Alternative for chocolate.. Ideas please!

stacksue

Add cocoa powder to oatmeal. The good old fashioned kind, not quick cooking. Make it with some lowfat milk(or full fat grass fed organic milk) and sweeten with a bit of raw honey or a ripe banana. It's soo yummy, and pretty healthy. Plus you're eating chocolate for breakfast.

Bereyff

I purchase a bag of Lily's dark chocolate premium baking chips that is sweetened with stevia and I love it. 60 chips is only 55 calories and sometimes I take a serving of the chips and mix it with Justin's all natural almond butter to have a sweet tooth craving filled aka peanut butter cup but honestly way better tasting and better for you. I have also heard you can make your own chocolate by using coconut oil and cocoa powder yet I have not attempted to make it. I am sure you can find some recipes online to do so.

mjohnson1twenty

i've eaten carob before and it's not terribly bad for a substitute. still not chocolate but could do in a pinch. good luck with your search...

azulvioleta6

If I want to have chocolate, I make myself walk to the grocery store to get it.

I agree that good quality is satisfying and low quality is not.

My Grocery Outlet (about 1.5 miles, round trip) sells Ritter Sport bars for 99 cents. I really like the whole hazelnuts covered in dark chocolate. It's something like 2.3 oz--a reasonable serving, but enough to be satisfying. Plus that gives me a bunch of extra FitBit steps!

ker95texas

I too am a chocoholic, and believe just about everything is better with chocolate (well maybe not peas, but I hate peas.....) I find that I can't keep much chocolate around the house because my willpower is zilch when the cocoa craving calls.
My current aids to prevent me from a chocolate deprivation crime spree are:
-Chocolate (soy based) protein shake, often with added sugar free choco syrup. Made with ice in my blender, with or without mint extract, it's like a 'real' chocolate shake.
-Harney and Sons Chocolate Mint, Flavored Black Tea. Seriously one of my best discoveries. Zero calories (although I do add artificial sweetener), in an oversized mug and I usually sit down and just enjoy it.
-Fiber One Chocolate Fudge Brownie - 90 calories. Also their chocolate cereal (80 calories for 3/4 cup - I'll pour it in a bowl and eat it as a snack)
-Echoing the vote for fudgesicles.
-And when I really really want it - I buy a regular sized candy bar (about once a month) and try to make it last as long as possible. The better quality candy bar the better for me. And of course, log it (sigh).

Enjoy!

SLLRunner

Auntiezozo81 wrote: »

my name is Zoe, and I am a chocoholic. I am fat. I have started my MFP last week. It has helped me control of my calories. However, chocolate is something I binge on. I am emotional eater. To control this I want to stop eating chocolate.
Do people have an alternative that they snack on if you have a sweet tooth?
Thanks.

There is no substitute. If you want to lose weight, you either have to learn to moderate or not eat it at all. I suggest moderation because chocolate is the what make most people smile. If I can learn to moderate chocolate, anyone can.

Auntiezozo81

Thanks for your advice.

Auntiezozo81

urloved33

I drink a small hot chocolate (made w hot water) its only 65 calories and I get my fix....for as long as I sip on it.

Liftng4Lis

Chocolate covered almonds!

suruda

I also am a serious chocolate addict. When I first started in January, I cut out sweets completely for a couple of weeks just until I felt like I had some good control over my food intake. Now I have my bag of dove darks in the cupboard and a bag of ghiradelli 60% cocoa chocolate chips. Either one will work on the sweet tooth and I save a few calories a day for the indulgence! (50-100)

saraonly9913

Sugar free almond milk w chocolate extract and sweetner of your choice. Almond milk w Walden Farms 0 calorie syrup. Or maybe ricotta or cottage cheese mixed w powdered cocoa or chocolate extract w sweetener of your choice.

Ninkyou

I like milky way minis if I'm low on calories... but honestly... gimme some godiva or lindt and I'm in heaven.

jenschroll

I've taken to swapping out the bars for protein shakes.

Les_B_FitNotFat

Curley whirleys. For the length of time they take to eat they are well worth the calories (118) as a treat. I am a binge eater too where choc is concerned. Build one into your allowance if need be. In my experience if I deny myself for any length of time I will eventually binge and eat 3 times as many. Hope that helps

Whittedo

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this but there is no substitute for chocolate.

jgnatca

First, a calorie "bomb" that is also "all-natural".

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/361132463846418252/

It is as good as it looks. I won't make it again. Can't afford the calorie hit.

When I eat chocolate, I make sure it is the good stuff. And I take my time savoring it. Perhaps if you buy very, very expensive chocolate it will slow you down some.

The freezer also helps.

atypicalsmith

I love Costco's Nut Exactly Almond Blueberry snack bites, dipped in dark chocolate. Five pieces is only 130 calories. I save my calories to eat them almost every night, although lately, three have been enough, which puts it at 78 calories.

jpaulie

switch to very dark chocolate, like 85%, I eat lindt and it doesn't give you the cravings that the other filled chocolates have. AND it is VERY healthy

allaboutthecake

I try to fill up on as much protein as I can handle when sweets/salty/chocolate pangs hit. When that doesn't work, I'll do something different. Like, clean toilets. When that doesn't work, I'll mow the lawn. When that doesn't work, I'll have a piece. But not the whole bar/bag/box/tub all at once. And if the bar/bag/box/tub is too much for me to withhold, I'll share with the neighbor kids/dump it in trash/bring to work/etc.