What's your chocolate substitute?

SaffronSunrise

Skinny Cow......oh how I love you! I'm almost always able to fit in a small bag of Reeses Pieces into my macros.

radicalfae

Could dip a wet popsicle stick into a packet of lower calorie cocoa. Takes forever to eat that way thus makes it easier to satisfy a chocolate craving with less as it takes a while for the brain to register it's had enough sweets. But you get the sweet chocolate taste.

scalebeater

Usually I just eat chocolate when I want it, but if you want to stay away from it, try ground cacao in a smoothie for a treat. It's high in fiber, and a similar flavor. Also brown.

MrsMizart

Alpro soya chocolate dessert. If I engender right 125 calories. Fills a spot :-)

2009jewellz

Mix in with trail mix.

kali31337

I found if I have a fiber brownie in the morning, I do much better the whole day with those sweet cravings. But if I want it, I make sure I have enough calories to eat it

Sweets1954

Have one or two Hershey's kisses, a piece of Dove chocolate or another small piece of chocolate. One Hershey's kiss is 22 calories. A piece of Dove dark chocolate is 42 calories. Usually one or two pieces will satisfy my craving for something sweet and/or chocolate after a meal.

ereck44

You could get those swiss miss chocolate packets and mix it with hot milk...that way you can get a taste of chocolate and the protein in the milk will keep you satisfied. If chocolate is a "binge" food, then stick with popsicles or maybe some sweetened cereal, anything other than chocolate that will satisfy sweet tooth. I had to do it with ice cream for a while and now I can portion control even with ice cream.

jennifermi

I posted this on another thread about beating sugar cravings.

I used to be able to eat 2 full size chocolate bars at one sitting.

Now, half a bar once a week is satisfying and maybe tastes a bit too sweet. I was able to step down the chocolate this way:

1) Switch from candy bars to individually wrapped very high quality chocolate. (The better the chocolate, the less you need to satisfy.)

2) Put it in the freezer. Whenever you want chocolate, take out 1 to thaw. (The time between craving and eating helps calm the craving). Only take out 1 at a time.

3) Step down to smaller chocolate content. I used chocolate almonds, and took only 1 serving at a time.

4) Step down to not having chocolate in the house. If you have a craving, you have to make a trip to the store.

5) Once you have control, you can safely put chocolate back in the house, to enjoy in moderation.

That is what I have decided to do. Nice to know it worked for someone else

taentea

I just have chocolate. I had an affair with dark chocolate few years ago but right now I go for milk kind most of the time and don't see a big problem with it. I buy chocolate in thin bars (Lindt, Villars, Ameri etc), so a 10 gram square allows for plenty of bites and is only 50-60 calories, so it's easy to fit into my calorie budget.

There's something I noticed lately though. It's quite common for me to make myself a plate of bite-size cut fruits, berries, carrots, grapes and occasionally nuts or candy to accompany my evening tea in front of a computer. I just make enough to use up my remaining calories for the day. Sometimes I throw a square of chocolate in there too. And it never ends to be my favourite thing on a plate. Put side to side with other things, it feels too sweet and lacking freshness. I almost regret putting it there instead of 1 more apple.

southcitystudio

Like many others I keep a bar of extra dark in the freezer for emergencies. It's been there for a couple weeks at least. One square is very satisfying, it's super rich!

Conspiracy19

Hot chocolate I use half the recommended serving in the drink I find that using the recommended three teaspoons makes it too powdery anyway.

fluffy2beastmode

I bought fiber brownies today to help me with my chocolate cravings. Once I have more control with portions, etc I might just try and have one lol.

vlayne

I like to eat a few (1-2 TBL) of semi sweet choc chips. You could make a little trail mix with it by adding some raw almonds and a little granola.

melimomTARDIS

a whole hershey bar is only 210 calories, whats the big deal?

melimomTARDIS

those 40 calorie fudgesicles are pretty yummy. chocolate rice cakes are great too. however both those things contain chocolate... not really a substitute for anything.