Satisfying My Sweet-tooth

FitBlackChick
FitBlackChick Posts: 215 Member
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What do you guys snack on when you want to satisfy your sweet-tooth without sabotaging your weight loss? Could use some ideas please :smile:
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  • ijavagypsy
    ijavagypsy Posts: 109 Member
    One of the posters here engage in a zen-like process of putting one square of chocolate or one piece of Dove chocolate on his/her tongue, closes eyes, lets it melt, concentrates on nothing but that.

    http://www.sparkrecipes.com/
    Has some really delicious healthy recipes.


    Here's one I'm going to try from skinnytaste.com :

    Healthy Cookies
    Skinnytaste.com
    Servings: 8 • Size: 2 cookies • Old Points: 2 pts • Points+: 2 pt
    Calories: 93 • Fat: 3.5 g • Carb: 15 g • Fiber: 2 g • Protein: 2 g • Sugar: 4.5 g
    Sodium: 0.4 mg
    Ingredients:
    • 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed
    • 1 cup of uncooked quick oats*
    • 1/4 cup crushed walnuts

    Directions:
    Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a non-stick cookie sheet with cooking spray or use a Silpat.
    Combine the mashed bananas and oats in a bowl. Fold in the walnuts and place a tablespoon of each on the cookie sheet.
    Bake 15 minutes. Makes 16 cookies.


    Hope this helps!
  • elliev30
    elliev30 Posts: 20 Member
    For me.. it's sherbert. Not sure if it's good for me but calories and fat are low and it really helps my sweet tooth. Or.. I use greek non fat yogurt with a splenda and teaspoon of strawberry preserves. yummmm
  • Justjamie0418
    Justjamie0418 Posts: 1,065 Member
    Skinnycow ice cream sandwiches. Oh yeah...
  • deladypilot
    deladypilot Posts: 618 Member
    Oh yeah, Skiiny Cow stuff is great. I keep several different things in my freezer to solve many a sweet tooths. I also keep jello choc. pudding cups (60 calories) as well a jello cups (10 calories). I find a way each day to have something sweet so I never feel deprived.
  • FitBlackChick
    FitBlackChick Posts: 215 Member
    Skinnycow ice cream sandwiches. Oh yeah...

    I would like to give these a try, where can i buy them please?
  • FitBlackChick
    FitBlackChick Posts: 215 Member
    Thanks guys for all the amazing suggestions! Keep 'em coming :wink:
  • dualspires
    dualspires Posts: 2 Member
    Skinnycow ice cream sandwiches. Oh yeah...

    I would like to give these a try, where can i buy them please?

    I know for sure you can buy them at Walmart and Walgreens.
  • KaraLee69
    KaraLee69 Posts: 57 Member
    Skinny Cow...haven't tried the ice cream, but the candy bars (110cal) are so good! My kids eat them too. Sherbert is yummy. And Fudgesicle with no added sugar (original) are only 40 calories each. They get me through!
  • CharityGC
    CharityGC Posts: 499 Member
    I have a huge sweet tooth! I make cookies and then freeze them prior to baking. Then, when I'm craving something sweet, I take one or two out and bake them. If I bake an entire batch, they won't last longer than a few days! I also like knowing they're homemade and I know exactly what I'm eating.
  • 1LeeR
    1LeeR Posts: 3
    A Milky Way is my treat. I have super-sweet teeth. I also work in a Medical Centre, which means we have an endless supply of lollies in each of the doctors rooms (for when the kids get their immunisation shots). It's tricky not to eat handfuls when stressed and/or tired.
    Milky Way - most definitely.
  • zillah73
    zillah73 Posts: 505 Member
    I like Cookiehead Sprouted Grain Mini Brownies (53 calories but very soft and chocolatey) and dark chocolate. For the dark chocolate, I find if I get something 75% cocoa or higher I am satisfied by a very small amount (1 or 2 squares). I have heard good things about Skinnycow but the lists of bizarre, scary and processed ingredients give me the heebie jeebies.
  • susannegreen
    susannegreen Posts: 48 Member
    I get fat free cool whip and leave it in the freezer and have a couple tbsp as a snack every now and then.
  • FitBlackChick
    FitBlackChick Posts: 215 Member
    I like Cookiehead Sprouted Grain Mini Brownies (53 calories but very soft and chocolatey) and dark chocolate. For the dark chocolate, I find if I get something 75% cocoa or higher I am satisfied by a very small amount (1 or 2 squares). I have heard good things about Skinnycow but the lists of bizarre, scary and processed ingredients give me the heebie jeebies.

    That's true, it's also important to consider the ingredients inside a lot of these low calorie processed foods. Some of them can be really harmful
  • Ajholden
    Ajholden Posts: 12 Member
    Same problem here. I solve it with the following options:
    1-frozen Cool Whip Free w/1 T lite chocolate syrup and a variety of fruit on top
    2-1 tsp or two of peanut butter with a few dark chocolate or butter toffee almonds
    3-The 3-2-1 cake recipe that combines Angel Food cake mix and Devil's Food cake mix, but there's about 116 calories in 3T, so I combine 2T and 1.5T of water and microwave for 1 minute. I also use sugar free Devil's Food and then top with lite chocolate syrup and frozen Cool Whip
    4-Yasso Greek frozen yogurt. 1 bar=70 calories
    5-I make a batch of mini chocolate pumpkin muffins by mixing Sugar Free Devil's Food cake mix and 1 can of Pumpkin puree and bake them in a mini muffin tin. This is about 37 calories each.
  • Jdsides
    Jdsides Posts: 1
    Look at Chocolate covered Katie's website. My teenage daughter makes us desserts all the time from her recipes and they are great, we love them!
  • jimosaurus42
    jimosaurus42 Posts: 9
    I'm all about the fruit! :D Strawberries or better yet Raspberries really do it for me, and they are good for ya to boot!
  • loricasanas
    loricasanas Posts: 8
    Sometimes late at night I like to snack on frozen grapes or a frozen banana sliced up. It's sweet and takes awhile to eat. Or the skinny cow truffle bars...mint is my fave!
  • FitBlackChick
    FitBlackChick Posts: 215 Member
    Look at Chocolate covered Katie's website. My teenage daughter makes us desserts all the time from her recipes and they are great, we love them!

    OMG. THANK YOU for this website :happy:
  • 1LeeR
    1LeeR Posts: 3
    Also, Pink Lady apples. Not sure if you can get them outside of Australia, but they taste like lemonade to me :)
  • zenalasca
    zenalasca Posts: 563 Member
    Pink lady apples are awesome.

    I wish you could get cool whip in Australia.
  • FranksRumHam
    FranksRumHam Posts: 198 Member
    hershey kisses, brownies, cookies, m&ms (i prefer peanut butter or coconut but will settle for any of them), i also enjoy eating chocolate covered fruits like cranberries and bing cherries (they pair very well with a nice red)
  • Italiano7
    Italiano7 Posts: 382 Member
    Skinnycow ice cream sandwiches. Oh yeah...





    ^^^^^THIS...YUM:tongue:
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    I like sugar free jello with Lite Cool Whip.

    I also like the Weight Watchers fudge bars...yum!
  • Jen800
    Jen800 Posts: 548 Member
    Skinnycow ice cream sandwiches. Oh yeah...

    I would like to give these a try, where can i buy them please?

    I know for sure you can buy them at Walmart and Walgreens.


    Although Skinnycows are low in calories, they are also FULL of chemicals. They aren't really food, they're more of a lab experiment. I used to eat them and now I don't. I would just go for some real icecream, just a bit. Pleaaaaassee don't put more money into this company's pockets! they are just like those silly weight watchers "snacks" with the mile long ingredient list.


    Try this recipe, I use it ALL the time and it TOTALLY satisfies me.
    2 frozen ripe bananas
    1 tablespoon peanut butter (all natural)
    1/4 cup almond/soy/dairy milk
    (optional: a tablespoon of cocoa powder)

    This makes about 3/4 cup I'd say, and is TOTALLY delicious and full of healthy nutrients!
    It tastes almost exactly like real icecream with a hint of banana flavor (Its not gross or overwhelming though)


    also, check out www.chocolatecoveredkatie.com and skinnytaste.com. Excellent sites for delicious treats!
  • xXxHBICxXx
    xXxHBICxXx Posts: 370 Member
    Fiber one brownies are good and low calories, skinny cow and weight watchers ice cream or candy and graham crackers with low fat cool whip, freeze them and they taste like an ice cream sandwhich soooooo good!
  • jaylas_mom21
    jaylas_mom21 Posts: 311 Member
    Mott's natural applesauce...only 50 calories but satisfies my sugar craving.
  • 366to266
    366to266 Posts: 473 Member
    Hi Chick

    I see you are still using that euphemism "sweet tooth". Why not call it what it REALLY is?

    Sugar addiction.

    Then the question becomes, "how can I follow a healthy diet AND continue to feed my sugar addiction"?

    I tried to do that for years and it never, NEVER worked. In the end I had (very reluctantly) to come out of denial and fess up - I was addicted to sugar and was finding any excuse or justification to keep eating it. (Same thing happens with smokers, drug addicts and alcoholics).

    Then I had to go Cold Turkey to get rid of a 50-year sugar addiction. Painful? YES, I won't lie to you. Worth it? Definitely! Am now free of the addiction, and I feel that I have really achieved something. I can follow a diet without continually trying to find ways of adding sugar. PHEW!
  • sgff24
    sgff24 Posts: 2 Member
    try hungrygirl.com

    The Mississippi Mug Pie is AwEsOmE!!!!

    Spray a mug with PAM
    Then mix togethe rin mug...
    3 Tablespoons devils food cake mix
    1 Tablespoon egg substitute
    2 Tablespoons water
    1 Teaspoon mini chocolate chips
    1/3 of packaged 60 cal pudding cup (dark chcocolate is good)
    1 packat of diet hot cocao mix (25 calories)
    cook in microwave for 1 minute...fluff with fork and then add the rest of the pudding cup
    cook for 1 more minute
    add fat free whipped cream
    EAT OMGAHHHHHH so good!
    223 cals and 5g fat
  • sarahthin
    sarahthin Posts: 221 Member
    Some of those ingredients cause scary side effects. Had to give all of those up a long time ago
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    One of the posters here engage in a zen-like process of putting one square of chocolate or one piece of Dove chocolate on his/her tongue, closes eyes, lets it melt, concentrates on nothing but that.

    http://www.sparkrecipes.com/
    Has some really delicious healthy recipes.


    Here's one I'm going to try from skinnytaste.com :

    Healthy Cookies
    Skinnytaste.com
    Servings: 8 • Size: 2 cookies • Old Points: 2 pts • Points+: 2 pt
    Calories: 93 • Fat: 3.5 g • Carb: 15 g • Fiber: 2 g • Protein: 2 g • Sugar: 4.5 g
    Sodium: 0.4 mg
    Ingredients:
    • 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed
    • 1 cup of uncooked quick oats*
    • 1/4 cup crushed walnuts

    Directions:
    Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a non-stick cookie sheet with cooking spray or use a Silpat.
    Combine the mashed bananas and oats in a bowl. Fold in the walnuts and place a tablespoon of each on the cookie sheet.
    Bake 15 minutes. Makes 16 cookies.


    Hope this helps!

    I made this once. Nothing about it was a cookie. Disgusting.

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