unsweetened chocolate

am i to believe that you are not using ANY sweetener with BAKERS
chocolate?

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"Ignoramus28586" wrote in message
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Thanks to Crafting Mom and jmk for suggesting that I try unsweetened
chocolate "baking squares". I bought them at a big supermarket and
they are exactly what I was looking for. Pure chocolate without
sweeteners. The taste is absolutely not sweet but very chocolatey. It
is basically a very low carb but high calorie food.

After 5 months with no chocolate whatsoever, being able to eat good
stuff is refreshing.

i
223/176/180

Ignoramus28586 wrote:
Thanks to Crafting Mom and jmk for suggesting that I try unsweetened
chocolate "baking squares". I bought them at a big supermarket and
they are exactly what I was looking for. Pure chocolate without
sweeteners. The taste is absolutely not sweet but very chocolatey. It
is basically a very low carb but high calorie food.

Very nice! I find that a half a square (or less) satisfies me because
it contains far *more* chocolate in it than say, in a whole milk
chocolate bar. So, by comparison, it's much lower calorie when you
compare chocolate content

cm
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Drop everything and do it my way

Thanks to Crafting Mom and jmk for suggesting that I try unsweetened
chocolate "baking squares". I bought them at a big supermarket and
they are exactly what I was looking for. Pure chocolate without
sweeteners. The taste is absolutely not sweet but very chocolatey. It
is basically a very low carb but high calorie food.

After 5 months with no chocolate whatsoever, being able to eat good
stuff is refreshing.

i
223/176/180

Do you drink coffee? put a 1/4 oz in the bottom of your mug and pour coffee
over
It's a great way to start the day!
~Kat


"Rice Krispies. East meets west"
Cosmo Kramer

rosie read and post wrote:
am i to believe that you are not using ANY sweetener with BAKERS
chocolate?

It's not impossible.
I like the taste of pure, bitter chocolate with *no* sweetener of any
kind.
cm
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Drop everything and do it my way

Jarkat2002 wrote:
Do you drink coffee? put a 1/4 oz in the bottom of your mug and pour coffee
over
It's a great way to start the day!

I really enjoy coffee that way.
To those who are baffled by the idea of people liking bitter chocolate,
compare it to people who like their coffee black.

Some people like their chocolate "black". Now, it's not the way I
prefer it, but I do like it.
cm
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Drop everything and do it my way

On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 23:10:14 GMT, Crafting Mom
wrote:

rosie read and post wrote:
am i to believe that you are not using ANY sweetener with BAKERS
chocolate?

It's not impossible.
I like the taste of pure, bitter chocolate with *no* sweetener of any
kind.
cm


I used to sneak some out of the pantry when I was a kid. Good stuff.

Cynthia
262/234.0/200 first goal

On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 23:35:40 GMT, Crafting Mom
wrote:

Jarkat2002 wrote:
Do you drink coffee? put a 1/4 oz in the bottom of your mug and pour coffee
over
It's a great way to start the day!

I really enjoy coffee that way.
To those who are baffled by the idea of people liking bitter chocolate,
compare it to people who like their coffee black.

Some people like their chocolate "black". Now, it's not the way I
prefer it, but I do like it.
cm


Dark, dark chocolate rocks. Black coffee isn't bad either!

Cynthia
262/234.0/200 first goal

"rosie read and post" wrote in message
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am i to believe that you are not using ANY sweetener with BAKERS
chocolate?

Even if it is not sweetened, if there are any milk solids it has a bit of
sugar in it.

Martha

MH wrote:

"rosie read and post" wrote in message
...
am i to believe that you are not using ANY sweetener with BAKERS
chocolate?

Even if it is not sweetened, if there are any milk solids it has a bit of
sugar in it.

The kind I buy has no milk solids.

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Drop everything and do it my way

Ignoramus28586 wrote:
In article , Crafting Mom wrote:
Ignoramus28586 wrote:
Thanks to Crafting Mom and jmk for suggesting that I try unsweetened
chocolate "baking squares". I bought them at a big supermarket and
they are exactly what I was looking for. Pure chocolate without
sweeteners. The taste is absolutely not sweet but very chocolatey. It
is basically a very low carb but high calorie food.

Very nice! I find that a half a square (or less) satisfies me because
it contains far *more* chocolate in it than say, in a whole milk
chocolate bar. So, by comparison, it's much lower calorie when you
compare chocolate content

cm

but itis much more calorically rich *per ounce of weight*. Sugar is 4
calories per gram, fat is 9 calories per gram.

What I am saying though, is a half ounce of pure bitter chocolate has
far less calories than a "chocolate bar". You get your "chocolate fix",
but with less of the calories. Yes, it's a lot of calories if you eat a
lot of it, but because it's pure chocolate, you don't *need* a whole lot
of it.

One OUNCE of pure baking chocolate (without "milk solids" - just the
pure chocolate) has 178 calories, 141 of which come from fat.

But still, like I said, eating a HALF ounce, which I do, is 89 calories.
MORE chocolate than is contained in a 300 calorie chocolate bar.

cm
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