Hot chocolate leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Hot chocolate comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Brandy / cognac (distilled) for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Hot chocolate for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0 g1.67 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0 g20.98 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0.91 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—16.42 g
- Total fat0 g1 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0 g0.6 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.34 mg132.73 mg
- Potassiummore is better0.68 mg180 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better0 mg38.18 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.01 mg0.31 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better0 mg21.82 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 mg
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

