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95% Dark Chocolate

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Ok I know when to give up. Since my diabetes diagnosis I have eaten a couple of squares of dark chocolate every evening. The %age has crept up to 90%. Today I purchased 95% bar and have just had a square. I think the expression is that it is an acquired taste....
 
Sharron1 said:
Ok I know when to give up. Since my diabetes diagnosis I have eaten a couple of squares of dark chocolate every evening. The %age has crept up to 90%. Today I purchased 95% bar and have just had a square. I think the expression is that it is an acquired taste....
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I agree, I had some and absolutely hated it, yuk. However the 85% Lindt chocolate is really nice, only 5 carbs per two chunks and I have some each day, it eases any sweet cravings.
 
Sounds like there’s definitely a ‘tipping point’!
 
Yuk! Mr Marten likes the 85% but even he can't take the 95%... I'm afraid I can't take much more than 70% :(
 
I have Cavalier Dark Chocolate. I thought I read it was 95% but it certainly doesn't taste bitter. However it is sweetened with Stevia, and more that 2 chunks has a marked laxative effect!!
 
@Felinia 95% is barely sweetened at all hence why most find it bitter, anything with Stevia is going to be sweet and I personally wouldn't touch it myself xx
 
It would appear that Cavalier is 85% cocoa Belgian chocolate sweetened with stevia. Might be worth a try.

I currently have the JD Gross 75% chocolate from Lidl. The salted caramel and raspberry varieties are both very nice and one large square is 5.2g carbs, so that makes a nice occasional treat. If I break a square into 4 it goes further by eating each quarter with a spoonful of peanut butter which makes it more satisfying, so one square might last me several days. Naughty I know.... but nice!
 
I bought the 95% JD Gross, after a heads up from someone on this forum, but I’ve met my match, it’s too bitter for me (and has a dry and crumbly texture, I find) I’ll be sticking to my favourite Lindt 90% in future, which I stock up on whenever I see it on offer in Waitrose or Sainsbury’s (normally one of them's got an offer)
 
Robin said:
I bought the 95% JD Gross, after a heads up from someone on this forum, but I’ve met my match, it’s too bitter for me (and has a dry and crumbly texture, I find) I’ll be sticking to my favourite Lindt 90% in future, which I stock up on whenever I see it on offer in Waitrose or Sainsbury’s (normally one of them's got an offer)
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I also met my match with the JD Gross...Lindt 90% is ok for me
 
Some friends picked up (and paid for) hotel chocolate advent calender with wait for it...100% dark chocolate! They were told it was not for the faint hearted! They offered me a square, I'd just had a brew but having tossed this piece of chocolate in mi gob it sucked all the moisture out of my mouth, it was vial, i threw the rest away...for me that is unusual....never again i have learned something here!!
 
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Some friends picked up (and paid for) hotel chocolate advent calender with wait for it...100% dark chocolate! They were told it was not for the faint hearted! They offered me a square, I'd just had a brew but having tossed this piece of chocolate in mi gob it sucked all the moisture out of my mouth, it was vial, i threw the rest away...for me that is unusual....never again i have learned something here!!
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I am still soldiering on with the 95% and it gets no better. In the spirit of treating myself as a living experiment I am going to try 100%. I knew Montezma sell it and thank you I now find I can buy it at Hotel Chocolate .
 
Lidl Arriba 95% is nice & I'm not a dark chocolate fan. But be quick it is a Christmas line. (I bought up my local store as it had 18month shelf life)
 
Aldi’s 85% Moser Roth is as good as it gets for me. Good % and enough sweetness.
 
I have 100% single origin from Peru chocolate bars from M&S.
I love bitter tastes so I am lucky.
The 90% bars from Lindt taste overly sweet to me these days.
I use the 100% bars in cooking when making chocolate cake and mousses.
 
A few walnuts with strong blue cheese a square of high cocoa choc and a glass ( or 2) of red wine 🙂
Carol
 
I tried 90% Lindt and have to admit, hated it Galaxy caramel before Dx but something’s you just can’t have anymore.
 
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I am not a fan of dark chocolate at all. I just have very small amounts of milk when I fancy it and endure it doesn’t send me out of my target range.
 
Pre diagnosis I always loved dark chocolate. Well, what I thought was dark chocolate ie Bournville, which is actually only 36%! I’ve had to train myself to like, firstly 70% and I’ve now worked my way up to 85%, preferably Green and Black. I can’t tolerate any higher. On Christmas Eve I was making my annual tiramasu, the recipe calls for dark chocolate but the family can’t handle it too dark so I bought Bournville. Of course I had to have a square ( or three) I really thought it would be sickly sweet.OMG! It was blooming lovely! :D
 
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