GHIRARDELLI INTENSE DARK Chocolate Bar, 86% Cacao, 3.17 Oz Bar (Pack of 4)

This dark chocolate tastes good but I have had fancier dark chocolate. The reason why I'm rating it so highly is that the 85% Ghirardelli is one of the few that was tested to have an acceptable range of lead in it. Super important to me as a daily dark chocolate eater

Delicious smooth dark chocolate. You can tell it’s premium dark chocolate. Comparable to Swiss chocolates. Eat it sparingly since it’s so rich.

Maybe, I just got lucky, but after ordering this due to the health benefits, I found out it's one of the best. What's it best for you might ask well, there's a problem with many of the biggest name brands of dark and not so dark chocolate. Heavy metals, specifically Cadmium and Lead. Some brands have 200 percent more than the recommended safe level. This 86 percent dark had low levels of both better than the majority of name brand chocolate.As for taste, I know someone who can't stand any level of dark chocolate. A level over 20 percent cacao would turn her off. As a benefit she always gives me any dark chocolate items she gets. She loves white chocolate, which I don't believe is chocolate at all just coco butter. That said I like dark chocolate, but 100 percent is too bitter, and not crazy about 92 percent, however 86 percent is delicious and for chocolate lovers should be no problem. So, what is the reason for eating a small amount perhaps an ounce daily. Well especially when we get older, an important component to healing is stem cells. Did you know that you can grow back part of a lung, lobes of the liver and granulate back deep layers of skin tissue. I know that last one having had some skin surgeries in the past. Well, stem cells, undifferentiated, can be programmed to make and grow lots of repairs. The body renews itself all the time, but there are less circulating in the blood stream as we age. According to several studies, dark chocolate around 80 percent or higher can double the number of stem cells circulating in the blood vessels. I've started to each an ounce daily and this is a relatively safe quality brand compared to others. Recommended.

Love it. But this is a lot

Excellent quality! It is neither sweet nor bitter and has a fine texture! I buy it often!

Chocolate bars had white "bloom" on them, which is what happens when it's been exposed to fluctuations in temperature. Safe to eat, BUT, it alters both taste and tecture. They are lousy!!! A shame because Ghihardelli is usually great! Since Amazon doesn't take returns on food, I've just lost nearly $50.OO. BUYER BEWARE!!!!

Got these for my sister in law how is fighting cancer, they hit the spot.

Positively perfect. For my husband's medical reasons, I need a chocolte 80% or higher. Upon an initial search, there were several (too many) options to choose from. It came down to going with a Company name that I knew and trusted. Once the package arrived? Great packaging and delicious, requiring 'self restraint'.