I eat the Lindt 85% and I think it's great--it's more cost effective than the others too in my area. They also have a 90% that I can only find at Walgreens. Green & Black's and Endangered Species are also good.

its OK.....but 99% is better.

I try to avoid the Lindt, since it isn't Fair Trade certified and most chocolate that isn't is a) contributing to deforestation in tropical climates. 2) a large percentage of non FT chocolate, particularly that coming out of the Ivory Coast, is produced using child labor, in particular child slave labor. (I'm not dicking around with you, there's a wikipedia article on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_in_cocoa_production) I'm just not down with slavery.

Around here at least the Black and Green brand is comparable in price to the Lindt and has the official FT seal.

It's very good. Green & Black along with Chocolove are the best imo.

Try Taza Chocolate's new organic 87% bar. Caveat -- all of Taza chocolate bars have a more gritty mouth feel due to traditional stone grinding method of production -- so don't expect melt in your mouth smooth. I've been eating raw nibs but am switching back to roasted. I haven't seen any evidence that chocolate or cocao were ever consumed "raw" traditionally. If the cultures who brought the world chocolate didn't eat it raw, there must be a good reason. I used to eat Scharfenberger's roasted nibs but switched to raw Navitas because of raw hype and the fact they are organic. I see that Taza now has slow roasted plain nibs (before they only had the chocolate covered nibs) so I'm going to try them because they are organic. Re: Lindt: A customer service rep indicated that the cocoa and 90% bar use dutch/process cocoa -- this destroys the antioxidants. Green and Black's 85% tastes great but is so sweet - makes me really question the accuracy of the sugar/carb count.

Good, so very, very good.....which probably means it is a little bit bad.

Lindt has soy and I try to stay away from that. I agree with the others above about fair-trade certified as I tend to support anything that is. I am a fan of Alter-Eco Blackout bar. It's 85%, FTC, organic, soy free and tastes amazing!!!!!!

I eat 2-3 squares of Lindt 90% everyday and I love it... it's the smoothest, darkest chocolate experience ever! 90%>85% in terms of taste and value.

Good, very good.

I love Lindt. Lately I've been eating organic raw cacao beans. I guess they would be 100% dark. They're super bitter, but I'm getting used to them. They're certainly not as tasty as the Lindt bars, though.

people people people - try and find yourself a bar of Pralus 100% (definately online, or i buy from whole foods in UK). this is the closest you will come to angels sitting on your tongue and melting into liquid gold. trust me.

SweetRiot makes a new 85% organic and fair-trade bar that is very low in sugar (4g) and smooth as silk. It's my favorite.

I eat 50 - 80 g almost each day while still loosing weight.

I used to eat Lindt and Chocolove dark chocolate, but they both have enough gluten in them to cause me a reaction. Lindt dark chocolate is made on shared equipment, and Chocolove must have cross-contamination in their vanilla powder, as it's the only suspicious ingredient and their website says they don't have any chocolates that contain gluten outright.

Now I eat Taza and Endangered Species dark chocolates. The Taza is especially wonderful because it's less processed. I've really grown to love it, and I crave chocolate less when I eat it.

If I get chocolate I house the whole thing. I have no self control. I therefore avoid it as much as possible.

I don't think it should be a daily part of your diet but if you don't have issues it's probably not that bad.

I had to quit chocolate bars. I would suffer a really bad mood after eating them. Certain brands were worse than others, but all would affect me to some extent. Life without chocolate is not too bad for me but definitely better for those around me.

One of the benefits to eating "paleo" is that you can easily add or remove foods and quickly ascertain whether or not they adversely affect you. When I was on the SAD I would have never been able to correlate my moods with certain foods.

Theobroma makes amazing chocolate...for the connoisseur! Dark chocolate is one of the richest sources of magnesium and antioxidants per gram! More than grapes and wine! I'll never give it up.

Trader Joe's has some good fair-trade dark chocolate as well... I think the stuff I bought last time had about 85% cacao solids? We eat it regularly, in small quantities. It's just about the only sweet I go for these days. I also like the Endangered Species and Green & Black's chocolate.

Absolute good. Like bacon.

I think it's decent, but nowhere near as good as Valrhona Le Noir Extra Amer, which is the best dark chocolate bar I've ever had.

for anyone in the UK, Tesco 85% chocolate is currently reduced to 53p/100g

Which ever chocolate you eat, I would say check the sugar on the label. I find Swiss chocolate to be much sweeter than others. I like Traders Joe's 85% which has 6 grams of sugar per 40 gram serving (2/3 of the bar). Since I only eat one or two squares a couple of times a week, the sugar is minimal. The cacao is from Colombia. TJs 72% is from Belgium and has 13 grams of sugar for a 47g serving (1 bar).

I like Vintage Plantations 90% and 100%. They are both soy lecithin free and fair traded. You can get it on their website or at worldwide chocolate in IL.

The West African child slavery reality is all too real and startingly similar to the trade 200 years ago. You def wanna get fair traded chocolate!

It makes me smile how much passion and response chocolate receives on this board.

I am totally loving the TJ's dark chocolate, way more than some of the others. Also the scharffen berger are nice. I do not love the extra dark Chocolove, though I like some of their more semisweet products. I also like the Davao by Askinosie.

Love endangered species 88% with blueberries! Lindts 90 too! Anything over 83 is for me. Frozen also makes it taste better for some reason.

Personally I've had to fight a lot of sweets cravings, but I have always seen dark chocolate as a rare treat. The darker the better. Lindt does have a 99% if you can find it. However, a number of paleo eaters avoid soy, for various reasons. If you need / want to do so, check to make sure the chocolate you eat doesn't contain soy lecithin. This usually means organic, higher-quality chocolates are your best option.

Lindt seems fair but Ghiradelli can have other contaminants including wheat.

Scharffen Berger Extra Dark 82% is quite good. The flavor is nice and complex and has much better flavor than any of the Lindt bars I have tried.

If you are budget minded then buying the Ghiradelli 70% Bittersweet Dark Chocolate Baking Bar on the baking aisle is a great value. I can currently get a 4oz bar for 2.49

If you are trying to avoid sugar the Ghiradelli 100% Chocolate baking bar is the same price.