Weird but True Chocolate Candy

[Guest guest]

Okay, some of you know that chocolate chips have become the bane of my

existence (I am sure they have contributed to my recent gain of five pounds).

I have abstained from chocolate chips for two weeks now, and with that and

some other changes, I have dropped three of those five pounds.

I have been doing a " weird " substitute for my chocolate chip fetish --

those times when I NEED chocolate and the texture of a shake just isn't going

to cut it.

I take 7 packages of Splenda, 1 Tsp. of baking Cocoa powder, mix them

in a very small cup (like a glass custard dish) -- then squirt about 10 sprays

of the I Can't Believe It's Not Butter (or Parkay) Spray (the food topping,

NOT the cooking spray like Pam). Then I stir it up until it makes sort of a

crumbly dough type mix. I either eat this with a spoon or I roll it into a

little " ball. " It tastes ALMOST like a chocolate truffle (read: CANDY). I know

that many people say " go for the sugar free chocolates -- but those have the

sugar alchols, fat, and calories that I don't need as a VBGer.

This whole ritual strikes me as a little bit desperate (I feel sort of

like I'm mixing up my " drugs " or something!) but it has kept me away from the

chocolate chips.

Anyway, I thought I would pass on my weird concoction. I got the idea

from a friend who was doing Atkins a couple of years ago who melted butter

and mixed in cocoa and Equal to get his chocolate fix.

Beth

Houston, TX

VBG - Dr. Srungaram

05/31/00 - 314 lbs.

11/01/02 - Abdominoplasty

11/29/02 - 160 lbs.

5'10 "