I know, I know, keto purists will harp on some of the ingredients. It seems like every day some "expert" is coming out against another ingredient that will sabotage weight loss, cause inflammation, start a world war, whatever. Know what? I don't care! Lily's chocolates have saved me time and time again from hopping in the car and hot-wheeling it over to Aldi's candy and baked goods aisle.
I try very hard to follow a low carb, if not entirely keto, way of eating. But it's not as easy as some people say. At least, it isn't for me. After a while, the thought of another slab of beef or a plate of bacon and eggs makes me gag. I used to satisfy that occasional urge for something sweet with a small handful of Lily's baking chips. Then I discovered these amazing milk chocolate bars.
Funny thing is, with a regular, sugar-laden chocolate bar of the same size, I would easily consume the whole thing in one sitting and still want more. That's the nature of food addiction. But with these, I find that a couple of squares do the trick and, most important, don't create that irresistible urge to eat more. A little schmear of peanut butter along with it, and it's the closest thing to a Reese's peanut butter cup you're likely to find. You can even melt a few squares in a cupcake liner, drop in a spoonful of peanut butter, and cover it with more melted chocolate, and there you have it.
Yeah, they're expensive. Show me something for the low carb/keto lifestyle that isn't three or four times pricier than the garbage made with cheap ingredients like sugar, white flour, high fructose corn syrup, inflammatory seed oils, etc. You get what you pay for. Personally, I find that I need so little of Lily's chocolate to satisfy me that they actually save me money - not to mention keeping me on the low carb track.
What surprised me most about this particular product was how very close to the taste of a Hershey's chocolate bar they are. Not as sweet and creamy as my old favorite, Cadbury, but close enough. Normally, anything with stevia leaves an unpleasant aftertaste, but these don't. Not for me, at least, and I'm pretty sensitive to that sort of thing. I also tried Lily's salted caramel chocolate bars, and they're delicious, but I like the taste of these plain milk chocolate bars even better.
Oh, and keto purists? Another thing. I checked my blood sugar before and about an hour after eating a few squares, and there was no change. Maybe that's just my individual body's response. Everyone is different and you have to experiment sometimes to see what does and doesn't work for you. For me, Lily's chocolates work.
UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE‡, ERYTHRITOL†, COCOA BUTTER‡, CHICORY ROOT FIBER, SOLUBLE CORN FIBER†, SKIM MILK, MILK FAT, REDUCED PROTEIN WHEY (MILK), ISOMALT**, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: LECITHIN (SUNFLOWER), STEVIA EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR.
