Ideas for a night cap snack?

kirakinss

so I am pretty busy throughout the day, so I always end up with some unplanned calories at the end of the day even after dinner and dessert. So for around 200-400 calories, do you guys have any snack ideas before bed? I prefer sweet things but I'm open to everything! I like voluminous food, but no fruits or veg cause I have way too much throughout the day. Frankly I just want a treat but I'm all out of inspiration! What do your night caps looks like?

helenrosec1

I always save calories for the evening as I know I'll get peckish for a snack. I have toast with almond butter, or boiled egg with bread, oat cakes with almond butter, a small sandwich, maybe make your own healthy pizza, or make your own ice cream with frozen banana cacao and other fruits and nuts.

nineteentwenty

WINE.

...but as for healthy stuff, I like to keep some bacon or cuts of sharp cheddar in the fridge to snack on. I'm also a popcorn demon, skinnypop's white cheddar flavour is a lot of popcorn for a few calories and a good taste.

meganmoore112

I have greek yogurt in the evening as my "dessert."

Packerjohn

kirakinss wrote: »

so I am pretty busy throughout the day, so I always end up with some unplanned calories at the end of the day even after dinner and dessert. So for around 200-400 calories, do you guys have any snack ideas before bed? I prefer sweet things but I'm open to everything! I like voluminous food, but no fruits or veg cause I have way too much throughout the day. Frankly I just want a treat but I'm all out of inspiration! What do your night caps looks like?

You must be very unusual since only about 1 out of 10 Americans gets the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables. If you're hitting the 2-4 servings of fruit and 3-5 of veggies then go for some of the suggestions given.

If not may want to look at incorporating some more fruits and veggies as snacks.

Best of luck.

Lounmoun

kirakinss wrote: »

so I am pretty busy throughout the day, so I always end up with some unplanned calories at the end of the day even after dinner and dessert. So for around 200-400 calories, do you guys have any snack ideas before bed? I prefer sweet things but I'm open to everything! I like voluminous food, but no fruits or veg cause I have way too much throughout the day. Frankly I just want a treat but I'm all out of inspiration! What do your night caps looks like?

I plan 100-300 calories for snacks usually. Popcorn is probably my favorite snack.
There are a lot of things that are 400 calories or less.
banana with peanut butter, cottage cheese, yogurt, sandwich, toast, nuts, trail mix, chips and salsa or hummus, 100-200 g vanilla ice cream, hard boiled egg/deviled egg, cheese and crackers, peanut butter and crackers, chocolate, a couple of cookies, cup of hot chocolate, pudding, cereal, granola bar

LazSommer

Water.

BeastofBodmin

2 cans of tuna,2 tsp's of olive oil.

AnneCoolbreze

There are some pretty good "desserts" that incorporate protein. I saw a chocolate lava cake recipe that was pretty good. I also like greek yogurt with honey and nuts.

kgirlhart

I often have the Chobani Flips for an evening snack. They are sweet plus have a good amount of protien so that's a win-win for me. I also like an occasional glass of wine, margarita or an Irish coffee in the evening.

enterdanger

1 egg, 1/4 cup powdered sugar, 1-2tbs unsweetened cocoa powder. Mix in a mug and microwave for 45 seconds or so. I top mine with a little cool whip or some mini chocolate chips.

willammoney

Air

I_Will_End_You

Reeses peanut butter cups.

mrvikingman

I like greek yogurt with/without fruit at night. Also cottage cheese.

bclarke1990

The idea that you wouldn't snack on fruit because you've had too much is silly IMO. Unless you're targetting other nutrient goals (ie- you want a higher protein snack because you've only had like 30g or something), then sure. If you're passing up fruit in favor of crap (ie chocolate or refined sugars like chips or bagels) then you should feel good about eating more fruit.

I'm not saying you have to have fruit btw; just that you shouldn't limit it. I'm fairly certain the evidence suggests that fruit in its whole form doesn't have a very obtainable "limit"

mommazach

Frozen greek yogurt. One of my favs. I switch flavors regularly. I tend to stir it occasionally for a better consistency. I also like to have popcorn. It's a sweet tooth things for me mostly though.

jandsstevenson887

I like late night breakfast. My go-to is a toasted english muffin with cream cheese and a hard boiled egg. Totally makes me full for 260 calories.

kristieshannon

I love sharp, aged white cheddar cheese. If I have extra cals at the end of the day I'll have an ounce or two of my favorites (Beecher's and Cougar Gold) plus a couple whole grain crackers. Yummy!

MLouis1

I save calories. Most nights it's a mini-bag of plain m&m's (70 calories) and an orange. If I am really hungry, a bowl of cereal.

xtina315

Ice cream!

laur357

I'd be all over cheese and crackers or chips and salsa for 300-400 calories. And for lighter days, a fudge pop and popcorn.

English muffin with peanut butter or cream cheese and jelly.

Rice cakes or a toasted pita with cheese and salsa.

Gingersnap cookies.

Trail mix with chocolate or pistachios.

Apple slices with a little peanut butter and a sprinkle of chocolate chips if you can handle another apple.

kshama2001

The oats are more tender when they get to marinate in the yogurt for a few hours:



Obviously, if you have more than 200 calories left, you can add more of everything.

mom23mangos

I like to have an Enlightened ice cream bar if I have extra calories, or popcorn. If I have a couple hundred, I make a berry crisp with blackberries/raspberries topped with an oat/protein powder crumb topping and a scoop of greek yogurt or fat free ice cream.

yoyeen1981

@Kkallisti, Skinnypop is awesome. I feel like I'm getting a good portion for the calories. My boyfriend (not watching calories) really likes Sargento's Balanced Breaks. They're portion controlled and usually have cheese, nuts, and dried fruit. I think they're under 200 calories.

shadowfax_c11

The last couple of evenings I have had 1/2 cup of ice cream with a warm Ghirardelli brownie and a little Smuckers fudge topping for under 400 calories.

Sometimes I have air popped popcorn with a little butter and some spices or brown sugar and cinnamon, Ice cream with a cut up banana or some strawberries.

For 400 calories you can come up with lots of nice treats.

amyk0202

Country Charm Chocolate ice cream (the big cheap tub from Walmart) is only 120 calories a serving & it's really good. I've been on a chocolate milk trend right now. I have Fairlife fat free milk with Hershey's syrup & 11 g of unflavored protein powder mixed in. The amount of milk & syrup depends on how many calories I have left for the day--I just adjust everything until I've used up every calorie .

meonlybetterDUH

Love love love Healthy Choice 80 calorie fudge bars. The only problem is I have a hard time only having 2! They are yummy, low cal and low sugar. Big box at Sams Club!

Packerjohn

kirakinss wrote: »

so I am pretty busy throughout the day, so I always end up with some unplanned calories at the end of the day even after dinner and dessert. So for around 200-400 calories, do you guys have any snack ideas before bed? I prefer sweet things but I'm open to everything! I like voluminous food, but no fruits or veg cause I have way too much throughout the day. Frankly I just want a treat but I'm all out of inspiration! What do your night caps looks like?

What is your daily calorie goal? 400 calories "left over" for what is most likely a non-nutirent dense treat after having a dessert with dinner (which is also likely not nutrient dense) seems like a high % of calories going to treats for most people monitoring calories to lose weight.

bainstorm

I have a date truffle.. Put 2 cups dates in a blender with 1/4 cup raw walnuts , tsp of vanilla 2 tab. cocoa non sweet. blend together till it becomes a past . take a tsp. of the date mixture, and roll it in your hand to form a small ball. it is natural, sweet and does the trick . California dates are only 20 cal. each .

coolfry

I find a simple carb is perfect before bed; I like toast w/butter, A small bowl of cereal w/milk, or some pretzels with cheese

toe1226

medjool dates with almond or cashew butter, (just one or two, pretty calorie dense) - maple syrup yogurt with peanut butter, coconut yogurt with almond butter...fancy nut mix...just make sure i weigh and measure, but usually i want something fat/sweet before bed.