Sweet Treat Help

A favourite snack of mine is Greek yoghurt with strawberries or frozen berries, Sometimes I'll add some honey for extra sweetness.

Made some cupcakes the other day at only 98 calories each.

125g butter
2 cups self-raising flour
3/4 cup sugar
2eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup milk.

Makes about 26 small cupcakes. I freeze them so they won't get eaten all at once.

another favorite of mine is 3-2-1 cake ....a box of any flavor of dry cake mix ....a box of angel food cake ( mix both cake mixes in a ziplock bag)

3 Tbsp. of the cake mix
2 Tbsp. of water
Microwave for 1 minute

Add whatever you want to it depending on the flavor of the cake mix ....I put a Tbsp of mini chocolate chips , 1 Tbsp of peanutbutter (to the chocolate cake mix ) and add whip cream

Avocado chocolate mousse, I made it for the first time yesterday and its amazing...

I am new to trying to lose weight, but we have been changing eating habits for awhile now. I have never been much of a sweets eater (my weakness is cheesy stuff and chips). But, my whole family loves to blend up frozen fruit in the blender. Bananas are okay but they get slimy. The best fruit to use is strawberries, peaches and cantaloupe. We do not add anything to it but I have heard some people add honey. You can refreeze on popsicle sticks.

My most recent after dinner treat is my "Wendy's" Protein powder shake

3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 scoop chocolate protein powder
1 T chocolate pb2
1/2 t vanilla
1/2 banana
15 ice cubes

Put it all in a blender and blend until smooth. Makes a large amount and is so dang good! I eat/drink this in the evening while my family is grazing on all the junk and I am happy!

It comes in at
Cal 235
Carbs 24
Fat 3
Protein 27
Fiber 4

I also snack on ghiradelli dark chocolate chips during the day. 40 calories for 8 of them. Suck on them and it hits the chocolate button

I usually make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, depending on how big you make them will vary on the calories per cookie. I always doubled the recipe and use an ice cream scoop, so the cookies are pretty big.

Ingredients

• 1/2cup oil
• 1c pure pumpkin
• 1c sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp milk
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 c flour
• 2 c chocolate chips

Prep

1. Preheat oven at 350F
2. Combine oil, pumpkin, sugar, egg, and vanilla
3. Add baking soda and milk
4. In a separate bowl combine cinnamon, salt, baking powder, and flour
5. Mix everything together and then add chocolate chips
6. Using cookie scoop, place cookies 2in apart on baking sheet
7. Bake for 12-13min

Nutrional Facts ( for double recipe and ice-cream scoop used -- Makes 30 cookies)
Calories - 147
Fat - 6
Carbs - 22
Fiber - 1
Protein - 3

All of the above sound yummo! Here's another to add to your list! It's my go to for chocolate almost always! I have a silicone cube type of tray to make things like square brownie bites or something, but you can do in an ice cube tray, too. (If you do use a regular ice cube tray, you'll have to spray with a little cooking spray first.)

3-4 Ghirardeli 60% Cocoa morsels in each square.
Lightly melt in microwave.
Add 1 tsp Barney Butter (Almond Butter) or Peanut Butter to each square.
Lightly melt again.
Place in freezer for about an hour.
Once frozen pop out and place in a bag or container in the fridge or freezer...either works.

One square is 2 bites and about 45-50 calories, obviously depending on what you use above. I do the 3 morsels and Barney Butter the most, and that's perfectly satisfying for me...45 cal.

Banana Bread Cookies!
2 ripe bananas (mashed)
1-1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/4 cup chopped pecans

Mix everything together and bake at 350 for 12-15 mins. Will make 24 tablespoon-sized cookies. 2 cookies = 1 serving and comes in at less than 100 calories