Would this be an improvement on eating chocolate? Or would it be worse?

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I eat so much chocolate and I know it’s so unhealthy. Aside from that I do eat generally well and I’m not overweight. But I know I eat too much sugar as I can easily eat say three Mars bars in one night or two packs of biscuits etc.

I’ve tried cutting it back and not buying it as often but find it incredibly hard. I wondered if I put a bit of sugar on fruit would that be a start to improve or is that actually more sugar than what’s in a bar of chocolate?!

Stay near a loo if you are eating dates. They are strong laxatives.

I guess if it works for you. For me, I think I’d be sat there thinking I’ve just made fruit less healthy and now I want some chocolate to follow!

The chocolate cravings never go.

I had the most delicious and sweet breakfast this morning. I popped sliced banana, dates and chopped walnuts in the frying pan with a very small amount of butter. Gently fried them and then put the warmed mixture in a bowl with vanilla Skyr yogurt. It was gorgeous and really filling.
Would something like this satisfy your sweet tooth? Worth a try maybe.

Not for me. Are you sure you don’t mean prunes? 🙂

Yeah Dates don’t do that to me either.

As a chronically constipated person, I wish dates had this effect on me

I had to take a different route home tonight because of tube problems, popped into a deli & there was the Montezuma dark orange. Mmmmmmmm.

Dates, cut open with a bit of Peanut butter and a whole almond stuffed inside. Then dip them in dark chocolate ( higher % the better) you can also buy them ready made and they are amazing but expensive.

adding sugar to fruit is insane. you would be much better just swapping to fruit, adding Greek yoghurt, chopped nuts and a bit of sugar free syrup ( if you must). Always you would get proper nutrition fibre, vitamins and protein that way. if you HAVE to eat chocolate make it fruit and nut dark chocolate. Don’t keep it in the house and limit your intake.

These ones by Forrest feast are amazing and super tasty. I get them from Asda but also make my own

Fruit won’t get rid of the chocolate craving, in my experience. As others have said, switching to dark chocolate or just cutting down is a more realistic option. Dates are pretty good too.

One of the problems I have with the substitutes is that it's the texture of chocolate that I'm also craving. There just doesn't seem to be anything else that mimics the feel in the mouth.