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Best Dark Chocolate

Rimlee Bhuyan
Good dark chocolate is one that has a high cocoa content and it's smooth and soft. It also has many health benefits and is sinfully tasty.
There is hardly anyone in the world who doesn't like to eat chocolates. Their bittersweet taste, along with a smooth creamy texture, makes them one of the much-loved and much-craved food items.
A bit of chocolate everyday can improve your health, and also helps to decrease food cravings. To reap their health benefits, you should only eat the rich dark ones instead of the milk based varieties. The latter ones have a very low cocoa content, high amount of refined sugar, and milk solids.
Dark chocolate is good for health as its high antioxidant content. It contains flavonoids which fights free radicals in the body. It also prevents clotting of blood and formation of plaque in the arteries of the heart. Of course, this doesn't mean that you should daily munch a pound of chocolates. Limit your intake to less than 1 ounce a day.

Chocolove

This is an American company specializing in all organic and natural chocolate bars. It produces both milk and dark varieties. One of the best ones made by this organization is Chocolove XOXOX Extra Strong Dark. It contains 77% cocoa and is extremely smooth. It is not too bitter and is great for beginners who previously had only milk based varieties.

Lindt

Their products are synonymous with exquisite quality, extreme smoothness, fine texture, and silky taste. It is a Swiss company which offers a lot of excellent chocolate varieties. Lindt Excellence Bitter (70% cocoa) and Lindt Excellence Extra Bitter (85% cocoa) are strictly reserved for connoisseurs.

Valrhona

This brand was founded in 1924 by M. Guironnet who was a pastry chef, hailing from the Rhône valley. They make some of the finest chocolate varieties which are an absolute treat.
Their products are named after the geographical location of the cocoa plantation. Some of the best varieties are Valrhona Guanaja Extra Bitter (70% cocoa), Valrhona Le Noir extra Amer Dark Bitter (85% cocoa), and Valrhona Caraïbe Extra Bitter (66% cocoa).

Feodora

This is one of the best brands from Germany, and they make their products without adding any preservatives and additives. This preserves the natural and intense taste of cocoa, and you get a chocolate bar that is both rich and creamy. One of their best products is Feodora Grand'Or which is a bittersweet bar with 75% cocoa.

Scharffen Berger

It makes some of the best quality dark chocolates which come in some unique flavors like coffee, red wine, and spices. Their products are fine-grained with a smooth and velvety texture. Some of their best varieties are Scharffen Berger Porcelana Extra Dark (75% cocoa) and Scharffen Berger Extra Bitter (70% cocoa).

Godiva

Godiva Chocolatier, a Belgian manufacturer of the most indulgent gourmet luxury dark chocolates, truffles for over 80 years (founded in 1926). It makes seasonal, limited-edition, personalized gift baskets and special packaging chocolates for major holidays. Godiva chocolatier 72% dark chocolate bar is their best product.

Didier & Frank

It’s an American company that caters to high end dark chocolates. It’s is one of the best dark chocolates in the world with a wide range of variants from mocha to cinnamon, and interestingly chilli and sea salt too. It brings you the exotic flavors that the Aztecs enjoyed. It specifies the percentage of dark chocolate like 57%, 75% or 85%.