A delicious hot chocolate with more benefits than you bargained for

Collagen peptides have been a part of my diet for about two years now. I’m not absolutely strict in my ingestion of collagen through food, but I do tend to enjoy the occasional powder scooped into a milkshake. Heck, I’ve even enjoyed the taste of Super Collagen Peanut Butter recently – and it just makes me feel good. There are less lines in the facial department, too, even though I’m smiling a lot more.

Of all collagen peptide products, my favourite would have to be from Australian-owned The Collagen Co. This company makes great-tasting collagen powders, each formulated to improve skin, hair, bone strength, joint and ligament movement, even gut health.

The premium peptides used in The Collagen Co. products come from 100% grass-fed, pasture-raised Australian bovine, keeping things nice and local.

I thought I’d had my diet down-pat with all the different flavours of the brand’s collagen powders – passionfruit/mango, strawberry/watermelon, and other great combinations. But when I came across The Collagen Co’s hot chocolate sleep formula – wow…

Drinking it is like enjoying one of the best hot chocolate brands on the market; in fact I like it as much as I like my Lindt hot chocolate.

The Collagen Co’s Collagen Dream is naturally sweetened, contains chamomile to reduce anxiety and improve sleep quality, magnesium to regulate melatonin production and promote relaxation, and zinc to regulate sleep patterns.

Five grams of the good powdery stuff is all it takes, equating about two small scoops into your mug. Pour in 250ml of hot water (and a dollop of milk or cream if you’re cheeky like me); and mix well until the powder is totally dissolved. The taste is delicious. The benefit, well, all of the above and better sleep.

Make your favourite night-time beverage even more special.

Antonino Tati

Collagen Dream Advanced Sleep Formula Hot Chocolate is available in a 210g pouch RRP $49, from thecollagen.co.