chocolate cravings while on low carb diet

yaphetkotto
yaphetkotto Posts: 2 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm allowed 25 grams of carbohydrates per day, but I am a chocolate lover.
A mini peppermint patty has about 9-10 grams of carbs, for example.
Anyone have any suggestions?

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  • MoiAussi93
    MoiAussi93 Posts: 1,948 Member
    edited May 2017
    Peppermint patties are more the sugary mint filling than they are chocolate.

    Most people on low carb diets, including keto, who want chocolate eat plain dark chocolate. But you need to get the kind with a high cacao content...I usually get 72% or, even better, 85%. Anything less has a lot of sugar. Trader Joe, Lindt, Green & Black, Ghirardelli, etc. all make this type of chocolate. This will save you a few grams of carbs.

    I usually get small mini bars and eat 1/4 or 1/2. Probably the equivalent of 1 or 2 squares that some brands sell. Even with the good chocolate, you can't have a lot of it. It does still have some carbs...just less than the lower quality chocolate. Many people...including me... find a little bit very satisfying though.
  • TheCupcakeCounter
    TheCupcakeCounter Posts: 606 Member
    Go to Pinterest and look for chocolate fat bomb recipes
  • theman900
    theman900 Posts: 48 Member
    edited May 2017
    Eat cacoa nibs or paste or make your own chocolate by melting cacao paste and sweeteing with stevia ps all these are for super chocoholics and not for the faint hearted ;)
  • anglyn1
    anglyn1 Posts: 1,802 Member
    I like a square of 90% Lindt
  • ksz1104
    ksz1104 Posts: 260 Member
    I just made a low carb mousse with heavy cream and a package of sugar free chocolate fudge jello mix. Just don't overmix it or it gets super thick. Just a little bit of this helps curb the craving for me.
  • annacole94
    annacole94 Posts: 994 Member
    Kirkland protein bars (brownie and cookie dough flavours) might work. Warmed up, they're amazing. It lists 4 g "net carbs" because it's mostly fibre and sugar alcohols. A half a bar is a nice sized treat.
  • babystepsforward
    babystepsforward Posts: 52 Member
    i follow a low carb and healthy as poss diet. I absolutley love chocolate and vanilla tea ! my protein sugar free / walden chocolate syrups. chocolate protein shakes are my life saver. dark chocolate chocolate drops
  • mandalynn310
    mandalynn310 Posts: 1 Member
    I'm on a keto diet and I love chocolate and peanut butter, so I use this recipe:
    http://screwedonstraight.net/keto-diet-peanut-butter-cup-fat-bombs/
  • Sp1tfire
    Sp1tfire Posts: 1,120 Member
    those endangered species wildlife sponsered bars come in 88% dark with a panther on them. I highly suggest that one!
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
    A square of high quality dark chocolate usually worked for me. (I started with 70% cocoa and worked my way up to 85%. ;))
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
    I'll also do a serving of Breyers chocolate carb smart ice cream sometimes (more often now than the dark chocolate), or make sugar-free hot chocolate. I used to make the chocolate fat bombs but lost my taste for them fairly quickly.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I have this great not sweet at all brewing chocolate -- you make it like coffee, I use a french press. I love it.
  • KateTii
    KateTii Posts: 886 Member
    I'm trying these fudgy macadamia nut "bars" tonight... Needed a fat bomb but not one that didnt' feel like I was eating a stick of butter (natural lean meat eater)

    http://thenourishedcaveman.com/macadamia-chocolate-fat-bombs/
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    mandalynn310 wrote: »
    I'm on a keto diet and I love chocolate and peanut butter, so I use this recipe:
    http://screwedonstraight.net/keto-diet-peanut-butter-cup-fat-bombs/

    OMG these are deadly delicious!

    OP i had loads of keto desserts in rotation when i was doing low carb. Google them :smile:
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    I like unsweetened baking chocolate. Or you could mix unsweetened cacao powder with coconut oil and stevia extract and refrigerate it until solid
  • daweasel
    daweasel Posts: 68 Member
    Try a magnesium supplement, chocolate cravings can be a sign of deficiency (or of being human lol but it's worth a shot)
  • rtaugs
    rtaugs Posts: 5 Member
    babystepsforward wrote: »
    i follow a low carb and healthy as poss diet. I absolutley love chocolate and vanilla tea ! my protein sugar free / walden chocolate syrups. chocolate protein shakes are my life saver. dark chocolate chocolate drops

    What brand is your chocolate and vanilla tea?
  • mintyjuly
    mintyjuly Posts: 31 Member
    I melt good quality dark chocolate and either mix a bit of mint essence or some orange zest in.
  • Lefty1290
    Lefty1290 Posts: 551 Member
    80%+ dark chocolate
    fat bombs

    I make chocolate PB ones that are 1g carb.

    I eat SF candy that's very few net carbs.
  • Tum22
    Tum22 Posts: 102 Member
    I make chocolate fat bombs and couldn't have managed without. I like chocolate keto mousse and make a recipe and just eat a little each day as it's so filling. I use xylitol for the sweetener in these and chocolate keto cake in a mug. Recipes often use almond floor and a sweetener such as Stevia. I find the recipes very filling, like I've eaten a piano, if I have too much.
  • MyLovesMyLife
    MyLovesMyLife Posts: 424 Member
    Dark Chocolate bars at Aldi's for $1-$2 or make some skinny chocolate.
  • sisterlilbunny
    sisterlilbunny Posts: 686 Member
    daweasel wrote: »
    Try a magnesium supplement, chocolate cravings can be a sign of deficiency (or of being human lol but it's worth a shot)

    This here. I added a Magnesium Citrate supplement every other night and that really has helped!
  • yaphetkotto
    yaphetkotto Posts: 2 Member
    KateTii wrote: »
    I'm trying these fudgy macadamia nut "bars" tonight... Needed a fat bomb but not one that didnt' feel like I was eating a stick of butter (natural lean meat eater)

    http://thenourishedcaveman.com/macadamia-chocolate-fat-bombs/

    How did you like them?
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    https://iherb.com/pr/Ghirardelli-Premium-Baking-Bar-100-Cacao-Unsweetened-Chocolate-4-oz-113-5-g/71451?gclid=CjwKEAjwjPXIBRDhwICRg-DbgHISJADP6QXpH3l_XCKBS7yJkQ7n54hUmtpBJlTJwzd3soZGPSLlghoC3lvw_wcB

    I like a square of this (5 carbs) and often eat it with unsweetened coconut flakes.
  • broseidonkingofbrocean
    broseidonkingofbrocean Posts: 180 Member
    Might help also might not but you could try a chocolate whey isolate mix it with a little bit of water and freeze it. Wont be a piece of chocolate but it might help with the craving.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    edited May 2017
    Atkins makes sweet chocolate treats. They are sweetened with a type of sugar alcohol (erythritol, I think) that is not absorbed by the body but I've read sometimes causes gas. I've tried them and they taste pretty good and didn't cause any gas for me.
  • DJ_Skywalker
    DJ_Skywalker Posts: 420 Member
    I mix frozen Cool Whip with chocolate whipped cream from the aerosol can ... like an ice cream dessert ... 5g carbs and yummy
  • Debmal77
    Debmal77 Posts: 4,770 Member
    edited May 2017
    anglyn1 wrote: »
    I like a square of 90% Lindt

    This. Except I like the 78%. Doesn't taste as bitter to me and the difference is only 1 carb.

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