# Chocolate huel powder vs chocolate flavor boost?

**URL:** <https://discourse.huel.com/t/chocolate-huel-powder-vs-chocolate-flavor-boost/5484>\
**Category:** Experiences\
**Created:** [April 24, 2019, 6:45am UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/chocolate-huel-powder-vs-chocolate-flavor-boost/5484 "2019-04-24T06:45:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![PDXgimlet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@PDXgimlet](https://discourse.huel.com/u/PDXgimlet)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 6:45am UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/chocolate-huel-powder-vs-chocolate-flavor-boost/5484/1 "2019-04-24T06:45:30Z")

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I’ve been on the Huel train for about a year now, and thinking of branching out flavor-wise (I’ve mostly stuck with vanilla).

I see that there’s both chocolate Huel powder and chocolate flavor boost, the latter of which I assume is intended to be mixed with vanilla or UU Huel powder (mixing chocolate Huel with chocolate flavor boost introduces a level of recursion I’m not comfortable with 🤔🙃)…

Anyway, my question is: what’s the difference taste-wise between the two? Would you recommend one over the other?

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**Author:** ![Tyler\_Huel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.huel.com/tyler_huel/32/2434_2.png) [@Tyler\_Huel](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Tyler_Huel)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/chocolate-huel-powder-vs-chocolate-flavor-boost/5484/2 "2019-04-24T17:44:02Z")

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The chocolate flavor boost is sweeter–the chocolate powder is a bit more rich flavored. Perhaps the FB is bit more “candy” vibe whereas the chocolate powder is more brownie. So really, just depends on what you are looking for!

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**Author:** ![Deron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.huel.com/deron/32/1552_2.png) [@Deron](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Deron)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/chocolate-huel-powder-vs-chocolate-flavor-boost/5484/3 "2019-04-24T18:06:18Z")

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The old chocolate flavor booster was just unsweetened cocoa powder. So when I combined that with my vanilla Huel I used a very generous amount and it was quite good. Chocolate and vanilla mix together well.

But now I think the latest version of the chocolate Huel additive has artificial sweeteners in it.

Intuitively, I would think the chocolate additive might have the advantage of letting the user titrate the taste whereas with chocolate Huel powder the chocolate taste is pre formed.

All that aside, I really like Huel chocolate powder mixed in oat milk and a scoop of greens powder. It’s one of the tastiest Huel blends I do. I will be ordering the full chocolate Huel in my next order.

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**Author:** ![PDXgimlet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@PDXgimlet](https://discourse.huel.com/u/PDXgimlet)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/chocolate-huel-powder-vs-chocolate-flavor-boost/5484/4 "2019-04-25T20:37:08Z")

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Thank you both for the information!