{"id":1872,"date":"2021-06-27T17:40:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T07:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mumknowsbest.com.au\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2021-06-27T17:43:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T07:43:51","slug":"peak-rest-chocolate-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mumknowsbest.com.au\/peak-rest-chocolate-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Peak Rest Chocolate Review – Chocolate That Helps You Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Can chocolate help you to sleep better? It sounds like some magical thing from the land of pixies and fairies, doesn\u2019t it? Dark chocolate that helps you sleep! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve always joked that sleeping is my superpower! Apart from the (many) years when babies and young children would wake me up all night, I have always been a great sleeper. My mum often talks about how, even as a very young child, I would ask to go to bed! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea of not being able to fall asleep quickly and easily was pretty foreign to me…until just recently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s been a lot of \u2018stuff\u2019 going on and I\u2019ve found myself not only having trouble falling asleep but also waking frequently all night as though I\u2019m never actually getting into a deep sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was at this low point in my sleeping abilities that the magical algorithm of Facebook decided to present me with an ad for Peak Rest Chocolate<\/span><\/a> – chocolate that helps you sleep! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a product that is said to combine two of my most favourite things in the world – chocolate and sleep! I couldn\u2019t resist, I had to know more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On researching further I was pleasantly surprised to find that ordinary dark chocolate is actually beneficial for sleep<\/span><\/a> too. Apparently chocolate is a good source of tryptophan which stimulates serotonin and melatonin which, in turn, help you to sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course chocolate is also a good source of magnesium too which is also beneficial for sleeping, especially if you suffer from restless legs like I do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, I digress, I needed to find out more about this Peak Rest Chocolate, and here\u2019s what I discovered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This specially formulated night time chocolate contains Chamomile, Decaf Green Tea, Zinc, Magnesium and L-Tryptophan, all ingredients said to help induce a good night\u2019s sleep. So far, so good but, what worried me the most was how this chocolate was sweetened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know a lot of you might be alarmed at the thought of eating sugar before bed, but that\u2019s not what worried me at all – sugar doesn\u2019t bother me. I\u2019m from the school of people who can\u2019t stand the taste of artificial sweeteners! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I can taste the difference and yes, it does have an awful aftertaste so no, I won\u2019t eat or drink anything containing artificial sweeteners. I\u2019m a full strength Coke girl – no Diet Coke for me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, when I saw that the chocolate had no added sugar, my heart sank a little. No added sugar means it\u2019s been sweetened with something else and unfortunately for me, even \u2018natural sweeteners\u2019 such as Stevia<\/span><\/a> leave a really bad taste in my mouth (literally!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sweeteners listed were Erythritol<\/span><\/a> and Thaumatin<\/span><\/a>. I know nothing about these sweeteners specifically (other than what you can read from their Wikipedia pages as linked) but I was pretty sure I wasn\u2019t going to like the taste of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, my curiosity got the better of me and I decided to give this chocolate a try. Maybe the strong flavour of dark chocolate (which I love) would be able to overpower the taste of the sweeteners used? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plenty of reviewers said it tasted great – but then again, plenty of people actually like the taste of diet soft drinks which I can\u2019t stand. Still, they were having a sale, I was still having some trouble sleeping, so I thought, why not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My chocolate arrived a couple of days later – apparently it\u2019s made in Melbourne but warehoused in Sydney, regardless, it didn\u2019t take too long to get here. I eagerly awaited my bedtime chocolate treat. The first taste was good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It had a nice, strong dark chocolate taste and even the texture was reasonably good for a healthier style of chocolate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately within a second or two, the overpowering taste of the sweeteners kicked in and, quite frankly from my point of view, made the chocolate virtually inedible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I powered through eating one piece – there\u2019s no way I could have eaten all three pieces in the 20g pack which is supposed to constitute a serving size. The sweetener taste and aftertaste is just too strong for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite the poor taste and consequent small amount of chocolate eaten, I definitely experienced a heightened sense of drowsiness within an hour or so of eating my chocolate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was in bed reading (as I do every night) and could hardly keep my eyes open for more than a few pages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, my verdict is that this chocolate actually does work to help you to sleep. If the taste of sweeteners other than sugar doesn\u2019t bother you then you should definitely give this sleepy time chocolate a go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If they ever come out with a version sweetened with sugar, maple syrup or honey (the only sweeteners I can tolerate) I will definitely be back for more but, unfortunately for me, the sweetener taste is just too strong to actually enjoy eating the chocolate. I guess I\u2019ll have to stick to Cadbury for now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019d like to try some Peak Rest Chocolate<\/span><\/a>, the good people behind the brand have given me a coupon to offer you 15% off your order! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just use code MUMKNOWSBEST<\/strong> when checking out and you\u2019ll get 15% off. It\u2019s not just chocolate to help you sleep either, they also have chocolate to help you focus<\/span><\/a> and chocolate to enhance your energy<\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I\u2019ve said, if artificial sweeteners (or sweeteners other than sugar) don\u2019t bother you, then you\u2019ll probably really enjoy this chocolate. However, if you fall into my camp and can\u2019t stand artificial sweeteners, you\u2019ll probably have to give this one a miss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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