I don’t know about you, but I try to save up all my calories and don’t like to waste them on silly things, like my morning coffee, ices tea, hot chocolate..etc. I find sugary drinks to be a complete waste of calories. I have been using artificial sweeteners for years in mainly my drinks, until recently. [rss-cut] I switched to Pure Via® some time ago, so I am super excited to be working with them now. Pure Via® is an all-natural, non-GMO, ZERO-calorie sweetener that can replace sugar in many of your recipes. I use it in my coffee every morning. There are about 32 calories in 2 teaspoons of sugar. If I have 2 cups of coffee with 2 teaspoons of sugar each, that is 64 calories! I would much rather eat my calories than drink them!!! Pure Via® has several varieties. Shown here are the packets, Stevia Liquid and Vanilla Liquid. 
They also have blends. The packet blends have Turbinado and Stevia.
They also sell a resealable bag with Turbinado Raw Cane Sugar and Stevia Blend…perfect for baking!
Pure Via only contains natural sweeteners. The pure Reb A from the stevia plant that sweetens Pure Via starts with stevia leaves, which are first milled and then steeped in water using a brewing method that is similar to brewing tea. The resulting stevia extract is then further purified to separate the Reb A through a proprietary technology used by PureCircle.
Finally, Reb A, the sweetest part of the leaf, is extracted, purified and then combined with other natural ingredients to make Pure Via.
Some fun goodies I got from Pure Via®!
- 2 cups 1% low fat milk
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
- 3 packets Pure Via sweetener
- TOPPING
- 1/4 cup frozen lite whipped topping, thawed
- Ground cinnamon
- For Hot Cocoa, pour milk into a 4-cup (1L) glass measure. Add cinnamon sticks. Microwave on HIGH 2 minutes or until milk is warm. Stir in cocoa and Pure Via until blended. Heat in microwave on HIGH 2 to 3 minutes or until hot. Remove cinnamon sticks and discard.
- Divide cocoa mixture evenly between 2 large mugs. Top each with 2 tablespoons of the whipped topping. Sprinkle each with ground cinnamon and serve.
- TIP: For a more intense cinnamon flavor, leave cinnamon sticks in hot milk longer.
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*This post is sponsored by Pure Via®. All opinions are 100% mine.
I have been wanting to switch from Splenda. Gad to know there is a more natural alternative.
Gimme that amazing hot chocolate!!! Mmmm!!
Wow, this sounds like a great option. It’s cooler now and I want a full cup of this!
I feel the same way about wasting calories on sugary drinks, etc. I love this idea for hot chocolate! I always have Pure Via in my pantry 🙂 It’s great stuff!
Thanks for stopping by Ashley! PURE VIA lovers UNITE!
Id take a big mug of that. I love shaving of some calories with the Pure Via.