Fitness
Battling The Sweet Tooth
Sep
I can’t speak for everyone but I know I’m not the only one out there that battles with the craving of sweets! And what is up with every time I turn around it’s a Holiday that involves candy or baked goods! I did pretty well with losing some weight a while ago and I’ve managed to keep most of it off. I started at about 139lb and I am now 130lb, I do go up and down slightly and my goal is to get to 120lb. I have done good with my portion control! I definitely do not eat as much at mealtimes as I use too!!:) What I have not gotten under control is my craving for sweets! Right now I have a bag of Halloween candy corn pumpkins in my kitchen drawer. There has to be an alternative to satisfy the craving without losing progress and choosing a healthier sweet.
Quick Tip:
32 Guilt-Free Healthy Sweet Snacks That Will Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
We have some good news for anyone out there with a sweet tooth.
You don’t have to deny your cravings for sweets to live a healthy lifestyle. Just commit to changing the way you “do” sweet.
Put down the processed candy, the rich bakery cakes, and the packaged cookies, and start getting your fix of healthy sweet snacks from wholesome foods like fruits, nuts, and dark chocolate.
1. Mandarin Oranges + Cottage Cheese
Our friends at monday.com suggested this refreshing sweet snack is creamy, citrusy, and packed full of nutrients, including vitamin C, calcium, and protein. Made from just two ingredients, this snack makes a satisfying dessert or a nutritious mid-morning snack. You can even up the sweetness with a drizzle of honey.
Key nutrients: Vitamin C from the oranges
Eat instead of: A dreamsicle
Alternative Suggestion: Dried Mandarin Oranges Paradise Green + Horizon Organic Cottage Cheese
2. Acai Smoothie Dessert Bowls
A smoothie bowl is a fit person’s ice-cream sundae. This particular bowl from Say Grace will delight your sweet tooth with acai berry puree, dark chocolate chips, and shaved coconut. Whip up this bowl any time you need a pick-me-up.
Key nutrients: Antioxidants from the acai berries
Eat instead of: A banana split
Alternative Suggestion: DOLE Frozen Protein Acai Bowls
3. Almond Date Truffles
Via Sprouted Kitchen: Almond Truffle Dates
Yes, you can be healthy and still eat truffles. Featuring almond butter, vanilla, and Medjool dates, this recipe from Sprouted Kitchen makes it easy to balance sweet snacking and your health. Since these truffles are healthy, you really can’t eat “too many.”
Key nutrients: Protein from the almond butter
Eat instead of: Processed chocolate truffles
Alternative Suggestion: That’s it. Organic Dark Chocolate Date Truffles Fruit Bites
4. Raw Sandwich Cookies
Via Chalkboard: Pamela Salzman’s Raw Sandwich Cookies
Transform dates and nuts into some raw, real-food cookies you could guiltlessly eat for breakfast. These incredible cookies have a creamy layer of almond-milk cream cheese and maple syrup that sends your inner sugar-monster on a pleasure trip. Get the recipe from the Chalkboard.
Key nutrients: Magnesium from the almonds
Eat instead of: Processed chocolate sandwich cookies
5. 3-Ingredient Maple Almond Fudge
The foodie behind the Big Man’s World makes fast and easy fudge from three simple ingredients: almond butter, coconut oil, and maple syrup. When you have a healthy sweet treat this easy to make up your sleeve, you have no excuse for eating fudge filled with refined sugar. You might even want to keep your fridge stocked with this fudge in case of an emergency.
Key nutrients: Protein from the almonds
Eat instead of: Regular fudge
6. barkTHINS Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Seed
BarkTHINS turns rich chocolate into an anytime, good-for-you snack. The Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Seed flavor wraps protein-rich pumpkin seeds in a layer of dark chocolate made from the best fair-trade ingredients available. One serving has 230 calories and 7 grams of protein.
Key nutrients: Protein from the pumpkin seeds
Eat instead of: Peanut brittle
7. Paleo Baklava Bars
Via Cotter Crunch: Easy 3 Step Paleo Baklava Bars
Baklava gets a healthy foodie makeover in these simple bars from Cotter Crunch. Featuring nuts and almond meal instead of the usual buttery phyllo dough, these baklava bars are downright tasty and wholesome.
Key nutrients: Iron from the walnuts
Eat instead of: Restaurant baklava
8. Homemade Chocolate
Via Our Four Forks: Homemade Chocolate
Grab cupcake liners, a cupcake tin, and a few simple ingredients, and you can make your own chocolate. It’s actually as easy as mixing, pouring, and freezing. Get started with instructions from Our Four Forks. Once you master the basic recipe, you can get creative by adding in your own fillings, including cashews, berries, toasted sesame seeds, dried edamame, bananas…and anything else you can think of.
Key nutrients: Iron from the cocoa powder
Eat instead of: A packaged chocolate bar
9. Healthier Turtles
Pitted dates, dark chocolate, and pecan halves deliver all the flavor of your favorite cluster candies without all the fake stuff. Who says you can’t have it all? Make your own healthy candy with help from Nutrition in the Kitchen. This recipe is super simple, and you can pick up all the ingredients you need in any store that sells tempting candy.
Key nutrients: Fiber from the dates
Eat instead of: You guessed it; packaged turtles
10. Panna Cotta with Balsamic Strawberry Compote
Via Nom Nom Paleo: Panna Cotta with Strawberry Balsamic Compote
Rich, non-dairy panna cotta (Italian for cooked cream) and balsamic strawberry compote meld to form one healthy sweet snack from Nom Nom Paleo. This better-for-you panna cotta tastes like it came straight off the menu of your favorite Italian restaurant.
Key nutrients: Vitamin C from the strawberries
Eat instead of: Full-fat panna cotta
By Ashley Bell| Apr 17, 2018, |Categories: Snacks
This is the first 10 awesome suggestions so there is still 22 more! I love that these suggestions include store-bought and homemade!! Some of my favorites we’re past 10 so go check out the rest!! I promise to make one of the homemade ones and post it on the next Healthy Choices!!
Thanks For Reading!
Heidi Parker
