# My experience with 95% cocoa bars

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-experience-with-95-cocoa-bars/14637>\
**Category:** Food & Diet\
**Tags:** chocolate\
**Created:** [May 9, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-experience-with-95-cocoa-bars/14637 "2024-05-09T14:59:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![CarlosLuis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/carlosluis/32/11389_2.png) [@CarlosLuis](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CarlosLuis)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-experience-with-95-cocoa-bars/14637/1 "2024-05-09T14:59:59Z")

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The other day I bought a couple of Lindt 95% cocoa bars that were reduced price. 3g per square, I thought what the heck, I drink coffee black so I should like this chocolate.

I would eat 2 squares for 6g. Did not cause a rise in BG and perfectly sated my chocolate cravings.

An add that started me down the chocolate addiction route.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XAqbC9S6U7w/hqdefault.jpg "VINTAGE 1956 NESTLE QUIK COMMERCIAL WITH VENTRILOQUIST JIMMY NELSON") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAqbC9S6U7w)

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**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-experience-with-95-cocoa-bars/14637/2 "2024-05-09T22:40:50Z")

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> [@CarlosLuis](#):
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> I would eat 2 squares for 6g.

Check the dietary fibre; it is quite significant and it is indigestible (at least the stuff listed on US food labels is). 100% cocoa is 58% carbohydrate but 33% of the total (i.e. the total weight, not 58% of the total weight) is dietary fibre.

Doing the arithmetic the Lindt “square” seems to be 5g (worth a check) and contains 1g of carbs so far as we are concerned.

A shot of StarBucks coffee is the same (1g of digestible carbs); the brewing process removes the indigestible carbs because they are insoluble, even in steam!

All these beans come out the same in the end.

However unlike coffee chocolate is a traditional American drink and well worth embracing as part of our culture!

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**Author:** ![TomH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/tomh/32/9063_2.png) [@TomH](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TomH)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/my-experience-with-95-cocoa-bars/14637/3 "2024-05-10T12:20:26Z")

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My wife is what she calls a “chocoholic!” She started a habit of chocolate milk (editted: actually Hot CoCo) long ago (childhood?) at night. Several years back, around Christmas, she commented about not having either a “reserve” can (1st in line in the pantry), let alone a “back-up” (2nd in-line in the pantry…the words being my own invention reference peanut butter!). She loved the peppermint hot chocolate of William-Sonoma at the time. I was out with our daughter looking for a Christmas present for the wife and the idea struck…I bought a case…yes 24 cans…of W-S Peppermint Hot Chocolate for the wife. It lasted a little over a year with near nightly rounds. It’s become a running joke for the family. W-S has gotten stingy and expensive, so I’ve switched to the Starbucks version… For myself is the Lindor Truffles at 3 balls for 15 grams…but only the black bag with extra dark; one version is like 75% cacao and another is like 87%! My treat to myself….