Dark Chocolate Taste Test. Tasting brands that ranged in price from $1.79 to $7.99, we were pleasantly surprised when two of the top five chocolates came from a surprisingly affordable source -- Trader Joe's! For this dark chocolate taste test, the brands we picked are available at leading supermarkets across the country. We tried 19 different dark chocolates, nothing with higher than 73% cacao. Dark chocolate is the real aphrodisiac, thanks to the endorphins released when you munch on a piece (think of the sensation of falling in love). Facebook 2. The Best 80-Percent-Cacao Bar Posted by Kath in Misc on January 16 2009 | Leave A Comment. República del Cacao Taste Test: Varieties. Twitter 0. Today (7th July) was apparently World Chocolate Day (not to be confused with International Chocolate Day which is an American thing in September I think). Anyone who has spent any time with me will know that I am a chocolate person. The varieties we tasted were: Rose Petals & Dark Milk Chocolate: 51% Cacao Solids; Dark Milk Chocolate: 52% Cacao Solids; Dark Galapagos Chocolate with Coffee Nibs: 75% Cacao Solids By Hannah • July 20, 2017 • 6 Comments. Google+ 0. Thursday July 7th, 2016 Leave a Comment. Taste Test: Dark Chocolate Move over, oysters. Many of us at SEHQ are milk chocolate fans, and not afraid to admit it. To celebrate, I thought I would post a bit … Pinterest 2. Dark vs. milk chocolate is a polarizing question. LinkedIn 0. Aussie Chocabloggers Ashleigh and myself made the happy discovery that we both live in the same city. After finding the best milk chocolates in one of our most popular taste tests, our editors thought it only fair to find the best dark chocolates on the market. Brands Hershey's, Kit Kat Dark, Toblerone, Cadbury Bournville and Lindt 70% Cocoa. The Taste Test: Dark Chocolate. Dark Chocolate Taste Test. Our tasting panel then tasted the chocolates in the two ranges and identified favorite in each. But when you want something more intense, wonderfully nuanced, and not-Halloween-candy-sweet, dark chocolate is what you reach for. Methodology The five brands were blind tasted and scored on a scale of 10. For this taste test, we tried 6 types of chocolate bars and two tins of chocolate coated goodies. All the brands that were blind tasted . I know it’s a stereotype (women and chocolate, blah blah blah), but I love it. (Some companies offered multiple chocolate bars within a range, so we tasted them all in a blind taste test to select our favorite, and then added the winning bar to our final lineups.)