Seeking sweet snack suggestions

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  • mdreas
    mdreas Posts: 3 Member
    I'm making a lot of coconut milk and almond milk based homemade ice creams sweetened with stevia, or else a small drizzle of agave syrup. I then portion it out into 1 cup containers for the freezer. Ice cream my favorite thing so I'm finding ways to make it lower calorie.
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    Are you looking for taste or satiety? For taste, a couple of hard candies or mints often will satisfy me. Lately, I've been on a black licorice kick. One coin is ~9 cals.
  • tabletop_joe
    tabletop_joe Posts: 455 Member
    I also just work out a little more than I want to so I can squeeze in a real treat. I am not one for half measures when it comes to sweet things. A banana just won't scratch that itch!
  • kavahni
    kavahni Posts: 313 Member
    Just curious if you said "other than fruit" because fruit is obvious, or if you want to avoid fruit.
    I'll assume that it was just because it's obvious. I don't do any artificial sweeteners either – – I think they'll give you babies with two heads, and they're just plain nasty. I am very fond of snacking on a half cup of 0% plain Fage with half of banana chopped up in it in smaller chunks, and a sprinkling of granola. It's got that creamy thing, The sweet thing, and the crunchy thing. Those are all very satisfying for me.
    I also second, third, and fourth the really high-quality dark chocolate advocates.
  • roobe18
    roobe18 Posts: 45 Member
    If you look at the lables, you can usually find an ice cream bar that is fairly low calorie and less than at 20 carbs. Ice cream makes me happy, so it feels like a sinful treat. Costco has really good fudge bars for 100 calories.
  • AlphaEcho7
    AlphaEcho7 Posts: 4 Member
    Wow! I didn't expect to get so many replies! Thanks to everyone who did; it gave serious food for thought (ha, see what I did there). In regards to the "other than fruit" addendum, yes, it was because fruit is obvious. I do enjoy my fruit, but was hoping to diversify a bit because my tongue is getting bored with the same old things over and over. Also, I'm definitely all about that chocolate as dark as my soul.
  • Momepro
    Momepro Posts: 1,509 Member
    I know it's a fruit, but it tastes and feel like candy...
    Dates. LOVE them!
  • ZephieC
    ZephieC Posts: 162 Member
    edited June 2017
    -Jello and cool whip/dream whip/whipped cream (I do use sugar free but even with sugar it wouldn't be too much)
    -Pudding (50 cals and up)
    -Caramel chocolate chip rice cakes (60 cals)
    -Oreo thins (140 cals for 4)
    -Frozen fudge/ice milk bars (100-120 cals)
    -Individually wrapped chocolate squares (swiss delice at Costco are about 32 cals each)
    -I also love this ridiculously tasty peanut butter chocolate milkshake....
    -large frozen banana
    -2 Tbsp. peanut/nut butter (preferably with salt)
    -1-2 dates
    -1 Tbsp. cocoa powder
    -Almond milk to desired consistency (1-1/5 cups)
    (it's not super low cal but it is super satisfying!)
  • biggjenn
    biggjenn Posts: 58 Member
    edited June 2017
    I have a HORRIBLE sweet tooth, and I recently found popsicles/fruitbars called Outshine by Nestle. They are about 35 calories each and the ingredients are as follows: BLUEBERRY CHAMOMILE: CHAMOMILE TEA (WATER, CHAMOMILE FLOWER EXTRACT), CANE SUGAR, BLUEBERRIES, BLUEBERRY PUREE, NATURAL FLAVOR, GUAR GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C). Just an example. I get the "tea" and fruit ones and they help me instead of binging on chocolate. Tastes great!
  • tabletop_joe
    tabletop_joe Posts: 455 Member
    edited June 2017
    This is delightful and very chocolate-y and not crazy calorie-wise:

    http://www.kemps.com/freezer/frozen-yogurt/chocolate-peanut-butter-cup-frozen-yogurt-48oz/

    I love it a whole lot as a sometimes treat.
  • TheCupcakeCounter
    TheCupcakeCounter Posts: 606 Member
    bowl of strawberries drizzled with some chocolate syrup and 2 quick squirts of Redi-Whip - under 100 calories
    stick a chocolate chip in a raspberry
    Keto fat bombs - I just replace the fake sugar with coconut sugar
    Date rolls - I prefer the ones rolled in coconut
    Frozen mini-Snickers are 45 calories (the real mini's not the snack size unfortunately)
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    David's tea has a lot of delicious dessert-like teas that have no sweeteners, I find them really helpful.
  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    AlphaEcho7 wrote: »
    I have a horrible sweet tooth, but I'm trying to cut down the amount of sugar in my diet. Unfortunately, I can't have the diet options of anything because my stomach reacts badly to artificial sweeteners. I don't want to go completely without sweet things because it's basically my favorite part of eating, haha. Other than fruit, what's everybody's favorite low-sugar dessert or snack?

    This is totally nerdy, but I LOVE protein bars for curbing my sweet tooth. Oh Yeah and Grenade have some really awesome ones that taste just like candy bars while remaining nutritious
  • lgill1127
    lgill1127 Posts: 47 Member
    edited June 2017
    doton221 wrote: »
    Lara bars are good! They're also made from just a few ingredients. However they're higher in calories (200/220 per bar) so you'd definitely have to plan for it

    I like buying the mini Lara Bar packs. I've seen them at my local Target!

    Edited: sometimes if I want to try a new flavor that doesn't come in mini size I'll slice it in half and seal the open end/other half with a chip clip or tape to eat in a day or two.

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