What are your favorite alternatives for 'sweets'?

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  • mikeyrp
    mikeyrp Posts: 1,616 Member
    Fruit Factory - 14 gram boxes of raisin & sultana/apple/apricot - really hit the spot for 40 cals.

    Actually - I started out having kit kats (2 fingers = 107 calories) on the basis that f I craved chocolate I was going to consume it in a controlled way... but after I got the fruit factory boxes and put them in the same tin I found myself choosing the fruit 9 times out of 10.
  • Mommyof3texans
    Mommyof3texans Posts: 347
    My new favorite is the Emerald Cocoa roasted almonds...yum!
  • mcboyd1983
    mcboyd1983 Posts: 56
    Stick to natural sugar from fresh fruit.
  • taletreader
    taletreader Posts: 377 Member
    - Fewer sweets (1 piece of something high qualty such as dark chocolate, chocolate-covered coffee beans etc)
    - Nuts (15-20g - 100-130 cals)
    - Yogurt
    - Fruit (1 serving)
  • Stefani74
    Stefani74 Posts: 448 Member
    I tend to have chocolate cravings in the afternoon, so I have a chocolate brownie Clif bar as a snack on those days. YUMMY!
  • raven1114
    raven1114 Posts: 115 Member
    I like having frozen grapes, they last for ages, or if its a cocolate treat it best to freeze it too because it last much longer :)

    frozen grapes are yummy
  • lestahling
    lestahling Posts: 36
    Yogurt
    Fruit (especially apples and grapes!)
    Also, I love love love LOVE protein bars, it's awesome when you want chocolate. I'd recommend Luna Bars, Special K Meal Bars, and clif builder bars :)
  • BR1986FB
    BR1986FB Posts: 1,515 Member
    70%+ dark chocolate
  • ladylu11
    ladylu11 Posts: 631 Member
    I eat the Quaker Dipp Bars and sometimes I eat whole grain Ritz crackers with Nutella on them
  • sarahlouisah
    sarahlouisah Posts: 116
    cereal bars , options hot dchocolate, 10 calorie jelly, jam, pomegranite, special k mini breaks chocolate fruit flakes ( kids lunch box snack)
  • therealangd
    therealangd Posts: 1,861 Member
    Grapes. Yoplait Yogurt.
  • arosegeo
    arosegeo Posts: 254 Member
    yogurt but im more of a salty girl so i have edemame with light salt ion them
  • cjnorman
    cjnorman Posts: 93
    once i cut out all refined sugars and sugar substitutes i find i no longer crave sweet stuff *S*

    yeah..surprised me too cause i was a HUGE dessert lover (or was that lover of huge desserts? or both? *LOL*)

    now.. if i need a sweetener i only use a touch of honey... so a 'sweet treat' to me now is a tiny drizzle of honey on a toasted thin bagel or bran muffin *S*

    other than that i think my 'sweet' tooth is totally met now by the fresh fruits i eat.

    i know it is unbelievable (for any who know me) but i no longer even crave chocolate *LOL*

    I was the same way when I cut out sugar. Carrots were my candy. I have added sugar back in and now I have cravings once in a while. I am considering cutting it out again, but this time allowing myself starches.
  • cjnorman
    cjnorman Posts: 93
    My new favorite is the Emerald Cocoa roasted almonds...yum!

    I LOVE those. So good.
  • arosegeo
    arosegeo Posts: 254 Member
    and carnation breajfast it kills my sweet needs all day
  • Paiche
    Paiche Posts: 92
    apple with splenda and cinnamon
    air popped popcorn with splenda and cinnamon
    fruit and nut trail mix
    dried cherries
    almost any fruit
    yogurt
    low calorie hot chocolate, regular, or blended with ice :)
    homemade coffee drinks. take ice, coffee, the little 30 calorie white chocolate mocha creamers, and some sugar free chocolate syrup and blend
    100 calorie pack cookies
    sugar free jellow or pudding with some fat free whip cream

    just some ideas
  • curvygirl512
    curvygirl512 Posts: 423 Member
    My fav is a very small piece of very dark chocolate, 80% cacao or higher. I let it melt on my tongue, so it lasts longer. It is so rich, a small piece feels like a whole piece of cheesecake. Then I plan the rest of my day around the calories I've consumed.
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