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Mountain Mama Rookie
Mountain Mama
Posted

Ok, so I have started a topic on chocolate so as not to be hijacking the gluten thread. I am a new person in the world of chocolate and need all the wonderful advice of what chocolates are divine and what ones suck. Today I tried Dagoba 59% and it was tasty, but then I tried Endangered Species Dark Chocolate deep forest mint 70% and that was so divine! I must buy it again when I run out. I also got Green and Blacks 70% but haven't tried it yet because it says made in a facility that processes wheat on it.... So, what chocolate do you like???

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ArtGirl Enthusiast
ArtGirl
Posted

I'm always on the lookout for good chocolate. I must stay away from dairy (milk chocolate) and corn (corn syrup) so the bars that have no milk and are sweetened with sugar are far and few between.

One of my favorite bars is Newman's Own Sweet Dark Orange (they also have Sweet Dark without a flavor). It's not at all bitter, which is what I don't like about some dark chocolates. For those of you who are super sensitive, they do have a statement "manufactured on equipment that may process products containing peanuts, other nuts, milk powder, wheat, soy and egg). I've never had any problem with the two varieties I mentioned, but then I only eat a couple squares at a time.

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
Posted

That Open Original Shared Link w/ Mint is one of my favorites. I also like their raspberry one.

Open Original Shared Link's one with crispy rice is fun too.

There are also so many good Open Original Shared Link options, and I like a number of them.

I've also just gotten turned on to Open Original Shared Link, which I am enjoying a lot.

Though others didn't, I really liked the Open Original Shared Link with ginger.

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
Posted

I don't know if you can get this in the US (I'm in the UK) but Green & Blacks Dark with cherry is divine!!!

Also Lindt 85%

Can you tell I like chocolate! :ph34r:

hathor Contributor
hathor
Posted

In another thread, tarnalberry had this link:

Open Original Shared Link

It looks like I'm going to be busy!

I've tried Michel Cluizel before (on that site -- I had found what I bought elsewhere) and really liked it. I bought both my kids their single source sampler two Christmases ago. They liked it so much that this is the one present they both want every Christmas now. Knowing what is in their best interests, they have always shared squares with me :lol:

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
Posted

As a bonus, if you live in Oregon (the Portland area, I believe), you can pick up directly from Chocosphere and avoid delivery charges - or, in summer months, a very difficult time with delivery.

Mountain Mama Rookie
Mountain Mama
Posted
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Ooooh Tarnalberry, I didn't know they made a raspberry too!! I am all over that! And the one with crispy rice sounds good too. Hathor, that link looks like the best kind of trouble! My son and I have been drooling over all the internet chocolate while eating our new chocolate (although, I am not sharing mine, he has to eat the trader joes milk chocolate, lol)

I found this, has anyone tried it? It showed up on a search on amazon in gormet food with a search of gluten free. here It looks so yummy and they have different options. I may order some and try it.

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larry mac Enthusiast
larry mac
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OK, I started out a little strong perhaps. C

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
Posted

A few more that I've found to appear to be soy free as well (though there may be 'made in shared facility' disclaimers, and I can only speak for the varieties that I got in my order today):

Open Original Shared Link (French)

Open Original Shared Link (Italian)

Open Original Shared Link (French) (website is in French)

Open Original Shared Link (Italian)

scorpionco Newbie
scorpionco
Posted

Nothing compares to Cadbury's, but you can't get REAL Cadbury's in the U.S. The Cadbury's you get in the U.S. is actually produced under license by Hershey's, and is NOT NEARLY AS GOOD as what you get in the UK or Australia. It's still good, just not the same. Anyway, Cadbury's is definitely one of my favorites, and I eat a LOT of chocolate (probably too much, actually).

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Crystal Brown Rookie
Crystal Brown
Posted

Ghiradelli Dark Chocolate with Caramel... Oh man, a little too addicting. I had the WORST chocolate craving last night.. at 1AM.. and drove around to 5 different convenience stores looking for my fix :P I never found it :( But I did end up with two Toblerones.

Oh man! Just realized I don't have anymore chocolate, again..

Why must it disappear so quickly?

:P

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
Posted

See, I don't like Green & Black, their chocolate is kinda dry and icky to me. I like Dagoba and endangered Species, and that crispy rice one we can have, that was fun. Dagoba Conacado is a 70+% chocolate, it's YUMMY.

Side note: Zell, you know this thread was like, two years old right?

larry mac Enthusiast
larry mac
Posted

Yikes! Got suckered in again. You'd think one would learn after a few years. I was reading the thread from the beginning when I got to my own post. Surprise! :lol:

Hey Zella,

You really are a chocolate lover.

best regards, lm

purple Community Regular
purple
Posted

Old thread but the same great taste...mmmm...CHOCOLATE...my dh brought home 4 bags of candy last night (never send him to the store!) and one bag was a big bag of dark chocolate M&M's. I'm not much for M&M's but dark chocolate is my fav! ;)

I can pass on the others. None were chocolate and the other 3 bags were only $1. YAY!

I think I will hide some M&M's for making cookies next week.

Crystal Brown Rookie
Crystal Brown
Posted
See, I don't like Green & Black, their chocolate is kinda dry and icky to me. I like Dagoba and endangered Species, and that crispy rice one we can have, that was fun. Dagoba Conacado is a 70+% chocolate, it's YUMMY.

Side note: Zell, you know this thread was like, two years old right?

Of course :)

I bring back the old ones, so I don't get the infamous "you know there is already a thread about this, right?"

:lol:

Chocolate is chocolate and always fun to talk about.. unless you're mad at it because you ate too much :P

Crystal Brown Rookie
Crystal Brown
Posted
Yikes! Got suckered in again. You'd think one would learn after a few years. I was reading the thread from the beginning when I got to my own post. Surprise! :lol:

Hey Zella,

You really are a chocolate lover.

best regards, lm

Your puppy is SO cute!!!! Schnauzer?

larry mac Enthusiast
larry mac
Posted
Your puppy is SO cute!!!! Schnauzer?

Thank you, yes. That's Phoebe Buffay. We have a new one too, Penny Lane, and there's a story.

My wife almost ran over two mini-Schnauzers on our street one morning. Worried they would get killed, I put them in the back yard. No tags or collars. They were ungroomed and dirty. I notified Animal Control, but no one reported them missing. That night, fearing it would get too cold outside, I had to give them both a bath before letting them sleep in our laundry room.

The next day, I took them to Animal Control to get them scanned for microchips. They had none. They guessed thier age at about one year. Then I took them to get groomed. The next week we put the male (who we had named Bear) on Craigslist, and found a good home for him.

I had the vet run some bloodwork and check for heartworms on the girl. We decided to keep her. A week after finding her, I took her to get all her shots, and a microchip. The next day I took her to the Vets to get fixed. They called me back about an hour later to say it's too late, she was pregnant. I had them take some radiographs, and she was 45 days along, with three puppies. Too late to do the procedure as it would be too risky for her. She was real skinny when we found her and she seemed to be putting on some weight. But we just assumed it was due to getting a better diet now. We were wrong.

Sure enough, three weeks later, at 4:30 in the morning, I heard a little crying (we had been keeping her in the bedroom with us, in a birthing box). I looked over and here she came, walking around the bed, with a little newborn hanging out of her rear, just a swinging like a yo-yo. It wasn't too happy about it either. I tied off the umbilical chord and cut it, but the string just fell off. In the next couple hours she had the other two.

So, I changed her bedding and after washing it (about an hour later) took the puppies out of the box to change it again. I got to the last one and to my surprise it had an umbilical chord that stretched and went Bingggg like a rubber band before it broke. There were now four.

About an hour later, I took Penny a bowl of food to see if she was hungry. She comes walking out of the box with another puppy hanging and swinging and calmly starts eating the food. It was pretty darn funny. Number five. Two boys and three girls.

So now it's five weeks later and they are just as cute as can be. Ya just want to hug and kiss em all the time. We already have five good homes for them. Co-workers of my wife.

Trouble, Gracie, Zoie, Lulu, and Sargeant. The puppies, not the co-workers. :P

best regards, lm

Crystal Brown Rookie
Crystal Brown
Posted
So now it's five weeks later and they are just as cute as can be. Ya just want to hug and kiss em all the time. We already have five good homes for them. Co-workers of my wife.

Trouble, Gracie, Zoie, Lulu, and Sargeant. The puppies, not the co-workers. :P

best regards, lm

Great story :D

I was gonna say, wow, your co-workers sound mighty interesting ;)

That is great you found them all homes. You've definitely taken good care of them!

Are there puppy pics by any chance?

Phoebe Buffay <----- :lol: What a great name!!!!

eeyore Collaborator
eeyore
Posted

I love Lindt 70%! Their mint and orange chocolates are also heavenly, but I can't have the orange type anymore ever since I went off soy.

mushroom Proficient
mushroom
Posted
but I can't have the orange type anymore ever since I went off soy.

Isn't it a bummer that they have to put soy in so much chocolate!!! :( I would love to try the Lindt orange, have actually had it in my hot little hand several times and reluctantly put it back.

Ashley Enthusiast
Ashley
Posted

The best chocolate I've ever had is Kinder from Germany.

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
Posted
Isn't it a bummer that they have to put soy in so much chocolate!!! :( I would love to try the Lindt orange, have actually had it in my hot little hand several times and reluctantly put it back.

You could always take the Enjoy Life choc chips and melt them down and add flavoring and make cute little shapes or candy bars with it.

mushroom Proficient
mushroom
Posted
You could always take the Enjoy Life choc chips and melt them down and add flavoring and make cute little shapes or candy bars with it.

HaHaHa!! We don't get Enjoy Life choc chips down here :lol: But every now and again I find Living Well chocolate bars, outrageously priced, and splurge a little (well, a lot actually). But they don't last long :rolleyes:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
Posted
Chocolate is chocolate and always fun to talk about.. unless you're mad at it because you ate too much :P

:lol:

Am I mad at the chocolate, or at myself? Because, I ate a WHOLE pan of very chocolate-y brownies - for the second weekend in a row - in two days.

:ph34r:

and so, I am now broken up with chocolate, and all things sweet, for a while. Detoxing.

:huh:

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
Posted
Yikes! Got suckered in again. You'd think one would learn after a few years. I was reading the thread from the beginning when I got to my own post. Surprise! :lol:

:lol: Me too!!!

...but can you really ever talk enough about chocolate one wonders :unsure: ............

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