Good tasting, low calorie hot chocolate?

MaureenH39

When the evenings are cooler, which they have started to be here...I like to have a cup of hot chocolate. Yesterday I bought Swiss Miss Diet which is 25 calories. I had it last night and it has a funny/weird after taste...so I don't like it. :ohwell: Anyone tried any good tasting ones for about the same calories? Thanks!

timbotina

bumping to see the responses because with fall coming, you know winter is next and I love hot cocoa, but the packs I use are around 100 cal....so thanks for posting

grover0ca

I have had trouble finding one as well...I love to have a mug every once in a while in the winter.

MLgarcia3

I have a Keurig, so I use the Cafe Escapes Milk Chocolate Hot Cocoa K-cups.. 70 cals and super yummy

trisha329

What part of the country are you in, Maureen? I drink our supermarket brand and I love it! I buy the fat free version, with only 25 calories. It's Kroger, which I think may only be out west. I don't like Swiss Miss, either.

MaureenH39

Trish, I am in the northeast....no Kroger...darn it! :laugh:

Luber905

1 tbsp dry cocoa powder (12 cal.), stir up with 1 tsp white sugar (15 cal). Drizzle in hot water and stir until it makes a paste. Then fill the mug with hot water and stir like crazy to mix it well. No added crap, preservatives etc. and it tastes great! Of course, it's even more awesome with hot milk, but that takes it up to 110 calories or so.

musclebuilder

1 tbsp dry cocoa powder (12 cal.), stir up with 1 tsp white sugar (15 cal). Drizzle in hot water and stir until it makes a paste. Then fill the mug with hot water and stir like crazy to mix it well. No added crap, preservatives etc. and it tastes great! Of course, it's even more awesome with hot milk, but that takes it up to 110 calories or so.

Hersheys cocoa powder makes very good hot chocolate. You may want to add some form of sweetner since it us unsweetened. I also mix a tiny bit in my oatmeal at times or with some yogurt. Very low cal treat that comes in handy.

knittygirl52

Personally, I like to go "old school." I take a cup of skim milk, put a 1/2 - 1 TBSP of cocoa powder in it, and some artificial sweetener. You can do it in the microwave, but it gets smoother if you do it on the stove. Tastes better than any instant.

maroon58

i use the green mtn keurig cups which are really good. i also like a generic brand called dutch cocoa, i believe. i think i got it at fred meyers. also, if you have extra calories the swiss miss with marshmellows is really good. it comes with just a packet of tiny marshmellows and the mix....so yummy!

jessmomof3

1 tbsp dry cocoa powder (12 cal.), stir up with 1 tsp white sugar (15 cal). Drizzle in hot water and stir until it makes a paste. Then fill the mug with hot water and stir like crazy to mix it well. No added crap, preservatives etc. and it tastes great! Of course, it's even more awesome with hot milk, but that takes it up to 110 calories or so.

Yep, that's how I make mine. I use dry cocoa powder (and Hershey's even makes a dark cocoa powder!), and for me 1 packet of Stevia instead of sugar. I use skim milk or unsweetened almond milk same as listed above (make a paste by adding a little at a time) and then microwave for a minute. Stir and then microwave another 45 seconds or so. If you really want to be decadent, add a Dove Dark chocolate promise and melt. :bigsmile: Sprinkle w/ cinnamon and nutmeg. I never buy instant hot cocoa packets!

tessjordan88

What part of the country are you in, Maureen? I drink our supermarket brand and I love it! I buy the fat free version, with only 25 calories. It's Kroger, which I think may only be out west. I don't like Swiss Miss, either.

There are Krogers in the south too, in Alabama and Georgia. Swiss miss is sweet and creamy. Sometimes TOO sweet!

peanut1967

You could just make your own hot chocolate with skim milk and pure cocoa and very little sugar, or take less sugar every time. That would be a dark chocoate. I make it that way for my daughrter with my espresso machine (with the little milk foamer that's part of the machine) and she loves it. A friend of mine makes it with way completely without sugar and she says she loves it and adding sugar is only a habit. You could also try adding stevia instead of sugar (haven't tried it myself)

EDIT: oh sorry, didn't read all posts, now I see there already have been similar suggestions.

fitterpam

I love the idea of the cocoa and sugar with water/milk. I always thought it would take too long. My fav right now is Carnation light. 3Tbsp of the mix is 40 cal and I only need to use 2 to get a decent chocolatey taste. Depending on the day and my leftover cals, I usually use just water but have been known to use cream or milk to up the creamy factor.

bekkyhughes

I like Cadbury's Highlights Dark Chocolate, put a dash of milk in to make it more creamy.

It's 35kcals per cup without the milk.

MaureenH39

Thanks so much everyone!

georginamiley123

you should use options Belgium hot chocolate- its delicious and only 39 calories per packet. im addicted to hot chocolate but i don't really like it with water, I like using milk instead but this means theres much more calories so now i use a quarter of the mug with milk and the rest with water. Im going to give that cocoa powder a try i have some down stairs but it doesnt look to nice to drinklol!

morbidbones

If you want to make it with milk (because we all know water isn't as nice!) you could try having it with alpro light soya milk at 22cal/100ml ... It's not the same as normal milk on its own but I have it with hot choc and cereal and it reduces the calories a lot! (its also just as nutritious as normal milk!)