Healthy Alternatives to Cake & Chocolate

I hear that black bean brownies are actually pretty good and add in some protein so you're less likely to eat too many of them.

Sometimes it's best not to find an alternative, but rather to train yourself to eat only a serving of those foods. Otherwise, you might find yourself trying to eat too many alternatives and you wind up eating more calories or fat than you would have, had you just eaten the thing you really wanted. But if they are trigger foods for you, try not keeping them in your house at all if you have a tendency to binge on them.

Have you ever tried nutella? I loooove that stuff. I have an apple or pear every morning and i dip it in nutella for breakfast. It's a good way to get in your chocolate fix without going crazy.

Hi everyone,

I have a strong sweet-tooth, and was looking for alternative (healthy) snacks as an alternative to cake & chocolates.
The only nuts I can eat are Almond. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance.

Why not just include some of these things in small amounts as part of your calorie goals. As long as you plan there is no reason why you can't have these things normally limiting them too much will make you want them more.

Apple slices & blueberries & fat free or sugar free whipped cream.

chocolate covered almonds are good.

Less cake and chocolate?

I don't know of any "alternatives" but I'll tell you what I do. I buy low-calorie sweets, for example, Weight Watchers frozen smoothie and fudge bars. Or when my craving is stronger I buy a Hershey bar and eat 1/2 (slowly) and store the rest away for another time.

There isn't much that can beat the four basic food groups - cakes, pies, candy and ice cream, but I've been finding out that Fuji apples, as an evening snack, seems to satisfy my sweet tooth..

I like oats (robin hood quick oats, large flakes). I make it with water and it is 110 cal for 1/3c dry oats. I'll do 1/3 or 2/3 depending on my calories. Then I add in cocoa! (Only 20cal for 1tbsp!)

I dont know what country you are in but if you are in the UK there are products by 'nakd' that are nice. You can find them in health food shops and waitrose sells them too.

Today I had a cocoa mint bar which is basically made up of blended dates, raisins and cashews with a bit of cocoa and mint flavouring in. Not quite chocolate but very tasty and half the calories.

That said I do make room in my day for chocolate of some kind. Actual chocolate lol.

Chocolate Vita Tops! I'm a total slave to cake and cupcakes, and those totally work. They are super good and 100 cals. I usually have one as a treat once a week and I'm not tempted by anything else...

Ghirardelli 60% cocoa chocolate chips are a strong dose of chocolate, one serving is 32 chips. Just let them melt in your mouth slowly one at a time, and get that chocolate fix. Alternatively, Ghirardelli cocoa powder only has 40 calories per tablespoon. I mix it iwth skim milk and a little sweetener for a super dark hot chocolate. It fills the cravings! Or, there are the chocolate flavored protein drink mixes. You get chocolate and protein at the same time. Win-win!

Fiberone 90 calorie brownies
Emerald 100 calorie pack cocoa-roast almonds
South Beach Diet: fudgy chocolate mint or whipped chocolate almond snack bars, Good to Go Bars Chocolate
Brownie mix: use unsweetened applesauce instead of oil and/or sub egg whites or liquid egg for the whole egg
eat a square of high quality dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate or a whole candy bar

mmm cake.

This is me personally, but I'd go ahead and have them when you crave them. I figured out that the second I told myself I am dieting or tried to cut food out, I am destined to fail. The truth is, this is a lifestyle change and there is no way in hell I am going the rest of my life without frosting or white chocolate (my two Achilles heels). I do find that the more 'healthy' snacks I have ie fruit, hummus, oatmeal, the less I crave heavily processed foods. Might I suggest those microwave mug cakes (also known as 3-2-1 cakes)? There's only 150-180 calories depending on the mixes you use and you can get some great chocolate flavor plus the bonus of the carb fueled cake rush :laugh: . With Easter coming this week, I bought a bag of Cadbury mini eggs and (after dinner when I was full), I divided them into snack bags per the serving size on the bag. 12 eggs for 190 calories. It's definitely a treat but nothing that will bust my calories and as long as I am still getting my full nutrition for the day, why not have a splurge?

Dark Chocolate Yogurt-covered Raisins are my favorite chocolate indulgence. Low cal and yummy. Also small dark chocolate squares. If you want chocolate, just have chocolate. It can be healthy in small portions (assuming no diabetes).