Happy Wednesday! I got a whole 15 extra minutes of sleep this morning because I had to meet a coworker at 9:30 for a site visit close-ish to my apartment before we went up to the office together. Fifteen minutes made a big difference — so much more sunlight! Gym was arms and steps — stats: 1 hour and 9 minutes, 424 calories, 128 average heart rate, 175 max.
Breakfast was the flavor of the week: pumpkin gingerbread crockpot oats:
With the usual extras of 1/2 cup yogurt, 2 crumbled graham sticks, pumpkin seeds, cinnamon, coconut, ginger:
And soymilky black tea hot chocolate on the side:
I decided last minute that I wanted hot chocolate instead of tea, so I dumped my soymilky black tea into a saucepan and whisked in 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 tsp sugar in the raw, 1 tsp chunky peanut butter, cinnamon, and cayenne to make my favorite spicy cinnamon pb hot chocolate:
I also put a squirt of light whipped cream on top, but it melted too fast for me to get a picture! The best part about making cocoa with this way is the treat at the end — a long trail of peanutty chocolate goop at the bottom of the mug:
Mmmmmmm!
Which bite do you prefer most — the first or the last?
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chocolate peanut goop 🙂
It depends! I love the last bite on things like that, though.
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Definitely the 1st! I hate when a bowl of yummy goodness ends 😦
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Cinnamon-PB Hot Chocolate??? WOWZA that sounds heavenly.
I prefer the first bite!! Don’t have to worry about running out of the good stuff yet, at that point 😀
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Definitely the first!
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I LOVE Hot Chocolate! That’s what I should have drank when i was freezing last night 🙂
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that hot chocolate looks amazing!! i definitely prefer the first bite– the last one is so sad haha.
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first bite, definitely! I need to buy some powdered ginger — every time you use it I craaaaave ginger . . .
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OH yum!! That looks amazing!!
I like the first bite the best! In fact, I often don’t eat the whole thing (whatever it may be…) because I feel like I stop really tasting something around bite #3. Of course, I would totally finish this hot chocolate to get the prize at the bottom of the cup!
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Always the first bite! Or sometimes the second. The second can really tell you exactly how the flavors are working together much better than the first. I’m having issues with the last bit when it comes to my oatmeal lately, so that’s no good. It’s all gummy and dry and cold. Not that you needed to know that. Haha. LOVE your tea/cocoa combo!
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I love the last bite, but it’s bittersweet when it’s really really good!
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Your hot chocolate sounds so yummy and decadent!
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And I tried your custard oats today-awesome! Totally held me through my exam!
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mmm pumpkin seeds 🙂
and extra 15 minutes is always the best for sleeping in during the week!
have a great hump day
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the first I am always sayd aabout the last!
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OMG – spicy cinnamon pb hot chocolate? I have to make that. That sounds amazing. And I love that you changed your mind but didn’t waste anything.
For some reason the last bite always tastes the best – which is a problem because then I am way more tempted to have more!
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pb hot chocolate!? BRILLIANT!
definitely the first—i’m always sad at the last bite, haha.
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I LOVE dumping nut butter in my coffee cocoas and getting that long trail of goop at the end. Nothing like the last bite!
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hahaha… what can I say? Its good soup! Glad to send some traffic your way! 🙂
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I love the last bite…I always save the best stuff for last (almond butter, hummus, cheese, etc.).
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