If you don’t love dark chocolate

[EmmaL76]

I’ve found these chocolate bars really good. I’m not a massive fan of dark chocolate. These taste much more like milk chocolate. I thought I’d post as currently there is an offer on Amazon. Think they are 7g carbs per bar. I find half a bar is enough for my fix. Usually £20 for a box currently £12

 

[EmmaL76]

I think it’s a milk alternative but I’m not entirely sure

 

[Leadinglights]

I think it’s a milk alternative but I’m not entirely sure

They are only 22g bars. Ingredients. Can't see the nutritional info on Amazon.
Raw cacao butter*, coconut sugar*, raw cacao powder*, creamed coconut*, lucuma powder*, natural vanilla flavour (0.2%). *Certified organic. Cocoa solids 52% minimum.
The reviews weren't very good though but you have obviously found them OK

 

[EmmaL76]

I found the nutritional on Amazon. Just thought it worth a mention.

 

[sarahb83]

Oh I hate dark chocolate, I’d rather have none than dark I’ve been getting my sweet fix with peanut butter I think it’s been my saviour

 

[trophywench]

Even when I was little I much preferred Bournville to Milk. Was it because my dad always bought mom a box of Black Magic for Xmas and birthdays - and we could only have one if offered by her, thus making them special?

Bournville choc and a crispy crunchy green apple. (Memories!)

 

[Kaylz]

I much preferred Bournville to Milk

See to me I don't think of it as "dark", it only skims in to the category of dark chocolate by just 1% more than what it needs to be classed as dark and it's first listed ingredient is sugar, for me to class a chocolate as dark cocoa mass should be it's first listed ingredient and needs to be far more than 36% minimum cocoa solids xx

 

[EmmaL76]

Well forget the halo chocolate I posted… just realised the dairy milk 30% less sugar chocolate has about the same carbs as the halo. I actually prefer that to the original dairy milk.. or so I keep telling myself.

 

[sarahb83]

Well forget the halo chocolate I posted… just realised the dairy milk 30% less sugar chocolate has about the same carbs as the halo. I actually prefer that to the original dairy milk.. or so I keep telling myself.

Oooo really? Might have a look at that for the occasional treat further down the line x

 

[trophywench]

See to me I don't think of it as "dark", it only skims in to the category of dark chocolate by just 1% more than what it needs to be classed as dark and it's first listed ingredient is sugar, for me to class a chocolate as dark cocoa mass should be it's first listed ingredient and needs to be far more than 36% minimum cocoa solids xx

Which other dark chocolate was easily available in the UK in the 1950s then?

 

[Leadinglights]

Which other dark chocolate was easily available in the UK in the 1950s then?

I think Fry's did a dark chocolate but it had a minty cream middle.
What about Black Magic and Terry's All gold.
Interesting that Chocolate used to be a savoury drink with spices.
Hairy Bikers put dark chocolate in Chilli con Carne.

 

[trophywench]

Yup, Frys did do a dark choc mint cream bar and of course Terrys made All Gold, but mon preferred Black Magic. I was meaning bars of dark chocolate though! In the late 60s/early 70s, Terry's did a dark choc Waifa and there was an After Eight chocolate bar, which was actually 2 mega thin bars and must have been higher choc, most didn't like it cos it tasted slightly bitter ! - and they stopped making it. Oh and of course, Thorntons once I was at work in Birmingham, they didn't originally have a shop anywhere else.

But, when I was a child it was Bournville or nowt if you wanted a bar of dark choc.

 

[Martin62]

I have these and they are lovely 21g per 100g, they come in 15g bars .

 

[Gwynn]

Interesting thread.

I dislike 90% dark chocolate (Lindt) and I dislike milk chocolate (Cadburys) BUT I discovered that if I melt both in a 50:50 ratio the mixed and solidified result is delicious. Taste, texture, melting point (in the mouth), etc. Oh and 8g carbs for 22g chocolate mix. Hmm a tad high.

Strange but true (for me)

 

[nonethewiser]

Frys & Bournville wont anything like dark chocolate compared to what's available now, 85% cocoa is about limit for me, 100% would be to much.

 

[Robin]

Yup, Frys did do a dark choc mint cream bar and of course Terrys made All Gold, but mon preferred Black Magic. I was meaning bars of dark chocolate though! In the late 60s/early 70s, Terry's did a dark choc Waifa and there was an After Eight chocolate bar, which was actually 2 mega thin bars and must have been higher choc, most didn't like it cos it tasted slightly bitter ! - and they stopped making it. Oh and of course, Thorntons once I was at work in Birmingham, they didn't originally have a shop anywhere else.

But, when I was a child it was Bournville or nowt if you wanted a bar of dark choc.

Ooh! Memory lane! I preferred dark chocolate as a child, and occasionally a bar of After Eight chocolate would appear in the house, and it was definitely more bitter than Bournville. It was a real treat.