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Diet all been great over last year weight still dropping food amazing but just want the odd small square of dark chocolate with my coffee every now and then. Can anyone recommend a good brand I tried 100% coca and it was way too bitter so any suggestions preferably organic.
Any dark chocolate 70% or over. I tried Galaxy Infusions a couple of weeks back and that was pretty good. Just remember no more than 2 squares and count it as part of your daily intake.
We did a dark chocolate tasty a few years back. Apart from learning it goes well with red wine, we learnt we prefer Lidl and Aldi dark chocolate over Green and Black and Lindt. I prefer the 85% and my partner prefers the 70%.
We did not try the flavoured chocolate as we weren't sure it would go with the wine.
But can definitely recommend a glass of Portuguese red from Douro with some Lidl dark chocolate. 🙂
Did a dark chocolate taste test with the folks a couple of weeks ago.
Had Green and Blacks 70 and 80%, Lindt 80%, Tesco and sainsburys 80 and 90% and Divine 70 and 80%
Green and blacks both tasted burnt with a huge acidic note, Lindt was tasteless pretty much, Tesco was overwhelmingly bitter, sainsburys (Ugandan) was smooth, not too bitter but not as creamy as the divine ones.
Also tasted some Willies Cacao bars but can’t recall which (one had tasting notes of fruit and berries which we all liked, and the other tasting note said coffee which I could get but neither of the oldies could) both of which were more complex than anything else but wouldn’t cut it as “everyday” chocolate.
All round fav was the Divine 80% followed by the sainsburys Uganda 90% and then Divine 70%.
Green and Blacks and Tesco were all on the “not worth the calories” pile.
I’ll put in a good word for Co-op Irresistible 85%. It’s creamier than Lindt (and cheaper) and I happen to have a co-op nearby. I had the Aldi Moser Roth recently, and I liked that, but it was a completely different flavour from the Co-op. I think you get used to one brand.
I don’t get on with dark chocolate at all. I buy the 30% less sugar Cadbury’s, only have one or two squares though. Also topic have brought out a bar of chocolate with is full of nuts and I also have a bag of the mini daim bars and I can tolerate a couple of those at a time.
My recent experiments resulted in a 50:50 mix (melted and the set in moulds) of Lindt 90% dark chocolate and Cadburys Dairy Milk (way too sweet) chocolate. The result was just right. Not too sweet. Not too bitter. Nice overall taste. A bit expensive overall but I am having some fun with chocolate right now....as long as I don't start eating tons of it!!!! 🙂
My recent experiments resulted in a 50:50 mix (melted and the set in moulds) of Lindt 90% dark chocolate and Cadburys Dairy Milk (way too sweet) chocolate. The result was just right. Not too sweet. Not too bitter. Nice overall taste. A bit expensive overall but I am having some fun with chocolate right now....as long as I don't start eating tons of it!!!! 🙂
Nuts are so moorish snd too mega high in fats n cals for me. Unless you know how to tweak it all. It’s no use the weight loss goes on . Even when I try to follow keto text book I gain . Metabolism is different for individuals . I’d do love something to work. Chocolate I m no lover off but I’d eat a packet of pistachios or tub . Then guess tmi lol
