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The dietician at the UCLA Cardio Rehab Center recommended trying 95% Cocoa chocolate if you have chocolate cravings because it has much less sugar than regular chocolate. My experience (sample size N=1) is that if I get a craving for chocolate I can eat a single square of the stuff and, because of the high cocoa content, it feels like I just ate a whole box of regular chocolates.

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95%! Isn't that too bitter? One square of 72% works best for me, 85% is pushing it.

I mostly eat 90% and now find 85% too sweet (but 100% too bitter). I think our taste just adapts to the level of sweetness after some time.

I used to drink coffee with sugar, until I purposefully cut it out, and now I can't stand sugar in my coffee.

I can't believe I used to drink those glass bottle starbucks coffee drinks at one point.

> I can't believe I used to drink those glass bottle starbucks coffee drinks at one point.

They're unbearable -- like drinking a milkshake. It's so frustrating that convenience stores in the US rarely stock black cold coffee in cans or bottles.

Depends upon the bar. I find some 99% bars very enjoyable, and some 70% bars not worth eating, and vice versa. I tend to stay away from any bar with too much sugar, or with adjuncts like dairy, salt, chili, mint, orange, etc (because I find they hide the natural flavors in the chocolate itself), and then don’t worry about the percentage as much.

> 95%! Isn't that too bitter? One square of 72% works best for me, 85% is pushing it.

Agreed. But I like embedded almonds too

The quality of the chocolate matters a lot more when you don't have sugar covering up the problems.

Ymmv 99+ with some black coffee is delightful for me

85 is the optimal %.

I found this Simple way to stop chocolate craving, don’t have one at home.

they don't have chocolate outside of your home where you live? you have access to them only at your house?

For me, those high cocoa chocolates taste unbalanced and unsatisfying. I quickly stop easting them and look for something else. If all I taste is dry and bitter, that is not what I am looking for. I want a little cocoa butter smoothness and a little sweet, too.

For me a high cocoa chocoalte tastes unbalanced... and this is why I like it. The only problem I have it's sold at the same size with 50/50 sugar cocoa chocos and that means I'm set after a few chips and the rest is wasted sitting in the corner till be disposed.

I would be fine with ~25g one (even at the 1/2 of the cost of a 'full' bar) but looks like noone is interested.

Really depends on quality of chocolate. Trader Joe’s 85% is okay but a German bar from Lidl at 85% is amazing.

I find in all cases, mixing dark chocolate with peanut butter even without additional sugar evokes a memory of my lifetime enjoyment of Reese’s and it is delightful. I suspect hazelnut or almond are good options too, and reduce sugar ratio further.

For dark choc, going for 70% is enjoyable yet also healthy.

i eat half a bar of it per day, amazing brain fuel

If you're eating that much, be careful about cadmium and lead.

yep i switched to taza

Just curious how much is half a bar? I bought a few 100% but they look large...

~210 calories

Dark chocolate covered coffee beans are nice

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