Alternatives to chocolate? Suggestions please!

dandy-candy

I find yogurt coated raisins a good replacement. I buy mine at Holland and Barrett, I don't know if they are any less fattening than chocolate but at least the raisins count as one of my five-a-day (well that's what I tell myself...)

Julie67

I allow myself two squares of dark chocolate with a brew at supper time. Really seems to be enough to stop me wanting anymore and milk chocolate starts to taste very sweet and sickly after a while:T

charliee_3

these are delicious, like really delicious.. here i dont bother with the fruit and cream stuff, just eat them as they are.. they are all chocolatey and gooey in the middle and do it for me with no fat..

cdodd

the options hot choc sachets are quite good at relieving a choc fix

jackieglasgow

I also like the chewing gum. Think my mouth just likes having something to chew. Must be like those pretend ciggies for people trying to give up smoking!

greenbee

Wee_Bargain_Hunter wrote: »

Dark chocolate is nice (after you get used to it!) Green & Blacks do 70% chocolate & it also comes in different flavours.

They do an 85% as well . One square is 23 calories (yes, I know it's sad that I've worked it out) and it deals with both the chocolate and the sugar cravings. A bar can last a month once you get yourself weaned off it...

ariba10

The only thing that comes anywhere near Chocolate is Horizontal Jogging.

Magpye

Proper cocoa, made with chilli and no sugar. You only need a tiny mug of it, and of course you can control the sugar levels which go into it.

TBH the best way to get rid of chocolate cravings is not to consider it as a restricted, forbidden, or otherwise bad food (obviously if you have diabetes and are directed by GP not to consume, that's a slightly different matter). When I dieted, I was always gasping for chocolate (and occasionally losing the fight and having some and then guilting for days afterwards), but now I don't bother dieting and can go for days without, and it doesn't bother me. I can have it if I want, and it's okay to not want, IYSWIM.

midnightraven3

I am not a sweet toothed person, so perhaps i dont really understand

but, with anything, if you CRAVE it, eating/having a substitute to try and take that craving away doesnt make sense to me, surely you still instinctively crave the thing you wanted in the 1st place?

My friend was battling with her weigh, in a big way
chocolate was her downfall
she wanted a magic wand, she bought in Boots, at a cost of £20:eek: chocaholic patches
yep you heard right

i looked into this, and studies have shown that these patches are actually fragranced, and its that, that stops the cravings, further investigation, i made her the same thing, a fabric sticking plaster, and a bottle of vanilla extract (not essence)

3 drops, on the plaster, stuck on the inside of her wrist, when she wanted a choccy fix, she sniffed the plaster, worked, and for a fraction of the cost

here is a link to a BBC news article,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/848621.stm

worth a try, its a non invasive possible answer,

Incidentally, when i was a teen, i had a temp job, working in the offices of Cadburys, I dont know whether the constant smelling of chcoclate all day everyday quelled any want i may have had

Alison_Funnell

ariba10 wrote: »

The only thing that comes anywhere near Chocolate is Horizontal Jogging.

What brand of chocolate do you normally buy? :rotfl:;)