"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> A certain person who shall remain nameless wrote:
>
> > Of course a lot of chocolate bars do have extreme amounts of sugar,
> but I
> > think this is for a different reason. It's important to distinguish
> between
> > a *chocoholic* and a *sugar-holic* whose favourite delivery format for
>
> > sugar happens to be chocolate.
>
> A theory that sounds reasonable, on the surface, but if you read
> further this person also says:
>
> > Do you live in the USA? Chocosphere (http://www.chocosphere.com)
> carries
> > both the Cluizel 99% and the Lindt 85%. You might also want to give
> the
> > Slitti 100% a try as well, although IMHO it's a little below the
> Cluizel.
> >
> > >The 85% cacao bar that I described is called "Lindt Excellence
> > >Edlelbitter".
> >
> > You got really lucky, because that's the best of the 85% bars and
> another
> > of the great chocolates of the world. Typically Lindt is merely OK,
> not
> > great, but in this bar they seem to have outdone themselves.
>
> 85% and above is not chocolate. This person is addicted to COCOA.
> Chocolate is a confection made from cocoa, cocoa butter, sugar, and
> flavor additives such as vanilla. Pure or nearly pure cocoa is not
> chocolate. This person is in denial about his COCOA ADDICTION.
>
> The difference between a 77% (or less) bar and 85% is that there
> is no sweetness at 85%. You may as well be injecting it directly
> into a vein.

Yeah, but that would lead to a literal hardening of the arteries.