How many calories in a hot chocolate
A mug of hot chocolate made with milk has 200 kcal.
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To burn it off
Hot chocolate is cocoa, sugar and milk. The milk brings the protein and some fat, the powder brings the sugar.
A plain mug is 200 kcal. Whipped cream and marshmallows on top, the coffee shop way, can push it a good bit higher.
It's a lovely thing on a cold evening. It's just closer to a dessert than a drink.
Tips
- 1Make it with semi skimmed milk.
- 2Skip the cream and keep the marshmallows, or the other way round.
- 3Order a small in a coffee shop, the large is a lot of mug.
Where it comes from
People in Mesoamerica were drinking chocolate more than 3,000 years ago, starting with the Olmec. The Maya drank it thick and frothy, sometimes with chili, and the Aztecs, who called it xocolatl, valued cacao beans more than gold. Europeans later sweetened it with cane sugar and cinnamon and drank it in fashionable chocolate houses in London and Amsterdam.
Where does our food come from? · Source: HISTORY.com, History of Chocolate
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Questions
How many calories in a hot chocolate with cream?
The mug is 200 kcal. Whipped cream on top adds a fair bit more.
Is hot chocolate made with water lower?
Yes, much lower, because most of it comes from the milk.
Is hot chocolate high in sugar?
About 27 g of carbs a mug, most of it sugar.
How many calories in a marshmallow?
A regular marshmallow is about 23 kcal. A small handful of mini ones on top of a mug is about 30.
Does hot chocolate have caffeine?
A little, from the cocoa. A mug has about 5 mg, against roughly 95 in a mug of filter coffee.
