Something sweet and healthy

Suly09

After I eat lunch I always need something sweet. Fruit is great but it gets tiring after a while and I don't always have it stocked up. I used to eat a Green Danan Light Yogurt but the dairy from it was making me break out. Any ideas on what I could treat myself to after lunch that is sweet and low in calories? Healthy desserts please.

gamerbabe14

Diet Coke! Or crystal light. Or some tea with honey? I also like to munch on carrots to get that sweet taste.

ladyhusker39

Today I snacked on a caramel rice cake. Tasted like lightly flavored popcorn. It was tasty and only 50 calories.

kgirlhart

I usually have a Fiber One brownie for dessert with my lunch. It is only 90 calories and pretty easy to fit in. Plus I think they taste really good and it satisfies my desire for something "cakey".

ETA The lemon bar and coffee cake flavors are good too.

Evamutt

don't know if you consider it healthy but the Welche's natural strawberry spread is delicious!! I put a Tbs in my yogurt sometimes or just spread it on a low fat waffle, rice cake, english muffin or toast. Really satisfies my dessert

ZaryaZarina

I make simple "meringues" by whipping some egg whites with a little bit of sugar and baking them at like 325 F until they're brown like toasted marshmallows and really fluffy inside. I like eating them over canned or fresh fruit. 2 egg whites with 3 teaspoons of sugar comes out to about 80 calories. Using artificial sweeteners would bring it to about 34 calories.

jessiferrrb

i have 1-2 hershey's special dark kisses. they satisfy my craving for 35-70 cals.

TerranandKaylynsmommy

Dark chocolate

Momepro

ladyhusker39 wrote: »

Today I snacked on a caramel rice cake. Tasted like lightly flavored popcorn. It was tasty and only 50 calories.

Mmmm, I love those! And the white cheddar when I want savory instead.

cbstewart88

When I crave something sweet: diet ginger ale; couple of pieces of gum; licorice tea; couple of pieces of REALLY dark chocolate, Oikos Triple Zero chocolate yogurt. Those are my go-tos. Not all at once though. LOL

jesspen91

Instant hit chocolate. It's about 40 calories.

snowthorns

This is a fruit treat but I really like it- 1/2 cup of crushed canned pineapple, 1/2 a banana chopped up and 1/4 cup shredded unsweetened coconut mixed together. About 200 calories.

Suly09

Thank you all for the great ideas.I also eat Fiber One brownies every now and then..so yummy. Instant hot chocolate sounds great too; is that with water though? I think I need to go buy some special dark chocolate kisses asap and try everything else that was mentioned. Thanks again.

lightenup2016

Another vote for dark chocolate! We've also had Girl Scout cookies around lately, and ONE of those isn't too bad--65-ish calories. Or a different small cookie, such as Trader Joe's mini heart cookies. The trick is to have just one!!

But really, my go-to is 85% dark chocolate, weighed out.

mlewon

Definitely agree on the dark chocolate. And I don't know how you are about being able to just have one of something, but I always have various Oreo flavors on hand. Not healthy, but I can have one and it stops my sweet craving. Other than that, I'll second the diet coke, and for me lemon flavored honey in tea works well too. If you can fit in a few more calories/macros, PowerCrunch bars are amazing too.

DX2JX2

Now that I've lost 60 pounds my wife thinks I'm sweet and healthy.

laurenbastug

i mix non fat greek yogurt with ff sf pudding mix, sometimes throwing in some protein cookie dough. it's really been helping me hit the sweet spot.

WilmaValley

I like Fiber One cookies.

ritzvin

popcorn sprinkled with sugar/splenda. (they also sell kettle corn flavor shakers - will be alongside the butter, cheese, ranch, etc ones near the popcorn selection).

cottage cheese with jam

jello

ValeriePlz

Dark chocolate, sugar-free gum, tea with lemon, dried fruit

DarianJP

Sugar free werthers hard caramels are good for a sweet tooth! Or tottsie rolls!

kam26001

Fruit strips. Got them at Target.

lynn_glenmont

Tisanes or herbal tea blends that have one or more of these naturally sweet ingredients: cinnamon, spearmint, peppermint, ginger, licorice (e.g., Celestial Seasoning's Tension Tamer blend, Yogi Egyptian Licorice, or Good Earth "original" herbal if they still make that -- I haven't seen it in a while). Or an herbal spicy "chai" blend (chai in quotes because I'm talking about something that doesn't actually have real tea in it). I like black tea, but it doesn't taste sweet to me without sugar, and it seems to have that effect even in most chai or other blends. Or you could try fruit-flavored teas, but personally, they don't taste sweet to me unless I add sugar.

Momepro

kam26001 wrote: »

Fruit strips. Got them at Target.

Those are good too. To kick it up a notch sprinkle a little tajin on them. Mmmmm

Kelkat405

UltraVegAthlete

Carrot juice

Francl27

Caramels are pretty low calorie too.

Suly09

Momepro wrote: »

kam26001 wrote: »

Fruit strips. Got them at Target.

Those are good too. To kick it up a notch sprinkle a little tajin on them. Mmmmm

MM, sounds so good. What section would these be at?

Suly09

Kelkat405 wrote: »

Yummmmm where do you get these?

jenniferrueckert789

Do you like coconut? I like to snack on an ounce or two of coconut strips. Lightly sweet and healthy fats too.

lightenup2016

laurenbastug wrote: »

i mix non fat greek yogurt with ff sf pudding mix, sometimes throwing in some protein cookie dough. it's really been helping me hit the sweet spot.

Ok, I'm going to need to know what this is... please?