Sweet tooth in the mornings

I like Quaker Oats Weight Control Oatmeal. I use 2% milk instead of water and add a teaspoon of peanut butter (any flavor you like) and then top it off with fruit. Today, I used Peanut Butter & Co. Dark Chocolate Dreams and a banana. It was just over 300 calories and kept me full until lunch. Sometimes instead of PB I add one small Milkyway Dark Chocolate Mini and it is awesome!

I eat fruit every morning, a lot of it. Today was 2 apples and 2 oranges. It is still healthy because of the fiber and it keeps my brain and belly happy.

I could definitely eat a chocolate chip muffin for breakfast everyday... but I usually opt for oatmeal, cereal or yogurt/fruit. Sometimes I satisfy my cravings with a Nature Valley chocolate protein bar or Fiber One 90 calorie coffee cake for a morning snack.

I have a horrible sweet tooth!

Try any of the following:

Cream of rice (or wheat) with unsweetened cocoa, coconut flakes and a little milk/sweetner of choice

Oatmeal with milk, tbsp sugar free chocolate pudding (or another flavor of choice) and toppings like nuts, coconut or a tbsp chocolate chips. Pistachio pudding mix, pistachios and white chocolate is some tasty business too

Skinny Banana Zucchini muffins from skinnytaste.com. 123 cals for a muffin

You could also mix a small serving of sugary cereal with a healthy one

Or a yogurt parfati: Plain Greek yougurt, tbsp of honey, berries of your choosing, pistachios or other nut, small serving dried cranberries (target carries reduced sugar) and 2 tbsp granola. You can also use nature valley dark chocolate granola bar to crush up on top.

I would really love a good, low-calorie chocolate peanut butter smoothie. Supposedly there are some out there...I'm in disbelief!

I'm guessing it would involve almond milk, PB2, and chocolate protein powder. You'll get sick of it after a while.

LOL You're probably right, though it would be nice to have it as a choice.

Just speaking from experience. I currently rotate about 8 boxes of cereal for first breakfast. Keeps me motivated yanno?

Some chocolate Special K cereal is good (good late night snack too!)

A whole grain waffle with Nutella (I keep these at the office)

Cream and syrup or sugar in the coffee - Sugar is not the devil and if I have a sweet tooth, better to deal with and move on than binge later! I drink my Iced coffee everyday - I am NOT giving it up - and ya know - for the most part it takes care of my sweet tooth all day.

Low-fat Eggo nutri-grain waffle with 1/2 C fresh strawberries and lite Reddi Whip on top. It's 109 calories and tastes like strawberry shortcake.

Girl, I know the feeling. Sometimes I wake up and feel as if I could happily devour 5 chocolate bars.

Instead I add a tablespoon of nutella to my porridge. Only 100 calories bam. :bigsmile:
Or if I'm feeling extra chocolatey I add 2. 450ish calories for breakfast as I use almond milk and I don't need chocolate for the rest of the day.

Stops me from turning into mental chocolate woman later. Success. :drinker:

I didn't read the other comments, so I hope this isn't a duplicate. I have a MAJOR sweet tooth & love chocolate and peanut butter everything. So I eat this every morning and it actually keeps me full for hours (I had it at 8am this morning and ate lunch at 2:30).

1 cup coconut milk (I sometimes use almond milk instead, which is 30 calories)--80 calories
1/2 tbsp chia seeds--30 calories
Handful of spinach or kale--5-15 calories depending on exact amount
2 tbsp chocolate PB2--45 calories
1 scoop Optimum Nutrition Natural Chocolate Whey Protein Powder--130 calories
2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder--20 calories
1/2 tsp xanthan gum--5 calories (you can omit this, I just use it so it's super thick and eat it with a spoon instead of drinking it...makes me feel fuller)
10 ice cubes

Blend it all up really well and then I pour into a bowl and eat with a spoon. With the amount of spinach I used today, it came out to 315 calories and it makes a lot.

Kroger has both a chocolate and a vanilla Carbmaster milk with 11-12 g protein and the chocolate has 80 cals whereas vanilla has 60 cals. Fiber One makes a chocolate cereal for 80 calories. And there are good sweet flavors of Light N'Fit greek yogurt, 80 cals, 12 g protein.

I second Nutella Porridge! or Porridge with blueberries and maple syrup. And another great one is pancakes. I make a batch of these:http://www.skinnytaste.com/2009/06/whole-wheat-pancakes.html#more and reheat in the mornings during the week and eat with berries, coconut flakes and maple syrup

or also these chocolate chip banana muffins:http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/01/petite-chocolate-chip-banana-bread.html I sometimes have one and a fruit topped yoghurt, or 2 if I really want something cakey! they freeze really well too.