I heard Dave say Lindt 85% was the best he could find, but he may have been in Canada at the time. If you can't get that I would say go with something of 85% or more chocolate.
Yes the higher you go NORMALLY the lower sugar and of course higher are the benefits. 99% by its own is not really good, but try mixing it almond butter or something. The butter basically hides the bitter taste of the chocolate and makes a pretty good snack. Lindt is still the best around as i didnt fin any high % cocoa organic chocolate. It always is around 70% and the sugar content is pretty high
I buy 90% Lindt chocolate bars of amazon.com. 12 bars for $30 free shipping. I sometimes eat a whole bar with lunch. You think that's too much?
I'm reading more about this, but the lindt 90% has the cocoa powder processed with alkali, which I read reduces the benefits of the anti-oxidants in the chocolate. Others here could probably comment more and say how much it really matters. They don't use alkali on their 85% dark, though. I basically just went to whole foods and bought the three best looking high percentage chocolate bars based on the ingredients and will report back based on taste and ingredients.
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I heard Dave say Lindt 85% was the best he could find, but he may have been in Canada at the time. If you can't get that I would say go with something of 85% or more chocolate.
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I can only find the 85% in Aus....
Jason, I can imagine that the 99% is nasty. I'll try the cocoa powder + butter tonight. Maybe with a bit of stevia and vanilla.
I can just imagine the girlfriend now "YOU ATE A WHOLE BLOCK OF BUTTER WITH CHOCOLATE POWDER IN IT FOR DINNER???? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU????"
No sorcery, just science.
Add coconut oil and a touch of PHRS (ground fine into a powder). The salt really does it for me.
So the higher the percentage the less sugar ? Is that how it works ?I think I may have had 85% Lindt already. It's reasonably easy to get in the UK
Sounds like my salted chocolate balls.
100g butter
30g cocoa powder
1-2 tablespoon stevia or xylitol
1 tablespoon vanilla powder, not sugar.
1cl coffee (optional)
Ca: 1 cup of shredded coconut
Mix ingredients with your hands to a pretty solid block, make smaller balls out of it and role in shredded coconut.
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I also make my own chocolate at same times.
First melt
8 tbsp-coconut oil
8 tbsp-chocolate butter
then ad:
4 tbsp- maca powder
4 tbsp-chocolate powder
1-tbsp honey (optional)
grounded nuts or some dry berries
Then but to freezer for 30 min
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This is how mine turned out
80g coconut oil
80g chocolate butter
3 tablespoons of cocoa powder
4 teaspoons of stevia (think I took too much)
Shredded coconut.
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I'm reading more about this, but the lindt 90% has the cocoa powder processed with alkali, which I read reduces the benefits of the anti-oxidants in the chocolate. Others here could probably comment more and say how much it really matters. They don't use alkali on their 85% dark, though. I basically just went to whole foods and bought the three best looking high percentage chocolate bars based on the ingredients and will report back based on taste and ingredients.