Is dark chocolate clean?

_noob_
_noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm saying yes. Lotsa nutritional goodies to be had there.
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  • LePetitCochon
    LePetitCochon Posts: 284
    Not when I'm through with it
  • lauren3101
    lauren3101 Posts: 1,853 Member
    Who cares? It's tasty. :wink:
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    She seemed to be last time I was in tha club!
  • sdionnemoore
    sdionnemoore Posts: 45 Member
    Probably depends on the quality of the chocolate (additives and preservatives, etc.). It's certainly gotta be better than milk chocolate.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I always scrub mine good with soap and water before I eat it.
  • EatClean_WashUrNuts
    EatClean_WashUrNuts Posts: 1,590 Member
    as clean as my nuts
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Depends on the percentage
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    Depends on the percentage

    how about 69-90%
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    also, why isn't there a product with like splenda or stevia in a high % dark? I would think there would be a market for a sweet, really dark, chocolate.
  • MzManiak
    MzManiak Posts: 1,361 Member
    mmmm dark chocolate.... just bought some 72% yesterday... oh noes... what will I do if it's not considered clean????


    Oh well, I don't think anything I eat is considered clean. I'm a dirty, dirty girl. :blushing:
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I'm saying yes. Lotsa nutritional goodies to be had there.

    Nutritional goodies don't make something clean.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    I'm saying yes. Lotsa nutritional goodies to be had there.

    Nutritional goodies don't make something clean.

    "natural" nutritional goodies just to warm things over?
  • Lalasharni
    Lalasharni Posts: 353 Member
    I would say yes - if you choose the 85% cocoa solids kind. Its too intense to eat a lot of it (I've tried...) but evidence suggests that two or three two-square portions a week can be beneficial to the heart and help to lessen the risk of congestive heart failure.
    Teaming the chocolate with a glass of good red wine is better - the perfect combination.
    But - moderation in all things.
  • nomeejerome
    nomeejerome Posts: 2,616 Member
    All I saw was chocolate. Wait...what was the question?
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Has chemicals, so no
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    sure is.
  • calibriintx
    calibriintx Posts: 1,741 Member
    I find it to be very cleansing.

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  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    also, why isn't there a product with like splenda or stevia in a high % dark? I would think there would be a market for a sweet, really dark, chocolate.
    I can never tell if you're serious, but the ONLY dark chocolate I like is Green & Black's 85%. It tastes like a very rich chocolate cheesecake and isn't nearly as bitter as other darks, but still is very low in sugar.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    how about this, I eat one of this sometimes when I'm on the road and feel like slummin'

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  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    also, why isn't there a product with like splenda or stevia in a high % dark? I would think there would be a market for a sweet, really dark, chocolate.
    I can never tell if you're serious, but the ONLY dark chocolate I like is Green & Black's 85%. It tastes like a very rich chocolate cheesecake and isn't nearly as bitter as other darks, but still is very low in sugar.

    yeah, to be 100% real, I would like a product that would take some of the bitterness out of 85%+ dark without adding sugar. So that was a real question.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    also, why isn't there a product with like splenda or stevia in a high % dark? I would think there would be a market for a sweet, really dark, chocolate.
    I can never tell if you're serious, but the ONLY dark chocolate I like is Green & Black's 85%. It tastes like a very rich chocolate cheesecake and isn't nearly as bitter as other darks, but still is very low in sugar.

    yeah, to be 100% real, I would like a product that would take some of the bitterness out of 85%+ dark without adding sugar. So that was a real question.
    Try the Green & Black's, then. It really is very good. A while back, I started eating it with a little bit of peanut butter, too, so even better. :-)

    But I like it without the PB just fine and I really hate every other dark chocolate.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I'm saying yes. Lotsa nutritional goodies to be had there.

    Nutritional goodies don't make something clean.

    "natural" nutritional goodies just to warm things over?

    Well, obviously chocolate is not in the form those ingredients would be found in nature, so by the strictest definition it's not clean. But if all the ingredients that make the whole were in their natural form, then it might be clean if we're grading on a curve.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    Try the Green & Black's, then. It really is very good. A while back, I started eating it with a little bit of peanut butter, too, so even better. :-)

    But I like it without the PB just fine and I really hate every other dark chocolate.

    Green and Blacks is usually more expensive than even Endangered Species (my fav.) here. My favorite for taste is the Endangered Species 72% Mint, but the 88% ES is pretty good for a VERY dark chocolate.

    I do like Green & Black's though. I'm eating the cheap crap right now (Ghiradelli or Moser's).
  • spidey11186
    spidey11186 Posts: 141 Member
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  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Try the Green & Black's, then. It really is very good. A while back, I started eating it with a little bit of peanut butter, too, so even better. :-)

    But I like it without the PB just fine and I really hate every other dark chocolate.

    Green and Blacks is usually more expensive than even Endangered Species (my fav.) here. My favorite for taste is the Endangered Species 72% Mint, but the 88% ES is pretty good for a VERY dark chocolate.

    I do like Green & Black's though. I'm eating the cheap crap right now (Ghiradelli or Moser's).
    I can't stand Ghiradelli. Blech. I haven't tried those other two. Maybe I'll check out Endangered Species if I can find it. I get G&B at Walmart. It's a bit cheaper there. I eat 6 squares a day, so a bar lasts me about a week.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    yeah, anything over 72% in the G is bleh.

    I'm scooping PB with the squares I have.
  • CookNLift
    CookNLift Posts: 3,660 Member
    it's clean until you drop it on the ground.....unless its one of those weird bird poop chocolates from the rain forest.....that's probably dirty
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Dark Chocolate + Crunchy Sugar Crystals & Vanilla Bean
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    Dark Milk Chocolate Bar + Sea Salt
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    Dark Chocolate + Coffee
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  • glutesandabs
    glutesandabs Posts: 68 Member
    Who cares? Dark chocolate sucks.
  • JDHINAZ
    JDHINAZ Posts: 641 Member
    There are some things you just don't question. :happy:

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