chewy food-cravings

Tatarataa
Tatarataa Posts: 178 Member
edited November 15 in Food and Nutrition
I love chewy food like fudge, caramel, quest bars, chewy cookies and oat meal bars etc. I am in search for low calorie alternatives, either food or recipes. Can you help me please?

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  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    Just eat smaller quantities of the listed foods.
  • Tatarataa
    Tatarataa Posts: 178 Member
    Good to hear this again written down! Thanks!
    But still if anybody has got some additional ideas-I would appreciate it. I need some lower calorie chewy food ideas that I can eat more of in addition to my hopefully in the future smaller posrtions of higher calorie chewy foods...
  • mpat81
    mpat81 Posts: 353 Member
    I like the stretch island fruit leathers, they are only 45 calories each. I also love orchard bars, they have quite a few calories but are full of nuts and fruit so a better choice than a candy bar.
  • mpat81
    mpat81 Posts: 353 Member
    Fiber One 90 calorie fudge brownies are good too!
  • PaytraB
    PaytraB Posts: 2,360 Member
    If you can limit yourself to one or two pieces, chewy fruit candies (such as Hi-Chews) may help. They are 45 calories for 2 pieces.
  • Crogirl_22
    Crogirl_22 Posts: 40 Member
    I discovered that dates combined with rice cakes taste like sweet popcorn, you might like that ;)
  • Crogirl_22
    Crogirl_22 Posts: 40 Member
    oh, or you could make shakes with bananas and dates and add some raw, natural cacao powder it tastes really good :)
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,831 Member
    I'm not trying to be flippant but what follows are some perhaps strange suggestions. I'm trying to think of what I ate lately that was excessively chewy and all I've come up with are the cubed beef in the take out Chinese we had last night and some turnip greens that were a bit tough.

    Jerky?
    I had a Taiwanese friend who sweared by chewing on dried squid strips.
    The tougher large stalks of celery?
    Microwaved chicken.

    Oh, wait a minute. Are you willing to make homemade bread? It's really easy. A plain flour/water/salt/yeast bread can be pretty chewy. Give me a holler if you want some help with finding lazy ways to make bread.
  • KiwiAlexP
    KiwiAlexP Posts: 186 Member
    You could try biltong (spelling?) which is essentially small pieces of dried meat - very chewy and high protein so you wouldn't need much. I don't know where you live but if you can find a South African butcher they could supply it
  • jnv7594
    jnv7594 Posts: 983 Member
    edited April 2015
    I recently found these Nature Valley Dark Chocolate granola thins. Only 80 cals for one. They taste like a chocolate coated oatmeal cookie to me. Just got them for those days that I don't have a lot of calories left but I want something sweet, and they are so yummy.

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  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
    Seconding Fiber One products, they have oat bars, brownies, cake-like bars, and even fruit chews (like gummy candy).

    Many chewy oat bars and breakfast bars and protein bars are fairly low calorie. As is chewy candy. I also second the idea to eat what you like in moderation. How long can one chew on taffy anyway without getting a pounding headache from the the jaw tension required to eat that stuff? Some varieties of Questbars can make my face and neck hurt.
  • beachlandia
    beachlandia Posts: 45 Member
    I see a few recommendations for gummy candy- similarly I like eating pouches of fruit snacks. They have about 70-90 calories depending on the brand so they can make a good small snack.
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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    vinegar_husbands wrote: »
    Mochi

    Good one! I couldn't think of anything.
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    Sweettart minis are 50 calories for 20 pieces, and Jelly Belly jelly beans are 140 calories for 35. Those are my go-to study snacks because they're fun to eat, but not disruptive to any other library goers.
  • Tatarataa
    Tatarataa Posts: 178 Member
    Thank you so much for your suggestions! forgot to add something: I have a teeth problem and therefore have to watch teeth damaging sugary things I try to stick to non-teeth damaging sweeteners...so any suggestions for sugar free things, please?

    By the way I LOVE LOVE LOVE gummy cany-I used to be addicted to those (which damaged my teeth)...alternative (but not that chewy-sniff): homemade sugarfree yello gummy candy
  • Tatarataa
    Tatarataa Posts: 178 Member
    What is/are mochi?
  • Tatarataa
    Tatarataa Posts: 178 Member
    I will have a quest bar with my breakfast-hehe-no I really need to incorporate them otherwise I binge on them (have a week of heavy bingeing behind me-sniff)!
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    Also slow down the rate you eat and chew more.
  • Sweets1954
    Sweets1954 Posts: 507 Member
    You might check out the sugar free candies. I know there are caramel ones and may be gummy candies as well. They are not necessarily low in calories but they don't have sugar. If it is chewy things you crave, I would stay away from smoothies. They may taste great but there is nothing to chew!
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  • Tatarataa
    Tatarataa Posts: 178 Member
    Does anybody also have any chewy recipes?
    I think things with oats and oatmeal generally are going well...so to add somethingto the discussion: low calorie/skinny oatmeal cookies baked at home eg with applesauce or mashed banana and or sweetener prepared to save calories and make them tooth-friendlier
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Mochi is a Japanese sticky rice that is pounded into paste and shaped. You can get it filled with ice cream, which is what we were talking about.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    If you like to cook, you can make Baked Oatmeal:
    http://www.jillianskitchen.com/2012/06/04/strawberry-banana-baked-oatmeal/ncrt9u7a1qdu.jpg

    4 Eggs
    3C Milk – I use FF or 1%
    4-5 Over ripe Bananas – Mashed/Blended (should come up to 2.25C once mashed approx.)
    3C Chopped Strawberries
    1/2C Brown Sugar
    6C Uncooked Old Fashioned Oats
    1.5tsp Baking Powder
    1tsp Salt
    1tsp Vanilla Extract
    1tsp Cinnamon
  • Tatarataa
    Tatarataa Posts: 178 Member
    is mochi made with sugar or other tooth damaging staff? Are there also sugarfree mochi?
  • Tatarataa
    Tatarataa Posts: 178 Member
    MHHH all your great ideas and recipes!! Many thanks!!!!!!!!!!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Tatarataa wrote: »
    is mochi made with sugar or other tooth damaging staff? Are there also sugarfree mochi?

    There is probably not a sugar free mochi....no.
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