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Type 2 First Time in 63 years

ardvark

ardvark

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Warwickshire
Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Tablets (oral)
Never had any chocky easter eggs this year. First time in my life. Never found an egg that I was able to have. What a bummer eh?
Some say this high coco chocky is ok but it's still high in carbs so how can it be?
 
ardvark said:
Never had any chocky easter eggs this year. First time in my life. Never found an egg that I was able to have. What a bummer eh?
Some say this high coco chocky is ok but it's still high in carbs so how can it be?
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Not at all. Choose an 80% bar or above and a couple of squares have negligible carbs.
 
It’s all down to portion control in my opinion. I often eat a couple of squares of high percentage chocolate or a couple of Hotel Chocolate 100% buttons after dinner.
I’ve been given a Lindt dark chocolate egg today which will last me for months, literally.
 
ardvark said:
Never had any chocky easter eggs this year. First time in my life. Never found an egg that I was able to have. What a bummer eh?
Some say this high coco chocky is ok but it's still high in carbs so how can it be?
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Because most people choose the high cocoa content and only have a square or two. Hotel Chocolat (which I know is expensive) did a large range of delicious chocolate eggs at all percentages. Of course that would mean it would last for months but it is delicious.
 
I eat a few tabs of high % choc as a treat most evenings, with little or no adverse effect on BG. At this very moment I'm nibbling on 85% although my preferred is now a 93% choc. I did once try 99% but found that all the joy had been squeezed out of it. You'll find that as the % increases over about 75% the carbs continue to reduce significantly so it's worth experimenting to see how high a % you can live with.
 
Hotel Chocklit 100% buttons for the win! I was given two packs for Easter by my lovely husband. They’ll last a week each :D (possibly)
 
90% Lindt dark with a dab of almond butter and a sprinkle of non sweetened toasted coconut. 1 square is plenty even from a reformed compulsive sweet eater.
 
@Mel dCP Is there anywhere you can buy Hotel Chocklit buttons apart from an HC shop? I’d love to try them. Thanks
 
Lint do a 90% coco chocy bar = 14g of carbs and 7g sugar. Say each bar has 10 squares = 1.4g of carbs per square.
How many squares would be exeptable to a T2 diabetic?
I know no squares would be the best option but I miss my chocky.
 
ardvark said:
Lint do a 90% coco chocy bar = 14g of carbs and 7g sugar. Say each bar has 10 squares = 1.4g of carbs per square.
How many squares would be exeptable to a T2 diabetic?
I know no squares would be the best option but I miss my chocky.
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How many is up to you and what your meter tells you.
 
ardvark said:
Never had any chocky easter eggs this year. First time in my life. Never found an egg that I was able to have. What a bummer eh?
Some say this high coco chocky is ok but it's still high in carbs so how can it be?
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Make your own. Buy a mold and enjoy playing.
 
Flora123 said:
@Mel dCP Is there anywhere you can buy Hotel Chocklit buttons apart from an HC shop? I’d love to try them. Thanks
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On their website or Amazon :) Lidl sometimes do a really good 95% chocolate bar that doesn’t affect my levels and I usually stock up when they have it in.
 
ardvark said:
I was thinking of having 2 squares as pudding after my tea.
2.4g of carbs and 1.4g of that sugar.
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That's what I have sometimes..seems ok for me.. but then I don't have pastry or potato or any starch for dinner....ever.
 
EVIL.
I had me tea and was looking forward to eating a bit of chocky again.
90% coco chocolate. It was EVIL. 1/2 a square I had and I struggled with that.
What a disapointment. Won't be touching that again.
Anyone want a bar of chocky with 1/2 a square missing?
 
ardvark said:
EVIL.
I had me tea and was looking forward to eating a bit of chocky again.
90% coco chocolate. It was EVIL. 1/2 a square I had and I struggled with that.
What a disapointment. Won't be touching that again.
Anyone want a bar of chocky with 1/2 a square missing?
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If you’re not used to such strong chocolate, it takes some serious getting used to. You need to work your way up the strengths rather than dive right in to 90%. One way to use it and get your chocolates hit, is to melt it into some double cream and let it cool. You’ll get a nice heavy mousse/ganache type thing you can eat with a spoon :)
 
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