Fruit Instead of Sweets? You Can't Be Serious!

AJinBirmingham
AJinBirmingham Posts: 497
in Food and Nutrition
When someone tells me to enjoy a piece of fruit instead of sweets, I feel like a little kid hearing, "No, you can't keep the puppy - but we'll get you a goldfish!"
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  • JazzieSmith
    JazzieSmith Posts: 9 Member
    Lol same here. I just found some low Cal sweets to enjoy. Skinny Cow makes some yummy ones.
  • stephdeeable
    stephdeeable Posts: 1,407 Member
    Haha, I agree usually. But I do love fruit - sometimes I do just want fruit for dessert. Not this time of year though :angry:
  • NaurielR
    NaurielR Posts: 426 Member
    I know! I love fruits. I really do. And they can be marvelous as an ingredient in dessert recipes. Strawberry cheesecake? Yum! Bananas and chocolate? Sign me up! But just plain fruit? Nuh uh.
  • Lisa__Michelle
    Lisa__Michelle Posts: 845 Member
    I've always thought this. If I wanted something sweet, a cupcake sounds more desirable then a banana! That's why I have to have a lot of willpower!
  • MarieG2023
    MarieG2023 Posts: 61 Member
    I've always loved fruit...but even more so now. I've learned to control my desire for processed desserts.
  • angmarie28
    angmarie28 Posts: 2,895 Member
    I eat prunes, they have a similar taste and texture to gummies so they cure my cravings
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    I used to eat a lot more chocolate, cookies and cake but of course I ended up fat and sluggish and depressed.
    It took awhile but now I eat a bit of chocolate or a special dessert on a special occasion but I eat fruit everyday and I've grown to really love it. Berries, clementines, oranges, apples, pears, fresh pineapple, bananas and tons of watermelon in the summertime.
    Oh and cherries-yum! I didn't think it possible but my candy is fruit now.
    It can be done and you'd be surprised at how satisfying fruit is.
  • ssami_89
    ssami_89 Posts: 79
    My name is Samantha and Im addicted to candy :/ but I recently bought apples instead...
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    What happens to me is that I'll have the fruit "instead" and then half an hour later I'll give in and have the sweets too. :blushing:
  • sunsnstatheart
    sunsnstatheart Posts: 2,544 Member
    I like cherry pie and ice cream
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Sometimes all your body and brain need is a sweet taste. It might help you to get over the craving, even if it isn't a candy bar like you wanted. Valid advice for people to at least try.
  • SailorSarah311
    SailorSarah311 Posts: 172 Member
    I saw a recipe in the new Health magazine this week that looks delicious. You melt some dark chocolate in a bowl with a bit of olive oil. Then you dip some banana slices in it. Then you put some chopped almonds on them. Place in the freezer and enjoy once frozen. It will be a sweet/fruity treat.
  • auzziecawth66
    auzziecawth66 Posts: 476 Member
    What happens to me is that I'll have the fruit "instead" and then half an hour later I'll give in and have the sweets too. :blushing:

    Me too!! Lol
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    I like cake.


    in fact, I had this tonight... limoncello marscapone cake.

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  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    Depends on the fruit. This time of year the clementines are as sweet as candy. And some fresh pineapple caramelized under the broiler a little is heavenly.
  • CoraGregoryCPA
    CoraGregoryCPA Posts: 1,087 Member
    I love skinny cow as an easy tasty low calorie sweet treat.

    HOWEVER, my friend is a super dehydrator. I just left her house. She was dehydrating pineapple, bananas and apples. the fruit gets sweeter as it is dehydrated. It was better than candy. I bet the calories could add up quickly. But I'm buying a dehydrator. She also makes beet chips! cool!!
  • katedevall
    katedevall Posts: 240 Member
    My name is Samantha and Im addicted to candy :/ but I recently bought apples instead...

    Ahhhh.. I experience this dilemma everytime I go to the store..
    I don't see them putting fruit at the checkouts, they put all that delicious looking candy out there...
    But I always buy the fruit instead and weep a little in my head :/
  • AJinBirmingham
    AJinBirmingham Posts: 497
    The best I can do with fruit is put a banana, 1/2 cup milk, 1 cup frozen berries and 1/2 square of 85/90% dark chocolate in a blender and make it into a smoothie - which jacks up the calories and carbs quite a bit . . . Oh, and it's better with Twizzlers on the side.
  • soobie
    soobie Posts: 69 Member
    frozen bananas blended into an 'ice cream' with either cocoa powder or PB powder and some chopped nuts is delicious and healthy!
  • ldbuster0
    ldbuster0 Posts: 207
    I love them both. I can eat fruits all day. I eat almost any kind, but I love me some sweets too especially candy. I have sort of slacked up on the sweets, but when I have my day, I have my day.:smile: Like today.:smile:
  • CaddieMay
    CaddieMay Posts: 356 Member
    I saw a recipe in the new Health magazine this week that looks delicious. You melt some dark chocolate in a bowl with a bit of olive oil. Then you dip some banana slices in it. Then you put some chopped almonds on them. Place in the freezer and enjoy once frozen. It will be a sweet/fruity treat.

    You are my new best friend.
  • ssami_89
    ssami_89 Posts: 79
    My name is Samantha and Im addicted to candy :/ but I recently bought apples instead...

    Ahhhh.. I experience this dilemma everytime I go to the store..
    I don't see them putting fruit at the checkouts, they put all that delicious looking candy out there...
    But I always buy the fruit instead and weep a little in my head :/

    With every bite of my apple no doubt im thinking of a candy bar and sweet tarts. I pout when I eat fruit I dont see it any other way
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    I eat fruit.... but I also allow myself a bit of candy or these amazing caramel wafers. I just watch my portions and only allow myself one or the other in the evenings. The fruit I eat during the day with my lunch, in a smoothie, or for a snack.
  • pumpkinspice84
    pumpkinspice84 Posts: 160 Member
    The 100 cal packs really help me with my sweet tooth. The yogurt pretzels are sweet and salty! I also get low cal ice cream bars that help. I can't just have fruit for dessert.
  • spinnybecky
    spinnybecky Posts: 28
    If I'm comparing an apple to a slice of delicious lemon cake, then I totally see your point.

    However - there have been many times, definitely not this time of year but in the summer, when I pick up a slightly warm, juicy piece of fruit from the farmer's market and I'm eating it while standing outside in the sunshine, and it is at that perfect, sweet, flavorful stage, where I have honestly thought that there isn't a dessert in the world that could compare to that fruit, at that moment. I'm thinking of a firm, juicy peach or nectarine, or fresh picked raspberries, or a perfectly ripe mango.

    But yeah...this time of year when all that's in my fruit bowl are hard apples, it isn't quite so appealing.
  • Shadowknight137
    Shadowknight137 Posts: 1,243 Member
    Hmm... Not sure on this one.

    I generally don't like sweet things. But every now and then, some grapes, frozen berries or bananas can hit the spot. I like 'em. But since I don't like sweet things, I have nothing to compare fruits with... Except maybe my dark chocolate.
    And no, fruit is no worthy substitute for my dark chocolate.
  • littlelily613
    littlelily613 Posts: 769 Member
    Sometimes when I am craving sweets and fruit just won't cut it I cook a package of sweetened instant oatmeal. Sure, it's not chocolate cake, but it's definitely sweet and desserty sort of, so it helps.
  • Tunia85
    Tunia85 Posts: 212 Member
    When someone tells me to enjoy a piece of fruit instead of sweets, I feel like a little kid hearing, "No, you can't keep the puppy - but we'll get you a goldfish!"

    As a chocolate lover I say.... EXACTLY!!!!
  • BobbieLee1959
    BobbieLee1959 Posts: 605 Member
    My name is Samantha and Im addicted to candy :/ but I recently bought apples instead...

    Ahhhh.. I experience this dilemma everytime I go to the store..
    I don't see them putting fruit at the checkouts, they put all that delicious looking candy out there...
    But I always buy the fruit instead and weep a little in my head :/

    With every bite of my apple no doubt im thinking of a candy bar and sweet tarts. I pout when I eat fruit I dont see it any other way

    Try a tablespoon of peanut butter with that apple and see if that helps...it makes my Granny Smith apples something to look forward to!! YUMMY!
  • Tunia85
    Tunia85 Posts: 212 Member
    What happens to me is that I'll have the fruit "instead" and then half an hour later I'll give in and have the sweets too. :blushing:

    This too :)

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