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100% Chocolate
« on: January 05, 2007, 01:32:42 pm »

Has anyone here ever tasted 100% cocoa chocolate before?  I noticed that the Hotel Chocolat was doing a bar so I thought I would give it a go.  This stuff is one of the most vile thing I've ever tasted and I now understand why they add a bit of sugar!


Can anyone here stomach it?

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« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2007, 01:35:21 pm »
 I shalln't bother trying since I can't even stand the 70%!
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« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2007, 01:41:41 pm »
Not for me! I know it's a bit lightweight, but I'm a milk choccy girl!
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100% Chocolate
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2007, 01:46:29 pm »
I'm a bit hardcore when it comes to chocolate and I die for 70% plus, but 100% was just a bit too much.  I made a mousse with it!
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« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2007, 01:56:32 pm »

100% seems really extreme, perhaps those on seventypercent.co.uk would be more keen?


There are some very good 70-75% products out there that are really smooth and have wonderful flavour but it's very much an aquired taste a lot of the time. I don't like the more bitter products (Lindt 70% excellence) but a good bar of Valrhona is worth the money.

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« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2007, 04:32:27 pm »
Wouldn't 100% literally be crumbs and dust? What binds it together?
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« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2007, 05:09:25 pm »
IF it is that bad how on earth did someone firgue out if adding milk, woudl make it nice?
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100% Chocolate
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2007, 03:20:53 pm »
I have been into Hotel Chocolat today and they had it on sale.  The assistant said it is a very acquired taste and leaves a very strong after taste.  It's not for me even as a choc purist.  HC do several very good high octane chocs around 60-70%.  Just up the road though Chocolate Utopias, 80% bar is absolutely superb as they add a dash of cream, so you get the choccy hit but without any of the bitterness.
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« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2007, 09:05:16 pm »
Usually I am a 'darker the better' girl, but 100% is definitely too much of a good thing..
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« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2007, 09:11:26 pm »
You really are a foxy chick!
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« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2007, 09:16:29 am »

I'm a big fan of the Hotel Chocolat Purist range, especially the Ganaches!  Slurp!  Also, they have a 62% milk chocolate bar that is to die for.  Check out all their Rabot Estate stuff.


I have no idea how that 100% bar stayed together, but it made a great mousse when mixed with sugar and some raspberry yogurt!

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« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2010, 06:49:51 pm »
OK, so I'm into Hotel Chocolat's 100% Macho hot choccy now.  It's lovely and definitely much better than the bar, which has a waxy texture.  I'm surprised at how nice the hot choccy is really.
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Re: 100% Chocolate
« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2010, 10:36:45 pm »
What ever happened to SM?
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Re: 100% Chocolate
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2010, 09:50:31 am »
Quote from: 623058 on May 01, 2010, 10:36:45 pm
What ever happened to SM?

She still puts in an appearance from time to time.
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Re: 100% Chocolate
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2010, 01:35:43 pm »
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