If anyone is curious buy chocolate with increasing percentages of "dark" which means it's more cocoa. The most I've ever seen is 80% which was so bitter I couldn't even call it sweet.
Normally, you'd use those kinds of dark chocolate for cooking. I've eaten a bar of 85% dark chocolate, though. Quite tasty, if a bit bitter. Goes wonderfully in a warm glass of milk, though.
Tried 100%, a block of 1 cm by 1 cm. Couldn't even eat half of that block. It was just impossible due to the bitter taste. It made me like anybody else realise what true cocoa is and how it is sweetened > Tons of milk, sugar, butter.
70 to 80% goes perfect with good a Whiskey w/o rocks (Advised for the legal drinking age danboorians who drink Whiskey, give it a try)
I *love* dark chocolate and will not touch any other kind. Ritter Sport has a variety that is 73% and it's delicious! We have some other makes here in Denmark, that are up to 97%!
Unrelated factoid: The melty bit about chocolate is due to how cocoa butter "wraps" cocoa particles, coating them in slick fatty goodness. When companies try to substitute cocoa butter for pine or canola oil (for cost reasons), the outcome is very gritty. Similar things can be observed in really dark chocolate. Of course, the only thing you'll actually take notice of is the bitterness. I daresay cringeworthily bitter. The highest percentage I've ever had is 95%, too much for me. But if you weren't expecting such a taste... *shudder* No wonder Reisen did a spit take.
I took 90% cocoa once it was... heavenly (rather than bitter it tasted like jasmine and oranges with a hint of lemon)... I guess it also depends where the cocoa was sourced obviously what I got was African grown chocolate, South American chocolate might be on the earthy, spicy side so bitterness might be expected
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It's plain cacao!Udonge-san, today is Valentine's day.You ate it ♪Um, that chocolate I made? I used my power to purify it into...--Cacao 100%.
Huh...?Notice: Do not feed chocolate to real rabbits.I've made chocolate for you!I want you to eat it.