Saturday, January 21, 2012
Healthy hot chocolate on a cold day...
It's a cloudy day in Phoenix, and because I can't have too much sugar at a given time, I had to make an alternative to the super sweet hot chocolate packets sold in the store, but I still wanted to get some protein in there.I have no idea if this recipe exists elsewhere (it probably does), but here's what I did.
For a single serve, lower sugar, and less processed version of the typical hot chocolate packets you would find in the store:
6 oz of nonfat milk
fill rest of cup with water (2oz)
---heat in a microwave for 1 min 30 - 2 min.
Add:
~1 teaspoon of vanilla syrup (like the kind you would be in coffee or drinks)
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 packet of stevia in the raw (equivalent to 2 teaspoons of sugar.
Mix it up, and tada!
This recipe is only 100 calories, and contains 13 g sugar (10 of which are in the milk, the other 3 in the syrup, .5 g fat, and 8 g protein.
You could also try amaretto or hazelnut syrup for a different flavor. Or add cinnamon.
(opposed to 115-150 calories with plain water and 20-25g sugar for the packets).
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