I love chocolate. I am a chocolate snob. I'm also a beer snob. Not much of a wine snob though...it gets too expensive to be that selective... Anyhoo...My opinion is that it MUST be dark. No wimpy milk chocolate for me... (Chocolate dragon sculpture pic from The House of Chocolate Art, www.sweetsculptures.at )
YES!!! Someone that feels the way I do about dark chocolate! You see I'm a vanilla girl myself, but when I want chocolate, I want DARK chocolate....I love that bitter bite to it
dark, rich, chocolate. it's just indescribable sin. milk chocolate and white chocolates seem too sweet to me, but then i am from the dark(chocolate) side so my views are strongly tainted.
Yeah! Dark chocolate lovers unite! Have you ever had chocolate that was 99% cacao? Or pure cacao beans? WOW!!! That'll wake you up in the morning...
I've got pure cacao beans (husks removed) in my refridgerator... You gotta search for it, I got all mine as gifts... http://www.chocolatemonthclub.com/pastnewsletters/vol3no2.htm That site has some of the stuff I've tried, like the Michel Cluizel 72%. These are the ones I have in my fridge: http://ajsfinefoods.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product109.html I know alot of it is available at specialty shops or organic markets like Whole Foods.
I've been on my break for 16 days...well, 17 now, and have been fine reading about weed but this chocolate post (I'm on a break from chocolate too) has driven me absolutely CRAZEEEEE!!!!! Lilith, since this is your thread and everyone else is getting high for me, you must eat some chocolate for me. I'm afraid that I'll have to insist on it, actually! I'm not into dark chocolate, so much, but since you dig it, that kind will do. Thanks in advance!!!!
Here goes some 70% just for you...and some organic green tea chocolate with basmati rice crispies as well... (pic from http://www.nspiredfoods.com/tropicalsrc.html)
So, out of curiosity, I searched to see if there was marijuana chocolate. I was surprised at what I found: "Chocolate, Marijuana Separated At Birth NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A bar of chocolate may do more than boost calories. According to a letter in this week's issue of Nature, chocolate contains a substance that mimics the effect of marijuana -- albeit at much more subdued levels." continued at: http://www.personalmd.com/news/a1996082201.shtml "Researchers at The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego have found three substances in cocoa powder and chocolate that "could act as cannabinoid mimics either directly (by activating cannabinoid receptors) or indirectly (by increasing anandamide levels)"; they reported this finding in a letter published in NATURE, August 22 1996.(1) Anandamide is a lipid normally found in the brain "that binds to cannabinoid receptors with high affinity and mimics the psychoactive effects of plant-derived cannabinoid drugs." The letter suggested that there might be some pharmacological effect of chocolate which may help to explain its popularity. Incidentally, none of these chemicals were found in white chocolate. Espresso coffee was also tested, and none were found. Although not discussed in this letter, the mechanism of action of the chemicals would suggest that chocolate might increase the effect of marijuana." continued at: http://www.immunet.org/IMMUNET/ATN.NSF/page/a-257-02 another site: http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arch/10_12_96/food.htm They're actually discussing researching the ability of marijuana and chocolate compunds to treat AIDS! Who would've thought that something so good could be so...good...
Ok now that is just crazy. But you have to admit it's true, I always feel good after a little chocolate. As per this thread, have to go with the milk chocolate myself, nothing like a high quality bar of chocolate. Though I can't stand the Hershey's stuff
It just tastes so processed! Hersheypark though, lol, I went there when I was really young one time...that place is crazy!