If you want it to be low in sugar with a really rich, dark chocolate flavor,
go for a dark chocolate chip, with a 60 - 70 % cacao content.
Go for dark chocolate options instead of the traditional milk chocolate, dark chocolate has more nutritional value and tends to be lower in sugar.
Instead of grabbing the sweetest choc on the shelf,
go for a dark chocolate option.
If I'm not craving a coconut pop, it's because I'm craving chocolate, so
I go for Dark Chocolate Almond With Sea Salt barkTHINS.
Not exact matches
While this study is great news
for confirmed chocoholics like me, there are a couple of cautions to share before you
go out and stock up on your favorite brand of
dark chocolate.
I was struck by what a nice crust it made
for cheesecake, so I started to play with it, chopping up hazelnuts and
dark chocolate to
go along with it.
The best part is, since they are grain and sugar free... except
for whatever trace amounts of sugar there is in 60 %
chocolate and you can
go darker and get less sugar... these are not
going to spike your blood sugar.
That's why we needed to up our game and make a trail mix with the proper ratio of
dark chocolate to trail mix
for those times when there just aren't enough chocolaty bits to
go around.
Adapted from King Arthur Flour (my
go - to source
for tested recipes), this fudge is smooth and rich, with an added touch of kosher salt to balance out all that sweetness
for the
dark chocolate chips.
And
for a healthier treat, I'll have a batch of these
Dark Chocolate Cherry Energy Bites ready to
go.
I have been wanting to make these
dark chocolate coconut truffles
for a long time now but never got around to it because I had other recipes I wanted to tackle, however, last week, since I also wanted to have something with coconut flavor, I
went ahead and made these.
But I am still
going for jam, honey and
dark chocolate.
Now, one more thing before I
go and let you get your
chocolate making on, these deliciously simple, secretly healthy
dark chocolate peanut butter fudge bites we're making... they aren't
for the faint of heart.
Feel free to share recipes, or links to your fave recipes in the comments below or on the Facebook page and please
for the love of all that is good in this world when you do make your decadent and rich, salted,
dark chocolate peanut butter tahini fudge bites (or any of the recipes you find on this blog of mine)
go ahead and snap a pic and share it either on the Facebook page, or tag me on twitter or Instagram.
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Anne, I've been thinking about the same thing and decided dipping them would be too much (but if no one's watching, I would totally
go for it:D) and just drizzling some melted
dark chocolate, while they are still on the baking sheet would be a better idea.
Green it:
go for super
dark, fair - trade, pure organic
chocolate, not the sugary, processed milk
chocolate candy bars.
Dear Molly ~ I
went shopping
for the best
chocolate I could find and came home with Scharffen Berger Fine Artisan Dark Chocolate ~ but I was only able to find Unsweetened 99 % and Semisweet 62 % ~ Which one shou
chocolate I could find and came home with Scharffen Berger Fine Artisan
Dark Chocolate ~ but I was only able to find Unsweetened 99 % and Semisweet 62 % ~ Which one shou
Chocolate ~ but I was only able to find Unsweetened 99 % and Semisweet 62 % ~ Which one should I use?
I have
gone for the classic
dark chocolate here, I really like the slight bitter flavour of the
chocolate with the sweet mint of the sweets.
planning to
go for raw
dark chocolate bars next time, lets see how it
goes
For dessert, you just can't
go wrong with Civico 1845's Cannoli — not just one but two large cheese - filled pastries with crunchy pistachio tips served atop an impossibly rich
dark chocolate sauce.
* 2 cups raw, organic walnuts, toasted in a 300 degree F oven
for 20 minutes and then cooled slightly (if you have time to soak your walnuts in water overnight first,
go ahead and do so... this can help make them easier to digest; if you do soak them, rinse them in clean water and pay dry before toasting them, or skip the toasting step) * 1 tablespoon toasted walnut oil (or use a different neutral oil like grapeseed) * 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup, plus more to taste * 1/4 cup unsweetened, unsulphured dried cherries, chopped (I bought mine at Trader Joe's) * pinch or two of fine Himalayan or sea salt (start with one pinch, blend, taste, and add more if needed) * 1 - 2 tablespoons cacao nibs or finely chopped
dark chocolate
I had to make a few substitutions (light
for dark brown sugar, regular fir Dutch cocoa, and milk
for bittersweet
chocolate) because it's almost midnight and I don't want to
go back to the store, but it came out great!
Fab flavour combos, orange white choc and cranberry always
go great together — I also used raw honey in place of agave as I believe its a more natural, unrefined sweetner (agave isnt as innocent as you might think — read up about it) As
for those of you who wanted to know about the white choc chips, well I avoid all dairy and refined sugars so I simply made my own, its dead easy — simply combine pure raw cacao butter (gently melted) with a pinch of celtic salt, a little extract of vanilla and some raw cashew butter, then freeze in a suitable container before breaking into chunks!!!!! yummy You can make
dark chocolate chips even easier by melting pure coconut oil and stirring in a little vanilla, honey and raw cacao powder before freezing!!!
Feel free to share recipes, or links to your fave recipes in the comments below or on the Facebook page and please
for the love of all that is good in this world when you do make your
dark chocolate strawberry coconut butter cups (or any of the recipes you find on this blog of mine)
go ahead and snap a pic and share it either on the Facebook page, or tag me on twitter or Instagram.
What's in them: 1 cup fiber cereal, finely ground (I used
Go Lean but Fiber One, Nature's Path Flax Plus Flakes, or another favorite are fine) 3/4 cup creamy natural peanut butter 1 ripe banana Optional: 1 - 2 tablespoons agave or honey (if you're using unsweetened, natural peanut butter you may want to add a little but I left it out and they were still delicious) 6 oz
dark chocolate Decorations:
for the spiders I used thin broken pretzels and halved jelly beans
I made your
dark chocolate cookies with milk
chocolate chips
for a party and they
went in under 5 minutes.
I recommend you
go for the highest
dark chocolate percentage you can stand.
I am
going to try this with almond flour bread, pure
dark chocolate, coconut milk and maple syrup
for my paleo son and his girlfriend this christmas.
I decided to
go all
dark chocolate,
for a little more elegance and mystique.
The bitterness of the
dark chocolate adds a nice balance to the sweetness — and makes it that much easier to
go back
for seconds.
-LSB-...] I
go for the
darkest pure
chocolate, like these homemade
chocolate chips (which can also be poured into
chocolate -LSB-...]
For the
chocolate I used
dark chocolate drops sprinkled axcross the surface of the cake before it
went in the oven, I then finished with some
dark choc shavings just before serving.
If you like a sweeter fudge add the full 1/2 cup of sweetener, or
go with 1/4 up
for more of a «
dark chocolate» fudge.
I'm
going to make them
for my friend's Superbowl party this weekend!Also, just so you know, not * all *
dark chocolate chips are vegan.
Cocoa connoisseurs will
go crazy
for this four - ingredient cake and its fudgy interior that's made extra rich with 70 percent - cocoa
dark chocolate.
With a deep,
dark chocolate flavor, it's my
go - to recipe
for birthdays.
i'm such a fan of
dark chocolate and blackstrap molasses together, so i'm
going to find a way
for these to happen in my kitchen real soon!
I've
gone for vegan white
chocolate buttons here snapped in half but
dark chocolate chips would equally
go nicely here, and of course, it's still good without the added
chocolate!
We also made my
Dark Chocolate, Pear and Forest Fruit Cobbler and Lemon, Coconut and Olive Oil Cake
for a big boxing day feast which
went down a treat), indulging (WHY must there be so many tempting bowls of treats adorning every surface?)
Tid - bits: When choosing a
dark chocolate bar
for the Nutella, try not to
go above 55 % otherwise it will be too bitter.
I'm
going to try this with my favorite
dark chocolate and all natural peanut butter
for a healthy treat!
And if you really wan na
go crazy, add some
dark chocolate for a super tasting, easy - to - make treat!
If you want to
go more classic, there are plenty of options:
dark chocolate brownie, holiday gingerbread, caramel butterscotch are all there
for you.
Some
dark chocolate can't be any worse than a cup of coffee in the morning, so I say
go for it.
But
for those of us who are
dark chocolate - lovers, you're
going to want to dunk these morsels is a pot of silky melted
dark chocolate.
If
chocolate is your weakness,
go for gourmet
dark chocolate, which offers beneficial antioxidants along with great flavor.
Also, the
dark chocolate will normally have a bit of sweetener — always
go for 70 % if you can.
I mean you could bring along a piece of
dark chocolate if you're just super scared and you don't want to
go for any of the more processed things.
You choose how much
chocolate you want to use — if you are more of a milk -
chocolate fan, then
go for one, if you like it
darker, then use more!