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

If you need multiple hot beverages to feel alert then it’s worth trying to address the problem. Are you getting enough sleep? Getting outside into sunlight in the morning will help your circadian rhythm if you find it hard to get to sleep at night. Get the mobile out of the bedroom!
Are you drinking enough water? Try having a glass of water before each hot chocolate, for a week. You’ll probably find you’re thirstier than you realise and you can’t really satiate thirst with sugary milk.
Cutting back on sugar and white carbs will do wonders for your energy levels. That’s a big step, but something to bear in mind. Try increasing the water consumption first though because it makes it easier. Then try having a healthier snack too before the hot chocolate, and gradually ease back.

I weaned myself off a 7 coffee a day habit and found I stopped having fatigue and energy slumps - caffeine contributes to some of the problems it’s supposed to fix.

Sounds like you're drinking about 1000 calories a day. Unless you're an Ironman triathlete you're going to get quite fat quite quickly.

Is coke high carb / cal ?

Op probably just needs to communicate with her DP and work out that awful shift pattern that many parents use to allow for enough sleep.
Ultimately sleep beat caffeine.

This is a huge daily sugar load. Risking diabetes really (and tooth decay). I would agree with your DH

Hot Chocolate
Health Benefits:

• Mood Booster: Cocoa contains compounds like theobromine and phenylethylamine, which can improve mood and relaxation.
• Milk: Adds valuable calcium and protein.

• Sugar Content: Many hot chocolate mixes are high in added sugars and calories. A typical serving could contain 15–25 grams of sugar, which is close to or exceeds the recommended daily limit (25 grams for women, 36 grams for men, according to the American Heart Association).
• Low Nutritional Value: Commercial hot chocolate often lacks the nutrients found in pure dark chocolate or raw cocoa.

PS there’s a fantastic Instagrammer called Healthy Family Food ideas who does a fantastic, no-nasties healthy hot chocolate recipe that contains collagen etc, so you could have that for your home ones at least!

My Drinks

Tea , milk no sugar (primary) average 8-10 cups a day
Coffee milky 2/3 sugars (now and then) average one every 3-4 days
Hot chocolate (usually a rarity or once a week as and when) usually once a week

Could you drink hot milk with some nutmeg/cinnamon instead?

Have a glass of water and a pro plus. Way too much sugar and fat

The type of hot chocolates OP is drinking contain a hell of a lot more sugar and calories than a coffee/tea with a tsp of sugar in.

A hot chocolate has 8.5 times as much sugar in it than a tea with a spoon of sugar. So yes, it will do more harm.

You can get chocolate flavoured "teas", Pukka do one, they are nice with milk.

I treat hot chocolate more as a dessert than a drink so I would find it weird to drink more than one a day.

i used to LOATHE coffee, would drink tea but could take it or leave it (still the same now) but love hot chocolate.

I wouldn't recommend drinking it like you would coffee, the sugar/fat content in it isn't great.. if you use a high quality cocoa powder with semi skimmed milk it is a little better, but not much.

You'd be better off finding a tea you like the flavour of, like green tea, or a fruit tea. There's companies like Bird & Blend that do some lovely blends with chocolate and fruit flavours in!

My other go-to is i like blackcurrant, so i sometimes just drink hot ribena

I LOVE coffee now, i came to it by way of liking iced caramel latte, then trying hot caramel latte, then adjusting the syrup. I can now drink coffee black/no sugar but don't do it often i must admit!!

That’s a lot of sugar 😬

Bloody hell, it’s hot chocolate, not cocaine! 🤣🤣 your post made me chuckle as it did sound like you were talking about something much naughtier. Yes it’s very sweet, but it won’t do you any more harm than a coffee with sugar in, which I’m sure many people have throughout the day. Drinking more than one or two coffees a day is bad for the hormones anyway, so it’s no worse as it has less caffeine.
I don’t have sweet tooth, but I must admit I’m becoming very partial to the Cadbury’s choc orange pods that you can get for the Tassimo. Try those, you won’t regret it! 😊

What is the difference between cacao powder and cocoa powder (other than the stonking price markup)?

With cacao the beans are sun dried not roasted, and the powder isn't dutched (alkaliser added) so they're considered a bit less processed.

That’s a huge amount of sugar on a daily basis (and fat).

most people who drink coffee are not having multiple lattes with sugar.

And also he says it’s apparently “different” to how he and other people have multiple coffees a day!

I agree with him (at least, I am if he’s talking about filter coffee rather than pumpkin spice latte with cream on top). Hot chocolate is very nice - but it contains a lot of sugar and calories. It’s the difference between several Diet Cokes and several ice cream milkshakes; they’re both drinks which aren’t the healthiest, but drinking one is going to make you put on a lot of weight.

i think its too much an im a chocoholic i feel bad if i have 2 bars of someting a day le alone drinking hot choolate multiple times a day

Having multiple a day is a lot of sugar and calories (and I do not shy away from sugar!) I enjoy coffee but when dc were very little I added pro-plus into my day.

This - I don’t like tea or coffee. Hot squash is a decent alternative.

Why do you feel you need to keep “awake and alert”, and need drinks to keep you feeling that way? Are you doing 15 hour shifts in a nuclear processing facility! You would be better off making sure you had enough sleep and taking regular short fresh air breaks to keep yourself awake and alert.

Ah gotcha. The other couple are 2013

Def more interesting then 2021 couple

What is the difference between cacao powder and cocoa powder (other than the stonking price markup)?