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Carbs in the Hot Choc?

ladybird64

ladybird64

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This evening I made the hot choc with cream as mentioned by Brunneria, I've never tried it that way before, and very nice it was too. But how do I calculate the carbs in it?
 
ladybird64 said:
This evening I made the hot choc with cream as mentioned by Brunneria, I've never tried it that way before, and very nice it was too. But how do I calculate the carbs in it?
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How much cocoa, milk and cream did you put in it? Did you put unsweetened cocoa or hot chocolate powder?
 
Hi ewelina. One teaspoon (heaped) of real cocoa powder, about a table spoon (if not more:oops:) of cream and boiling water - no milk.
 
ladybird64 said:
Hi ewelina. One teaspoon (heaped) of real cocoa powder, about a table spoon (if not more:oops:) of cream and boiling water - no milk.
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Its all like nothing :) It would be about 5g cocoa which is 0.7g plus cream which would be 5ml = 0.07g! Drink as much as you like as long you use sweetener not sugar :)
 
Ooh brilliant! Yes, I use sweetener, not sugar - thanks xx:D
 
@4ratbags
Did a double take on the "will have to try this in winter" until I remembered that you were in "The land of the long white cloud" (NZ) rather than "The land of the raining clouds" (UK):rolleyes:
 
Why wait for winter 4r? I know it's scorching there but choc is choc - make it and let it cool down. Tepid choc!
 
It was absolutely scorching yesterday and apparently they are starting water restrictions in town but its meant to bucket down today ( will believe it when I see it ) so as a treat I think I will have one before bed. Best wishes to everyone who is a bit soggy in the UK.
 
Welcome to the luxury of low carb drinking - adding cream to your coffee and hot cocoa. :p You can also add peppermint or orange essence to your cocoa for variety, or a sprinkle of cinnamon to either drink. I used to have a Jewish workmate and she introduced us to her version of mocha, a combination of coffee and drinking chocolate with milk. I sometimes make it now using coffee, cocoa and cream with a drop or two of stevia, and sometimes a bit of cinnamon - a nice comfort drink in the cold miserable weather...

My Green & Blacks cocoa has 19g carbs per 100g weight, and their nutritional info says a teaspoon's worth weighs 4g which would be 0.76g carbs. I allow approx 1g carbs for a slightly heaped teaspoon full. Cream has negligible carbs; Tesco's thick and double cream, which I use, have 1.5g carbs per 100ml, and their single cream slightly more; a tablespoon contains 30ml = 0.45g carbs, a round 2g carbs total ingredients per drink has little impact on a low carb diet, and it's also a good source of fat. Drinking chocolate will contain many more carbs as it's sweetened, so is quite a different matter!:eek:

Robbity
 
Well...wait for it...I didn't like cream very much until recently!:wideyed: I found it too rich to stomach, making me feel queasy, I also have to be careful with what I eat for other tum related reasons. I seem to have got over that, and am adding it to coffee instead of milk, a spot in my jellies, the hot choc..

It's a leap of faith because although I cut the carbs majorly when I was initially diagnosed in 2011, I have always been able to eat a small amount with no effect on my bg levels at all - my weight loss has helped that too. I've had no massive change in levels, just higher than I would want on a couple of occasions, plus I have put weight back on, and I want it off. So, trying the low carb approach fully for a week, no spuds, pasta, rice, don't eat bread anyway - bumping up the veg. I'm hoping to see a bit of weight loss, fingers crossed!
 
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