Alternatives to chocolate (and all that bad stuff)

I take graham crackers and cool whip (chocolate or regular) and make a sandwich of it and put it in the freezer for a half an hour or so till it hardens. It makes a little ice cream sandwich with very few calories!! good luck!

I don't know any alternatives BUT I do know there is a herb you can by from a herbalists which if you take when you eat chocoloate it makes it taaste DISGUSTING! Apparently (I haven't tried it, my mum and friends have) but all you taste is the fat, perhaps someone here can remind me of the name, if not I would call your local herbalists and ask them. It will stop the binging!

I'm going "treat size" chocolate every day since starting MFP LOL planned of course, sometimes i just have it in the freezer to look forward to at the end of the day. I can usually take or leave chocolate and I have been conditioned to think that it is the biggest dietary sin out there (when pasta is actually my downfall!) but I find having the little chocolate each day makes me feel like it's a huge treat and it tastes very rich and decadent, and makes me feel like I am not dieting at all. Portion control rather than deprivation I think...

One square of dark chocolate only has about 50 calories. Personally I can't eat any more than two squares as it's too rich. Milk chocolate is a different story so I say away from it altogether.

What about hot drinking chocolate- there's some good low calorie ones out there.

At the moment I am getting my chocolate fix by drinking a glass of chocolate milk after I've done a workout- it's full of protein, a bit of carbs and supposed to help repair muscles.

I just picked up the FiberOne Chocolate Brownies. They are decent size and taste quite nice, plus have large amount of fiber leaving you feeling full after. They are only 90 cal you might want to give them a try

Yea they also have some FiberOne antioxidantebars I found today. I got the chocolate chip ones and they are only 120 cals per bar.

I allow myself a "treat" everyday....here are my options...so far, a few months in of calorie counting, I haven't binged:

Skinny Cow ice-cream sticks (94 calories)
Weight-watcher treats (brownies, carrot cake slices)
Low fat chocolate mousse pots (around 60 calories)
Nutella ( a simple teaspoon from the jar)
A biscuit (love custard creams)

I put my "treat" in at the same time as I put my breakfast in and then that way the calories are already taken up without me going over later in the day when I add it in.

Luna Protein bars... the cookie dough one is good I think, and the chocolate peanut butter one is even better! It tastes like a reeses mixed with a butterfinger IMO. They are my "candy" these days!

I'm a chocoholic and can eat a whole 200g chocolate bar in one go, or happily munch my way through a packet of bisuits in the afternoon or in an hour watching TV in the evening. I don't have one sweet tooth, I've a whole mouthful :laugh:

As a pledge to a friend, I agreed to give up chocolate and biscuits and cakes for 8 weeks. That was three weeks ago. Since then, I've disovered MFP and started counting calories. I was shocked at how much i was eating - all wholesome I might add (well apart from the sweets), but in supersized portions that I'd become so accustomed to I thought they were normal. I started to cut down my portions and started to learn to become calorie conscious. I also wanted to up my fruit and veg count because I knew I was a bit lax at getting my 5 a day.

I know at some point I will have chocolate again and I may have to go cycle for 60mins to burn it off :laugh:

I don't want to have to give up sweets, but I do need to give myself a break from them and try and break that cycle of comfort eating.

I do not believe there are any good foods or bad foods as such, but you can't eat a lb of chocolate biscuits and expect to get as much nutritional benefit as say a lb of greens. But having a couple of small cookies when friends call over for a coffee, or having a small piece of cake or pie at a birthday party. What's the harm in that (as long as it's not every day).

I've actually weaned myself off of snacking between meals almost 90% and when I do snack, I go for fruit or sometimes an oatcake or celery with cottage cheese. :bigsmile:

I make chocolate delight- half a cup coconut oil (melted)- half a cup unsweetened cocoa powder- stevia to taste- put in little muffin cups or candy molds and freeze for 10 minutes

Huh? Coconut oil has 120 cals per tablespoon, or 960 cals per half cup. How much do you eat? It seems like a regular piece of chocolate has fewer calories.

i totally agree with that !!!

Or if you don't want any calories, a friend of mine swears by drinking chocolate chili tea to curb her chocolate cravings.

I don't eat milk chocolate (and I love it!) as I can't just eat one row, but an entire small block. So I eat dark chocolate. Still get my chocolate fix but only eat 6 pieces (110 calories). I get Black and Green's organic Mayan with a twist of spice and orange. Nibble on it while drinking peppermint tea and YUM everyday I get a chocolate fix
Oh edited to add that I keep it in the fridge (freezing it makes it lose its taste) and it takes longer to eat when its cold.

I do Sugar free- fat free instant pudding with sugar free cool whip. 55 calories for 1/2 cup

or a low fat protein shake with some ice in a blender just like a chocolate milkshake :drinker:

Peanut Butter and Co. makes Dk Choc. Dreams Peanut Butter- It's been my lifesaver.
I seldom eat more than a 1/2 serving ( which is 2 Tbsp., 1 is PLENTY for me)


My favorite snacks to add it to:

Quaker Caramel Rice cakes
Thomas Triple Health English Muffin- toasted and spread while warm- tastes like a gooey choc chip cookie.

Also:

Freeze Hershey's Special Dark miniatures (don't know the info on it)
or Pearson's Mint Patties (5 pieces+150 cal.)