The weather’s getting cooler in my neck of the woods and one of the things I love to have, especially while curled up on the couch, is a cozy cup of hot chocolate. In fact, I’ve been having lots of this drink lately, and not counting the points because, well, I just wasn’t. Usually I never count my beverages because I don’t drink alcoholic beverages and I only drink coffee, tea, or water.
For some reason – well, because I’m on a roll with counting all my points and jotting absolutely everything down – I decided to calculate the points on this drink. Also, truth be told, my leader’s voice went off in my head from Monday when she reminded us to count our beverages too.
The can says the serving size is 1/4 cup of powder – that sounds like a lot, but that’s really slightly over two heaping tablespoons. If I made my drink using the full serving size, it would be a whopping 3 points per cup. I make it with one heaping tablespoon, which I put into a 1/4 cup measuring cup, and it about half fills that. So I cut the amounts in half and calculated the points: 1 point per cup. Now that’s more like it.
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Add just a little bit to your coffee and you can have a mocha!
Oooh, good idea, April.
Good to know that! Thanks for the tip.
You’re welcome, Julie!
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