Is there such a thing as sugar free/low sugar milk free chocolate?

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My friend has cancer and has developed lactose intolerance. She has also now developed diabetes as a result of her medications and illness.

She's a chocoholic and I would love to find an alternative for her. Any ideas would be very gratefully received

dark chocolate would be lower milk and diabetic chocolate would be sugar free

Loads of dark chocolate is dairy free. Green & blacks is lovely.

Dark chocolate

I did think of green and blacks (I'm a dark choc fan) but worry about the sugar. She's apparently meant to be as sugar free as possible bless her

There are loads of milk free chocolate. Dark chocolate tends to be naturally milk free and is often lower in sugar.

@Jackshouse fab thanks. I will check out some of the diabetes sites and see if I can figure out which is safest.

Be wary of diabetic chocolate, it doesn't taste particularly nice and can act as a laxative. I'd prob say a small amount of the good quality dark chocolate would be better.

Decent dark chocolate is usually milk free and low in sugar, but it can be an acquired taste if you are used to sweet, creamy milk chocolate. I bought some from aldi the other day that was sea salt dark chocolate (Moser Roth), it was dairy free but I think it was about 60% cocoa solids so a bit sweeter and not as bitter as 75/80%. It was quite nice, they do mint, orange, chilli flavours too.

Basically, the higher the cocoa content, the less sugar - you can get a 100% cocoa bar by Montezuma, but it's a bit intense. Lindt do an 85% bar (still too intense for me), and you can get 70% bars pretty widely. Not sure how diabetic bars are sweetened - she may or may not like them.

Plenty of 100% bars an options at Hotel Chocolat which are sugar and milk free!

Try raw chocolate websites I have periodically stopped eating sugar and there will be lots to choose from. I like coconut ones for sweetness without sugar.

Try Holland and Barrett, I can't remember the brand name but I know I've had dairy free chocolate from there made with xylitol rather than sugar.

When I'm on a diet, I always go for Sainsbury's no added sugar milk chocolate and I think it's pretty nice

Oh sorry I don't know if the Sainsbury's stuff is milk free - I just saw about the lactose intolerance

Have a look on the Lucy Bee website-she makes ‘chocolate’ With coconut oil and cacao powder and honey so you could control the sweetness. She also makes hot chocolate with coconut milk and cacao which may appeal! The brand is carried in Morrisons and I think Asda and available online.

As a diabetic I recommend Green and Blacks 85%. The sugar content is low but unlike other chocolates this dark it is not bitter.

My sister in law follows a largely sugar free diet and eats the 99% stuff. I can’t tolerate it but previous to that she only ever ate chocolate that was at least 75% cocoa solids anyway so was already most of the way there.
Hotel chocolat/Lindt/Willies (the last one is available from our local Sainsburys, the willies from Waitrose and HC obviously from their own shops although ocado stock certain lines).

Ps. You would need to check the lactose though.

Basically you are looking fo vegan sugar free chocolate, there are quite a few of you google.

Here is the Holland and Barrett one.

www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/so-free-no-added-sugar-alternative-to-milk-chocolate-60047052?skuid=047052&&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0ezslPCB3gIVibHtCh2URwWAEAQYBCABEgIBYPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I wouldn't recommend diabetic chocolate. It tastes foul and gives you the worst shits imaginable!! I am T2 diabetic and my treat is a square or two of green and blacks dark chocolate. And Hotel Chocolat do a lower sugar range.

There is a chocolate brand called Chocologic

Would this be any good?

www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/290069878

I’m a chocoholic and dairy-free atm, and even without avoiding sugar, it’s really hard to find dairy-free chocolate that I like. I love milk chocolate and just don’t like dark chocolate very much unfortunately. A good quality dark chocolate or low sugar vegan chocolate will probably be better than nothing. But you could also consider another chocolatey treat, like a low sugar vegan chocolate cake - I have eaten some absolutely delicious vegan chocolate cake that tastes just like the non-vegan “real thing”, and that’s more of a treat for me than disappointing chocolate. I bet you could find a recipe for a low-sugar dairy free chocolate cake, or find a good vegan baker who would make one.

This just came up on my Facebook - dairy free and low sugar pureheavenly.com/

Ombar do 'mylk' chocolate made with coconut milk, of varying strengths. The coconut milk is fairly unobtrusive. I don't think the sugar content is too high, either. It is rather expensive, but the problem with dark chocolate is that it spikes blood sugar way more quickly than milk chocolate, as there is less fat to slow down absorption of the sugar. I have problems with blood sugar maintenance (get low blood sugar after eating too much sugar/sugar or carbs unbalanced with protein and fat), and I can't eat dark chocolate, as it makes me feel ill not too long afterwards, even in quite small quantities. Small amounts of milk chocolate are way less spikey. Depends on your friend's specific issues, of course.

If your friend is ok with dark chocolate, then head to Holland and Barrett - they do a brand called Balance which has a sugar free dark chocolate bar sweetened with stevia, and Plamil brand dark chocolate sweetened with xylitol (which is good for your teeth and what a lot of chewing gum is sweetened with). Both are small bars.

I prefer both of the above to maltitol sweetened chocolate, but if you wanted to try some Sainsbury's do an own brand sugar free dark chocolate bar with maltitolThis is a larger bar, 200g I think.