chocolate covered grapes?

Nikiki
Nikiki Posts: 993
edited September 20 in Food and Nutrition
a coworker brought in some chocolate covered grapes (if you're in the northeastern Ohio area they're Malleys, :love: ) I have about 400 calories budgeted for snacks today, and I want to have some (well I already had one :blushing: ) I cant find any nutrition info on them... anyone have any guesses?

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  • ♥Faerie♥
    ♥Faerie♥ Posts: 14,053 Member
    That sounds sooooo good!

    Maybe log the grapes and chocolate separately? Seems like that would be easier to log....
  • McFatterton
    McFatterton Posts: 1,358 Member
    I grew up in Ohio and totally forgot about Malleys chocolates........

    I think I was better off that way! I LOVED their turtles and carmels.....oh man......

    ETA: Holy Crap! I just looked at your profile - I grew up in Elyria! Small world!
  • Samantharose8akaDebbie
    Samantharose8akaDebbie Posts: 407 Member
    depending how many you want, go to the food data base and bring up the number of regular grapes you will have and then figure the amount of chocolate.....say 10 grapes with 1/8 or 1/4 cup chocolate?
  • mrsbeck
    mrsbeck Posts: 234 Member
    Try googling the grapes, see what you find.

    I love Google...how did I function without it?
  • AwMyLoLo
    AwMyLoLo Posts: 1,571 Member
    Elyria... My husband is from Polk :smile:
  • tnewcom
    tnewcom Posts: 58
    OMG!!! Those sound amazing!
  • drvvork
    drvvork Posts: 1,162
    This is from a recipe for chocolate covered grapes... not Malley's but I'm sure it is close... :bigsmile:


    Nutrition Facts

    Serving Size 1 bunch grapes 627g
    Recipe makes 1 bunch grapes)
    Calories 1679
    Calories from Fat 806 (48%)
    Amount Per Serving %DV
    Total Fat 89.7g 137%
    Saturated Fat 40.5g 202%
    Monounsaturated Fat 36.4g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 8.8g
    Trans Fat 0.0g
    Cholesterol 29mg 9%
    Sodium 100mg 4%
    Potassium 1519mg 43%
    Total Carbohydrate 210.0g 70%
    Dietary Fiber 14.8g 59%
    Sugars 176.8g
    Protein 16.4g 32%
    Vitamin A 527mcg 10%
    Vitamin B6 0.4mg 21%
    Vitamin B12 0.7mcg 11%
    Vitamin C 40mg 67%
    Vitamin E 7mcg 24%
    Calcium 290mg 29%
    Iron 7mg 40%
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    I grew up in Ohio and totally forgot about Malleys chocolates........

    I think I was better off that way! I LOVED their turtles and carmels.....oh man......

    ETA: Holy Crap! I just looked at your profile - I grew up in Elyria! Small world!

    Thats fantastic! when did you move away? I grew up in Cuyahoga county and moved out here after getting married. I used to think Elyria was the sticks :laugh:
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    This is from a recipe for chocolate covered grapes... not Malley's but I'm sure it is close... :bigsmile:


    Nutrition Facts

    Serving Size 1 bunch grapes 627g
    Recipe makes 1 bunch grapes)
    Calories 1679
    Calories from Fat 806 (48%)
    Amount Per Serving %DV
    Total Fat 89.7g 137%
    Saturated Fat 40.5g 202%
    Monounsaturated Fat 36.4g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 8.8g
    Trans Fat 0.0g
    Cholesterol 29mg 9%
    Sodium 100mg 4%
    Potassium 1519mg 43%
    Total Carbohydrate 210.0g 70%
    Dietary Fiber 14.8g 59%
    Sugars 176.8g
    Protein 16.4g 32%
    Vitamin A 527mcg 10%
    Vitamin B6 0.4mg 21%
    Vitamin B12 0.7mcg 11%
    Vitamin C 40mg 67%
    Vitamin E 7mcg 24%
    Calcium 290mg 29%
    Iron 7mg 40%

    ok... how many grapes are in a bunch? hopefully a lot!
  • McFatterton
    McFatterton Posts: 1,358 Member
    Thats fantastic! when did you move away? I grew up in Cuyahoga county and moved out here after getting married. I used to think Elyria was the sticks :laugh:

    I moved after my freshman year of high school.....almost 14 years ago (YIKES!).......my grandparents are in Wakeman and all of my mom's family (10 brothers & sisters) are scattered around from Toledo through Akron. I moved to IN and my whole school was the size of my entire freshman class in Elyria (I went to Midview) - talk about being in the sticks! But, I live in MI now - due to my husband - the things we do for our men :laugh: .
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    ok I found one thing that said there are 225 grapes in a pound of grapes (I found the same recipe that drvvork posted and it said one bunch or lb of grapes) (at least I think it was the same recipe...) so according to that recipe there's only about 8 calories per grape? that sounds too good to be true...
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    Thats fantastic! when did you move away? I grew up in Cuyahoga county and moved out here after getting married. I used to think Elyria was the sticks :laugh:

    I moved after my freshman year of high school.....almost 14 years ago (YIKES!).......my grandparents are in Wakeman and all of my mom's family (10 brothers & sisters) are scattered around from Toledo through Akron. I moved to IN and my whole school was the size of my entire freshman class in Elyria (I went to Midview) - talk about being in the sticks! But, I live in MI now - due to my husband - the things we do for our men :laugh: .

    wow I couldnt imagine being in a school that small!!! and ooohhh I have friends in Wakeman... thats the sticks! and yeah... not only did I move to Elyria for him, I moved less than 5 minutes from his MOTHER! (eek!)
  • McFatterton
    McFatterton Posts: 1,358 Member
    wow I couldnt imagine being in a school that small!!! and ooohhh I have friends in Wakeman... thats the sticks! and yeah... not only did I move to Elyria for him, I moved less than 5 minutes from his MOTHER! (eek!)

    I feel ya, my in-laws live allllll the way across town - takes a whole 2-3 minute drive to get there. :laugh: I don't know what I'd do if I got put in a big city again!
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,532 Member
    Fitness Magazine rates this combo as being around 150 cal. so hope this helps.

    Chocolate-Covered Grapes: Melt ¾ ounces dark chocolate and stir in ½ cup seedless grapes until coated. Place on waxed paper and refrigerate for 15 minutes, or until set.

    I have made these, and they are fantastic
  • pannellkat
    pannellkat Posts: 709 Member
    My co-worker just told me a recipe she makes for grapes that sound scrumptious and probably less calories than chocolate covered.

    She said to buy red or purple grapes with raspberry fat free jello powder mix. Shake up the grapes in a plastic bag with the fat free raspberry jello powder and refrigerate overnight. In the morning - yummy. She said it tastes like candy but your eating fruit. YUM!

    I think I am going to try that soon!
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    Fitness Magazine rates this combo as being around 150 cal. so hope this helps.

    Chocolate-Covered Grapes: Melt ¾ ounces dark chocolate and stir in ½ cup seedless grapes until coated. Place on waxed paper and refrigerate for 15 minutes, or until set.

    I have made these, and they are fantastic

    ooohhh good ok, I'm going to double the calories because Malleys REALLY coats on the chocolate. Thank you!!!!
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    My co-worker just told me a recipe she makes for grapes that sound scrumptious and probably less calories than chocolate covered.

    She said to buy red or purple grapes with raspberry fat free jello powder mix. Shake up the grapes in a plastic bag with the fat free raspberry jello powder and refrigerate overnight. In the morning - yummy. She said it tastes like candy but your eating fruit. YUM!

    I think I am going to try that soon!

    mmmt hat does sound tasty, I do like freezing grapes for a snack too
  • drvvork
    drvvork Posts: 1,162
    This is from a recipe for chocolate covered grapes... not Malley's but I'm sure it is close... :bigsmile:


    Nutrition Facts

    Serving Size 1 bunch grapes 627g
    Recipe makes 1 bunch grapes)
    Calories 1679

    ok... how many grapes are in a bunch? hopefully a lot!

    I would amagine you would use the weight and go from there... have to brush up on calculator usage... (I would... LOL)
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    This is from a recipe for chocolate covered grapes... not Malley's but I'm sure it is close... :bigsmile:


    Nutrition Facts

    Serving Size 1 bunch grapes 627g
    Recipe makes 1 bunch grapes)
    Calories 1679

    ok... how many grapes are in a bunch? hopefully a lot!

    I would amagine you would use the weight and go from there... have to brush up on calculator usage... (I would... LOL)

    lol yeah thats what i did to come up with the 8 calories per grape (found a few sites that said a bunch=1lb and a few other sites that said that there are about 225 grapes in a lb so I divided the 1,678 and got like 7.something or other... that sounded too good to be true though so I'm sure its wrong...
  • AKosky585
    AKosky585 Posts: 607 Member
    I make these at home all the time!!! My mom got some as a gift years back a store at a mall in central Ohio and they are so good! They are expensive though, and the store ones do have extra chocolate on them....so I make my own and dip them in the 70% coco dark chocolate.
  • yawniea
    yawniea Posts: 3
    I grew up in Cleveland Hts. and Solon, Oh til my dad got transferred to Missouri when I was in High School. Still have most of my family in Ohio though. That's awesome!
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    I love that there's so many ohioans on here!!
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