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True enough, but most milk chocolate products would have to add a lot of cocoa before they were considered dark chocolate. Just 20% is fairly typical here in the UK, which results in something far too sweet and barely recognisable as chocolate.

But I'm one of those freaks that actually likes dark chocolate up to 85%.

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> But I'm one of those freaks that actually likes dark chocolate up to 85%.

85% seems fairly commonly OK, I've rarely found other people who like 95+, let alone my best friend the 99% (http://www.chocolate.lindt.com/shop/excellence-cocoa-99-1).

I'll eat pretty much any dark chocolate. The best place to find inexpensive, yet good, dark chocolate in the United States is ALDI. Another great thing about their dark chocolate is that it doesn't contain any dairy. One of my friends was on an extremely limited diet for a while doctors tried to figure out what was causing a mysterious allergic reaction. That meant no dairy. She missed chocolate so much she nearly cried when I gave her the first chocolate she could eat in several months.

Trader Joes (run by the other half of ALDI) also has the good chocolate. :)

> The best place to find inexpensive, yet good, dark chocolate in the United States is ALDI. Another great thing about their dark chocolate is that it doesn't contain any dairy.

Yep, they're selling the same thing in Germany, it's great. Super cheap and vegan, contains lots of cocoa butter instead of milk.

The 99% lindt is one of my favourite chocolates. The whole process of enjoying dark chocolate is different than regular milk chocolate. I noticed that people who like milk chocolate usually consume large quantities. On the other hand dark chocolate lovers eat chocolate slowly allowing it to melt in the mouth.

Funnily enough this so-called "Choccolate Meditation" is the first meditation in the book on mindfulness for meditation, it's a fun place to start. Anecdotally I've never met a hectic stressed person who liked nearly-black bitter dark choccolate :)

(ISBN-13: 978-0749953089) http://amzn.eu/8JHl1tw

Meet me then. I switched over from brown to as dark as possible during me keto era four years ago and it stuck.

But I'm not good with stress. Could be the hyperactive twin toddlers driving me crazy of course!

The nice thing is good dark chocolate basically doesn't spoil. You don't even need to refrigerate it or anything.

> On the other hand dark chocolate lovers eat chocolate slowly allowing it to melt in the mouth.

In fairness there's no other way to enjoy really dark chocolate, masticating a piece (let alone multiple) yields no taste and a completely dry and powdery mouth, it's not enjoyable.

I've run across 'Dark' chocolate in Ireland that's 40% cocoa solids, and more than that sugar. Highly disappointed.

(I'm more of a 72% dark chocolate person. )

I used to hate dark chocolate.

I've been on keto (less than 20g of sugar a day) for a few months, and can now appreciate chocolate with 95%+ cocoa. It's crazy how much frequent sugar consumption affects your taste buds.

take a walk into pure darkness sometime, good luck...bitter is not the word! https://www.montezumas.co.uk/bars-c1/100-cocoa-chocolate-bar...

Also, (unsweetened) cacao nibs: http://navitasnaturals.com/product/439/Cacao-Nibs.html

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