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Low calorie 'sweets' suggestions here..

15 years ago

I saw the post about dyed hair and fat! LOL people mentioned keeping off the weight but loving sweets!

I LOVE the hershey Dark Choloate "sticks" they have them in milk chocolate too. They are 60 calories and 1 Weight watcher point. the WW frozen fudge bars are the best! yummy! but expensive. You can get Healthy choice fudge bars at a good price at costco. YUMMY! and one WW point. The skinny cow ones are okay, but 2 points.

And if you want pure sugar yumminess... have a tootsie pop. I believe they are 45 calories, 1 WWpoint and they last a LONG time. Plus, the tootsie roll piece in the center... scrumptious! and good flavors!

I love apples (preferably granny smiths) with some peanut butter!

I just discovered laughing cow cheese,,, yummy!

low cal berry cobbler..

a bag of frozen berries from Costco. the kind with 3 berries.

put some in a 9 X 13 pan.

mix in a box of cake mix ( MUST be the kind with OUT pudding in the mix!!!!) with one can of diet sprite, 7~up.. what ever...

spread onn top of frozen berries...

cook at 325 (i think! lol) for an hour or a little more..

it is SOOOOO good. I had to make it in a small souffle dish, using part of a cake mix and pouring the clear diet soda from a 2 liter bottle, so I would make only 2 servings ... because the 9 by 13 pan is too big for the two of us and I just kept grazing on it! lol

please add your ideas here too!

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Comments (8)

jannie
15 years ago
For a tasty, high fibre snack, spread peanut butter on a graham cracker. Filling and tasty,yet good for you.
lydia1959
15 years ago
For a chocolate craving... a couple chocolate flavored Twizzlers will cost you 60 calories (each is 30 calories).

I always have Tootsie Pops in the house.
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glenda_al
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frozen seedless grapes!
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I love the frozen grapes..you can wash them and sprinkle them with sugar free jello for a little differnet taste also.

I mix the cake mix and diet soda and keep the batter in the fridge...then when I want something sweet, I can put a dollop of it into a coffee cup and nuke it...very good.

Yep...I have a hard time with wanting sweets..

frozen bananas are very good also....
kacram
Original Author
15 years ago
ooohhhh... I don't use artificial sweetners and for some reason, I just didn't like the thought of splenda either. And really, I don't use sugar on anything other than a grapefruit or rhubarb anyway. BUT I just tried TRUVIA on a grapefruit for a snack and it WAS GOOD! it tasted great! I might have to keep a few packets on hand
matti5
15 years ago
I take the WW one point fudge bar off the stick and make an ice cream sundae out of it. I top it with fat free cool whip, thinly sliced bananas and raspberries. It's Yummy and very filling.

I am also never without my 1 point Vita brownie and chocolate muffins. They are on the expensive side, but I'm worth it :)
lydia1959
15 years ago
Truvia is Stevia, a plant (but you probably already knew that!). I've been using Stevia for about 7 years now... my DH uses it too now instead of sugar.
kacram
Original Author
15 years ago
Lydia.. MY DH actually TRIED it! Which I can't believe, but I think it was my "WOW, I can't believe this tastes so good" comment that took him by surprise... he doesn't eat anything that is "diet" lol
but he liked this!
it's really good!

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