I’ve never met chocolate I didn’t like. I mean, it’s chocolate. How bad can it be?
But I definitely prefer dark chocolate over any other type
I was thrilled to received this Ghirardellli Intense Dark Chocolate in conjunction with being a FoodBuzz Featured Publisher
The darker the better
Bring it. I can handle it.
Some people saw that dark chocolate is bitter. I would say that it lacks overt sweetness (and boy, do I have a sweettooth) but I wouldn’t call dark chocolate bitter, per se.
It’s just not sweet. But it’s dark, smooth, rich, and just melts in your mouth.
The Ghirardelli was perfect. I liked both the 72% and the 86%. The 86% being less sweet than the 72% but both were smooth and made me want to open a bottle of red wine and blow off the rest of the day and lovely.
I am not a fan of salt in any way, shape, or form, so I gifted the sea salt soiree chocolate bars to Scott and Skylar who happily took them off my hands.
She was excited about it!
Thanks, Ghirarhelli. This was a rough assignment but somebody had to do it.
I know you could use the Ghirardelli bars in recipes in place of chocolate chips (but I’d prefer to just eat them plain and savor them on their own)
If you want to make something dark & chocolatey, may I suggest
Raw Vegan Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Cookies (GF, you can bake them in the oven, dehydrate them, or just eat the raw cookie dough)
Dark Chocolate Coconut Snowballs (vegan, GF, no-bake, freezer friendly)
Coconut oil, coconut flakes, maple syrup, and dark cocoa powder may not look pretty but I can assure you it tastes pretty
Fudgy Nutella Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting
The richest, best brownie recipe I’ve ever made. And I am really picky about brownies.
Flourless Chocolate Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Easy, Gluten Free & Vegan-adaptable. And dark.
Also see my Chocolate Recipes Compilation Post
And my White Chocolate Recipes
I know white chocolate isn’t “really” chocolate, but it is to me
Questions:
What kind of chocolate do you like? Dark? How dark? Milk? White?
I love dark chocolate and yes, I like it very dark. It’s not bitter to me. It’s just not sweet.
I am not a fan of milk. At all. I would eat it on a desert island but I wouldn’t go in search of it otherwise.
White is not “real” chocolate, I realize, but I love it regardless. The uber sweet quality will always give it a place in my heart. These bars are possibly my fave dessert in recent memory.
I don’t like flavored chocolate other than possibly mint-flavored
But fruit-flavored, i.e. raspberry truffles or orange-infused bars of chocolate, is a 100% no-way for me! Just cluttering up the beauty.
I don’t like nuts in chocolate as a general rule
I do like the combos of:
peanut butter + chocolate (such as Nutella & Peanut Butter Graham Bars with Chocolate Frosting – No Bake)
caramel + chocolate (such as homemade vegan, GF Chocolate “Turtles” – No Bake)
marshmallow + chocolate (such as Deep Dish Double Chocolate Golden Grahams Smores Bars – Vegan & GF options)
Ahhhh, so many ways to enjoy chocolate, so little time.
How do you like your chocolate?
P.S. Keep the $50 Whole Foods Gift Card Giveaway entries coming!
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE DARK CHOCOLATE!!! Gosh it is so amazing. I only eat 100%, though. Anything lower is too sweet. It is so intense, and definitely not bitter. I love it. I brought a package of Baker’s unsweetened with me over the weekend (because I always crave it when I travel!) and ate the entire 8oz of chocolate over the weekend.
I used to hate dark chocolate but I’m finding myself drawn to it more and more – the flavours are so complex that it makes a really nice change.
My absolute favorite “chocolate” is definitely white chocolate. It’s the only way to go! Unless you count milk chocolate…yah that’s definitely then end-all-be-all in cocoa goodness….but sometimes I could most certainly go for some dark chocolate (mmm especially with caramel)…ok, clearly I’m equal opportunity chocolate consumer ;) Great post!
I like chocolate. All chocolate. Though white chocolate would be my least favorite.
Brooke
http://www.TheAnnessaFamily.blogspot.com
I don’t like any chocolate – carob though? Yum!!!
The darker the better. Chocolate and coffee is another great combination.
ah chocolate talk, my favorite topic. The darkest the better for me! I eat unsweetened chocolate almost daily. And I usually have a few sqaures of 86% or 90% after meals. I LOVE it. I don’t eat it cuz its ‘healthier’ I honestly just love the depth it has!
Dark chocolate for sure! I’m still not one to just eat a bar of it plain, but I do enjoy dark chocolate chips in things. Cookies, your coconut cookie dough balls, and even some quick breads. I bet the Ghirardelli bars would be awesome chunked and baked with :]
The next time you don’t want something chocolatey with sea salt in it, send it on over! I love sea salt + dark chocolate!!
I used to hate dark chocolate, but when I went vegan oh so long ago, I learned to like it. Now I don’t eat chocolate any other way. I generally make my own.. SO dark and delicious, my goodness. But if I go to the store, the higher the % the better!
i like my chocolate plain, please!
i’m nodding in agreement with you about many of your preferences: i’m not big on salt, the darker the chocolate the better and i do not find it bitter; milk chocolate tastes cheap after you’ve had dark chocolate; i don’t like nuts, fruit, mint flavour in my chocolate; best forms: in choco chip cookies, choco chip ice cream, or dark choco chips sprinkled on cottage cheese or yogurt. yum!
way to go on completing this tough assignment for the blog!! :)
I really never met a chocolate I didn’t like. But dark chocolate wins, to be sure — it’s the one that I’d take to my dessert island.
I with you, the darker the better. But I do enjoy a nice white chocolate from time to time.
I agree 100%
Except i don’t like white “chocolate”. Its a fraud.
Like you.. I don’t discriminate against chocolate! :) ill take it in any color or variety It comes in!
Way to take one for the team and sample some chocolate so we didn’t have to ;)
I used to love white chocolate, but as I got more into a healthy lifestyle dark chocolate became more appealing. I just feel like there’s something so pure about it (at least that’s what I tell myself..)
take one for the team…I love it :)