Hot Cocoa

EmilyHughes801
EmilyHughes801 Posts: 63 Member
edited November 14 in Health and Weight Loss
Baby it's still cold outside! At least where I live and it makes me crave warmth of all kinds...soup, hot sandwiches, and of course hot cocoa. I made some yesterday figuring homemade hot cocoa mix would be healthier, only I didn't realize my mix has about 35 grams of sugar! Does anyone know of a healthier recipe?

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  • aqualeo1
    aqualeo1 Posts: 331 Member
    If you're not afraid of fake sugar (which there's no reason to be)

    Fill a cup with water and add:
    2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
    5 grams sugar free vanilla powdered creamer
    Vanilla extract
    4 packets of equal
    Pinch of salt

    It's 50 calories and no sugar!
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I just substitute sucralose for sugar in recipes that call for sugar. Except, not for yeast dough recipes since the yeast eat the sugar.
  • crzycatlady1
    crzycatlady1 Posts: 1,930 Member
    edited January 2017
    I love hot cocoa in the wintertime and I just buy low calorie Swiss Miss packets (the light ones, not the low sugar ones which actually have more calories/sugar!). One packet is 25 calories and I mix it with hot water and then add 0 calorie Davinci syrups (raspberry and caramel are my favorites). Sometimes I also add 25 calories of whipped cream, or a splash of peppermint Schnaps :)

    eta: just checked and one packet has 25 calories, 4 grams of carbs/2 grams of sugar and 2 grams of protein.
  • RosyTea
    RosyTea Posts: 49 Member
    I use 2 tbsp of stevia with a generous serving of cocoa powder and some unsweetened cashew milk. Amazing, I also add some peppermint extract :)
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    crzycatlady1 wrote: »
    I love hot cocoa in the wintertime and I just buy low calorie Swiss Miss packets (the light ones, not the low sugar ones which actually have more calories/sugar!). One packet is 25 calories and I mix it with hot water and then add 0 calorie Davinci syrups (raspberry and caramel are my favorites). Sometimes I also add 25 calories of whipped cream, or a splash of peppermint Schnaps :)

    eta: just checked and one packet has 25 calories, 4 grams of carbs/2 grams of sugar and 2 grams of protein.

    I second this recommendation. I go big sometimes and have a large mug with 2 packs. I add a splash of milk to mine. Comes out to 60 calories.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,747 Member
    I just do the regular Swiss Miss hot chocolate - 90 calories. When we come in from walking the dog on a cold winter night, it is bliss.
  • kathakraz
    kathakraz Posts: 65 Member
    I use Swiss Miss, too, but the no sugar added version. I find the regular Swiss Miss too sweet and I found the light ones didn't mix as well as the others. 60 calories per 16 gram serving.
  • kissedbythesunshine
    kissedbythesunshine Posts: 416 Member
    Unsweetened cocoa powder, sugar substitute, almond milk. Simple and good.
  • jennybearlv
    jennybearlv Posts: 1,519 Member
    I used to do the sugar-free packets. Fairly low in calories. I prefer to make room in my budget for my Abuelita and milk. Much more satisfying.
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    I boil 1 1/2 cups of water on the stove and add a scoop of this to it:
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    100 calories, 0 grams sugar, 20 grams protein, and absolutely delicious.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    A smaller portion? 200 grams whole milk, 6 grams of sugar, 10 grams of cocoa has around 15 grams of sugar.
  • CTcutie
    CTcutie Posts: 649 Member
    Bone Broth Protein... Does it have a taste/smell? ? I keep seeing this on here.
  • mburgess458
    mburgess458 Posts: 480 Member
    I want the chocolate smell/taste and not the sugar so I use raw cacao powder. I mix some into my coffee to get a chocolate/coffee taste that I love. No sugar and pretty low in calories for the teaspoon or so I add.

    I also add cacao powder to plain yogurt to get some chocolate flavor without a bunch of sugar.
  • Crafty_camper123
    Crafty_camper123 Posts: 1,440 Member
    Chocolate tea, like Yogi's Mayan Chocolate spice is a good alternative too. 0 calories, unless you add a little creamer to it.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited January 2017
    Crafty_camper123 wrote: »
    Chocolate tea, like Yogi's Mayan Cocoa spice is a good alternative too. 0 calories, unless you add a little creamer to it.

    This is sooooo good! Hard to find though.

    I made this hot cocoa mix......I will make one this again

    3 Qt package Carnation (dry) milk
    1/2 C unsweetened cocoa
    1 C Splenda
    1 pkg. sugar free chocolate pudding mix
    1/4 C non-dairy creamer
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    CTcutie wrote: »
    Bone Broth Protein... Does it have a taste/smell? ? I keep seeing this on here.

    It tastes and smells like a combination of cocoa and stevia extract. The collagen in it gives it a creamy mouthfeel, which is nice compared to a lot of diet hot chocolates, which come across as watery to me. They actually use dehydrated chicken bone broth concentrate to source the protein, so it's pretty tasteless and flavorless in it's own. They make an Apple Cinnamon one that tastes just like hot apple cider, too!
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    edited January 2017
    I brew a cup of coffee with half coffee and half chocolate flavored Teecchino and add 1 T of hot cocoa powder, which has 5.5 grams of sugar.
    - If I stop there I add 1 t sugar, which provides 4 grams of sugar.
    - However, usually I add a scoop of chocolate protein powder, which has 7 grams of sugar, and skip the 1 t of sugar.

    So my total is 9.5 or 12.5 g of sugar.

    http://teeccino.com/product/75/Chocolaté-11-oz-Bag.html
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    Do they sell that bone broth thing in small containers so I could try it? It's over $60 Cdn on Amazon and I'm a pretty picky person but it sounds interesting.
  • tomteboda
    tomteboda Posts: 2,171 Member
    Swiss miss simply cocoa... 90 calories for the packet. I see no reason to mess with the perfection that is hot chocolate by putting in sugar substitutes. I just budget for it. It's worth it.
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    Do they sell that bone broth thing in small containers so I could try it? It's over $60 Cdn on Amazon and I'm a pretty picky person but it sounds interesting.

    They make single-serve packets of the chocolate, vanilla, tumeric, and plain. If you bought them on Amazon, they'd probably by sold as a box of six pouches.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Dark rum or creme de cacao are excellent additions.
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