Sometimes I get a hankering for chocolate milk, one of my favorite childhood indulgences. But with an average of 30+ grams of sugar per serving, chocolate milk isn’t exactly low-carb, so I never get to have any.

That’s where Blue Diamond’s Almond Breeze almond milk comes in. I found this at my local EarthFare, a grocery store dedicated to organic and “health” foods. I love almonds, so I gave the unsweetened chocolate flavor a go. (The unsweetened variety also comes in vanilla and original.) It’s relatively cheap, at $2.29 for 32 fluid ounces, and it’s remarkably nutritious: one 8 fl. oz. serving contains 20% DV of calcium, as well as 25% DV of Vitamin D, 50% DV of Vitamin E and 10% DV of Vitamin A, with just 45 calories and 3.5 grams of fat.

It is really tasty, and has a subtle chocolate flavor, not overpowering, which is particularly nice when warmed. It doesn’t have a weird aftertaste and the texture is very smooth. Apparently you can cook with it in almost all recipes that use dairy milk, except instant pudding. My only quibble with the unsweetened chocolate flavor is that it’s not quite sweet enough for drinking, but that was easily rectified with 1/2 tsp. of Splenda. I’ll be thinking up some recipes to use this product in, but it’s worth a try if you need a lower-sugar milk substitute.