How Many Syns In Cocoa Powder? Is It High In Syns On Slimming World?

If you're planning to do some baking and make some chocolate sweets, you might be curious as to how many syns cocoa powder has on the slimming world plan.

Cocoa powder has on average 1 syn for a teaspoon on the plan no matter the brand of cocoa powder you choose, this allows you to have up to 15 teaspoons of cocoa powder on the plan before using all your syn allowance. 

Down below in our syn guide, we will take you through why cocoa powder is high in syns, some syn values of cocoa powder and how to make some SW-friendly chocolate brownies with cocoa powder at home!

Why Is Cocoa Powder High In Syns?

At 1 syn for a teaspoon, cocoa powder is low in syns for a small portion but can be high in syns when used for baking, with a tablespoon costing you 3 syns.

Cocoa powder needs to be measured out in order to stay on track with your syns, in baked goods sugar and other ingredients like butter is typically added to this powder which makes it high in syns.

Syn Values Of Cocoa Powder

Cocoa powder has a similar syn value no matter the kind of brand you are choosing, to help you compare syns, we've listed a few different types below along with their values.

• Tesco Cocoa Powder 200g - 1 syn.
• Aldi The Pantry Cocoa Powder 250g - 1 syn.
• Sainsbury's Cocoa Powder 250g - 1 syn.
• Asda Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder 250g - 2 syns a tablespoon.
• Lidl Belbake Cocoa Powder 250g - 1 syn.
• The Raw Chocolate Co Raw Cacao Powder - 1 syn.
• Cadbury Cocoa Powder 125g - 1 syn.
• Morrisons Cocoa Powder 250g - 1 syn.
• M&S Cocoa Powder 260g - 1 syn.
• Dunnes Stores Baking at Home Cocoa Powder 250g - 2.5 syns.
• Tesco Cocoa Powder 250g - 2.5 syns.
• Tesco Finest Cocoa Powder 200g - 1 syn a teaspoon.

Our SW Brownie Recipe

If you've got some cocoa powder lying around at home, you might be wondering what SW baked goods you can make with this powder that isn't too low in syns.

We've got a great low-syn brownie recipe for you to try out below which only has 1 syn per one for when you are craving chocolate.

Ingredients

• Two spoons of water.
• Three eggs (separate whites from yolks).
• Spoon of self-raising flour.
• 30g of cocoa powder.
• 35g of sweetener.

Method

1. Start by heating your oven to 180 degrees then whisk your egg whites until they create peaks then in another bowl mix your egg yolks, cocoa powder, water and sweetener until the mix becomes smooth.
2. Fold in the egg whites, then the flour, pour into a container then bake for 20 minutes.

Final Words

To conclude, cocoa powder is low in syns for a small portion, having 1 syn for a teaspoon and around 3 syns for a tablespoon. In order to keep on track with your syns, we recommend weighing out your portion of cocoa powder on the plan and using low-syn baking recipes to keep your sweet SW friendly.