Low calorie hard candy?

shimmer_glo
shimmer_glo Posts: 103 Member
edited November 21 in Food and Nutrition
Is there any yummy low calorie hard candy?

Replies

  • smokinbluegrass
    smokinbluegrass Posts: 126 Member
    All kinds. Most (non-diet) hard candies are 10-20 calories apiece, at least the ones I see. I guess it's just down to how many you want to eat.
  • aligazali3497
    aligazali3497 Posts: 23 Member
    They aren't high calories just a lot of sugar.. insulin spike so beware
  • shimmer_glo
    shimmer_glo Posts: 103 Member
    The low calorie candy is a lot of sugar? How does that work?
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    This content has been removed.
  • kristen8000
    kristen8000 Posts: 747 Member
    I like Ice Breakers Sours. They are sugar free and only 2 calories per candy. They scratch my "sweet" itch, so to speak.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    I like Nips Caramels. They are 30 calories a piece, but they are so hard you have to suck on them. You can't absentmindedly chew them like Werthers.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,739 Member
    Werthers has a hard candy only for about 25 calories and it takes about 10 minutes to finish. I also like the mini tootsie pops at 20 calories each.
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    Werthers, Gobstoppers, Warheads (if you enjoy torturing yourself)... there are lots of options at the dollar store. I like to have a couple candies in the afternoon to kill my sweet tooth craving.
  • beaglady
    beaglady Posts: 1,362 Member
    Another vote for Werthers hard candy. I love the coffee caramels.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    TeaBea wrote: »
    I like Nips Caramels. They are 30 calories a piece, but they are so hard you have to suck on them. You can't absentmindedly chew them like Werthers.

    You can, if you don't mind pulling your fillings out. :trollface:
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    edited September 2017
    shimmer_glo wrote: »
    The low calorie candy is a lot of sugar? How does that work?

    Sugar is only something like 15 cal/tsp (don't know the grams). Sugar doesn't necessarily mean high-cal. It's associated with high-cal foods because they can contain a lot of added sugar, and sometimes a lot of fat, plus flour in baked goods which can make those particular foods high-cal. Hard candies are mostly small amounts of almost all sugar, so easy to work into a calorie-restricted diet.
  • AngryViking1970
    AngryViking1970 Posts: 2,847 Member
    Tootsie Pops, baby. 60 long lasting calories of sweet deliciousness.
  • busyPK
    busyPK Posts: 3,788 Member
    I like jolly ranchers. I limit how many I keep in my purse, but I enjoy them when I need a sweet fix.
  • angmarie28
    angmarie28 Posts: 2,883 Member
    life savers, only 15 calories a piece
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,739 Member
    angmarie28 wrote: »
    life savers, only 15 calories a piece

    Oh man, I used to love lifesavers but then I bought some for work and....the red tastes like cough syrup, the green is watermelon and not lime, the yellow is pineapple (the only one I truly liked), the purple was raspberry and not grape(??????), and orange was orange. :)

    I tried to buy the butter rum next because I remember liking those but office depot didn't have it anymore.
  • cbillings78
    cbillings78 Posts: 14 Member
    Big fan of campinos
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Werthers!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Jolly Rancher...23 calories each

    I'd say most hard candy is low calorie...just depends on how many you eat.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    aligazali3497 wrote: »
    They aren't high calories just a lot of sugar.. insulin spike so beware

    Oh noes...your body doing what it's supposed to do...how scary...
  • angmarie28
    angmarie28 Posts: 2,883 Member
    glassyo wrote: »
    angmarie28 wrote: »
    life savers, only 15 calories a piece

    Oh man, I used to love lifesavers but then I bought some for work and....the red tastes like cough syrup, the green is watermelon and not lime, the yellow is pineapple (the only one I truly liked), the purple was raspberry and not grape(??????), and orange was orange. :)

    I tried to buy the butter rum next because I remember liking those but office depot didn't have it anymore.

    :D:D:D my coworker said the same thing when she bought a big bag of them, bahaha, I still like them though
  • OhMsDiva
    OhMsDiva Posts: 1,073 Member
    I eat tic tacs, menthos. I just pop a few in my mouth throughout the day. I probably eat about 50-60 calories in little candies a day though. I also chew gum if I feel I want to eat but not necessarily hungry.
  • allisonjforsyth
    allisonjforsyth Posts: 105 Member
    Willy Wonka chewy spree and sweetarts are my go to for candy cravings. You can have like 8 pieces for only 50 calories, or the whole roll for 150.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Look for hard candies sweetened with sorbitol.
  • CindyWard2
    CindyWard2 Posts: 88 Member
    I had a butterscotch hard candy today and was pleasantly surprised to discover it was only 20 calories.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    There is sugar free hard candy.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    There is sugar free hard candy.

    I knew a lady who decided to try sugar free starlight mints. She worked as a medical assistant. She had to keep bailing to use the toilet.
  • Famof72015
    Famof72015 Posts: 393 Member
    Oh gosh I work at the hospital and sugar free jolly ranchers really cleans out the pipes!
  • Famof72015
    Famof72015 Posts: 393 Member
    Not sure if they are low cal but I loveeeeeeee cinnamon gummy bears!
This discussion has been closed.

Categories