Best Dark Chocolate

I second the Valrhona, love that stuff. I also have a preference for chocolate around 70% and love the Lindt. What I don't like about the higher percentage chocolate is the texture. I love the creaminess of around 70%

Loving Earth make raw chocolate but, though I do like the flavours, it isn't creamy. There's another Aussie one, it used to be called Conscious chocolate but is now called something else. Pana or something? It's really expensive - depending on where you buy it, a 45 gram bar is anything between $6.50 - $8.00. But it's so good and the texture is much much better than Loving Earth. It isn't a very high cacao percentage though, I think most of them are around 60% so maybe that's why.

where can you buy valrhona?

Is there a brand of baking chips that's higher than 60% cacao? I've only been able to locate the ghiradelli dark baking chips and can't find anything higher.

[QUOTE=Mr. Anthony;1006554]If I ever see one, I'll grab it. Haven't found one yet.[/QUOTE]

World Market has a 99 percent, it is pretty good.

I managed to find Green & Blacks (70% and higher) at our Walmart. I think they were just testing the waters, because they ended up putting them on sale at 2 for $4, and once they were gone (I bought A LOT of them), they didn't order anymore. I default to Lindt 85% too.

I do keep checking the dark chocolate at Trader Joe's, but most have the soy lechtin (sp?) in them.

Raw cacao is the worst. I LOVE the taste, but if I eat beyond a small amount, I feel nauseous and dizzy. The darker it is, the worse this effect is. This doesn't seem to happen if I stick to modest amounts of non-raw dark chocolate, however.

Some of the best chocolates I've had:

Amano ([url]https://www.amanochocolate.com/dark-chocolate[/url])
Taza ([url=http://www.tazachocolate.com/store/chocolate]Stone Ground Bars | taza chocolate store[/url])
Madécasse ([url=http://store.madecasse.com/]Madécasse Chocolate | Madagascar Chocolate[/url])
Vosges ([url=http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/category/all_candy_bars]Vosges Gourmet Chocolate Exotic Candy Bars, Mix 'n' Match, Mo's Dark and Milk Bacon, Barcelona, Naga, Amalfi, Red Fire[/url])

Out of all of these, the Taza 87% dark Bolivian chocolate is probably my favorite. Because it's stone ground, there's a grit to it, and it's got a very unique, fruity flavor. It's pretty expensive ($10 a bar at Whole Foods), but it's worth it.

[QUOTE=tarek;1009241]
Out of all of these, the Taza 87% dark Bolivian chocolate is probably my favorite. Because it's stone ground, there's a grit to it, and it's got a very unique, fruity flavor. It's pretty expensive ($10 a bar at Whole Foods), but it's worth it.[/QUOTE]

Do you know if the TJ's Mexican ground chocolate bars are similar to Taza's? I tried one of TJ's the other day, and really liked it, but the price is so steep! :(

Thanks everyone. I wasn't aware that the higher percentages remove soy lecithin. I looked at the lower percentages (usu. 70% to 75%) and it always shows up.

[QUOTE=Graycat;1005864]The other day I found Lindt Excellence 85% extra dark for $2 a bar at TJMaxx. It contains no soy lecithin.

With that said, my favorite is Green and Black's 85%, but I can't find that one below $3 a bar. When it comes to treats like that, I only buy them once in a while, because my grocery bill adds up very fast.[/QUOTE]

+1 My fav is Lindt Excellence 85%. If you live near Fred Meyer you can usually get it on sale 2 for $4

[QUOTE=sezzajezza84;1008748]Loving Earth make raw chocolate but, though I do like the flavours, it isn't creamy. There's another Aussie one, it used to be called Conscious chocolate but is now called something else. Pana or something? It's really expensive - depending on where you buy it, a 45 gram bar is anything between $6.50 - $8.00. But it's so good and the texture is much much better than Loving Earth. It isn't a very high cacao percentage though, I think most of them are around 60% so maybe that's why.

where can you buy valrhona?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, the Loving Earth stuff has okay flavours but terrible texture.

You can get Valrhona at Simon Johnson, and perhaps also at some upmarket department stores and delis.