Are you addicted to those expensive coffees at Starbuck's? Do you pay $4-$5 a day on your morning coffee? That adds up to $80-$100 a month - only counting weekdays - or $960 - $1200 a year!!
I make my own chocolatey coffee drink instead of paying the high prices. You could still save money if you only drank your own 2 days a week... and still got your Starbuck's coffee 3 days! (Just substituting your own coffee twice a week can save you $416 - $520 a year!)
Brew your coffee. If you don't have time, try Folger's instant coffee in those tea bags. It's not really instant... just a different and faster way to brew!
When your coffee is ready, add some Hot Chocolate Mix and stir well. You'll have to experiment a little at first to find out what is the right amount for you. I add one coffee scoop full.
Add sweetener and half and half. If you want it extra special and sweet, spray it with some whipped cream from can (fast, easy and YUMMY!)
Voila!
SUGAR FREE TIPS
I can't eat sugar. There are also some sugar substitutes I cannot tolerate (ie: corn syrup, maltodextrin, polydextrose) ALL of the instant flavored coffees have high amounts of maltodextrin and or polydextrose - which for me is just like drinking sugar, so I can't use them.
Nestle and Swiss Miss both have hot chocolate mixes that are sugar free and although they may have some of those sweeteners, they are not high up on the ingredient list and so personally - I am able to drink them.
As for "sugar free" sweeteners -- ALL of the powdered "sugar free" sweeteners I have found contain MALTODEXTRIN - which is as bad as sugar for many people. Maltodextrin is a sweetener derived from corn and personally affects me just as badly as sugar when it is the first ingredient.
Equal, Sweet n Low and all the other powders contain Maltodextrin as their first ingredient (I wondered why I was getting the shakes until I READ the LABEL!)
I use liquid Sweet n Low as my sweetener as it does not contain sugar! They have just come out with some sweetener tablets now too that do not contain maltodextrin or polydextrose... but I have not had a chance to try them out myself yet.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Expensive Coffee Drinks?
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Interesting comments about artificial sweeteners, but I wonder if you may be mistaken about polydextrose, which the FDA classifies as a "fat replacer" instead of a sweetener. I think polydextrose may be listed as the first ingredient because it is used as a fiber-like bulk additive, and the real sweetener may be buried elsewhere in the ingredients list, something like sucralose (Splenda) or acesulfame potassium.
It's a topic of interest to me, because I'm starting on a new weight loss diet that will include lots of polydextrose. I hope it works well for me.
Thanks for the information.
Hi Jim,
Although the FDA may classify it as a fat replacer, it is also used as a sweetener. You can just google the word and find out. It is made from glucose.
A pharmacist relative of mine told me (when I learned of my sugar intolerance) to beware of any ingredient that ends is "ose".
I found out personally when I had a blood sugar crash after eating a product that was sweetened with polydextrose (and only polydextrose) It was simply AWFUL!
Hi again Jim :)
Just read your profile and saw that you are diabetic.
Something I want to mention for everyone... is that not everyone who has to avoid sugar will have the same reactions to sugar substitutes as others.
My best friend is diabetic also - there are things she can eat that I cannot. Her pancreas does NOT secrete insulin... mine secretes TOO much insulin.
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