Sweet tooth remedies?

Possibly try fruit dipped in chocolate hummus or yogurt mixed with cocoa powder or a chocolate nut butter.

I have made my own chocolate nut butters with no added sugars (nuts and/or seeds, cocoa powder, and cinnamon mixed in a good quality food processor). I will probably try to make my own chocolate hummus soon, but may add a little zero calorie sweetener if needed.

I make my own chocolate by mixing raw cacao powder and cacao butter. I don't add sweeteners at all but you could add a sweetener of your liking. Back when I used sweetener I liked the Sweetleaf liquid stevia. Some people use regular butter or coconut oil but I prefer the result with cacao butter. With coconut oil it turns out too melty so you'd have to use less cacao powder. The good thing about coconut oil is that it's naturally sweet so you might not need sweetener at all

SAHNinja wrote: »

I constantly want something sweet, usually with chocolate, after my meals or for a in between snack. Im looking for ideas to satiate my cravings for this while getting the better nutrition and possibly lower calories.

Personally, I make sure to get all my nutrition in my meals, and set aside calories to eat "fun" foods for snacks. Fruit can work for me for a general sweet craving, but if I'm craving chocolate, or creaminess, fruit just doesn't cut it.

I love Dove Promises, especially the dark chocolate ones. I find two of them for 80 calories with a cup of flavored tea can hit the spot if I didn't set aside enough calories.

If I'm short on protein for the day, I might have a chocolate protein shake or a flavored Greek yogurt.

Otherwise I set aside 150-250 cals for snacks, and will often have a couple of Oreos, a weighed out serving of ice cream, or a small candy bar when I'm in a "sweets" mood. Especially if the craving is PMS-related, it's better for whomever is in the vicinity for me to just treat myself

Healthiest is a baked apple with cinnamon, butternut squash with pumpkin spice, frozen berries out of the freezer for 15 minutes. They're all good with Greek yogurt too. Roasted fennel if you like anise is like dessert, I toss with balsamic vinegar. Less healthy as far as not being whole foods are light ice cream or frozen yogurt bars like Chilly Cow (fav is brown butter caramel), Enlightened, or Yasso bars. Fiber One bars are ok but small, they're better in the microwave. Pints of light ice cream are good too but I usually eat the whole thing so I rarely get anymore.

Liking sweet foods like fruit or occasional chocolate is not something I'd want to remove, personally!

For me, the less I eat sweets, the less I think about them. If you have a piece of chocolate after dinner 7 days in a row, on the 8th day, you'll want it again. Take a challenge of re-directing yourself to something different for a few days.

(Many nights I have chamomile tea with a tsp of agave. I typically also put a tablespoon of Benefiber in it, but that's another story!)

I'm scoffing a cup of sweet black grapes right now. Works for me. That or 100% cocoa with a couple of sweeteners in.

I also have sugar free cocoa sometimes. I think its the comforting sort of satisfaction from sweets, if I have the warm cocoa it takes care of some of that

I actually started drinking flavored tea whenever I wanted some kind of candy. My favorites include green chia, Vanilla caramel, lemon lift, and toasted coconut. At first I would add a some sugar to the tea but slowly cut back and now it is sweet enough for me without it.


Some days though a little good quality chocolate is need. So I just adjust my calories for that day to fit in one serving of chocolate.

One serving Greek yogurt mixed with about five grams sugar free instant chocolate pudding mix, chilled in the freezer a few minutes, and topped with five grams hagel. Hagel is like super high quality Dutch chocolate sprinkles. It comes in milk, dark and white chocolate. Five grams is more than enough to make you feel like you’re pigging out on a sweet chocolaty treat. The whole thing comes less than 125 calories and is the size and texture of a nice bowl of ice cream. Add a couple drops of sugar free syrup if you like. I have some chocolate peppermint left over from the holidays and it is OMG good mixed in with the yogurt and pudding.

Their “20 gram” serving is ridiculous, but the Dutch like to slather bread with butter and then pour the hagel on. A little of this stuff goes a long way.

A box will last you months, even years, at 5 grams a serving. Just put “hagelslag” or “hagel” in the search at amazon.

Thank me later. No kidding. This stuff is like infinitesimally tiny chocolate heaven. No comparison the the utterly tasteless sprinkles we get in the USA.

I've made popsicles out of blended and then frozen raspberries and strawberries. Yum, although for me a summer thing.

Dum Dum pops because they're minimally caloric {20 ~ 25 calories each, depending upon the package}, most imperatively they take longer to consume than most edibles & thus I feel, like I am consuming more food. Plus there's plenty of flavors, to substitute several varieties of high calorie dessert items with.

Tootsie roll mini-midgees have 5 calories a piece for a chocolate fix