I did the curves diet back in february, but am not on it now. I didn't do the shakes though cause I'm allergic to soy and dairy. I heard they were good.
I'm not sure what I thought of the diet overall, i did lose about 14lbs though.
My diet class was fun & I felt a lot of support from the ladies. My mom did the diet too, but in another town & she said it wasn't too helpful, most of the women dropped out or something. So I guess it depends on where you are & if you have a good facilitator.

I'm a big staller, and the diet also wants you to stop if you stall for a week. Not sure if I agree with this? Also at the time 6 small meals a day seemed okay, lately though, I feel sick if I snack that much.

If you want to do the diet just to get the chocolate, I'm sure you can find low carb chocolate ideas in the recipes section, so you could probably just stick to atkins if you wanted.

You are right it is alot like atkins, but with curves induction I think you can have small servings of strawberries and blueberries, where atkins wants you to omit fruit.