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Well, I loved both "Pure chocolate" and all sorts of caramel/nougat/peanut butter filled types. I could appreciate the finest "Single bean" dark chocolates, smooth quality milk chocolates - whether imported or from many of the new American boutique brands. I could even enjoy Hershey's with it's somewhat strange grainy texture and particular taste.

The only ones I detested were the ones that legally had to say "Chocolate flavored" because they didn't technically qualify as actual "Chocolate".

However, I no longer have to worry about any of this as I have discovered that I am allergic to chocolate. Not to the extent that a small bit would kill me, as in the type of anaphylactic shock that unfortunately occurs sometimes with peanut allergy sufferers, but my symptoms can be fairly severe if I was to say, eat an entire "Large size" 70% cocoa dark chocolate bar as I did once a few years ago. I developed a whole body intensely painful ache which lasted until the next morning. Imagine a bad headache which spread throughout all your limbs down to your fingers and toes along with a slightly strange feeling of mild nausea. The thought occurred to me that this must be what it feels like to be poisoned, but not die…

I had suspected for some months, that eating chocolate was the source of some symptoms such as aching toes that lasted for a day or two. I also developed other signs/symptoms of poor internal health such as cracked bleeding lips, and problems with - lets say - my "Lower digestive tract".

So, I've managed to cut my chocolate consumption down to about 1/16th of a candy bar per month, perhaps slightly less. I can't entirely avoid just a tiny nibble here or there, or perhaps ONE bite of a chocolate chip cookie that I chew up, and then sadly spit into the sink and wash away.

Edited: Chris on 5th Mar, 2016 - 4:20am

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I no longer eat chocolate because I do not eat sugar (Processed). As I always try to illustrate, if you take out the sugar you will see just how bitter chocolate can be - its all about the sugar for most things and that is where the addiction lies in most cases. Chocolate of itself has good properties but no one eats chocolate without sugar added.

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My favorite Mexican dish, Mole Poblano Chicken, has chocolate, and is not sweet.

Most stout beers that have chocolate added are not particularly sweet.

In fact, the popularity of chocolate does not even begin with sweet origins:

I would gladly welcome regaining the ability to eat chocolate [without it making me sick] even if I could only eat it without added sweeteners. I do still wish I could eat chocolate candy, chocolate ice cream, and have chocolate in sweet beverages, but it's certainly not just the sugar that I'm craving.

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Actually, Mexican Chocolate is sweet, probably not as sweet as something from Cadbury's but the ingredients that make it up is granulated sugar. I can go into this deeper but its better suited for: Sugar Addiction - Harmful Affects Of Sugar. My main point is to say that sugar is the main crave in chocolate, specially milk chocolate that is why a lot of people cannot handle the dark chocolate variety which tends to have less sugar as well as the cream of milk (Sugar) in it thus allowing more of the natural bitter taste of the chocolate to come out. While I once use this as a crutch I can't say that I miss it anymore - my health means more to me now than ever.

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Well, most of the Mole I've had is not sweet - the sweetest part of the whole dish at my favorite place to get Mole in California is slices of raw white onion.

I'm familiar with the evils of sugar, but I can have a can of dulce de leche sitting on my shelf for a month before I'll crack it open and have a bite - that still does nothing to fill the void left by chocolate - nor does any other source of sweetness.

The chemical compounds and flavors of chocolate can have quite a strong appeal without considering the sugar component. When eating a small square of 70% cocoa dark chocolate the amount of sugar is quite insignificant other than to slightly take the edge off the bitterness, and certainly is not enough to be unhealthy in the least, if that's all the processed sugar you eat in a day.

Now, if you eat a 1/2 lb of milk chocolate, that's an entirely different matter altogether.

Rather off topic, but...
I'm glad I avoid sodas, fruit juice, pies, candy, cakes, etc. Most days. I can't manage more than a couple years without at least one each of these: a slice of hot apple pie on a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or the same with pecan pie. I also really enjoy a fresh fruit tart on custard about once every year or two. I would not want to try to remove those treats from my life, and I certainly wouldn't want to adulterate them with anything other that the proper traditional ingredients!

For those people that are not sensitive/allergic to chocolate, I believe it is more beneficial than harmful, to eat an occasional square of dark chocolate. As long as one has the discipline to eat such foods in small quantities, of course!

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Chocolate is one of those abused flavors of modern times. Real chocolate has a deeper rich taste that isn't drowned bu nougat, caramel and milk which take away from its exquisite flavor. Eating it without all these additives means that one morsel is satisfying. The sugar rush, mentioned earlier, is the addiction, hence chocolate cake, chocolate donuts, chocolate bar and chocolate milkshakes are considered the same once its flavored "Chocolate".