Customer Reviews

Dante Confections - 98% Cocoa Stevia Chocolate Bar: 8 Bars

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I was expecting this chocolate to not taste good because it's healthy and is made with stevia. I am on the maintenance phase of the hcg diet, so cannot have any sugar at all. I LOVE this chocolate and am getting ready to place another order for it. I had to request the nutrition information because none came with it. Here it is for anyone that wants it:
Serving size: 1 bar (45g)
Calories: 260
Calories from fat: 210
Total fat: 24g
Saturated fat: 14g
Trans fat: 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium: 0mg
Total carbohydrate: 12g
Dietary fiber: 7g
Sugars: 0g
Protein 7g

I eat about half a bar a day after lunch and it really hits the spot! Good for anyone on a sugar-free or low carb diet.

I love dark chocolate and I don't eat sugar, grains or starches (Paleo Diet). This is awesome dark chocolate. Two small squares will satisfy my craving. You need to be a dark chocolate lover for this chocolate; it is 98% dark chocolate. This may be pricier than a Hershey bar but it lasts a long, long time. I keep it in the freezer and break off two little squares when I want something to satisfy a craving. In the past, I have had very high percentages of dark chocolate that was sweetened with sugar and it wasn't near as good as this dark chocolate. If you are a funk food junkie, eat a lot of processed sugar and don't like dark chocolate, this would not be for you. If you are a real dark chocolate lover then this would be for you.

I have looked for a long time for this chocolate type. I was interested in a sugar free dark chocolate bar sweetened with stevia. Stevia is a natural sweetener, it has 0 calories and , most importantly, it has 0 effect on your blood sugar levels. So, if you are a diabetic or just having a low carb diet (paleo -diet), this is a chocolate you can indulge in without guilt. And is the only one I know of...
Unfortunately, very few manufacturers, if any, know or care to make a stevia sweetened chocolate bar. There is almost nothing out there. 99.99% of commercial sugar free chocolate bars are sweetened with maltitol - a sugar alcohol - which, in spite of being branded as "sugar free" still has a noticeable effect on your blood sugar. Still damages you in this way. So, not really a solution if your goal is to keep your blood sugar low and still enjoy a great chocolate.
And so, I am so glad to have found this bar. It is an artisanal chocolate, apparently made by Dante Confectioners in MA. It is a fresh, luscious and rich bar, with a nut flavor finish, and just the right amount of sweetness. It does not have a bitter aftertaste, which is the most common complaint one finds about Stevia. But, you have to love or have acquired a taste for really strong dark chocolate to enjoy this bar. So, all in all, this is a great discovery for me and a delight for the connoisseurs.
And, most of all, a welcomed and much awaited product for this market (health conscious chocolate lovers), and, in my knowledge, the only one of this high quality to really provide for all the pleasure and health benefits of chocolate with the lack of detrimental blood sugar side effects and 0 calories of the natural stevia sweetener. A great product!

Let me start by saying that these chocolate bars are very good quality, and I love stevia. I love dark chocolate! But I don't know what I'm going to do with these eight bars, because I just don't like them. I use the NOW stevia extract powder brand in my tea and coffee. I have even substituted half the palm sugar called for in a delicious almond flour scone recipe with stevia.

That seems to be my problem with many stevia recipes and products out there. Since I am neither diabetic nor overweight, I'm just looking for healthier alternatives to my favorite high sugar foods, most of which are really just treats- like chocolate. Even as a stevia convert, this chocolate tastes overwhelmingly like stevia and the accompanying bitterness about which I have heard so many people complain (and I'm not talking about the yummy, slightly bitter chocolate flavor).

The chocolate quality, like I said, is excellent. The product arrived very quickly and in terrific condition.
But the flavor would be greatly improved if both sugar and stevia were used. I'm very happy for those who love this chocolate, especially if they are unable to eat sugar and would not be able to eat chocolate otherwise, but... yuck!

For people like me- I'm looking for healthier options that also taste good!

On a side note- I have read that medium sugar foods don't break down into fat as easily when they are also high in fiber. For example- juice is bad, fruits are good. Juice has had the fiber extracted, therefore it isn't as healthy as fruit, which has fiber to balance. And so maybe the case for a *little* sugar in chocolate (combined with stevia) is more justifiable because the high fiber would provide balance?

Great product for those who would otherwise be unable to eat chocolate:)

Updated suggestion: I've been baking with erythritol (a sugar alcohol, that is neither a sugar nor an alcohol, found naturally in cantaloupes, grapes, etc.) with great success. How about a combo of stevia, erythritol and palm sugar? Erythritol can have a diuretic effect if over consumed, but nothing is good for us in large quantities and I've never had a problem!

Update #2- Silk has a Vanilla Soymilk Light product that contains sugar and stevia. The resulting product? delicious and very low carb/ sugar. Zevia's line of stevia/ erythritol cokes are also delicious with almost zero carbs. With a little support from regular sugar or erythritol, stevia works outstandingly well and the product isn't anywhere close (carb-wise) to similar, full sugar products. (Doesn't require a whole lot of sugar to make stevia palatable).

I was skeptical about how tasty a healthy dark chocolate made with no sweetners other than the purely natural stevia, could actually taste. Well let me tell you if you have an appreciation for dark chocolate you are going to be pleasantly surprised at just how rich,delicious, sweet and creamy these bars actually are. They taste better than the ones with sugar! Please don't go out of business. We low carb people need companies like you that know how to make low carb taste great! Keep up the good work. I would like to see you come up with different varieties however like dark chocolate with mint oil, with chili peppers, orange peel etc. like some of your competitors who don't even know how to make a chocolate bar as good as you guys.

I have been testing various stevia-sweetened chocolate, looking for a brand or supplier that would provide a dark chocolate without all the sugar.

This one is excellent! Very dark but smooth without being bitter and no weird stevia/metallic aftertaste. I will order again!

By the way, if you are not a dark chocolate fan OR if you are still eating/using products that contain real sugar or other artificial sweeteners, you may not like this product. The sweet taste is different from sugar/AS!

I like the chocolate, but then I also liked dark chocolate to start with.

I had a taste for 85% sweetened with sugar, but after enjoying the stevia 98%, I think that 85% tastes a little too bitter. This stevia-sweetened recipe tastes like 70% sugar-sweetened dark chocolate to me. Much less bitter than the really dark sugar-sweetened stuff. It must be because stevia is so much sweeter than sugar when compared by weight.

I was looking for stevia sweetened chocolate while on my candida diet, and this did the trick. This is clearly good quality chocolate--it's smooth and rich in flavor and texture. It's definitely on the bitter/unsweetened-tasting side of the spectrum, so don't buy this with the expectation that it's going to taste like Lindt or Ghirardelli 70% chocolate--this is not that. But if you're dying for chocolate and need something to get you through, I find this works really well. One word of caution--if I eat a half a bar or more, I find it a bit hard to digest. It seems to cause me some gas. I usually don't have a problem with stevia, so I'm not sure why this is happening, but as long as I only eat a couple of squares a day, I seem to be doing just fine. Definitely worth the money! Oh, one slightly odd thing--it comes wrapped only in tissue paper.

Update! 3-27-2012
I just bought the Lucienne's 83% dark chocolate sweetened with stevia. By comparison, I have to say that the Dante's chocolate is MUCH better quality. It's richer, with a smoother texture that melts in your mouth. The Lucienne's is comparatively waxy, doesn't melt in the mouth as well, and has a overall less rich flavor. Definitely choose Dante's!

Oh. My. Gawd! This is the most delicious, addictive chocolate I have ever eaten. I will be ordering TONS more of this!

This chocolate is wonderful, very well perfected with the snap and richness of good quality chocolate. It's great on its own and especially good with whipped cream. If you want to avoid sugar and are tired of tolerating 100% bars I encourage you to give this chocolate a try.