[angymnast247]

i know this may sound a little dumb but is chocoalte vegan? i know not milk chocolate, i mean the dark kind made without milk.<br><br><br><br>
that is all<br><br><br><br>
peace and love<br><br>
~alyssa

 

[HandcuffedAngel]

Dark chocolate is usually vegan, but check your labels.<br><br><br><br>
I don't eat chocolate ... ever ... except when I indulge in Soy Dream's Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream, so I can't really say much. I'm not keen on candy bars.

 

[honeyfugle]

i dont eat chocolate, but im sure there are are some vegan chocolates out there somewhere.

 

[faded_amaranth]

Green & Black's, Rapunzel, and Endangered Species all have vegan options and are all fair trade, you can't beat that! But you'll probably only find them in health food stores or online. I don't really like chocolate, but those are great.

 

[karenlovessnow]

Unfortunately, you still have to check labels. Dove dark, for instance, is not vegan. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/sad.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[HandcuffedAngel]

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Green & Black's, Rapunzel, and Endangered Species all have vegan options and are all fair trade, you can't beat that! But you'll probably only find them in health food stores or online. I don't really like chocolate, but those are great.</div>
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They sell those at our Whole Foods.<br><br><br><br>
I always want to buy the Endangered Species ones just because the animals are so beautiful on the labels. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[rawgirl]

Hershey's dark chocolate is not vegan either! I like Rapunzel, Tropical Source, Newman's, Green & Black's. I'm sure there are other brands as well.

 

[karenlovessnow]

I have had the endangered species brand. It's pretty good.<br><br>
Shop Rite sells their own brand of semi sweet chocolate chips that are vegan! Yay!

 

[GhostUser]

How ironic - I'm eating Rapunzel's right now. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/lick.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":lick:"><br><br><br><br>
Like others said, you'll have to read labels.

 

[troub]

endangered, panther black... yumyum

 

[derwenna]

Depends what country you're in - in the UK they have this really annoying habit of sticking milk in most brands of dark chocolate. A few brands are ok though. Like others have said, read the labels. Green and Blacks specify which of their chocolate bars are suitable for vegans on the label.

 

[taurushead]

lindt!<br><br><br><br>
also yeah the UK does weird things!! their dairy milk cadbury used to taste different i recall and thats because they had veg. oil and transfats and stuff in there whereas australia didn't. i always found that weird.<br><br>
but to be honest..i liked the uk version better...<br><br><br><br>
dark beats it all hands down though.<br><br>
mmm the orange and cinnamon black and gold version...

 

[angymnast247]

thanks everyone. i usually get lindt or the endangerd species brand<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/rockon.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":rockon:"> im a chocoholic<br><br><br><br>
peace and love<br><br>
~alyssa

 

[codemonkey]

Sharfenberger is vegan <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/drool.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":drool:">

 

[flvegnewbie]

Can I ask a question along the same lines as the original poster? Is dark chocolate just an acquired taste? Honestly I went out and bought 4 BIG dark chocolate bars and all I can say is, eww, eww, ewww!!!<br><br>
These are the 4 I bought: Lindt Excellence Dark Extra Fine,Ghirardelli Intense Dark Twilight Delight, Perugina Dark Chocolate, & then last but not least Green & Black's Organic Maya Gold Bittersweet Dark Chocolate with Orange & Spices (triple eww on this one!!!<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/no.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":no:">)<br><br><br><br>
I can do vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips but dark chocolate is sooo bitter to me!! Is there something I can do with these 4 bars instead of just throwing them out? Any ideas on that would be appreciated!!!<br><br><br><br>
Back to your regularly scheduled thread! Sorry to the original poster for the hijack!<br><br><br><br>
Michelle

 

[codemonkey]

You could mail them to me.

 

[flvegnewbie]

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You could mail them to me.</div>
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<br><br><br><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/laugh.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":lol:"> I would be more than happy to, but I've already taken bites out of each one!!! I tried each one in hopes that one would be a bit better than the one before, but no such luck on my part!<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/no.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":no:"><br><br>
That's kinda why I was hoping for some recipes or something to be able to use them in instead of having to throw them out!<br><br><br><br>
Michelle

 

[codemonkey]

You could try chunking them up into little bits and baking them into cookies or brownies. The sweetness in the cookies should balance out the bitterness of the dark chocolate.

 

[karenlovessnow]

^^^using them for baking works very well. I've done it many times with chocolate that I wasn't crazy about.

 

[flvegnewbie]

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You could try chunking them up into little bits and baking them into cookies or brownies. The sweetness in the cookies should balance out the bitterness of the dark chocolate.</div>
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Thanks so much for the tips! That was the ONLY reason that I hadn't tried it before now, because I didn't want to spoil a perfectly good recipe with the bitterness from the chocolate, but I guess I'll give it a try!<br><br><br><br>
Thanks so much,<br><br>
Michelle