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

Essentially 3 Costa hot chocolates are the equivalent of 6 Mars bars!
That's insane Op
Cut down to one per day
I had a friend addicted to coke, the full sugar version
Her teeth rotted and it destroyed her health
It's the same thing
I probably drink one a year, it's so sweet

It's extremely calorific and I think generally drinks should not be calorific or they replace food. It's fine as a treat but if this is your main source of liquid as you imply, absolutely not. You could not drink 2 litres of this a day and be slim and healthy. Train yourself to like something different. Water is a good place to start.

Wow that is isn’t it.

I also hate tea and coffee and drink a hot chocolate fairly often.

It would be interesting to see how it stacks up against say a caramel latte or something or coffee when someone has added 3 sugars..

What has it got to do with your H what you drink, or anyone else for that matter? It is your life. Live it.

It is different to coffee in that it's made with milk ( or milk powder in the powdered ones) and mostly contains a lot of sugar. So it's very different to having coffee.

Have you seen the mushroom hor chocolate? For example

Spacegoods Rainbow Dust - Chocolate Flavour Mushroom Powder Drink - Start The Day with Energy & Focus - Incl Lions Mane with Chaga, Cordyceps, Maca Root & Ashwagandha - Vegan & Gluten Free - 30 serves amzn.eu/d/a3ZkLRX

Well it's not really his decision what yo7 eat or drink. So as far as that goes he is being unreasonable.
However unless you are drinking those disgusting options ones made with hot water only then that is more like the equivalent of eating a couple mars bars at a time, rather than an alternative to coffee. It's a massive sugar hit and even if you don't have a weight issue that amount of sugar isn't healthy.
I just looked on the Costa website, a take out hot chocolate Made with semi skimmed milk contains 277 calories (1 Mars bar) and 39g of sugar. That's nearly 8 teaspoons. Per drink.

Could you drink a diet coke instead if you need caffeine.
Hot chocolate is high in fat and sugar, if you're drinking it daily that's a lot of extra empty calories.

OP may “need” it precisely because of the hot chocolate - she’ll be having a blood sugar crash a while after the hot choc and so will feel like she needs another as a pick me up.

I like hot chocolate but only once a day as I find it very filling. I think if I was drinking it several times a day I’d research the best quality ones with the least amount of sugar.

Well it is different in that it's a sugar bomb!

Why do you need something to keep you awake/alert? What about doing the usual things like getting enough sleep, eating nutritious meals and drinking water.

Whatever works for you. People saying it’s high in sugar and fat- what about those who drink at least one of those Starbucks ‘coffees’ daily that are full of syrups, cream and what not, many over 3-400 cal per drink?

Agree with @brentwoods - there simply isn’t enough caffeine in a hot chocolate to have an impact.

How fat do you want to be?

What about a mocha OP? I used that to ween my way onto coffee

It's the sugar spike making you more "alert" not the caffeine. Multiple hot chocolates a day is terrible for you. It's VERY different from coffee -- black coffee has no sugar and almost no calories.

Have you tried drinking cacao powder, NOT cocoa powder. It has no added sugar, but also includes some protein, fat, fibre and minerals. It's still more calorific than tea or coffee, but far better for you than hot chocolate.

The awake feeling is probably a sugar rush. As others have said, hot chocolate is typically higher in calories and sugar.

Lots of coffee shop coffees are hundreds of calories too so I wouldn’t necessarily think that’s why it’s seen differently.

I think of hot chocolate as a child’s drink. Maybe that’s why he sees it as being different to coffee?

The ones you're talking about contain either a lot of sugar or a lot of sweeteners. Drink what you like, youre and adult but they're not the healthiest thing in the world. Tea?

I don't think that much hot chocolate can be good for you. Very sweet and caloric. Have you ever tried Barleycup?

Hot chocolate is by far my favourite hot drink and if I could drink it multiple times a day with no consequences, I would, but it's a huge amount of sugar and there is a history of diabetes in my family so I limit myself to 1 a day or so, and forego it completely if I eat something else sugary.

In your shoes I'd have a look at the amount of sugar you're drinking as it sounds like it could be a lot.

How many hot chocolates a day do you drink?

Costa hot chocolate is 400+cals
Knock back four a day and there is little room for eating.

Other hot chocolates may be far more reasonable.

I've just had a look and a Costa hot chocolate has 525 calories. A Mars bar has got 229.

Each of those Hot chocolates are the equivalent of a couple of Mars bars and probably have as much sugar and fat, so no wonder they perk you up.

If that's what you want to consume every day, then it's your choice, but there's probably a better one.

Hot chocolate is alright, but I couldn't replace coffee with it 🤢
Not a fan of sweet stuff, but everyone to their own.
YABU 😉

What he thinks about 'using it' & how it makes YOU feel is irrelevant.

However, that's a shit load of sugar, whatever your weight, that much sugar is very bad for you.

im struggling to find another hot drink I like (I only like latte, not black coffee, have gone off tea, fruit tea gives me a headache, hot chocolate/ovaltine etc is too high in sugar. I'll have sugar free ribenna etc, but find it too 'sweet' for more than occasionally, vegetarian so don't drink boveril etc so I know how hard it is! but the search continues. (Tried many varieties of tea, all the jasmine, liquorice, green, herbal options (even had an advent calendar last year!).

tell DH to STFU, mind his own business but do look at the amount of sugar you're drinking!!