Can you get diabetic hot chocolate?

[mummyloveslucy]

I really miss hot chocolate and would love to find a sugar free substitute.

Out of stock atm but worth bearing in mind

I've Googled and found this I don't think it's available in the supermarkets unfortunately.

Thank you, it's a fair bit more expensive. The second one isn't too bad but with postage it is. I might treat myself anyway.

why are you not allowed hot chocolate. i have been diabetic since aged 1 and have never denied myself it.
has someone advised you not to have it ?

why not just buy cocoa powder - then you can make it up with milk and sweetener

Green & Black's cocoa powder with a sweetener would do it. I like dark chocolate so if I make it I don't add any sweetener, but you would probably find it makes it taste like hot chocolate. If I do use a sweetener I generally use stevia which doesn't raise blood sugar levels, but it's hard to come by in the UK.

Good quality hot chocolate powder is only cocoa powder and sugar, sometimes with a little powdered milk as well.

I don't have any recommendations for instant hot chocolate that you make with water as they all taste foul to me.

I'm not actually Diabetic, I have PCOS and have been advised to cut out all sugar from my diet and follow a low GI diet plan.
Apparently, I have too much insulin and I need to reduce it by cutting out sugar.
This is very hard as I have such a sweet tooth, it could easily lead to diabetes though if I don't control it.

I have PCOS and now have diabetes. I was following low GI principles but still couldn't stop from tipping over into diabetes. Like you I have a very sweet tooth and although my meals were very good in GI terms I found it hard to avoid little treats. My treats are now things like a handful of nuts or Green & Blacks 85% chocolate. Once I learned to appreciate really good dark chocolate then I actually stopped liking milk chocolate. Adding pulses to meals (eg red split lentils to a curry) really helps to lower the overall GI of a meal and keeps hunger away for longer. If you have a fruit yogurt sweetened with fruit juice then adding a large spoonful of oatmeal and leaving it for 10 mins to soften before eating will lower the GI a bit (and it tastes better IMO).

Has your GP considered giving you Metformin? I was going to ask for it anyway as it helps PCOS but then the diabetes was diagnosed so my GP prescribed it anyway. It has really helped me with weightloss and PCOS symptoms.

I find that artificial sweetners actually make it harder to control my sweet tooth. If I have a Pepsi Max at lunch time then I'm craving carbs by mid-afternoon even though it hasn't put any sugar into my system. I avoid sugar-free versions of things, like yogurts, because they satisfy my sweet tooth, just intensify it. Stevia is a herbal sweetener and it doesn't seem to affect me negatively, but it's not approved for use in the UK so it's not in any prepared foods or drinks. I use it for things like sweetening porridge.