Food and Nutrition

2026/10/03

Taste Test Every Chocolate Bar

I eat a little dark chocolate every day, usually for breakfast, which contains beneficial polyphenols similar to those found in berries. It also has saturated fat, but reportedly not the "bad" kind.

I heard one commentator say that we should just eat berries instead, and I eat a cup of blueberries every day, which is reportedly good for brain health.

I am currently eating this brand of dark chocolate because it is cheaper than other brands, and the pieces are individually wrapped, which I like. It is only available from Aldis. However, I am eating the 85% version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgUe5BIqaB4&t=1781s

The actual price is around $4. Chocolate keeps going up in price, and the prices are higher than what is stated in the video.

I find it interesting that this brand is made in Utah. It is very expensive...

https://youtu.be/bgUe5BIqaB4?si=yLHCLbaT-p_aMQgh&t=1834

I used to eat the following brand that I got at Walmart...

https://youtu.be/bgUe5BIqaB4?si=Z-3tjv4W4KusHneZ&t=713

It is one of the brands that Consumer Reports flagged for heavy metal contamination. However, Consumer Reports was going by the California standard, which is super strict. I wrote the company, and they claimed that their dark chocolate is safe to eat.

I personally prefer the 90% because it has more actual chocolate and less sugar. Dark chocolate can have a strong taste, but I am used to it.

I used to buy this brand, and Consumer Reports claimed that it was in a safe range for heavy metal contamination. It is maybe one of the better brands.

https://youtu.be/bgUe5BIqaB4?si=EH9Yj_QYwFfG3szE&t=12

Dark chocolate has risen greatly in price, so I started eating this Walmart brand, which is a little cheaper. Based on the reviews, I might go back to it.

https://youtu.be/bgUe5BIqaB4?si=k5sJRTprATNrn-9c&t=996

2026/10/01

Americans Ate THIS?! I Was NOT Ready!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC0w9lptdL4&t=643s

2026/09/28

Sam's Club Pizza

The first pizza I got from Sam's Club had a soft crust, like it needed to be cooked a little longer. I was disappointed at first, but I ended up really liking it after I refrigerated it because the crust firmed up a little. It is a large pizza, so it took me five days to eat it, and it was good the whole time.

Sam's Club is about a 17-minute drive from my house because it is way across town. I needed to go to the post office, so I decided to drive the extra five minutes to Sam's Club to get another pizza. I asked if they could cook it for an extra minute, but the young lady said that because they were so busy, they couldn't do it. However, she said they could do it on a different day when they weren't as busy. She countered that the crust would probably be firmer this time around.

Because they were so busy, they said it would take about 30 minutes to get the pizza. Reportedly, the normal time is about nine minutes. I said that was no problem because I would do some shopping. When I finished shopping 25 minutes later, the pizza was already done.

I could smell the bacon on the four-meat pizza, which made me even hungrier. After I got home, I ate a couple of the good-sized pieces. The crust had just enough firmness to get by, but I was way impressed with the taste. This wasn't like the first pizza, where I thought the taste of the tomato sauce overwhelmed everything. This pizza was very flavorful.

At $8.98, I would expect a pizza this good to cost more than twice as much. I assume that the results can vary depending on who makes the pizza and how busy the store is, because sometimes we live in an imperfect world.

Prior to all this, I hadn't ordered a pizza in years. This is good enough and cheap enough that it will become a regular part of my Sam's Club shopping trips.