Solutions for craving chocolate?

Sugar-free chocolate pudding made with nonfat milk. Or to make it even thicker, use 2/3 milk and 1/3 greek yogurt.

Have some chocolate. Good chocolate. Pay attention to it. Let the piece melt on your tongue.

Unsweetened cocoa powder is the best alternative. I love it and the isoflavones in pure cocoa is very good for you. I like to blend it into fruits. A whole tablespoon of cocoa powder is only 12 calories. I put a tbsp in with 100 grams of strawberries and make a nice smoothie that is only 44 cal. You'll be surprised. The cocoa blends with the sweetness of the berries. yumm My favorite is Mandarin oranges and unsweetened cocoa powder. I blend 4 mandarins with a tablespoon and it is just delicious. Stay away from milk chocolate like the plague. It does not have much cocoa in it. It is mostly cocoa butter and sugar. That is why dogs can eat milk chocolate but not semisweet or cocoa itself. I also add a teaspoon to my coffee and green tea. It's good for you. Especially, people losing weight.

I love chocolate also, but I don't eat much of it anymore once I realized how many calories it has in it. But, when I have to have some I eat a fiber one brownie (90 calories) or a skinny cow ice cream (100-160 calories) since there are more calories in the ice cream, I don't eat them every day and only at night after dinner, to make sure I don't go over. I usually have a brownie every day, and it helps.

I take a daily magnesium supplement and almost never crave chocolate. Except shark week. Also, I keep cocoa powder in my house for making my own lower sugar chocolaty things... And mole!

You can pry the chocolate out of my cold, dead hands. I lost half my body weight eating chocolate pretty much every day. Don't think you have to give it up to be successful.

Buy some cadburys Timeout...Only 85 Kcal per bar

Like others, I go for a nice dark chocolate (70% cocoa or higher). Alternatively, this chocolate sorbet recipe is divine and much lower in cals than a choc ice cream. Hint: you need to use a good cocoa powder.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/chocolate-sorbet-recipe.html

ElizabethKalmbach wrote: »

I take a daily magnesium supplement and almost never crave chocolate. Except shark week. Also, I keep cocoa powder in my house for making my own lower sugar chocolaty things... And mole!

I have to try magnesium. More muscle cramping than usual has made me think I might be deficient and I crave chocolate all the time like nobody's business.

malibu927 wrote: »

Eat the chocolate. Buy a bag of individual pieces, take one or two out, and close it up.

^^This. Of course, get whatever kind you want, but I like something dark and rich, then I need less (one or two squares). Oh, and I always budget my day to leave 200 calories for "after dinner" snacks--I ALWAYS need a treat at that time. And instead of going against my appetite (and making myself feel deprived and sad), I just leave a little room for a little something then.

I also love eating raw cacao nibs while drinking coffee. They are high in calories also (130 per oz) so you really need to weigh them, and they aren't at all sweet like chocolate, but for me it's like main-lining really dark chocolate. The taste is basically chocolate without the sugar. I love them only with coffee, but they definitely aren't for everyone.