The Chocolate Problem

I have eaten A LOT LESS chocolate this year! But...

but...

but...

I don't think it is realistic to NEVER eat it (and the Lord isn't telling me that anyways). Part of what the Lord wants me to do is NOT eat all the candy I used to eat. That's what "cut out obvious refined sugars" means. I totally have permission to eat a couple cookies when my daughter is making homemade cookies or enjoy a special dessert prepared for my birthday. Treats made out of love may be eaten in moderation. I need to avoid extra sweets that have no personal "relational" value...like the random Halloween candy, for example. I need to avoid daily foods or treats that are high in processed/refined sugar.

Except...

there seems to be times when I MUST have some chocolate. It doesn't mean I have to eat A LOT of it, I just really want a little taste. I don't know if that means I need some more magnesium or zinc, but it would be awesome to find a way to have nibbles of chocolate at those times which I crave it. And this isn't every day. There just seem to be times when I highly crave it and it can easily be quenched with a morsel. This is not an indulgence issue, this is a self-governing, few tastes sort of thing. Can I find a morsel that isn't sugary?  If there's a way to get this taste/texture without sugar impact, then why not? If there's no sugar hit, I'm not feeding the monster, but living moderating and in reality. It is a long term, living real life sort of thing. This issue needs to be examined and a solution needs to be discovered.

There ARE two solutions I'm pretty excited about...one is DIY and the other is "buy it at the grocery store"...I prefer the second.

Skinny Chocolate comes to me via Trim Healthy Mama...it's made with coconut oil (the coconutty flavored one!), cocoa powder and Truvia and I like to include chopped peanuts and shredded unsweetened coconut. This really meets the need. I only have a small portion and that satisfies. They also have a recipe that I like for fudge that fits the bill, too.

So these two recipes are available and are to be made ahead of time in pre-portioned small bites stored in the freezer.

Another, more favored selection is Midnight Reverie (duh duh dum)! At 86% cacao, it packs the flavor punch without the sugar hit!
One square breaks down like this:
60 calories
6g fat
4g carbs
1g sugar
and there's even a whole gram of protein and a whole gram of fiber in this little guy!

Since these squares easily break into quarters, that gives me four luscious bites...often I only want one or two of the quarters because they are bitter. This easily provides the chocolate taste/texture satisfaction I'm looking for!

Midnight Reverie comes in individually wrapped squares or in a large chocolate bars (the squares are the same size). Recently, they went on sale and I bought a bunch. No guilt chocolate...now that solves the "chocolate problem" for me!