Sugar free chocolate

[shiffcam13]

Hi. Just wondering if anyone has tried Guylain dark chocolate. Think it’s 85% and sugar free. Or anyone have other favourites? Thank you

 

[Leadinglights]

Hi. Just wondering if anyone has tried Guylain dark chocolate. Think it’s 85% and sugar free. Or anyone have other favourites? Thank you

It might be sugar free but is still 31g carb per 100g, the sweetener used is erythritol.
I had some sugarfree chocolates at Xmas and they were revolting, far too sweet and left an aftertaste.
I find the Moser Roth dark choc from Aldi is as good as any for taste, but just 1 square at a time occasionally, well at the weekend.

 

[Drummer]

I get the 95% cocoa bars from Lidl - it is the only thing over 10% carbs on my menu, but I have just one square once in a while.

 

[Chris Hobson]

The Moser Roth mini bars from Aldi come in packs of five twenty five gram bars. They do dark chocolate that is 70% or 85% cocoa. The former is 30% carbs, the latter is 18% carbs. I found the 85% bars a bit hard going at first but having got used to the 70% ones now, not so much.

 

[shiffcam13]

Thanks for your replies- not essential to have choc but good to have a treat occasionally

 

[grovesy]

Just to be aware some products sold as sugar free have sweetners that can have a laxative effect.

 

[shiffcam13]

Ooh thank you - it’s a minefield trying to find things to eat

 

[NotWorriedAtAll]

Montezuma's Absolute Black Dark chocolate has only 8g of carbs per 100g - it is 100% cocoa chocolate with nothing else.
Chocologic dark chocolate is 55% cocoa solids and has 18g carbohydrates per 100g.

Those are the only two ready made chocolate I would have. Absolute black is an acquired taste but it makes a brilliant ingredient in cooking. Chocologic also has a milk chocolate version but that has 33g of carbs per 100g and 20 of those are sugars - so I wouldn't have that one personally - also I tried it once and I found it too sickly anyway.

All are available at Tesco.

 

[shiffcam13]

Thank you - will give them a try

 

[DaPa]

Montezuma's Absolute Black Dark chocolate has only 8g of carbs per 100g - it is 100% cocoa chocolate with nothing else.
Chocologic dark chocolate is 55% cocoa solids and has 18g carbohydrates per 100g.

Those are the only two ready made chocolate I would have. Absolute black is an acquired taste but it makes a brilliant ingredient in cooking. Chocologic also has a milk chocolate version but that has 33g of carbs per 100g and 20 of those are sugars - so I wouldn't have that one personally - also I tried it once and I found it too sickly anyway.

All are available at Tesco.

They also contain Polyols which I am led to believe do not raise blood sugars significantly.

 

[Browser]

Tesco Intense Dark, 85% Cocoa, 4.4 g carbs per 20 g at £1 per 100g bar compares well with most.

 

[Sharron1]

Montezuma's Absolute Black Dark chocolate has only 8g of carbs per 100g - it is 100% cocoa chocolate with nothing else.
Chocologic dark chocolate is 55% cocoa solids and has 18g carbohydrates per 100g.

Those are the only two ready made chocolate I would have. Absolute black is an acquired taste but it makes a brilliant ingredient in cooking. Chocologic also has a milk chocolate version but that has 33g of carbs per 100g and 20 of those are sugars - so I wouldn't have that one personally - also I tried it once and I found it too sickly anyway.

All are available at Tesco.

I also have Montezuma Dark Chocolate 100% cocoa. It isn't great and takes time to get used to it. A square every now and then goes a very long way. Sigh

 

[NotWorriedAtAll]

I also have Montezuma Dark Chocolate 100% cocoa. It isn't great and takes time to get used to it. A square every now and then goes a very long way. Sigh

I use it as an ingredient to make chocolate treats like these today. I riffed off Sugar Free Londoner's avocado chocolate browny recipe using montezuma chocolate together with cocoa powder and cocoa butter (which is white and zero carb) and a dash of double cream and I used flax seed egg instead of egg so I wouldn't be anxious about undercooking so I could enjoy the gooey fudgy texture. They were excellent and even my non diabetic husband who tends to avoid dark chocolate - enjoyed these.

 

[shiffcam13]

They look amazing - will def try making these. Great tip

 

[Tdm]

Hi. Just wondering if anyone has tried Guylain dark chocolate. Think it’s 85% and sugar free. Or anyone have other favourites? Thank you

I tried the milk choc...not a fan. Will go in the foodbank box with my other food failures. I prefered the chocolate i got from amazon...soopergood it called. Small bars but i find i can scoff a whole one with little effect on bs