Hershey's Special Dark Chips

I hope you don't respond to the sugar in them the way I do. I tried the
trick of eating 5 (and only 5 -- 2g net carbs) M&M's for my morning snack
when I couldn't take the time for my cookies. It's easy to just pop 5 of
them into my mouth and munch them down while I'm heading out the door to a
meeting. But on the days when I do that, I get terrible hunger pangs 45
minutes to an hour before my lunch. Since the calories are about the same
as what's in my LC cookies, it can only be a reaction to the sugar.

PJx said:

Not for induction!

I've developed an eating plan that includes Hershey'd Special Dark
Chocolate Chips.

The bag is a 12 oz bag and Serving size is 15 grams. Each serving of
32 chips is 80 calories and 9 grams of carbs. There are 1840 calories
in a bag.

I've determined that my daily limit is equal to the stated serving
size, so the 12 oz bag should last me 3 weeks with allowing for a
couple of cheat days

I prefer to break my daily quota into small batches, so I normally
eat only 8 chips at a time. If I'm busy that day, I might find
myself with 16 chips to consume after my supper. That's a good thing.

-----
Bev

Bev-Ann said:

I hope you don't respond to the sugar in them the way I do. I tried the
trick of eating 5 (and only 5 -- 2g net carbs) M&M's for my morning snack
when I couldn't take the time for my cookies. It's easy to just pop 5 of
them into my mouth and munch them down while I'm heading out the door to a
meeting. But on the days when I do that, I get terrible hunger pangs 45
minutes to an hour before my lunch. Since the calories are about the same
as what's in my LC cookies, it can only be a reaction to the sugar.

PJx said:

Not for induction!

I've developed an eating plan that includes Hershey'd Special Dark
Chocolate Chips.

The bag is a 12 oz bag and Serving size is 15 grams. Each serving of
32 chips is 80 calories and 9 grams of carbs. There are 1840 calories
in a bag.

I've determined that my daily limit is equal to the stated serving
size, so the 12 oz bag should last me 3 weeks with allowing for a
couple of cheat days

I prefer to break my daily quota into small batches, so I normally
eat only 8 chips at a time. If I'm busy that day, I might find
myself with 16 chips to consume after my supper. That's a good thing.

-----
Bev

Well, I've been doing this for about 6 months and have not noticed
any difference. But then I don't dislike hunger pains either. I
feel they are a good thing and welcome them. Before changing my way
of eating, I seldom experienced hunger. I'd stuff my face with
anything in sight long before I had a chance to feel a hunger pain.
Probably a 'comfort' food thing. Now, I intentionally try to
experience some degree of hunger every day. The more the better as it
means that I am NOT doing what I did to get so fat - stuffing my face
when I am not hungry. I learned that from someone in this group who
fasts for one or two days a week.

I started with the dark chocolate because I desperately miss
chocolate and I also read reliable studies that dark chocolate may be
good for you. Killed two birds with one stone.

However, I'm waiting for 'dark' chocolate chips that are sweetened
with splenda, that I can afford. I'm paying $1.50 - $2.00 a bag at
Walmart now.

PJ

I love dark chocolate and, nutritionally, think it's a 'superfood'
(when eaten in moderation). I think you'll find with the richness of
dark chocolate that you are satisified eating just a small amount.

Dark chocolates and almonds are a great combo too.

Would you happen to know what percentage of cocoa the Hershey's
Special Dark chips have?

Thanks!

PJX said:

Well, I've been doing this for about 6 months and have not noticed
any difference. But then I don't dislike hunger pains either. I
feel they are a good thing and welcome them. Before changing my way
of eating, I seldom experienced hunger. I'd stuff my face with
anything in sight long before I had a chance to feel a hunger pain.
Probably a 'comfort' food thing. Now, I intentionally try to
experience some degree of hunger every day. The more the better as it
means that I am NOT doing what I did to get so fat - stuffing my face
when I am not hungry. I learned that from someone in this group who
fasts for one or two days a week.

I started with the dark chocolate because I desperately miss
chocolate and I also read reliable studies that dark chocolate may be
good for you. Killed two birds with one stone.

However, I'm waiting for 'dark' chocolate chips that are sweetened
with splenda, that I can afford. I'm paying $1.50 - $2.00 a bag at
Walmart now.

PJ

Renegade5 said:

I love dark chocolate and, nutritionally, think it's a 'superfood'
(when eaten in moderation). I think you'll find with the richness of
dark chocolate that you are satisified eating just a small amount.

Dark chocolates and almonds are a great combo too.

Would you happen to know what percentage of cocoa the Hershey's
Special Dark chips have?

Thanks!

Not me. If I buy a bar of dark chocolate, I eat all of it. So, I try to
buy small bars of good dark chocolate only once in a while.

--
Bob in CT

Ignoramus32538 said:

All dark chocolates that I have seen, contain a large quantity of
sugar.

As a chocolate lover (and sugar hater), I eat "unsweetened chocolate"
from the baking section. I need chocolate, not sugar.

Lindt Excellence 85% cocoa has only a very little sugar. I'm told the
99% (which I haven't been able to find in Australia, sadly) has even
less.

Aramanth

Ignoramus32538 said:

Aramanth Dawe said:

Ignoramus32538 said:

All dark chocolates that I have seen, contain a large quantity of
sugar.

As a chocolate lover (and sugar hater), I eat "unsweetened chocolate"
from the baking section. I need chocolate, not sugar.

Lindt Excellence 85% cocoa has only a very little sugar. I'm told the
99% (which I haven't been able to find in Australia, sadly) has even
less.

Do you have specific numbers? You may find yourself surprised.

i

Yep.

Per 40g serve (about 1 1/2 oz) which is 4 squares -
8g carb (of which 5g are sugars and 3 fibre)

If you want to see the rest of the numbers, look at
http://www.globalchocolates.com/Nutrition.htm - the chart for #114 is
the Lindt Excellence 85% cocoa.

Because it's so VERY dark and rich, I find that 10g by weight (1
square) is almost always enough for me. Even as a diabetic I can
factor in 2g carb for very dark, rich and good chocolate like Lindt
Excellence on those 4 days a month when I would (normally) become a
Chocolate Fiend.

It's about as good a low-sugar brand as I'm likely to find in
Australia. Our supermarket 'baking chocolate' is actually about 50%
sugar. The only way I'm going to find a lower sugar product is to buy
Couverture chocolate - premium grade confectioners chocolate, and the
carb count on that is half the carb count on the Lindt. Since the
asking price for it at the one source I can get it from regularly is
$23 AUS for 250g (that's almost $18 US for a block slightly over half
a pound - and they don't sell it in smaller amounts) I'm not looking
for it. The Lindt, in comparison, is about $7.50 AUS for the same
amount of chocolate.

For my purse, for my eating plan, Lindt Excellence 85% cocoa (NOT any
other of the Excellence range unless the 99% comes to the Oz shores)
is going to be my Chocolate of Choice.

Aramanth

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Quoted message said:

Lindt Excellence 85% cocoa has only a very little sugar. I'm told the
99% (which I haven't been able to find in Australia, sadly) has even
less.

The 99% has the wrong mouth feel, somehow - the 85% is much nicer.

Nicky.

--
A1c 10.5/5.7/<6 Weight 95/78/72Kg
1g Metformin, 87.5ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004

I also am a Lindz 85% lover- 1 carb per square I limit myself to 2 squares.
Pure chocolate- good stuff, I haven't found any other that compares yet. It
only comes in a large block- wish it was in singles

--
Diane

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Ignoramus32538 said:

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:47:36 +1030, Aramanth Dawe <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

On 26 Jan 2005 15:17:18 GMT, Ignoramus32538
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>All dark chocolates that I have seen, contain a large quantity of
>sugar.
>
>As a chocolate lover (and sugar hater), I eat "unsweetened chocolate"
>from the baking section. I need chocolate, not sugar.

Lindt Excellence 85% cocoa has only a very little sugar. I'm told the
99% (which I haven't been able to find in Australia, sadly) has even
less.

Do you have specific numbers? You may find yourself surprised.

i

Yep.

Per 40g serve (about 1 1/2 oz) which is 4 squares -
8g carb (of which 5g are sugars and 3 fibre)

If you want to see the rest of the numbers, look at
http://www.globalchocolates.com/Nutrition.htm - the chart for #114 is
the Lindt Excellence 85% cocoa.

Because it's so VERY dark and rich, I find that 10g by weight (1
square) is almost always enough for me. Even as a diabetic I can
factor in 2g carb for very dark, rich and good chocolate like Lindt
Excellence on those 4 days a month when I would (normally) become a
Chocolate Fiend.

It's about as good a low-sugar brand as I'm likely to find in
Australia. Our supermarket 'baking chocolate' is actually about 50%
sugar. The only way I'm going to find a lower sugar product is to buy
Couverture chocolate - premium grade confectioners chocolate, and the
carb count on that is half the carb count on the Lindt. Since the
asking price for it at the one source I can get it from regularly is
$23 AUS for 250g (that's almost $18 US for a block slightly over half
a pound - and they don't sell it in smaller amounts) I'm not looking
for it. The Lindt, in comparison, is about $7.50 AUS for the same
amount of chocolate.

For my purse, for my eating plan, Lindt Excellence 85% cocoa (NOT any
other of the Excellence range unless the 99% comes to the Oz shores)
is going to be my Chocolate of Choice.

Aramanth

diane said:

I also am a Lindz 85% lover- 1 carb per square I limit myself to 2
squares.
Pure chocolate- good stuff, I haven't found any other that compares
yet. It
only comes in a large block- wish it was in singles

I think Lindz is good. Scharffen Berger is a little better, in my
opinion, and you can find it in one (or two?) ounce bars. It's one ounce:

http://www.scharffenberger.com/index.php?cPath=0_21

--
Bob in CT

Bob M said:

diane said:

I also am a Lindz 85% lover- 1 carb per square I limit myself to 2
squares.
Pure chocolate- good stuff, I haven't found any other that compares
yet. It
only comes in a large block- wish it was in singles

I think Lindz is good. Scharffen Berger is a little better, in my
opinion, and you can find it in one (or two?) ounce bars. It's one
ounce:

http://www.scharffenberger.com/index.php?cPath=0_21

It looks like, though, that you need to buy the 3oz bars to get 82%; the 1
oz bars are only 70%.

--
Bob in CT

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:05:46 -0000, Nicky <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

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Quoted message said:

Lindt Excellence 85% cocoa has only a very little sugar. I'm told the
99% (which I haven't been able to find in Australia, sadly) has even
less.

The 99% has the wrong mouth feel, somehow - the 85% is much nicer.

Nicky.

I have Scharffen Berger 99%, and I find it inedible.

--
Bob in CT

Ignoramus32538 said:

Aramanth Dawe said:

Ignoramus32538 said:

All dark chocolates that I have seen, contain a large quantity of
sugar.

As a chocolate lover (and sugar hater), I eat "unsweetened chocolate"
from the baking section. I need chocolate, not sugar.

Lindt Excellence 85% cocoa has only a very little sugar. I'm told the
99% (which I haven't been able to find in Australia, sadly) has even
less.

Do you have specific numbers? You may find yourself surprised.

Lindt brand chocolate has come up before. I think on several occasions I
posted the carbohydrate count for 40g worth of chocolate (less than 6
grams after fiber). Too lazy to google it though 😉

Quoted message said:

i

Bob, can you find Scharffen Berger in the store? I'm just a few states away
from you.

--
Diane

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Quoted message said:

diane said:

I also am a Lindz 85% lover- 1 carb per square I limit myself to 2
squares.
Pure chocolate- good stuff, I haven't found any other that compares
yet. It
only comes in a large block- wish it was in singles

I think Lindz is good. Scharffen Berger is a little better, in my
opinion, and you can find it in one (or two?) ounce bars. It's one ounce:

http://www.scharffenberger.com/index.php?cPath=0_21

--
Bob in CT

diane said:

Bob, can you find Scharffen Berger in the store? I'm just a few states
away
from you.

It's hard to do, but not impossible. Here's a store locator:

http://www.scharffenberger.com/locator_stores.php?osCsid=bec8db56fd73bee7744e15866e1220ea

For my state, this doesn't list a place that I know carriers it. However,
they just started carrying it.

--
Bob in CT

carb count in Lindz 85 % is lower than Scharffen Berger, but too bitter for
some people- keeps me from eating too much. If only they made it with
almonds or coconut! yummm

--
Diane

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Quoted message said:

diane said:

I also am a Lindz 85% lover- 1 carb per square I limit myself to 2
squares.
Pure chocolate- good stuff, I haven't found any other that compares
yet. It
only comes in a large block- wish it was in singles

I think Lindz is good. Scharffen Berger is a little better, in my
opinion, and you can find it in one (or two?) ounce bars. It's one ounce:

http://www.scharffenberger.com/index.php?cPath=0_21

--
Bob in CT

diane said:

carb count in Lindz 85 % is lower than Scharffen Berger, but too bitter
for
some people- keeps me from eating too much. If only they made it with
almonds or coconut! yummm

I like them both, as I like dark chocolate. I think that SF tastes a
little more complex than Lindz, which has more of a "one note" flavor (not
nearly as bad as US chocolate, which is totally bland).

--
Bob in CT

Woodstock VT not far from me- I want to X ski at the Nordic park there

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Quoted message said:

diane said:

Bob, can you find Scharffen Berger in the store? I'm just a few states
away
from you.

It's hard to do, but not impossible. Here's a store locator:

http://www.scharffenberger.com/locator_stores.php?osCsid=bec8db56fd73bee7744e15866e1220ea

For my state, this doesn't list a place that I know carriers it. However,
they just started carrying it.

--
Bob in CT

I have a bar right here: 40 grams = 210 calories 18 g fat carb 8g fiber
3g protein 4 g so net carb 5!!!!!!

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Ignoramus32538 said:

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:47:36 +1030, Aramanth Dawe <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

On 26 Jan 2005 15:17:18 GMT, Ignoramus32538
<[email hidden]> wrote:

>All dark chocolates that I have seen, contain a large quantity of
>sugar.
>
>As a chocolate lover (and sugar hater), I eat "unsweetened chocolate"
>from the baking section. I need chocolate, not sugar.

Lindt Excellence 85% cocoa has only a very little sugar. I'm told the
99% (which I haven't been able to find in Australia, sadly) has even
less.

Do you have specific numbers? You may find yourself surprised.

Lindt brand chocolate has come up before. I think on several occasions I
posted the carbohydrate count for 40g worth of chocolate (less than 6
grams after fiber). Too lazy to google it though 😉

Quoted message said:

i

Bob M said:

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:05:46 -0000, Nicky <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

"Aramanth Dawe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Lindt Excellence 85% cocoa has only a very little sugar. I'm told the
99% (which I haven't been able to find in Australia, sadly) has even
less.

The 99% has the wrong mouth feel, somehow - the 85% is much nicer.

Nicky.

I have Scharffen Berger 99%, and I find it inedible.

send it to me! i love 99%.