bedtime cocoa alternatives?

graelwyn

Give me an idea of how to make an alternative to hot chocolate before bed. I have tried pure cocoa powder and it seems to keep me awake, oddly. Carob seems to give me some sort of a hot flush reaction and all normal and diet hot chocolates seem to be full of sugar and sweeteners. I am trying to break free of my sugar addiction so i fear my beloved hot choc must go too.

aircantu1

Hot tea. There are many different flavors.

bazaar1982

hot milk with a spoonful of honey in it - helps with sugary cravings the next day too. x

Shweedog

Nothing wrong with a cup of cocoa. I drink the Nestle sugar free hot cocoa.

waffleflavoredtea

It's too bad that pure cocoa makes you tired that's what I was going to suggest!

There are some dessert flavored teas out there like Christmas Cookie, Gingerbread Man, Chocolate, and Caramel Truffle.

I don't like dessert teas much but maybe check around Google or Amazon for more tempting flavors?

bazaar1982

Nothing wrong with a cup of cocoa. I drink the Nestle sugar free hot cocoa.

blurrrgh isn't that just like really thin, watery cocoa? (or at least thats what i think i'll be getting when i look at it!)

LeenaRuns

Melt 90% cocoa dark chocolate in milk on the stove. Then you're getting protein and calcium too.

abbybean11

you might just have to go cold turkey until you stop craving it. that's what i had to do with sugar in my coffee in the morning. it was really hard giving it up at first, but now i'm totally fine with black coffee.

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tseecka

I don't know if you're in the States or Canada, but there is a tea company based out of Canada called DavidsTea. They make some absolutely scrumptious chocolate teas, and I do believe they ship to the US.

I would highly recommend the Chocolate Cake, Read my Lips, and Chili Chocolate Chai flavours. If you want to avoid caffeine, they also have a Mint Chocolate Rooiboos that is caffeine-free (the other three are all black teas and so have slightly higher caffeine content).

betsyog

What about heating up a chocolate almond, coconut, or soy milk?

VMarkV

If it's got chocolate in it, it's going to have stimulants...caffeine, theobromine, theophylline, etc.
If you want to sleep and relax better, try using powdered magnesium citrate (1tsp worth) - add to tea or just plain hot water, etc. There is a supplement version called Nature's Calm - I believe it's stevia sweetened

rainforestboots

The best bedtime drink I've come up with so far is this: Rooibos Tea + Soymilk + Cinnamon. Rooibos tea is caffeine free and tastes kind of like regular black tea, the cinnamon makes it smell sweet and snuggly. Low Cal, Sugar and Caffeine free WIN!

mymission92

Try hot milk with cinnamon. SO nice!

LeilaFace

Why not just warm chocolate milk? it's like a warm glass of milk before bed ... but with chocolate.

senyosmom

Swiss Miss makes a low cal hot chocolate. Try that

senyosmom

If it's got chocolate in it, it's going to have stimulants...caffeine, theobromine, theophylline, etc.
If you want to sleep and relax better, try using powdered magnesium citrate (1tsp worth) - add to tea or just plain hot water, etc. There is a supplement version called Nature's Calm - I believe it's stevia sweetened

sorry, i was totally distracted by your profile pic. ehehm.... OK I'm good now.

hotjava9

Time release whey protein chocolate with some nesquick (no sugar added for flavor) half skim milk half water.