they help each other give me the nutrients!!!
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Hey, I also eat dark chocolate for breakfast!!!

    Also, have you tried Trader Joe's Truffles? They are so good!!
  • serenapitala
    serenapitala Posts: 441 Member
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    Someone needs to try this and report back :happy:

    I have tried it. It was too much for me. l like my 85-90%. The 99% is grittier and more bitter. I like both the milk chocolate and the really dark kinds. To me, they are like two different foods. It's like comparing caramel to peppermint. Both are good, but if I am in the mood for one, the other one won't do.
  • serenapitala
    serenapitala Posts: 441 Member
    Lindt - a touch of sea salt with caramel bits.

    To die for. One square.

    I looooooove that stuff. One square is the perfect amount.
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    Scharffen Berger 99% bar-- yum! I also like Alter Eco's blackout bar. Ghiradelli sea salt soiree & midnight reverie are addicting, too.
  • nearptr
    nearptr Posts: 32
    Chocolate is a very pleasant mineral supplement. No need for sugar. If you don't like coffee, add sugar and milk. If you don't like tea, add sugar and lemon. If you don't like chocolate........

    Learn to like the 100% or don't. It's excellent with a red burgundy. From a nutritional pov, it complements molasses nicely...

    If you don't like a thing, maybe you shouldn't eat it...?

    All of the products described as 70, 80, 90%, etc., I think are concoctions of CHOCOLATE combined with chocolate components, namely, cocoa and cocoa butter (+sugar etc...). I suppose real chocolate isn't good enough for some folk... folks who don't like chocolate -- if you don't, then don't eat it!

    I like it!

    (eta: chocolate is BITTER! :) )
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    Chocolate is a very pleasant mineral supplement. No need for sugar. If you don't like coffee, add sugar and milk. If you don't like tea, add sugar and lemon. If you don't like chocolate........

    Learn to like the 100% or don't. It's excellent with a red burgundy. From a nutritional pov, it complements molasses nicely...

    If you don't like a thing, maybe you shouldn't eat it...?

    All of the products described as 70, 80, 90%, etc., I think are concoctions of CHOCOLATE combined with chocolate components, namely, cocoa and cocoa butter (+sugar etc...). I suppose real chocolate isn't good enough for some folk... folks who don't like chocolate -- if you don't, then don't eat it!

    I like it!

    (eta: chocolate is BITTER! :) )

    Allow me to introduce you to Crio Bru, my chocolate loving brother! (also nibs are yummy. I like the Occumare ones from Amano)
    www.criobru.com
  • TheConsciousFoody
    TheConsciousFoody Posts: 607 Member
    Chocolate is a very pleasant mineral supplement. No need for sugar. If you don't like coffee, add sugar and milk. If you don't like tea, add sugar and lemon. If you don't like chocolate........

    Learn to like the 100% or don't. It's excellent with a red burgundy. From a nutritional pov, it complements molasses nicely...

    If you don't like a thing, maybe you shouldn't eat it...?

    All of the products described as 70, 80, 90%, etc., I think are concoctions of CHOCOLATE combined with chocolate components, namely, cocoa and cocoa butter (+sugar etc...). I suppose real chocolate isn't good enough for some folk... folks who don't like chocolate -- if you don't, then don't eat it!

    I like it!

    (eta: chocolate is BITTER! :) )

    I'll eat whatever chocolate "concoctions" I find pleasing.
  • Topher1978
    Topher1978 Posts: 975 Member
    Chocolate is a very pleasant mineral supplement. No need for sugar. If you don't like coffee, add sugar and milk. If you don't like tea, add sugar and lemon. If you don't like chocolate........

    Learn to like the 100% or don't. It's excellent with a red burgundy. From a nutritional pov, it complements molasses nicely...

    If you don't like a thing, maybe you shouldn't eat it...?

    All of the products described as 70, 80, 90%, etc., I think are concoctions of CHOCOLATE combined with chocolate components, namely, cocoa and cocoa butter (+sugar etc...). I suppose real chocolate isn't good enough for some folk... folks who don't like chocolate -- if you don't, then don't eat it!

    I like it!

    (eta: chocolate is BITTER! :) )
    Where do you get your chocolate, and what brand is it? And the Burgundy idea sounds good!! I love molasses, does it really jive? I am trying to conceptualize the taste in my mind...
  • Topher1978
    Topher1978 Posts: 975 Member
    Chocolate is a very pleasant mineral supplement. No need for sugar. If you don't like coffee, add sugar and milk. If you don't like tea, add sugar and lemon. If you don't like chocolate........

    Learn to like the 100% or don't. It's excellent with a red burgundy. From a nutritional pov, it complements molasses nicely...

    If you don't like a thing, maybe you shouldn't eat it...?

    All of the products described as 70, 80, 90%, etc., I think are concoctions of CHOCOLATE combined with chocolate components, namely, cocoa and cocoa butter (+sugar etc...). I suppose real chocolate isn't good enough for some folk... folks who don't like chocolate -- if you don't, then don't eat it!

    I like it!

    (eta: chocolate is BITTER! :) )

    Allow me to introduce you to Crio Bru, my chocolate loving brother! (also nibs are yummy. I like the Occumare ones from Amano)
    www.criobru.com
    OH!!! I want!! Hmmm…. I need to get this job out here I have been hoping for!! I do not make enough to justify this, but holy moly, that crio bru is awesome!!

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