Healthier Alternatives Instead of Cookie(s)?
fmiller007
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OMG. I love cookies. Of almost all kinds!
What are some of the more healthier alternatives to turn to, to satisfy a cookie craving?
I need some new ideas.
What are some of the more healthier alternatives to turn to, to satisfy a cookie craving?
I need some new ideas.
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Why not bake your own?
There are plenty of healthy cookie recipes out there that use healthier flours and alternative sweeteners like agave or maple syrup.0 -
rice cake or single slice of wholegrain bread (like Feldkamp's) with a tablespoon of almond butter and a chopped medjool date...yum!!0
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when i really desperately need something sugary i eat cereal with skim milk. like, kid cereals. golden grahams and cocoa puffs it's not exactly a healthy meal but you get more for your calories, and a lot of kids' cereals now are made with whole grain and vitamin-enriched, so it's not a complete and total waste.
i also like to mix a big spoonful of dry oats with a TBSP peanut butter, a tsp or two of honey and just a few dark chocolate chips. it's kind of a sticky mess but tastes like a cookie and at least you know what's in it.
if you like brownies, i tried this microwave single-serving brownie that another user had posted the recipe for, and it was really good:
1 TBSP whole wheat flour
1 TBSP sugar (no substitutes--must be real sugar)
1 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder
1 pinch salt
1 pinch baking soda
2 TBSP fat-free vanilla yogurt
mix everything up in a microwave-safe bowl or coffee mug and microwave it for 45-60 seconds. instant brownie for about 120 calories and it's actually pretty sizeable.0 -
Power Crunch bars.0
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Check out the site Chocolate Covered Katie. I love her stuff. I made her healthy blondies and they were so so so good.
http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/05/18/chocolate-chip-blondies-and-theyre-good-for-you/0 -
Some grocery stores carry a brand called No Pudge brownies that are made from organic ingredients and all you do is add fat free vanilla yogurt to it and bake it. When i am in a fix, I make these and are not that many calories per serving and NO FAT:) Taste Awesome!0
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If I'm really craving cookies I grab 2-3 of my daughter's chocolatey chip Teddy Grahams. It seems to fix the craving0
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It's called FRUIT.
No baking required :bigsmile:
If you really want to spruce it up, try partially freezing ripe bananas, insert a stick into one end half way through, then freeze all the way. They can eat these frozen or you can dip them (once frozen) in a bit of chocolate, then freeze again to harden the chocolate. Tastes great, doesn't cost a fortune, and it's a hell of a lot healthier than cookies.
ETA: I accidentally read that you were complaining about kids wanting cookies all the time. If so, this works for them, too0 -
hehe heres my paleo friendly cookie recipe
Chocolate Cookies
Ingredients
• ¼ cup sifted coconut flour
• ¼ cup butter or virgin coconut oil
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup sugar----i dont use sugar i use xylitol
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla
***1½ cups grated or flaked coconut optional
In a saucepan at low heat, melt butter and stir in cocoa powder. Remove from heat and let cool. In a bowl, combine eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla; stir in cocoa mixture. Whisk coconut flour into batter until there are no lumps. Let batter rest for 4 to 5 minutes to allow it to thicken slightly. Drop batter by the spoonful on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 175 Degree C (350F) for 14 minutes. Makes about 16 cookies. ( it makes less if you want alot make a few batches.)
there like a macaroon0 -
graham crackers0
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Why not bake your own?
There are plenty of healthy cookie recipes out there that use healthier flours and alternative sweeteners like agave or maple syrup.
^^^ This
Freshly baked is the best anyway, and "diet cookies" taste like *kitten*.0 -
It's called FRUIT.
No baking required :bigsmile:
If you really want to spruce it up, try partially freezing ripe bananas, insert a stick into one end half way through, then freeze all the way. They can eat these frozen or you can dip them (once frozen) in a bit of chocolate, then freeze again to harden the chocolate. Tastes great, doesn't cost a fortune, and it's a hell of a lot healthier than cookies.
ETA: I accidentally read that you were complaining about kids wanting cookies all the time. If so, this works for them, too
mmmmm FRUIT COOKIES.... nom nom nom0 -
graham crackers
Me too!!0 -
granola bar
or
or a piece of toast with Dark Chocolate Almond Spread or Justin's Chocolate Hazelnut Spread0 -
Power Crunch bars.
Love Power Crunch bars, but that's a candy substitute, imo, not a cookie substitute. Sometimes, you just want a cookie.0 -
i make low carb cookies with almond flour instead of white and truvia instead of sugar.0
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i am so saving this thread, just love the idea of a one cookie, or a one brownie recipe.
i have a cookie recipe, which i invented myself,
very healthy, full of oats, raisins, some brown sugar,
but, i have no idea how many calories in each cookie, but wow, they are so great,
but,
I DO end up with an entire batch of cookies..........sitting there.........calling to me.......for days.......
*sigh*
i like this "one cookie" recipe idea so so much!!
ALSO
TO THE OP,
one can budget in a cookie here or there, too. Those are YOUR daily calories, to spend as you see fit,
and sometimes,
a treat now or then, can be budgetted in.......so long as the one or two cookies does not send you reeling into a sugar-crave frenzy, or set up a habit or something like that,
you CAN budget in treats now and then...............0 -
Your basic no frills Oatmeal cookie isn't all that bad. And there are some tweaks to the recipe that can make it a lot better like subbing flaxseed meal for some of the flower, easy does it with the sugar (and/or partial replacement with a zero calorie sweetener), and adding whey protein powder or greek yogurt to the recipe.
You can bake pretty healthy yourself.0 -
I know this is an old post but I suggest date rolls (they are high in calories but healthy) http://www.shutterbean.com/2010/coconut-date-rolls/0
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I make a batch of quinoa chocolate chip cookies. Same calories as wheat but for some reason I can portion control them more easily. The nature valley gluten free crunch bars are great when I want a crunchy sweet item.0
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Whenever I crave something baked/ sweet, I go for quest bars. I loveeeeeeee the cookies & cream and brownie flavors. They satisfy my cravings, they're a good sourced of protein &keep me full. You can even heat them up to get that 'out of the oven' feel.0
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I found some cookies at Walmart that have really low salt content on 7mg per cookie and only 65 calories per cookie. They are made by Homkist and are the non-sugarcoated oatmeal type. I can eat a ton of them and not gain an ounce as long as I keep them in my diet plan which is 1700-1800 calroies per day. I say a ton I don't eat that many but 1 or 2 a day in the diet plan is ok for me.
I would suggest maybe some Great Value chewy bars, chocolate and oats or fruit and nut. These have some protien in them and very filling for hours. I substitue these out for my cookies from time to time. They are sweet but they don't get carried away with carbs or sugar.
Then there is this wonderful protien bar I found in my Pharmacy area by all the nutritional drink and food stuffs. It just says protien bar double chocolate crunch and vanilla bar 17g of protien. It's really high in nutritional value and tastes great. Not like those other health food bars that taste like medicine.0 -
Fig Newtons (whole grain) are like 50 cals for 1
Sugar free fudgesicles are like 40 (they don't taste sugar free like the multi colored popsicle brand)
1 Tbsp fat free cool whip has only 8 cals...make some sugar free jello 1 cup is like 10 cals
Private Selection Belgian Almond Thins have 18 cals (for 1) 1 Toll house cookie has 90 cals
1 York patty (mini) has 50 cals (try them frozen!)
1 cup air popped popcorn has 15 cals
1 Andies mints has 26 cals (try them frozen!)
Pistachio Nuts In Shell (cals for 1) 4
Popchips Sweet Potato (23 chips or 1 oz) is 120 cals which is like slightly more than 5 cals each
I had this and added a smidge of PB to a few chips (my husband asked if I was pregnant :laugh: ), it was really good and satisfying!
Special K Moments Dreamy Coconut (1 bar) 70 cals
Hope this helps!0 -
Power Crunch bars.
Love Power Crunch bars, but that's a candy substitute, imo, not a cookie substitute. Sometimes, you just want a cookie.
if sometimes you just want a cookie, then why not sometimes just have one or two?
fit it into your macros and be done with it.0 -
Yeah. If I want a cookie, I eat a stinkin cookie. You can have 2 chewy chips ahoy for 140 calories which isn't bad at all.0
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