Substitutes for sweets (I have a horrible sweet tooth)

Lately I've been liking homemade applesauce (it's just peeled apples and water, sometimes a tiny bit of cinnamon or cinnamon-sugar) with a graham cracker. It's a little bit apple pie-ish.

Sugar can be a terrible addiction...If you want to be free...go cold turkey!

I completely disagree.

Me too. This is a LIFESTYLE change. Don't think of this as a DIET.
With that said, you want to be able to enjoy things you like, as long as it doesn't knock you over your calorie limit for the day.
ENJOY life. Don't go through it feeling deprived.
You can meet your goals even with your sweet tooth.
Many here have done it, you can as well.....

Some people CANNOT handle sugar!!! Refined sugar effects the same brain sensors as COCAINE....so yes you absolutely can be ADDICTED to SUGAR!!! And furthermore...should you find that you are an individual (who is Addicted to refined sugar)...then I think that you need to treat your sugar cravings like a true Addiction.

OP mentioned quitting cigarettes...(a recognized addiction)...I bet she tried cutting back on smoking lots of times before realizing that she had to stop smoking!...All true addictions work the same way...that's why alcoholics never pick up that first drink and that's why wise people once they quit smoking avoid taking that first puff on a cigarette..

I replaced sweets with....*drumroll* sweets.


I eat one cookie, instead of 24. Moderation, folks.

Fruit. Graham crackers or ginger snaps for the cookie craving... Chocolate. All of these at serving size. I mean I could eat a whole bag of chocolate chips, but i keep a snack at 2 full graham cr4ackers and a small (small!) handful of chocolate chips. it normally satiates the sweet tooth.

What has everyone replaced sweets with?

I have a horrible sweet tooth and am tying to find healthier alternatives. As a one time smoker I replaced smoking after meals with foods. I love fruits but after I eat them I want something chocolate/sweet. I have coco almonds but I need to be able to have some kind of variation.

A square of dark chocolate (70% cacao or more, I like Ghirardelli or Godiva) after a meal or with my coffee usually does it for me these days. I never thought I could do without sweets, or would ever want to; but the less of them I eat, the less I crave them. I eat fairly low carb, say 50 to 60g most days, so I rarely have starchy carbs such as bread, pasta or potatoes. I think that helps with the cravings.

I do have a few recipes for low-carb goodies for when I just have to have something. I made chocolate almond-flour muffins this morning, for instance. They don't taste low carb, and they don't trigger cravings that me want to eat the whole batch.

I got a girl friend.

Dark chocolate. Arctic Zero products once in a great while.

i use raisins.. just not too many but they are awful sweet.

I think some people look at having a sweet tooth as being part of their personality, genetics or identity. If we have a sweet tooth I think it is only by choice and habit. Don't think of having a "sweet tooth" as some permanent condition (unless you just want it to be- which is OK if that is what you want) such as being right handed. It is simply a craving that stems from diet habits and can be eliminated if desired.

I would say just limit your sweets. After dinner, eat a fun size candy bar or something if it's what you really want. As long as you have the calories for them, a few sweets aren't a bad thing.