Dark Chocolate Recommendations

[MarkyP123]

70% messed up my blood sugar but 90% worked OK (this is lindt BTW,)

I've just come back from holiday in Iceland and in the smallest supermarkets in little villages I was amazed to find several ranges of chocolate made using stevia that I had never seen in UK. I tried Balance dark chocolate with orange and it was very edible. They did a range of other flavours too. However having done a Google search I can only find the brand at Holland & Barrett and then only in milk and ordinary dark chocolate.

Went to Aldi today & they sell a range of Stevia chocolate bars. I've bought one & it's quite nice. Have to be careful with portion size though, as it can have a laxative affect.

 

[Dicky1]

Pound land do a nice big bar of dark chocolate which I find pretty good but then as a T2 for 35years I like any chocolate,
Even cooking chocolate so I guess I'm a bit of a chocoholic.Even so the diabetes seems to be under control as my last
Hba1c was 6.2. Keep smiling and remember every day above ground is a good day.

 

[Cap'n M]

LINDT 90% is the best dark chocolate in the world.

It is so chocolate and good. If you go lower than the 90%, it tastes grainy sugar, sweetner blecch.

You only need a tiny bit of a square and then savour it ....yum.

Amazing if you eat it with cashews, or a few raspberries etc.

Happy chocolate.

I agree, Lindt 90%, 3 x squares = 2.1G sucrose - not a problem. I thought about the Tescos Chocologic but it contains a shed-load of ingredients and sugar substitutes are probably not at all healthy. Lindt 90% contains only cocoa solids, cocoa butter, vanilla and a small amount of sucrose.

 

[PenfoldAPD]

Yep, another vote for Lindt here!

 

[desidiabulum]

Not a fan of Moser Roth, I'm afraid, but Hotel Chocolat do wonderful Colombian 75% and Vietnamese 80%. They are ridiculously expensive, which is very effective in keeping consumption down, so wins all round really. Very nice with a glass of Rioja, which also keeps BGs lower. Not too bad really, this diabetes lark....

 

[msmi1970]

i really have to stop visiting this thread......so much chocolate, so little time.

 

[EdMac]

I'm on the Lindt 90% at the moment, 2 squares is definitely enough to quell any enthusiasm for chocolate.

 

[lovinglife]

Got some nice little choc bars from a new range in M&S last week - 5 little bars of dark choc espresso - really strong coffee taste apparently as much coffee as a 30ml espresso so you really have to like coffee - each little bar has 5.5g of carbs and although I don't eat much chocolate I really like these

 

[Stallen]

Having avoid chocolate of 5 months.
I've justice tried Some Diablo Sugar Free Dark Chocolate with Hazelnuts its not bad, certainly I have tasted worse, but as it was only 3 for a £1 in Jack Fultons BBD of June 2016, I thought why not have a try.

I wouldn't pay full price £1.85 Holland and Barret.
It's a 85g bar had a quarter of a bar, it didn't effect my BGL at all.

 

[donnellysdogs]

Having avoid chocolate of 5 months.
I've justice tried Some Diablo Sugar Free Dark Chocolate with Hazelnuts its not bad, certainly I have tasted worse, but as it was only 3 for a £1 in Jack Fultons BBD of June 2016, I thought why not have a try.

I wouldn't pay full price £1.85 Holland and Barret.
It's a 85g bar had a quarter of a bar, it didn't effect my BGL at all.

Ooh.. Sugar free?? I Wouldn't touch that...Lidl or Lindt choc for me.

Just had a thought tho!! As my stomach doesn't work properly perhaps I ought to eat the sugar free to give me the runs!!!

 

[Stallen]

@donnellysdogs lol for some reason sugar free chocolate has no effect on my digestive system.

 

[msmi1970]

Got some nice little choc bars from a new range in M&S last week - 5 little bars of dark choc espresso - really strong coffee taste apparently as much coffee as a 30ml espresso so you really have to like coffee - each little bar has 5.5g of carbs and although I don't eat much chocolate I really like these

that sounds delicious & yes.. i do love my coffee.
also your weight loss is fantastic!! hope to get there one day.

 

[AtkinsMo]

Another vote here for Co-op Fairtrade 85% - it's absolutely gorgeous, somebody said earlier I think it's South American - it has a really unctuous fruity flavour and silky texture. Can't always find it though so regular (one square a day with a strong freshly brewed coffee with double cream) is Lindt 85%.

 

[hornseagirl]

Lindt is the best and you can get as high as 95%. A gorgeous bitter taste to it .

 

[PenfoldAPD]

Tried Hotel Chocolat fruit and nut 85% today - a nice surprise to find this. Really tasted and didn't affect my BG

 

[Cap'n M]

I've ditched Lindt 90% as I've discovered UK manufactured Montezuma's Absolute Black,100% Cocoa. Unlike Lindt 99% which tastes disgusting, the Montezuma is great, with <0.5% sugar content. It's expensive, at £2.60/100g but there's no need to eat a lot of it as it provides an enormous Cocoa hit! Waitrose is the only store that I've seen it in. Has anyone else tried this?

 

[Bon83]

I've ditched Lindt 90% as I've discovered UK manufactured Montezuma's Absolute Black,100% Cocoa. Unlike Lindt 99% which tastes disgusting, the Montezuma is great, with <0.5% sugar content. It's expensive, at £2.60/100g but there's no need to eat a lot of it as it provides an enormous Cocoa hit! Waitrose is the only store that I've seen it in. Has anyone else tried this?

Yes I have had this really nice! They sell it on Booths up north

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[zand]

Lindt 90% or Lindt 99% for me

 

[Mr_Pot]

I've ditched Lindt 90% as I've discovered UK manufactured Montezuma's Absolute Black,100% Cocoa. Unlike Lindt 99% which tastes disgusting, the Montezuma is great, with <0.5% sugar content. It's expensive, at £2.60/100g but there's no need to eat a lot of it as it provides an enormous Cocoa hit! Waitrose is the only store that I've seen it in. Has anyone else tried this?

What does "100% cocoa" mean, is it just a block of cocoa with no other ingredients?

 

[hca]

Not had chocolate since diagnosis, have always found dark chocolate too bitter. Perhaps time to try it again. We all deserve a treat now and again x