360192 Sun Jan 14 15:09:44 -0800 2007 12 17 What's My Craving? 0 2187581 Am trying to find a very dark chocolate. Any suggestions? Sun Jan 14 15:09:44 -0800 2007 66767 bjordan 1 2188557 Trader Joes-they have chunks of Giardelli's chocolate- Sun Jan 14 21:32:07 -0800 2007 2187581 55914 marlie202 1 2188569 Trader Joes also sells Scharffen Berger which is really good. Sun Jan 14 21:36:30 -0800 2007 2187581 66933 chaidude36 1 2242903 I think Lindt 70% is still the best. They also have 85 and 99%. Also been really liking Green and Black's organic lately - can find it at Whole Foods. The ginger's very interesting. Tue Jan 30 14:13:27 -0800 2007 2187581 70339 yumyumyogi 1 2243464 I like the Lindt dark chocolate with mint, and the intense pear, and the intense orange. Yum! The 70% is good, but the 85% isn't my kind of thing. It's a little too bitter for me. Tue Jan 30 16:46:51 -0800 2007 2187581 63311 puppymomma 1 2244405 Lindt 85% is super bitter. 70% is bitter but devourable in one sitting (be careful!) I also recommend the Intense Orange, as well as the bar with praline almond. I've heard ScharffenBerger has some of the highest quality but it's hard to find. Wed Jan 31 02:03:27 -0800 2007 2187581 66659 tastytamarind 1 2244973 I've seen the ScharffenBerger at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. But I didn't try it yet. What I DID try for about the same price as the ScharffenBerger from TJ's was the Lime flavored dark chocolate (organic) bar from Dagoba. What a disappointment! It was almost $3 for a medium sized bar. It's hard, it doesn't melt in my mouth, and it doesn't taste like lime. I also bought their drinking chocolate (unsweetened) and I like Hershey's better. How does that company stay in business? Wed Jan 31 08:12:24 -0800 2007 2187581 63311 puppymomma 1 2976753 ScharffenBerger's at TJ's is really good. They only have the 62% but it is now my fav. Tue Sep 25 21:01:33 -0700 2007 2187581 66933 chaidude36 1 2977914 If you like Sharffen Berger's chocolate, they have their own shop on the uws (Amsterdam at 83-ish). Lots of good stuff there! Wed Sep 26 08:58:08 -0700 2007 2187581 104084 LNG212 1 2981057 to eat, or for cooking? are u in NJ? Thu Sep 27 05:43:57 -0700 2007 2187581 64949 nyebaby37 1 2981070 Theo Venezuelan 91%. You have to really like bitter flavors, but if you do, this is the chocolate for you. Husband prefers Santander from Colombia - 70%. Both available at Whole Foods Market or internet order or Amazon. Thu Sep 27 05:53:19 -0700 2007 2187581 71646 Just Visiting 1 2986669 If you can hang in there for a few more weeks, check out the annual chocolate show on W 18th St. Tons of samples and you can buy plenty of your favorites. Fri Sep 28 14:06:58 -0700 2007 2187581 39465 drmoze 1 3007465 If you want a full tour of dark chocolate, go to Richart at 55th, just east of 5th. (It looks like a jewelry store, but it's a chocolate shop). They have a dark chocolate tasting set that offers a stack of thin wafers of each of 9 varieties of dark chocolate from different parts of the world in different percentages of cocoa mass. You can have a chocolate tasting party as you do side-by-side comparison. For full pleasure, be sure to read their tasting instructions: http://www.richart-chocolates.com/b2c/chocolate/history_of_chocolate/5 Fri Oct 05 08:35:39 -0700 2007 2187581 132420 Thomas_Traveler