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Low-Calorie Desserts
Tammy Lakatos Shames and Lyssie Lakatos
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Have a sweet tooth? Instead of devouring a box of cookies, or indulging in a weight-loss doozy like a belt-blasting piece of carrot cake from the Cheesecake Factory (1,560 calories), try these lower-calorie alternatives:

  • 1/2 cup nonfat ice cream or frozen yogurt (90-120 calories)
  • 1 cup fresh berries (80 calories) with optional 4 tbsp. fat-free Redi-Whip (10 calories) = 90 calories total
  • Sugar-free hot chocolate (25-50 calories, depending on brand)
  • 1/2 cup sugar-free Jell-O (10 calories) with optional 4 tbsp. fat-free Redi-Whip (10 calories) = 20 calories total
  • 3/4 cup frozen grapes/12 grapes (70 calories)
  • 2 graham cracker sheets/4 squares (120 calories)
  • Good Humor sugar-free juice popsicle (15 calories)
  • Small piece (2 ounces) of angel food cake (120 calories) with optional 1/2 cup whole strawberries (25 calories) and 4 tbsp. fat-free Redi-Whip (10 calories) = 155 calories total
  • 4 Hershey's Kisses (100 calories)
  • 1 fudge popsicle (30-90 calories, depending on brand)
  • 1 low-fat ice cream sandwich (120-160 calories, depending on brand)
  • 1/2 cup sorbet or sherbet (90-150 calories, depending on brand)
  • 1/2 cup nonfat pudding (100 calories)
  • 2 Strawberry Twizzlers (70 calories)
  • 1 small peppermint patty (40 calories)
  • 4 small gingersnaps/1-ounce serving (120 calories)
  • 3 cups low-fat microwave popcorn (60-120 calories, depending on brand)
  • 1 Hershey's Miniature (45 calories)
  • 1/2 cup nonfat, sugar-free vanilla yogurt with a sliced peach (130-160 calories)
  • Baked apple sprinkled with cinnamon (80 calories)
  • 1/2 can pumpkin with Splenda and sprinkled with cinnamon (40 calories, and ) it tastes like pumpkin pie!)
  • Root beer float made with diet root beer and 1/2 cup nonfat vanilla ice cream/frozen yogurt (90-120 calories)
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce with 2 tbsp. sugar-free maple syrup (60 calories)
  • 1/4 cup raisins sprinkled with Equal and cinnamon (110 calories)
  • Frozen fruit popsicle (70-100 calories, depending on brand)

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