How do you satisfy your sweet tooth?

JessH0204
JessH0204 Posts: 47
in Food and Nutrition
I have a huge sweet tooth, candy, chocolate and I love baking. What are some low cal ways to satisfy my sweet tooth? What are your fave sweet snacks?
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  • DeterminedFee201426
    DeterminedFee201426 Posts: 859 Member
    anything i want just in reasonable amounts
  • wozkaa
    wozkaa Posts: 224 Member
    I ensure I have a small bit of chocolate every night after dinner. (Mini Mars bar, frozen)
    I can't be trusted with most baked goods so I don't go near them anymore - not until I have this weight loss thing under control.
    I use artifical sweetener most days - in my coffee, in my oats, in plain 0% fat Chobani. Plus a squirt of vanilla extract if the mood takes me.
    I have fruit as a snack where I can, and sometimes just a few sultanas or raisins is enough to give me a taste of sweetness.
    I'm in no way against sugar, I just love sweet things as well and so have to keep well away unlessI have budgeted for it in my calories!
  • stephanieluvspb
    stephanieluvspb Posts: 997 Member
    Fudgecicle, gummy bears, skinny cow ice cream sandwich, couple hershey kisses
  • missyjane824
    missyjane824 Posts: 1,199 Member
    Lately it has been M&Ms. I buy the large bag and it will literally last me months. If you are able to stick with small amounts at a time it works well. I usually eat 15-20 several times a week. If you can't hold yourself to limits I wouldn't recommend this approach.
  • JessH0204
    JessH0204 Posts: 47
    My kid's Easter candy is taunting me right now.
  • hilaria81
    hilaria81 Posts: 84 Member
    I'll admit I've been going a little overboard on Easter candy this week, but when I'm in my more usual routine, I like to have a half-cup of light ice cream (about 130 calories), an ice cream sandwich (about 160 calories), or a fudgsicle - something like that. Tootsie Roll Pops are awesome, only 60 calories and they take you a while to eat!

    I don't bake much anymore, but my fiance likes to make cookies and brownies still. When he does, I bring some of the extras in to work (they disappear fast!) and/or limit myself to one serving a day. Eat it slowly with a glass of milk and it's more than satisfying.
  • alikonda
    alikonda Posts: 2,358 Member
    I like to save calories so I can have a serving of dark chocolate covered almonds every evening. (Can't control myself with the milk chocolate ones!)

    If I'm jonesing for sweets in the morning, I will sometimes mix a tiny bit of Nutella (1/2 - 1 tsp) into a bowl of oatmeal. It's a very fulfilling way to get over that chocolate craving! Most mornings lately, though, I've been eating greek yogurt and honey. Mmmm...
  • Joanwetz
    Joanwetz Posts: 4 Member
    Weight watchers chocolate raspberry ice cream bars are delicious! I keep animal crackers in the house and Carmel rice cakes.
  • apparations
    apparations Posts: 264 Member
    I had a major ice cream craving this week that I satisfied by mixing some coconut milk with maple syrup and eating with a spoon! Less calories than a pint of Haagen Daz which is what I was considering!
  • michele0101
    michele0101 Posts: 90
    Sugar free popsicles, 15 cals each. I usually have several each night. Also a regular size hershey bar, 210 cals, or a york peppermint patty, 140 cals I think, are good if they fit into your calorie budget. I cannot buy a large bag....just have to buy one at a time.
  • LovelyLisa1000
    LovelyLisa1000 Posts: 10 Member
    I always eat a small bowl of cereal with fruit and unsweetened almond milk to satisfy my sweet tooth.
  • Captain_Wobbles
    Captain_Wobbles Posts: 240 Member
    By keeping a steady rotation of seedless grapes in the freezer it decreases the amount of the hulk smash feeling I get when the withdrawal symptoms of my previous life's chocolate addiction kick in.
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    I enjoy a 100 calorie plain Fage yoghurt sprinkled with cinnamon, 1 tbl chopped walnuts and a tbl of honey mixed in. So good!
  • brandi797
    brandi797 Posts: 8
    Jello sugar free chocolate pudding--the cook & serve (not instant) stuff. I make it with water only, no milk, so the entire box is only 120 cal. That means I can indulge on 2 cups of chocolately goodness with no guilt!
  • gracie11lexi13
    gracie11lexi13 Posts: 123 Member
    I buy dove dark chocolate and eat 1 square at a time very slowly. More like let it melt in my mouth to savor the flavor.
  • la_te_ra_lus
    la_te_ra_lus Posts: 243 Member
    Gummy worms and mr freeze bars...
  • KaleeCat
    KaleeCat Posts: 152 Member
    I use portion control, make sure the calories fit into my calorie goal :) Having said that, I eat really whatever I want! Popsicles, ice cream, gummi worms (sour are the best!), chocolate, the Dairy Queen cake sitting in my freezer ;)
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    Yoplait boston cream pie = 90 cals, 5 proteins.

    Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom vanilla bean and salted caramel variety pack = 100 cals each.

    Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom fudge bars = 60 cals

    I prefer things which come in individual portions so I'm not tempted to have an extra bite or two.
  • SugaryLynx
    SugaryLynx Posts: 2,640 Member
    Chocolate ice cream and Peanut Butter, brown sugar cinnamon bread toasted with peanut butter, Easter candy as of late, Dole chocolate dipped bananas, apples and cinnamon sprinkled on them, chobani flips, fruit
  • Mangopickle
    Mangopickle Posts: 1,509 Member
    Pb2. It tastes very sweet to me, sugar free fudgesicles, 17 dark chocolate chips, liberte full fat lemon yogurt OMG but it is 240 calories
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    Just found some Creme Brulee rice pudding - 70 cals. I bet it's delicious.
  • topazora
    topazora Posts: 82 Member
    chocolate, but I try to make sure I exercise enough to get a comfortable calorie buffer, and watch whatever else I eat.
  • samiejones1
    samiejones1 Posts: 35 Member
    lollipops! v. small admittedly but considering they can last ages they work for curing the sweet craving, I buy a bag of 10 and at 50 cals each they can last a while.
  • asciiqwerty
    asciiqwerty Posts: 565 Member
    eat whatever you want, just in moderation, log it and learn how much of it you can eat

    enjoy :)
  • StraubreyR
    StraubreyR Posts: 631 Member
    I keep a candy jar on top of my refrigerator. It's above eye level for me, so I don't "see" it unless I'm looking for it. I like to stick to things that are easily counted out into portions, like jelly beans, mint patties, mini chocolate bars. I take my serving and then put the jar back. I make sure I have a variety of things to satisfy whatever the craving of the day is. They just last a LOT longer than they used to!

    Other things I like are sugar free jello with frozen berries added and fresh strawberries with a bit of nutella.

    Since there is no way I'm living the rest of my life without sugar/chocolate, I just have to learn portion control!
  • AME902
    AME902 Posts: 10
    I find that when I go without any sugar whatsoever and basically "clean" out my body of sugars (this takes at least about 7 days to do in my case) the first thing I put in my mouth that contains any sugar whatsoever tastes like an explosion of sugar. Even an apple or a tomato or a Valdivia onion tastes like heaven. A tablespoon of honey tastes like a pound of candy. Try this and see if it helps to control your sweet tooth.

    Nobody has a bigger sweet tooth than me. I can eat (and have) an entire gallon of butter crunch ice cream in one day. An entire bag of Bit O' Honey in one afternoon. And that list goes on. One thing I have learned is that when you have a sweet tooth, and getting your hands on your Achilles heel, candy, cake, icecream, whatever, it's like being an alcoholic. You can never stop at just one. Opening the floodgates is what is your undoing. So try not to.

    Food for thought: Sugar is addictive and a toxin. Go to youtube and watch some videos on sugar and how bad it is for you and it will change the way you think about your sweet tooth and putting sugar into your body even in low quantities.

    Guessing I should add that I have lost 40 lbs. and am in the homestretch now.
  • rebbylicious
    rebbylicious Posts: 621 Member
    I just purchased these pieces of dried coconut dipped in dark chocolate… they are phenomenal
  • Anonycatgirl
    Anonycatgirl Posts: 502 Member
    When I can, I budget for an actual dessert, just a small serving: ice cream, a half a piece of pie, a couple of cookies. But more often I go for very dark chocolate in tiny pieces. The Black and Green Maya Gold bar is 18 calories for a square! Sure, each square is tiny, but it's rich and flavorful and if I break off a piece or two, I can feel like I've had a treat.

    Other things I enjoy: fruit (our supermarket has had fresh pineapple on sale: ~ 50 calories for 100 grams and a real treat because in New England it's usually stupid-expensive); fruit-and-juice pops (~70 calories); hard candy when I'm tight on calories but really want a bit of sweetness.
  • Follow_me
    Follow_me Posts: 6,120 Member
    My FWB... ;-)
  • sarafischbach9
    sarafischbach9 Posts: 466 Member
    Me too.

    I bake my own muffins and brownies. I substitute applesauce for oil and use egg whites instead of eggs. They turn out really well and you'd never know they low calorie. I reduce calories further by using a stevia blend. Right now my oven is broke so I can't bake boooo.

    I also buy low calorie treats, like Weight Watchers ice cream bars, brownies, etc etc.

    I still eat chocolate, but only one chocolate at a time. I got quite a few chocolate bunnies for easter, so I eat one at a time.

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