What's your best calorie surprise?

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ceiswyn
ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I've just discovered that meringue nests are only 50 kcal apiece. Helloooooo, Eton Mess :smiley:

(Yeah, I know, there's still the cream...)
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  • Soopatt
    Soopatt Posts: 563 Member
    Chocolate milk and long life custard. You can have 300ml of custard without making a dent on your day.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    Caramel candies. Always assumed they'd be 80 calories or something... nope, 25!
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,249 Member
    Ice lollies. 50cal
  • clairbrown6
    clairbrown6 Posts: 9 Member
    Unsweetened almond milk. For 150 ml only 13cals
    Sugar free jelly!
  • Muscleflex79
    Muscleflex79 Posts: 1,916 Member
    Soopatt wrote: »
    Chocolate milk and long life custard. You can have 300ml of custard without making a dent on your day.

    isn't chocolate milk a lot? like 170 calories per 250ml and who drinks just 250 ml ????
  • Poisonedpawn78
    Poisonedpawn78 Posts: 1,145 Member
    Mine is sort of the exact opposite. Kraft Calorie wise salad dressing, quite often is only 5 or 10 calories less per tbsp. So unless you are using half the bottle, its essentially no different from normal Salad dressing.
  • newheavensearth
    newheavensearth Posts: 870 Member
    Puffed wheat and puffed rice
    Tuna pouches
    Almond milk
    Cauliflower rice and cauliflower rice medleys
    Enlightened and Halo Top ice cream
  • Misskcm
    Misskcm Posts: 143 Member
    Berries!! High in sugar cOntent but all I count are calories and seem to be doing fine!
    1 medium strawberry- about 5 cal
    Cup of blueberries- about 90 cal
    Blackberries, raspberries, and so on. Yummy!!
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    Cashew milk
    Jello cups
    Popcorn
  • slaite1
    slaite1 Posts: 1,307 Member
    Agree with the string cheese
    Piece of string cheese and a piece of fruit is a pretty nice snack for 100-150 calories

    -Pea crisps (just ate these!)
    -Vegetables in general
    -Berries, nectarines, peaches, plums
    -Shredded cheese. I was surprised when I weighed it out, a typical 28g serving goes pretty far
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Cauliflower pizza and chia pudding!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    dragon_girl26 wrote: »
    Cashew milk
    Jello cups
    Popcorn

    I don't think we eat the same kind of popcorn :D
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Hershey Kiss, 25.

  • Soopatt
    Soopatt Posts: 563 Member
    Muscleflex79 wrote: »
    Soopatt wrote: »
    Chocolate milk and long life custard. You can have 300ml of custard without making a dent on your day.

    isn't chocolate milk a lot? like 170 calories per 250ml and who drinks just 250 ml ????

    In South Africa, where I live, Steri Stumpie is the popular brand and its 230 calories for 350mls. Feels really worth it to me.
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    dragon_girl26 wrote: »
    Cashew milk
    Jello cups
    Popcorn

    I don't think we eat the same kind of popcorn :D

    Probably not. I tend to air pop mine...nice big bowl for like 130 calories. :smiley:
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    300g of cantaloupe is amazing, has 800mg potassium and is only around 100 cals and it's a HUGE portion.
  • Muana1005
    Muana1005 Posts: 172 Member
    Cous cous is only 100 cals for 100g dry. Can make it sweet with milk saffron and cardomon for an extra 20 cals, or savoury with roast veg/meat. Yum
  • lilolilo920
    lilolilo920 Posts: 184 Member
    edited June 2017
    gamerbabe14 wrote: »
    Potatoes, like seriously they have had a bad rap, they aren't high in calories. Love those delicious things.

    YES! I love sweet potatoes especially. Other pleasant surprises for me: plain Greek yogurt (love to mix it with about 1/4 scoop chocolate protein powder!), string cheese, eggs, any type of veggies, ooh and hummus!
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Hard candies
    Puffed cereals
    Spaghetti Squash
  • MorskaDeklica
    MorskaDeklica Posts: 1 Member
    Muana1005 wrote: »
    Cous cous is only 100 cals for 100g dry. Can make it sweet with milk saffron and cardomon for an extra 20 cals, or savoury with roast veg/meat. Yum

    USDA database lists dry couscous (NDB No 20028) as having 376 kcal per 100 g.

    The MFP food database is notoriously full of inaccurate entries. It's safest to look for those that have "USDA" in the description. I sometimes double check those as well if they look suspicious to me ...

    Good luck with accurate logging and working towards your goal!
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Roasted chickpeas.
    Only 88 calories for a 65g bag and that packs a lot of chickpeas. Very filling too.
  • neldabg
    neldabg Posts: 1,452 Member
    I can't think of anything big right now, but popcorn. I opt for Pop Weaver's light butter popcorn, which is about 220 calories a bag, and their normal butter version is only 50 calories more a bag. The bags aren't super tiny either, so it makes a filling indulgence.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,599 Member
    black and white, Dutch licorice powder! It makes sense that one tub only has about 100kcal, considering there's just 30 grams in it. But man, it looks so much, and gives a lovely taste for a long time. Certainly not a candy I eat quickly.
  • Polo265
    Polo265 Posts: 287 Member
    jgnatca wrote: »
    Hard candies
    Puffed cereals
    Spaghetti Squash


    Spaghetti squash for me too. I put pasta sauce over it. At first I missed the pasta, but now I like the spaghetti squash better.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 15,299 Member
    Graelwyn75 wrote: »
    Roasted chickpeas.
    Only 88 calories for a 65g bag and that packs a lot of chickpeas. Very filling too.

    I would double check on that as it looks closer to caned chickpeas than roasted that I've seen as high as 4+ Cal per gram depending on preparation.

    The one time I roasted my own I thought that they were excellent but a little bit too HIGH in calories.... de-canned, washed, dried, weighed, oven, re-weighed, appreciable shrinkage. Yummy though.
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