Chocolate needed that is 100% dairy free

[RainingCatsandDogs]

Anything I can give 1 year ds who is severely allergic to cows milk(can have soya)

Green and Blacks do some vegan chocolate, I think.

There are loads but mostly quite dark stuff, not really suitable for a 1 year old. Does he need choc, could you give a different treat?

There is a dairy free chocolate that my dh eats but I can't remember what it's called, sorry- that's no use really is it? GReen and Blacks do one but he didn't really like it. The one we buy can be found in nearly every supermarket, comes in mint choc, orange choc, hazelnut choc and just plain choc . It's normally with their 'free from' range.

Oh and Sainsburys do their own brand one. Agree it's probably not really great for 1 you- it really is strong tasting and not really 'like' choc iyswim, hadn't noticed that bit but at least you know where to buy it if you want some!

Most widely available is prob Green and Black's - the Maya Gold is sort of orangey and sweeter than the dark 70% stuff but still dairy-free.

Be careful - as you probably already know, a lot of dark chocolate still has butter fat or some form of dairy in it.

If you have any health food shops near you, there'll be loads in there too.

yes, health shops have montezuma's, terence stamp's (also in waitrose), duchy do one. Green and Blacks maya gold and cherry are their only dairy free ones I think. They're all very dark, around 70% cocoa so a lot of caffeine

Ritter Sport - german chocolate, but fairly widely available in the UK.

the dairy free varieties are marzipan, peppermint and plain.
there is a dark nut one, but it has butter fat in.
Not sure if they have traces of milk in, if so they are small. I dont have a problem with them (also react to cows milk).

I thought dark chocolate was better for you than the 'milky' stuff, anyway? (I'm deeply offended by the whole 'milky' thing - surely milk is a billion times better, as sources of milk go .)

My kids like dark chocolate ok. I'd agree that a one-year-old doesn't really need it though.

I am not sure, it's not jsut the caffein I would be worried about, it's the Theobromine, that is in all chocolate, but the darker the more there will be, that I would be worried about.
some info about theobromine, incase you would like to know a bit more

There is absolute no need to introduce chocolate at all or certainly not this early.
If anything, it's probably best if Children never learn to think of Chocolate as a treat anyway.

There's no need, but chocolate is nice stuff, dammit.

And what's he supposed to think of it as, if it's not a treat? A basic foodstuff? Crack cocaine?

Who gives chocolate and sweets to 1 year olds? Bizarre.

Really is for a treat!
Don't feel he should not have very occasionally just because he has cows milk intolerance.
Really pleased I got so many suggestions.Thanks everyone.

My grandmother (90) would give choc to a 1 year old - I help "care" or her, and ever since ds was about 9 mths I have had to wrestle "secret" chocolate treats away from her and explain (over and over) that he doesnt need it and if he hasn't tasted it, he can't miss it!

Ds is over 2 now and I have more or less given up. DS now associates Grandma's house with chocolate biscuits. Oh well - keeps them both happy (and I have at least 2 afternoons when a sugar high is a given).

carob is the non dairy "chocolatelike" thing you're looking for. www.bbc.co.uk/food/glossary/c.shtml?carob

I really doubt anyone is looking for carob. It's rank.

Def a basic food stuff...

i've gotten some stuff from the larger holland and barret's for a friends dd who has a bad dairy allergy.

G&B dark is dairy free.

Sainsburys do a free from range of small bars. They do a normal "milk" chocolate one and a rice crackle one. They are quite good as you can buy them in smaller portions. I think Tesco do a range as well.

Plamil or after eights

RC&D, You can get children's chocolate sweets made by a company called Allergycare in Holland and Barret, and Sainsbury's do a soya chocolate bar aswell.

All the G&B stuff is far too rich for a little one, and probably won't be liked.

I can post a recipe for dairy free choc cake if you like?

Peter Rabbit Organics does Dairy Free chocolate, which is really quite nice. I got mine by winning a competition here on Mumsnet. Waitrose stock the range, plus see stockist list on the Peter Rabbit Organics website.

Ingredients of Orange Bar
Cocoa Mass, fructose, cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin, orange oil (organically produced)

Hippocampus: Dairy free chocolate cake recipe would be great.