Dark Chocolate

[muggle not]

Do any forum members like dark chocolate. I am in love with it. I only eat the 85% and 90% dark chocolate. However, occasionally I will eat a little of the 72%. My favorite is probably Lindt although I also like most others. The health benefits of dark chocolate are pretty good if eaten in moderation. I usually eat 2 squares a day.

[Virginia]

I've honestly tried to like dark chocolate. The only way I can really enjoy it is when its wrapped around caramel or milk chocolate. Its just too bitter for me. I just get so disgusted because I know its supposed to be good for me but its the same with red wine. I don't like it as its too bitter. Whodathunkit? Two of my favorite things and I don't like them. lol!!

[poppy]

I love dark chocolate in the 70% range but find the very dark ones rather bitter. But how do you stop at only two pieces???  Such self-control!

[muggle not]

I love dark chocolate in the 70% range but find the very dark ones rather bitter. But how do you stop at only two pieces???  Such self-control!

I admit it is difficult to stop at 2 squares but since I eat it almost every day (right after dinner) I must control the quantity or the calories will overcome the benefits.  

 

Not an expert on the subject but I believe anything 70% or over is good for you.  

[poppy]

I admit it is difficult to stop at 2 squares but since I eat it almost every day (right after dinner) I must control the quantity or the calories will overcome the benefits.

 

Not an expert on the subject but I believe anything 70% or over is good for you.

 

There's a really nice dark chocolate pepperment one made by Cadbury's that I love, but since I can do without ANY extra calories, I resist the temptation to buy it

[Talisman]

I am like you muggle in that I love dark chocolate. My preference is Green and Blacks, or anything with chilli in it. Like you, it has to be the really good stuff. There is no way I could stop at 2 squares though !  

[Athena]

I don't often eat chocolate on its own, but my parents eat the Lindt chocolate 85% pure. I've tried that one and it's nice. I have tried the 99% one too but that one is way too bitter (my parents agree, they much prefer the 85%). But I don't often eat chocolate anymore. I used to eat it more, but the past year or so I haven't really felt like it.

[Madeleine]

With Virginia on this, way too bitter for me.

[muggle not]

I am like you muggle in that I love dark chocolate. My preference is Green and Blacks, or anything with chilli in it. Like you, it has to be the really good stuff. There is no way I could stop at 2 squares though !  

I like Green and Blacks but still prefer Lindts of all the dark chocolates that I have tried.

 

I don't often eat chocolate on its own, but my parents eat the Lindt chocolate 85% pure. I've tried that one and it's nice. I have tried the 99% one too but that one is way too bitter (my parents agree, they much prefer the 85%). But I don't often eat chocolate anymore. I used to eat it more, but the past year or so I haven't really felt like it.

I am with your parents, the Lindts 85% is my favorite but Lindts also has a 90% that is good. I usually mix one square of the 85% and one square of the 90% (a bite of each).

 

With Virginia on this, way too bitter for me.

 

Try one square at a time.

 

There's a really nice dark chocolate pepperment one made by Cadbury's that I love, but since I can do without ANY extra calories, I resist the temptation to buy it

 

I suspect that it is much less than the 70% dark chocolate. But, Christmas is almost on us....splurge.

[poppy]

 

I suspect that it is much less than the 70% dark chocolate. But, Christmas is almost on us....splurge.

 

Cadbury's make an Old Gold range that uses 70% cocoa (or so they claim  )

[shirley]

I too like dark chocolate but very rarely have it.  Will have to get some when next out shopping.

[Flip Martian]

I like dark chocolate, and prefer it to milk these days. I generally stick to 72% or so, I find anything stronger is ok for 1 or 2 squares but no more than that. Which I suppose is a good way of not eating too much chocolate...

[Ben]

Seem to be in the minority here, but never been a big fan of dark chocolate. Milk all the way for me. (Not really surprised considering that's the type that's bad for you.)

[chesilbeach]

I think you acquire a taste for darker chocolate as you get older.  I never used to like it as a child, but now, I quite enjoy a little bit of good quality dark chocolate.  

 

I've got a bar of Green & Black's Mint chocolate in the fridge - it's not quite what I was expecting, as their Mint used to be like a bar of After Eight's with a mint fondant in dark chocolate squares, but this new one is a dark chocolate with a mint oil infused in it.  Still nice, just not what I'd wanted when I bought it!  I can only eat a couple of squares at a time, but that's all good.

[Madeleine]

Oh no I still don't like it, mind you I'm finding some brands of milk chocolate pretty sickly now (including, I have to say, Cadbury's since the US started making it, sorry guys, nothing personal!).

[Flip Martian]

I think you acquire a taste for darker chocolate as you get older.  I never used to like it as a child, but now, I quite enjoy a little bit of good quality dark chocolate.  

 

 

 

Agreed - I used to hate dark when younger.

[shirley]

Oh no I still don't like it, mind you I'm finding some brands of milk chocolate pretty sickly now (including, I have to say, Cadbury's since the US started making it, sorry guys, nothing personal!).

 

I am so pleased to hear that you are finding chocolate sickly as well, I thought it was just me. 

Sorry don't mean that how it sounds. 

I only have to have a couple of bites of a bar of chocolate and I start coughing.  Never used to. 

[muggle not]

I think you acquire a taste for darker chocolate as you get older.  I never used to like it as a child, but now, I quite enjoy a little bit of good quality dark chocolate.  

 

I've got a bar of Green & Black's Mint chocolate in the fridge - it's not quite what I was expecting, as their Mint used to be like a bar of After Eight's with a mint fondant in dark chocolate squares, but this new one is a dark chocolate with a mint oil infused in it.  Still nice, just not what I'd wanted when I bought it!  I can only eat a couple of squares at a time, but that's all good.

I guess that is the reason I like it so well (I may be the oldest person here) . I have two squares almost every day. last night after dinner I had 3 squares of a 88% dark chocolate and it was delicious. This was a new bar that I haven't had before and the squares were much smaller (18 squares in a bar). Lindt though is still my favorite although I sometimes buy what is on sale amongst Lindt, Black and Green, Cadbury, etc.

[bobblybear]

I'm not a fan of dark chocolate. I find it so bitter! Milk chocolate for me all the way.

[muggle not]

On 12/6/2016 at 12:38 PM, chesilbeach said:

I think you acquire a taste for darker chocolate as you get older.  I never used to like it as a child, but now, I quite enjoy a little bit of good quality dark chocolate.  

 

I've got a bar of Green & Black's Mint chocolate in the fridge - it's not quite what I was expecting, as their Mint used to be like a bar of After Eight's with a mint fondant in dark chocolate squares, but this new one is a dark chocolate with a mint oil infused in it.  Still nice, just not what I'd wanted when I bought it!  I can only eat a couple of squares at a time, but that's all good.

I thought I would resurrect this thread as there are some different people on the forum now:

 

Well, I am 8 ears older than when chesilbeach made her post and I believe she was correct. I enjoyed dark Chocolate way back "in the day" but even more so today.

I still prefer the 85 to 90 % but will eat a square of 72% mixed in. I still try to limit myself to 2 squares a day but frequently splurge to 3 squares. I don't feel Quilty eating the 3 squares as my doctor told me it is healthy for you in moderation.

Edited August 18 by muggle not

[lunababymoonchild]

I love dark chocolate but even having just one square a day I put on weight so it’s an uncommon luxury and very rare treat for me.

[muggle not]

6 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said:

I love dark chocolate but even having just one square a day I put on weight so it’s an uncommon luxury and very rare treat for me.

You have my sympathy. Maybe once in a while you could swap some other food that puts on weight for a a square of Dark Chocolate

[lunababymoonchild]

17 minutes ago, muggle not said:

You have my sympathy. Maybe once in a while you could swap some other food that puts on weight for a a square of Dark Chocolate

🤣 I’d swap all food altogether if I could get away with it but that would be very bad for my health 😂