tea to help with chocolate/sweet cravings after dinner?

We like Stash Licorice tea, also lots of different ones from Celestial Seasonings - the seasonal Gingerbread one is especially yummy.

Just eat the chocolate! Everything in moderation is my motto. Eat why you like! Don’t overdo it and if you don’t have a calorie deficit, make room for it the next day. Or work out and burn some calories to make room for your favorite treat.

On a side note, and I would never recommend this but I’m being transparent.... I used to drink smooth move tea when I cheated. It’s gave me a stomachache but it got rid of everything on the inside lol

kroger has a store brand decaf chocolate mint tea that is really good. If you add a sugar free syrup in chocolate or vanilla there are no cal.

Chocolate is chocolate. Tea is tea. One is not like the other.

Speaking as one of our resident chocolate and tea snobs, I have not found any tea that tastes truly chocolately, though there was a now-discontinued Mighty Leaf dark chocolate black tea a few years ago that was very nice. I still mourn the loss of that tea. There are some "chocolate mint" and similar teas out there, and you can also brew cacao shells and/or nibs. None of those, in my opinion, taste anything like a piece of chocolate.

If you want chocolate, you can budget calories for chocolate. I usually recommend Ghirardelli squares. They are about 50-80 calories per square depending on which flavor you get, and individually wrapped if that helps you with portion control. The squares are relatively large for the calorie count. They are in my opinion one of the better quality chocolates that can be found in most grocery stores.

If it were me, I'd have a piece of chocolate with a nice cup of tea. Win win.

I enjoy licorice tea. It gives you that dessert kind of satisfaction.

I enjoy the Sugar Cookie Sleighride tea by Celestial Seasonings ,

pecabonitas wrote: »

Just eat the chocolate! Everything in moderation is my motto. Eat why you like! Don’t overdo it and if you don’t have a calorie deficit, make room for it the next day. Or work out and burn some calories to make room for your favorite treat.

On a side note, and I would never recommend this but I’m being transparent.... I used to drink smooth move tea when I cheated. It’s gave me a stomachache but it got rid of everything on the inside lol

I am also working on eating things when I want them A couple days I had a couple Kinder Bueno Bars and felt very satisfied after I don't eat a lot of chocolate, but I do my best to listen when I want something and to really enjoy it Also that smooth moves technique sounds like a method of purging through laxatives That is really difficult

I find a cup of mint flavored or vanilla flavored tea with one 40 calorie Dove Dark Chocolate Promise takes care of my chocolate cravings when I've pretty much used up my calories.

I'm a bit of a tea junkie, I like most teas and price range varies. I drink herbal teas at night. Celestial Seasonings and Stash have good Christmas blends. Yogi tea is on sale at Sprouts, one after dinner one i bought has roasted fennel, chicory, and cardamom. Another in a red box has rose and hibiscus. I love peppermint chamomile. Also love chai. Trader Joe's harvest blend is good. Good Earth Sweet and Spicy has a strong cinnamon flavor, it's great as iced tea too and it's cheap. Tazo Zen is great. Celestial Seasonings Tension tamer I lived on in college. I have loose rooibos chai, it's really good. Yogi Refresh has licorice in it, I love that one.

I like mint tea- Bigelow mint medley. I don’t drink it after dinner, but I like it for after lunch or afternoon cravings.

After dinner, I like to have a smaller, portion-controlled chocolatey snack. I just discovered Yasso 100-calorie frozen yogurt bars (surprised at how good the cookie dough, fudge brownie & mint chip are- and no artificial sugars). I also get a monthly Daily Harvest order (I drink the smoothies for breakfast every morning) and like the Bites- there is a Hazelnut Chocolate one & one that tastes like cookie dough.

If you're trying to stave off chocolate cravings with tea, I would give a chocolate herbal brew a try, like this




If you're just trying to assuage a desire for something sweet, I would try herbal teas that are naturally sweet, like licorice, cinnamon, mint, and ginger. There are some blends with most or all of those components, like Celestial Seasonings tension tamer blend, which I drink without sugar, milk, or any other additions.

Honey is 20 cal per teaspoon and pretty much the sweetest thing one could drizzle on anything less calorie dense. So, you might try some melon or fruit like apples or grapes with honey. Then back off for a bit and go with the tea.

I like black teas with berry flavors. I mostly buy loose leaf teas from a local shop, but I do keep tea bags at work for when I want something sweet. Twinings Mixed Berry is my favorite.

Chai teas are great too. Sadly, I can't drink them anymore because I'm allergic to cinnamon.

I like rooibos (redbush) with milk. It’s vanilla ish. I leave the bag in cos I’m radical.

kshama2001 wrote: »

lynn_glenmont wrote: »

If you're trying to stave off chocolate cravings with tea, I would give a chocolate herbal brew a try, like this




If you're just trying to assuage a desire for something sweet, I would try herbal teas that are naturally sweet, like licorice, cinnamon, mint, and ginger. There are some blends with most or all of those components, like Celestial Seasonings tension tamer blend, which I drink without sugar, milk, or any other additions.

I'm a big fan of Teeccino but the last plain chocolate I bought was woefully lacking in chocolate to the point where I complained bitterly to them, sent it back (I'd bought a 3 pack) and received a three pack of their Chocolate Raspberry as a replacement.

Last I knew for online sales, Chocolate Raspberry was only available on their website, but other flavors are available on Amazon and other online retailers.

I've been drinking what I guess is the plain chocolate (dark roast), and have been happy with it. I just recently bought the hazelnut (medium roast), but haven't tried it yet. I only realized after I bought it that it doesn't have any chocolate in it, just carob, which is also the first ingredient in the plain chocolate (but it also has chocolate in it).

I actually prefer Crio Bru, which is essentially coarsely ground chocolate nibs, which I brew in a french press, or sometimes toss a little bit in with my coffee grounds in either a french press or my pour-over set-up. But when I don't want to fiddle with that, the Teeccino is really nice for low effort.