Night time cravings

I found this great kettle corn in a big red bag. It tastes just like the stuff the good street vendors make and it's only 130 calories for 2 cups. Not bad for a sweet crunchy snack.

I always go for fruit! I used to have the WORST sugar cravings, but the less I eat the less I crave. And I'm sure you know to avoid diet sodas as well, those intensify sugar cravings too!

Sugar free gum really is sweet and definitely works.

I make a decaf coffee and sweeten it with chocolate stevia and two tablespoons of evaporated milk. Serve with 1/4 bar of dark chocolate. Total less than 110 calories.

yogurt or strawberries or both!!

Source yogurt 35cal/100g plus I add fresh berries and some bran buds. Just like a desert for me and it's usually under 100cals.

I made some chocolate chunk muffins I found on Pinterest today. They are absolutely delicious and only 108 calories each. The recipe says 85, but that's making 24 out of the recipe and mine only yielded 15. It was my first experience baking with oatmeal instead of flour...I was very pleased. Just had one for my evening dessert craving. Yum! Bonus - they are gluten free (if you use an oatmeal that is specifically gluten free).

Here's the recipe.

1 3/4 c old fashioned oats
3 egg whites
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt (or regular plain low fat yogurt)
1/2 tsp cream of tartar (or 2 tsp. vinegar)
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1-1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup hot water
1 cup sugar substitute (like Splenda granular) OR 1/4 cup brown sugar + 2 tbs stevia
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (OR you could use white chocolate OR peanut butter chips!)
*Foil cupcake liners, remove the inner paper lining (I say foil, because from experience, paper liners tend to stick to muffins!)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 (12-cup) muffin pans with foil cupcake liners, or spray muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
In a food processor, grind the oatmeal until fine. Then add remaining ingredients except for the chocolate chips. Blend until mixture is smooth.
Place mixture in a bowl and gently stir in 1/2 of the chocolate chips (set the rest aside). Scoop mixture into prepared muffin pans.
Place muffins tins in the oven for 120 minutes. After 12 minutes, remove muffins from the oven (but don’t shut oven off), and distribute the other half of the chocolate chips on top of each muffin.
Place the muffins back into the oven and bake for an additional 5-10 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. *Note, you could skip this step by putting all of the chips in the batter, and baking the muffins for 15-20 min straight, but this method gives the muffins the traditional ‘VitaTop Muffin’ look with the chocolate chips on top!

Apple with 1 tbls of peanut butter. Low fat pudding cup with crumbled graham cracker. 40 cal fudge pop. Depending on calories left.