Healthy Hot Chocolate & The Sneaky Fibre Smoothie Loved by Celebs

The issue with regular hot chocolate is that the number one ingredient is sugar, completely negating the natural fibrous antidote of the cocoa powder. Plus, many brands are packed with E numbers and emulsifiers. For example, here’s the ingredient list from just one popular brand—yes, more than 30 ingredients and 7 E numbers:

Galaxy: Whey Permeate (Milk), Sugar, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder (10%), Coconut Oil, Glucose Syrup, Lactose (Milk), Milk Chocolate (3.0%) (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Skimmed Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Lactose and Protein from Whey (Milk), Palm Fat, Whey Powder (Milk), Milk Fat, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Vanilla Extract), Skimmed Milk Powder, Flavourings, Stabilisers (E412, E466, E340ii, E339ii, E452i), Anti-Caking Agent (E551), Sea Salt, Potassium Chloride, Milk Proteins, Magnesium Sulphate, Emulsifier (E471), Sweetener (E955)

So why not make your own. Here is my recipe that was featured in the Sun newspaper...