During the Winter, there's nothing quite like a glass of hot drinking chocolate, especially when it is cold. Unfortunately (or fortunately for some people), it hasn't been very cold here in California, but we have had a few "chilly" nights. I love hot chocolate although the low calorie ones tend to be full of artificial sweeteners, which as you know, I avoid. I'm always looking around Whole Foods for a low calorie hot chocolate mix, but to date, I haven't found one that either was low calorie enough or that tasted good enough to blog about. That was, until today!!Allegro Coffee just came out with a delicious dark hot drinking chocolate. I prefer dark chocolate to milk chocolate both because of its deep chocolatey taste as well as the health benefits like lowering blood pressure and protecting against heart disease. The flavor I bought is called Ghana 80, meaning that the Cocoa beans are from Ghana, and that it is very dark chocolate. Two tablespoons of the chocolate (1 serving) are 90 calories, 5 grams of fat, and 4 grams of fiber, making it *amazingly* only 1 weight watchers point. That means you can combine 2 tablespoons of this chocolate with 1 cup of almond milk, for a not-artificially-sweetened 130 calorie, 2 WW point hot chocolate. Yum! Or, you could mix it with a cup of water for a 1 point hot drink. Also, if you are really in the mood for a treat, you can top your drink with a bit of low calorie whipped topping.
In case you are wondering, this chocolate mix is not bitter at all. I think this company combined the intense dark chocolate cocoa (80%) with the perfect amount of sugar, making it quite tasty and delicious, without being bitter at all. Now the bad news, this stuff is not cheap. A whole box is about $9, although it contains 17 high-quality & filling servings.
Enjoy!
Juliet
PS. I wanted to point those of you experiencing cold winters to a really delicious extremely low calorie carrot soup recipe that I posted to my blog a few months ago. It is both delicious and healthy, as well as an excellent comfort food for a cold night.
12 comments:
Mmmmm..... nothing like a hot cup of chocolate (with a few cookies on the side) on a cold winter night. Great post. You reminded me that I need to get some hot chocolate mix. Thanks Juliet.
Thanks!
Ooo Low calorie hot chocolate- sounds delicious!
I like my low cal hot chocolate----but it is one of those foods there Ill pick the full fat any day over the LF and just have it less often :)
love hot chocolate in winter time! Thanks for sharing.
the package looks cute! ^_^
Low calorie hot cocoa sounds great! Thanks for the review!
I need to get some of this for my husband. He loves hot chocolate and this would be a great treat for his diet. Thanks!
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I drink hot chocolate like water in the winter. lol Being in Michgan, it gets FREEZING! (oh, how I envy) hehe I also love Motts sugar-free apple cider. And that's only 15 calories with no fat. :)
Thanks so much for this great recommendation, Juliet! I'm a huge fan of hot chocolate and have been missing it since becoming "the diva on a diet!" I recently gave some sugar-free cocoa a try and *hated* it. I'm going to pick up some of this and give it a try with the almond milk. What a great idea! :)
You had me at "chocolate"
Wonderful find. You're right - diet hot chocolate is disgusting!
This is the greatest hot chocolate ever. I really really do not like regular hot chocolate (too sweet for my tastes), but Allegro's hot chocolate is amazing. I only like the Ghanan and the Equadorian... both are low sugar and calories, read the label before you consider the other ones... they are not all low sugar.
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