CHOCOLATE

lauren28178
lauren28178 Posts: 22 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I crave chocolate all the time- and limiting myself to one piece of dark chocolate isn't doing it! Does anyone have any healthier substitutions for chocolate? I've heard carob? Never tried it. Thank you!!
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  • thatonegirl0619
    thatonegirl0619 Posts: 29
    I like chocolate Special K, and sometimes for a snack I pack some chocolate cheerios. I also love the chocolate SMART protein shakes!
  • jgal86
    jgal86 Posts: 77
    Are you okay with a chocolate drink? I always make a my healified version of a chocolate milkshake when I'm craving chocolate.

    Ingredients:

    -1/2 cup of fat free vanilla yogurt
    1 tbs cocoa powder
    dash of vanilla extract
    - tbs chocolate syrup
    - 1 cup skim milk
    -ice to thicken

    YUMMY! Blend in the blender. It rings in at about 200 calories
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I get the 100 calorie bars from Trader Joe's. They're delicious too... and individually wrapped so it's easier not to get another one.

    Honestly though if I crave chocolate, those substitutes just won't do it. In the end I end up eating the substitute AND the chocolate because the craving didn't go away.
  • erikmsp72
    erikmsp72 Posts: 137 Member
    I get chocolate chips from costco. 15 grams is 70 calories and you can stretch out the chocolate experience because you can eat one chip at a time.
  • melindafritz1976
    melindafritz1976 Posts: 329 Member
    just eat it
    exercise
    stay under calories
  • melindafritz1976
    melindafritz1976 Posts: 329 Member
    low fat frozen yogurt
    skinny cow ice cream sandwiches
  • Scienceteacher42
    Scienceteacher42 Posts: 27 Member
    Someone just posted a one serving brownie recipe for under 100 calories, you should check it out.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/936399-5-min-chocolate-brownie-low-cal
  • Babygi6003
    Babygi6003 Posts: 356 Member
    Chocolate chip brownie bark from Costco. 2 large pieces are only 40 calories!
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    You rang?
  • notnikkisixx
    notnikkisixx Posts: 375 Member
    Fiber One makes a really awesome 80 calorie chocolate cereal! Other than that, Creamies chocolate ice cream bars are a nice snack :)
  • sharonfoustmills
    sharonfoustmills Posts: 519 Member
    I have fiber one bars, oat and chocolate one-- kills the craving for half the calories of the chocolate bar and gives you 9 grams of fiber and some protein

    don't overlook diet fudgesicle bars, I think they are about 40 calories
  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,571 Member
    I do the chocolate chip thing too. Ghiradelli 60% dark chocolate chips. 8 of them are 40 calories. Suck on them sloooowwwly and it helps the craving.

    I always have to laugh at the people who make cookies and brownies and say "just 1 is only 50/80/100 calories!". If I could eat just one I wouldn't have the problems I have!
  • toffee322
    toffee322 Posts: 186 Member
    i love chocolate too. hahaha. who doesn't? maybe drink chocolate milk.
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    just eat it
    exercise
    stay under calories

    This!
  • marvybells
    marvybells Posts: 1,984 Member
    I crave chocolate all the time- and limiting myself to one piece of dark chocolate isn't doing it! Does anyone have any healthier substitutions for chocolate? I've heard carob? Never tried it. Thank you!!

    oooh i love dark chocolate. just eat the chocolate. one square is usually a tiny little piece, so if one isn't cutting it then have a couple...

    IMO carob does NOT taste like chocolate at all and will not satisfy a chocolate craving
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I don't personally think there's any substitute for the real thing. Just work it into your calorie goal/macros and you're all set.
  • Mini_horse_lover
    Mini_horse_lover Posts: 178 Member
    Weightwatchers chocolate baked bars.
  • DenyseMarieL
    DenyseMarieL Posts: 673 Member
    I make myself a Kraft dark chocolate lava cake, and it's so awesome.....and satisfies my craving. And it's not from a box, it's from homemade ingredients....so I can justify that one treat.

    Life is just too short.
  • astrovivi
    astrovivi Posts: 183 Member
    most people who crave chocolate actually crave sugar

    (unless, like me, you lust after 100% cacao...in which case you might be in need of magnesium lol)

    add some raw or good quality cacao powder (not drinking chocolate) to yoghurt, smoothies, protein shakes, whatever.
  • healthymelisa
    healthymelisa Posts: 166 Member
    I eat something chocolatey every night! Usually Chocolate Vitatops or Skinny Cow.
  • Tizpan
    Tizpan Posts: 1 Member
    When you eat chocolate it needs to be 72% or higher and look on the label it can't say Dutch. That's the process they make it.
  • smoothandfast
    smoothandfast Posts: 52 Member
    Have you ever tried eating cacao nibs (sometimes called cocoa nibs). I get them at Sprouts or Whole foods - they are really small, crunchy and I love to eat a tablespoon or two with with dried tart cherries. Ummmm. Organic cacao nibs are made from crushed cacao beans. They don't have sugar or any processed stuff in there. You can also put them in smoothies, on top of greek yogurt, make up some trail mix....give them a try!
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    I ate 500 calories of toblerone today but it was still within my calorie goal.
    It was so good!
  • SwitzEngine
    SwitzEngine Posts: 3,418 Member
    I am a SWISS and can not live without.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1063151-toxins-old-poop?page=1#posts-16337752
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1063151-toxins-old-poop?page=1#posts-16337752

    So . . . what are you saying? That old poop is a substitute for chocolate? :laugh:
  • NYgirl1990
    NYgirl1990 Posts: 180 Member
    Smoothie using Blue Diamond Almond Milk in the chocolate version :)
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    I am a SWISS and can not live without.
    I am Greek and I can't live without it.
  • astrovivi
    astrovivi Posts: 183 Member
    I am a chocolatier and .. well ... :p

    cacao is not a junk food. Cacao is a whole food. Use it, enjoy it.

    If you add stuff to it, some of that might be crap, but otherwise, cacao is a fruit that is actually extremely good for you.

    Enjoy it. Like anything, too much of a good thing can be bad .. or better :D
  • Rarity2013
    Rarity2013 Posts: 196 Member
    I've been eating apple slices with chocolate topping as a dessert- you can make a batch and store in the fridge for a good few days. Just don't forget to coat the apple slices with a little lemon juice.

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