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End Chocolate Cravings With This Low-Calorie Fix

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For intense chocolate urges, buy UNSWEETENED hot cocoa. Store brands such as Nestle or Swiss Miss = too weak/processed. Splurge for a high-quality brand: Ghirardelli Unsweetened Cocoa is a lifesaver.

Add a dairy/non-dairy component and sweetener. Anything from Coffee-Mate to skim milk to milk powder to creamers. Just keep the total calories 200 and under. This completely erased my chocolate and food cravings all day.

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Ghirardelli Unsweetened Cocoa is just one of the many brands of hot cocoa that will work. You don't need to go on a witch hunt to find that specific one. Just make sure that your powder cocoa is 1) unsweetened 2) 100 % pure natural cocoa, and 3) unprocessed. The darker the chocolate, the better!
- Submitted by VIRGOGURL4 3/4/2012 in Healthy Eating | 1 Comments
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WERE-MONKEY1 3/8/2012 4:39:00 AM

    I have done this on occasion and have also cut up a semi ripe banana and sprinkle with 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa and 1 tsp sugar. This little trick also cures the chocolate cravings. Yumm

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