To use Hot Chocolate as my main drink instead of coffee?

I also dont like coffee or white tea, i drink all sorts of other things instead, but i also love a hot chocolate especially the one from our works machine, now and then.
Green tea, soursop tea, spicy apple drink, turmeric and orange tea, lots of things out there to try you could mix into your daily drinks rather than just high sugar hot chocolates.
Have a go at trying other stuff hopefully you will find something else you enjoy

You sound just like my friend who loves hot chocolate and every time we have a hot drink she goes for that as she doesn't like the taste of coffee.
She says it's the same as coffee.
I don't mean to sound like a dick, but it isn't. A lot more sugar usually.
I mean it might be if the coffee is a mocha with cream, but if you're comparing filter coffee to hot chocolate they are pretty different in calories and sugar.

Can you cut down to one a day? Ultimately it's up to you what you drink (and eat) not your DH.

There's hot chocolate and there's hot chocolate ..which one. Re coffee...it smells nice but yet to understand why anyone likes it bitter nasty taste.

Red flag is your dh telling you what to drink or do

OP your DH sounds like an idiot / controlling.

You need to keep a check on your diet and if you're having too much sugar. Someone with a caffeine addiction doesn't get to judge you.
So flipping what if you're different to other people? Did he marry a homogenous entity that must conform with the consensus?
This is HIS issue if he's ashamed his wife doesn't like coffee

I mean in an ideal world we'd all sleep well and feel fresh and perky for 17 hours but I tell you, until my kids sleep through, that ain't gonna happen. Until then I wish I could find something that would perk me up!

It's not for him or anyone to dictate what you can and can't drink op.

I only drink water and hot chocolate. I don't like tea or coffee, don't drink alcohol and I don't like fizzy drinks or even juice.

To be honest I only have a hot chocolate once or twice a week in the cold weather and hardly ever in the summer - I have flakes or certain powders (whittard) sometimes with marshmallows but never with cream.

But that's my choice and you are perfectly entitled to drink what you like, I mean it's not like it's hurting anyone is it.

Only if you put 8 tap of sugar in it ...

Hot chocolate has 8tsp+ of sugar in

I cannot stand coffee or tea. I love hot chocolate, but it’s a treat. I usually have them at night after I’ve eaten a bit like a dessert. It’s fully made from milk which is fatty, and the powder is a high percentage of sugar. I would feel awful drinking them all day.

Coffee isn’t too bad if he’s either drinking it black, or with a touch of milk. If he’s drinking big syrup filled lattes then his coffees are no better.

The instant ones are grim and I give those a swerve as best I can. They’re less milk so perhaps less fat, but still sugary. Unless they’re filled with vile sweeteners 🤮

you’re probably just getting a sugar rush from it. It’s only a problem if you’re concerned about the health impacts of drinking them. It’s up to you at the end of the day and none of his business unless he has serious health concerns for you. Not just because he doesn’t understand why you want it.

A lot of people put 2 spoons of sugar in their coffee so the sugar content would equal out with the hot chocolate. I’d say go for the least sugary hot chocolate you can find but not stop drinking it - you shouldn’t be dictated to as to what you drink.

You should drink whatever hot drink you like. No one else's opinion is valid, they don't have your mouth. Neither does your husband.

@DayInTheLifeOfaMum While I still think YANBU to drink whatever you want and your DH can do the same; IF and only IF you fancy trying something else (apologies if it’s already been suggested and I’ve missed it)- I personally found eating a small square of ultra dark choc (the 75 or 85% stuff) every 2- 3 hours alongside a few nuts/seeds (so that the protein, fibre and “good” fats lessen the immediate sugar/caffeine high - I chose almonds as particularly high in protein) works better to keep me going than things like hot chocolate.

I hate coffee and tea too, but when I’m really tired dark choc and nuts are easily portable and not that unhealthy. I do use water as my main drink - as being dehydrated can make the tiredness headaches/dozy feeling worse, but you do what suits you. Hope things improve for you, feeling tired all the time is miserable

Really? Ooh I’m a psychopath too! A tight one because I won’t pay £4 for a black coffee 😂

Could you try hot squash? ( lovely) especially Ribena! hot chocolate is very sugary. With squash at least there are sugar free versions.

Once your grownup teeth start coming through at the age of 9 or so you should be working towards your main drink being sugar free.

If you are drinking several of these a day you are consuming huge amounts of sugar, and that's not good for you.

Hot chocolate contains a shit ton of sugar (and potentially other crap depending on the type you make). Coffee has either less or no sugar and also has a ton of health benefits if drunk in moderation (ie a few cups a day). So yes you are being unreasonable- the two drinks are not comparable.
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I love hot chocolate especially in winter. I get jokey criticism from colleagues occasionally. They are all 'normal' and drink Monster, Red bull or coffee. At the end of the day life is short, if something this insignificant makes you happy, go for it. Buy your husband a newspaper so he can see all the other stuff he can worry about 🤣

I drink hot chocolate during the day as a change from coffee, I use one that can be made with just water so it avoids the calories of milk, and isn't sleep inducing.

Too sickly

One other thing occurs to me, @DayInTheLifeOfaMum - drinks with hot milk in them are used to help people get to sleep - there is something in hot milk which promotes sleep, so whilst the caffeine in the chocolate, and the sugar, may be giving you energy, they are also fighting against something that will make you more sleepy - which doesn't seem helpful, to me.

I give up @saraclara and @Loxiro , I can’t argue with people determined to think black is white, this is why I don’t generally come on AIBU - I’ll ignore being goaded further after this 🤣

OP said she and her DH needed multiple drinks with caffeine (hot chocolate for her and coffee for DH) in order to stay “alert and awake” (so a lack of sleep, hence my mentioning it 🙄). If you are both determined to point out the obvious “BUT HOT CHOCOLATE HAS A LOT OF SUGAR - shock horror 😱” , rather than remembering the OP is a grown woman so very likely knows this already and can do whatever the hell she wants with her own body, as opposed to doing what her DH says (that she “shouldn’t drink it like this”)- then I can’t help you both 🤣

Normal people on AIBU - “Of course YANBU and can drink whatever you want OP, since it’s not hurting anyone else - and no you don’t have to drink coffee instead like your husband if you don’t want to”.

Hope this helps OP - I’ve seen you have had a few helpful suggestions of alternatives to improve your sleep or to help keep you awake (that aren’t tea or coffee) amongst the posts treating you like an idiot 🤣 but in general I’d suggest not posting in AIBU next time!

I drink hot water sometimes, but not freshly boiled. I started when I had flu and cold water felt sharp but tea tasted weird. Once you get used to it it's quite nice