Dear members,

My girlfriend has decided to give the low carb 'diet' a try, having seen how easily I got down to my target weight, which I have now maintained for about eight months.

Today was the last day of her 'induction' (Atkins), and I would like to reward her for sticking with it, despite missing her favourite indulgence: chocolate!

I was going to buy her some diabetics chocolate, thinking that would be lo-carb, but not at all! So I had an for making some:

Melt 70% cocoa dark chocolate, together with some artificial sweetner and some soya milk. I'm guessing the dark chocolate is quite low in sugar/carbs, but I haven't been able to check. If it is, the result might be a low-carb alternative to milk chocolate.

Has anyone tried this, or similar? How much sweetner do you think it needs? Would the soya milk combine with the dark chocolate okay - I presume I need to blend the two over a bain Marie?

Any advice gratefully received - if I can find a lo-carb substitute for milk chocolate that doesn't cost a fortune then I think I could persuade her to remain on the diet - otherwise I fear her self-discipline will crack!

Thanks. MLS