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Quote by: Pete Bauman
 
“All chocolates are some combination of cocoa powder, sugar, milk and fat. the presence of cocoa solids is what causes the color, so for example white chocolate has no cocoa solids. milk chocolate, unlike dark chocolate, has condensed or powedered milk in it and that’s what gives it the creamy texture. dark chocolate has a varying percentage of cocoa in it, with it becoming more bitter as the percentage goes up since the cocoa is replacing the sugar. just about the highest you’ll find that is palatable is around 85% (the kind that i like), but pure baking chocolate usually contains no sugar, just the cocoa butter and solids. “

What is you favorite chocolate to eat??
 
My favorite is lindt dark chocolate truffles!!
 
I am a big fan of dark chocolate 
  
 
  
 
I CALL THIS LOVE!!!
 

my fav are lindor’s milk chocolate peanut butter filled truffles…mmmm.

My new favorite healthy alternatice chocloate find
 
CAROB chips.. Have you tried them??..
 
 
Carob chips are small chips made from carob powder. They bear semblance to chocolate chips and can be used in any recipe as a substitute for chocolate chips.
 
Carob has only one third the calories of chocolate and is virtually fat free. Chocolate is approximately half fat! Carob is also high in a fiber called pectin.
 
Carob’s non allergenic factors are attributed to its lack of phenylethylamine-which can trigger migraines-and fromamine, which can cause both migraines and allergic reactions.
Unlike chocolate, carob contains no oxalic acid to prevent the absorption of calcium and zinc…
Perhaps the most valuable selling point of carob is that it does not contain theobromine and caffeine, two stimulant substances found in chocolate. Carob’s natural sugar content also means that you will have to include less sugar in your baked goods when substituting carob for chocolate. Ultimately, if you can adjust to the subtle taste difference, organic carob chips are by far the healthier sweet!
Carob Chips Nutrition Facts
 
-One cup of these chips contain 50 gm saturated fat and 90 gm sugar.            
 
-Their dietary fiber content is more than chocolate chips, with one cup containing 6.6 gm of dietary fiber.
 
-Carob chips calories in one cup serving size accounts to 934. .
 
Carob Chips : Ingredients
 
-3/4 cup carob powder
-1 cup coconut oil
-1 tablespoon vanilla extract
-1 teaspoon chocolate extrac
-1/4 cup Rapadura* (sweetener)
 

 

i don’t like anything less than about 60% cacao chocolate. my favorite kind is Trader Joes “The Dark Chocolate Lovers Chocolate Bar, 85% cacao”. i have some of that every night after dinner for my dessert, usually with a glass of red wine, so i don’t pound a pint of ice cream.

i really can’t stand milk chocolate so all of those candy bars i used to eat as a kid are pretty nasty imo.

yummm! my favorite combo!! I think you and I can be freinds now!!
 
dark chocolate is so much richer in taste..  

You girls and your chocolate…sheesh.

And c’mon Pete - red wine and chocolate? You might just be the biggest girly man I know.

hahah.. but his comment made the girls go WOW!! that is my type of guy ” HE understands”!!

your mom doesn’t think i’m a girly man Dave. ;o) see, i don’t even have to defend myself, i know what the girls like.

and btw, you can’t say anything to me. i saw Dixie Chicks, Taylor Swift and Kelly Clarkson on your iPod at the gym.

Lol, cat fight! You guys are silly ^_^

This will make everyone stop fighting
 

 
 
NOT Aloud in my house.  If you buy me these as a gift .. I will be insulted lol
 
 
 

 
 

 

 
 
Just for you Pete!! Just showing a little bit of love
 

 

OMG, you guys are killing me… this is the best thread ever! Hahaha. I’ve never tried that kind Pete, I might have to pick it up next time I go to TJ’s. Is it really bitter? I know 100% chocolate and baking chocolate is really really bitter, so I would imagine that really super high % cacao chocolates would be really bitter too. I recommend clients eat a piece of high quality chocolate to curb a sweet tooth, but I usually go with normal dark chocolate…

I  have chocolate protein powder to kill my sweet tooth.. I make really good desserts with it..
 
Have you ever tried this with your clients gymclass?  

thanks for the shout out Laura, that’s the stuff!

You welcome! 
 
I saw them at trader joes last night. I was so tempted to buy them.. However, I know how to control my cravings.. DONT BUY THEM!  So i was good..  I went home to my home mae chocolate protein pudding, smiled, rubbed my belly and went to sleep happy =)  

just letting you all chocoholics know it’s chocolate cake day….get a load of these dishes!

http://blog.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/2011/01/27/ooey-gooey-good-national-chocolate-cak-
e-day/

oh my!!  The perfect “Molten Chocolate Cake”
 
I think that is my all time favorite 

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Chocolate is recession proof!
 
Chocolate is on the rise people
 
Read this blog…
 
http://www.muscledog.com/blog/view/413/NATURAL_INGREDIENTS_BLOG__CHOCOLATE#&r=8&r=10