Chocolate
bisky
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I love love dark chocolate. Someone recently bought me Trader Joe's simply Lite sugar free dark chocolate bars. Just a couple of squares are so satisfying! They are sweetened with maltitol and have sugar alcohol. The little box says Maltitol has been omitted from the carbohydrate calculation as its conversion requires little or no insulin and does not cause an appreciable increase in serum glucose. love it. I also like Godiva Sugar free dark chocolate but the base here in Italy has not carried it in a couple of months.
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I haven't tried that one, but I like their 85% bar.
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I am hooked on the Russell Stover sugar free mints. Covered in dark chocolate. 1 net carb for 3. I have 1-2 every day.0
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I'm in love with the Atkins Cookies and Cream bars. So good and satisfy my cravings.0
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I need to try the Atkins sweets. I love me some Hersey milk chocolate. Not the best choice. I get a bar here and there. Had one last night and so glad I just got the one bar because if I had gotten more they would have been gone too.0
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I like the Lindt 90% dark chocolate bar myself. I've not tried any of the sugar alcohol ones.
I do know once upon a time my diabetic mom had a bag of sugar free Hershey bars and my daughter who was about 4 at the time got into them and ate the whole bag. Let's just say for the next 10 years or so she wouldn't eat any candy without first asking "this isn't sugar free is it??".
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Man I've never had any of this stuff! I'll have to look for it.0
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I go with the Ghiradelli 86%. I tried the Trader Joe's 85% (that's what I have on hand now) and I wasn't as keen on that.
But tbh, I like the flavor of mixing pure cocoa powder with TJ's coconut oil and no flavoring or sweetener. I've always been a bitter fan.
Maybe I'll try that 90%.0 -
I noticed they had sugar free Hershey's milk & dark. Haven't tried.0
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Sugar Free Hershey's milk chocolate?! WHERE!! I could really go for that!!0
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I like to nibble on a tiny square of 99% Lindt, followed by a square of 90% Lindt, that first square makes the second square taste so sweet lol. I eat them with a cup of spicy chai tea, which adds to the experience. Of course I have to give it all up for All Animal April ☹0
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PaleoInScotland wrote: »I like to nibble on a tiny square of 99% Lindt, followed by a square of 90% Lindt, that first square makes the second square taste so sweet lol. I eat them with a cup of spicy chai tea, which adds to the experience. Of course I have to give it all up for All Animal April ☹
K. This may be so easy, but what is All Animal April? Or is it exactly like it sounds, where you only ingest only animal sourced nutrients in April?0 -
@megemrj take a peek at the What if you only ate bacon for 30 days post. A bunch of us are going to eat a single meat for a month and not much else.
Sorry, can't figure out how to link to the post from my phone.0 -
PaleoInScotland wrote: »@megemrj take a peek at the What if you only ate bacon for 30 days post. A bunch of us are going to eat a single meat for a month and not much else.
Sorry, can't figure out how to link to the post from my phone.
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Yep the 99% Lindt... dream chocolate. Unfortunately here, it is twice the price of the 90%. Sneaky little devils have the same size outside packaging, but only 50g as opposed to 100g. If you don't read the package you think it's a bargain, mwahahaha
. I got fooled the first time. Oh well, even the 90% is still a 3:1 ratio of fat to carbs so OK in my book.
I can't stand the taste of sugar free chocolate, the added sweeteners wreck the flavour for me.0 -
90% Lindt....mmm....I have a square waiting for me after dinner
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canadjineh wrote: »Yep the 99% Lindt... dream chocolate. Unfortunately here, it is twice the price of the 90%. Sneaky little devils have the same size outside packaging, but only 50g as opposed to 100g. If you don't read the package you think it's a bargain, mwahahaha. I got fooled the first time. Oh well, even the 90% is still a 3:1 ratio of fat to carbs so OK in my book.
I can't stand the taste of sugar free chocolate, the added sweeteners wreck the flavour for me.
I don't mind the price or the package volume, I only eat one square a day, so it lasts forever. And considering how much money I'm saving not eating junk food all day and ordering takeout every night, I can afford it and I'm still saving plenty of money. 0 -
cottagegirl71 wrote: »90% Lindt....mmm....I have a square waiting for me after dinner
I have a stash of 5 - 100g bars that are hidden from my DH, because he would eat it all. I sneak into it when he is not looking and grab a couple squares for each of us once in a while. I love it but can resist w/o problem because it's just not sugary sweet. If I buy any other Lindt such as Lime Zest, or Salted Caramel, or Chili - I can eat it ALL in one go.
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canadjineh wrote: »cottagegirl71 wrote: »90% Lindt....mmm....I have a square waiting for me after dinner
I have a stash of 5 - 100g bars that are hidden from my DH, because he would eat it all. I sneak into it when he is not looking and grab a couple squares for each of us once in a while. I love it but can resist w/o problem because it's just not sugary sweet. If I buy any other Lindt such as Lime Zest, or Salted Caramel, or Chili - I can eat it ALL in one go.
^^^This!! An open chocolate bar has never survived in my house before! Now it takes me 20 mins to eat one square. I definitely couldn't eat two, let alone the whole bar.0 -
canadjineh wrote: »Yep the 99% Lindt... dream chocolate. Unfortunately here, it is twice the price of the 90%. Sneaky little devils have the same size outside packaging, but only 50g as opposed to 100g. If you don't read the package you think it's a bargain, mwahahaha. I got fooled the first time. Oh well, even the 90% is still a 3:1 ratio of fat to carbs so OK in my book.
I can't stand the taste of sugar free chocolate, the added sweeteners wreck the flavour for me.
This reminded me I have a bar in my top desk drawer. Broke off 3 squares as a nice treat. I like to let it melt in my mouth because I find it less bitter that way AND it lasts longer.
Nice treat to get through this crapshoot of a day.0 -
My three favorite flavours are Bitter, Umami, and Sour.... Even when I was a baby I would eat lemons when I could get my hands on a piece. And at school unsweetened grapefruit juice every day in my lunch. These days I sneak fermented fish sauce into a lot of recipes to add that savoury richness. DH doesn't know or he'd be grossed out, lol. He doesn't even like the idea of sushi.0
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canadjineh wrote: »My three favorite flavours are Bitter, Umami, and Sour.... Even when I was a baby I would eat lemons when I could get my hands on a piece. And at school unsweetened grapefruit juice every day in my lunch. These days I sneak fermented fish sauce into a lot of recipes to add that savoury richness. DH doesn't know or he'd be grossed out, lol. He doesn't even like the idea of sushi.
Same here (except I don't use fish sauce every day - just occasionally in cooking). I've never really had a sweet tooth - thank goodness. I have lemon on/in almost everything and love the taste of vinegar - and bitter greens.0 -
I was using a heaping teaspoon of Dark chocolate in my first cup of coffee and the wife said 100% cacao had more antioxidants so I now use the Hershey's 100% cacao powder instead. The difference may be little but per Hershey there is a difference.0
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GaleHawkins wrote: »I was using a heaping teaspoon of Dark chocolate in my first cup of coffee and the wife said 100% cacao had more antioxidants so I now use the Hershey's 100% cacao powder instead. The difference may be little but per Hershey there is a difference.
That has been my breakfast of choice recently too. The flavanoids and antioxidants in cacao is HUGE! More than any other berry...etc. I mix 2-3T whipping cream, 1T cacao powder, 1/4 tsp vanilla powder, and ~1 tsp Truvia or a few Stevia drops. I use the blender most days, as it will clump otherwise. Also have a small milk frother I picked up for $10 that works well in a pinch too.
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Have you tried Lily's Dark Chocolate Chips? They are 'all natural', sweetened with Stevia and Erythritol. I found them at Whole Foods. I have tried them twice now. I melted 1/2 serving on top of some oopsie bread (cloud bread?) and topped it with a bit of whipped cream and berries. Loved it0
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I heard Lily's is wonderful but I can only buy them on amazon and they are pricey.
No Whole Foods in Italy. 0
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