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Chocolate

Diane_56

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
What do you do if you fancy a bit of chocolate
 
Have a couple of squares of 90%
 
I trained myself to like dark chocalate and factored it into my carb allowance. I alway have a square after dinner. Start at 60% if you are not used to it. Really savour the taste. Lindor extra dark is also a good but it depends on how low carb you are as to whether it is suitable.
 
Try melting a square or two of 85% in a cup of boiling water then adding some coffee and little double cream. Rings my choc craving bell!
 
100% Hotel Chocolat buttons for me please!
 
I either have a square of 99% dark choc or if I can be ***** I melt some in a bowl over hot water together with some coconut oil, add in some cacoa powder and some almonds, sometimes a bit of erythritol or monkfruit drops and / or some orange extract too, put the whole lot in a silicone mould and leave it in the fridge for an hour or so to set. Apart from taking up time, the only problem is that its a very more-ish mixture

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Cant quite see how writing a ***** as I did, can constitute profanity - still each to their own
 
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miahara said:
Try melting a square or two of 85% in a cup of boiling water then adding some coffee and little double cream. Rings my choc craving bell!
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I shall try that sometime!
 
Thanks all for your suggestions shall try some of them
 
You can buy 100% cocoa chocolate. It’s amazing. 8g carbs for an entire 100g bar and no sugars. Very likely too bitter for most people but I love it. I moderate it to a few squares on a weekend night, though, as I don’t want to develop a ‘sweet’ tooth.

I get my daily chocfix by sprinkling a little organic cinnamon and cocoa powder on my morning coffee
 
I have one square of anything above 90% every day after my meal. Had a piece of husbands choc orange when I was a little too low the other night and thought it far too sweet and sickly. It is amazing how taste buds change.
 
becca59 said:
[...]It is amazing how taste buds change.
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Yes indeed it is. Besides overground green vegetables, I effectively live on a zero carbohydrate diet, and I can smell sugar these days
 
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