Something sweet

I had some left over melted dark chocolate - like you do, and dipped some soft eating prunes in it and put them on some baking paper to set. As Delia once said "prunes and chocolate - a marriage made in heaven." I didn't believe her for years. I do now. If you could stick to 2 or 3 prunes they could be a sweet but reasonably healthy snack after dinner.

I'm trying to lose about the same amount...I have started having a skinny bar after my evening meal, they aren't huge, so I try and eat them slowly, the skinny dream salted caramel is my favourite atm.

A M&S Skyr Baked Apple yogurt. Not cheap but so worth it. I’m a SW target member having lost 5st 7lbs since joining in 2017 and still enjoy a sweet treat every day, usually a skinny bar.

My sweet lifesaver is Aero milk chocolate mousse. Only 98 calories for a decent sized tub.

i find the 70% dark chocolate is great. for me just one square satisfies the need for something sweet but stops me wanting to go for further things like a biscuit. The other things are satsumas or clementines but I find that I cant resist having 2 or 3 of those.

A meringue nest is only 50 calories and sweet, nice with a cup of tea. You could add defrosted frozen berries but they are nice as a sweet snack on their own.

A Cadburys Freddo bar is 95 calories and you can make one last quite a while even though they are fairly small at 18g.
Keep them in the freezer and suck them like a mini chocolate lolly!
For anyone on Slimming World (as I am meant to be but a bit lapsed at the moment) they are 5 syns.

How about having nothing but apples pears or berries until you lose your weight. Think yourself slim. After 2 weeks you will not think about puds any longer. It will then be Xmas and you can binge end put it all back on again!

85% dark chocolate. Very good for you too. Aldi do individual bars in a pack of five

Marshmallows are low calories and sweet - just have one or two.

My suggestion is Activia rhubarb yoghourt (other flavours available) which I find delicious and also seems to help my dodgy digestive system.

I like my dates with peanut butter.

I also enjoy something sweet at the end of a meal and have to watch calories as the drugs I take pile weight on if not careful.

We buy a 'tart', roughly once a week (either chocolate and salted caramel, cherry and almond or lemon) and cut it into 16ths. Well, Mr C does as my portion control would be rather more, er, generous.

Anyway, one tart lasts us for (obviously!) eight days and we have it with a little varying fruit (yes, I know, calories and sugar in fruit = bad but I find this does take away a later urge for the jaws to really dig in).

These may be more calories than some of the really excellent ideas here but they do make us feel as if we have had a 'pudding'.

Good luck with your diet!

Trying to lose some weight,but it is so hard this time of the year. I agree with Hilarybee the small thin plain chocolate bars from Aldi are great,they are just enough to satisfy your sweet tooth. They now do a sea salt flavour which is delicious,much nicer than it sounds.

OMG This reminds me of what my Mum used to say “have what you fancy, you’re a long time dead.” She lived to 97.

I find this post very odd.

If you seriously want to loose weight, you should cut sweet things right out of your food intake, however hard that seems.

I make my own ice cream with plant based cream, oat milk, some honey and vanilla. Delicious and lovely and light after a meal.

This time of year my favourite is a mini Xmas pud made of Belgian chocolate and crushed biscuits from Booths (no self service tills). They come in boxes of 12 and last me nearly a fortnight, unless the DGC call round. They are about 130 calories, worse than some suggestions, but one is sufficient.

I make sugar free jelly and put fresh fruit in chopped. ie raspberries or strawberries. Satifys my sugar cravings

It's a bit cold at the moment , but I partially freeze a yoghurt and enjoy eating it slowly .

I’m trying to lose half a stone also. These last few pounds are so stubborn so I’m trying to give up sugar altogether, for a while anyway. Someone gave me a good tip recently. Pour a packet of sugar free jelly crystals into a bowl and roll some washed grapes into them and coat them with the jelly crystals then put them in an ice cube tray and freeze. Once frozen they are delicious and just like sucking on a boiled sweet. Once I’ve sucked on and eaten a few my sweet cravings completely disappear 😊

Take a look at a company called FLOWER & WHITE . They have lovely treats, all under 100 calories plus free p&p on all orders

RuthT65

I’m trying to lose half a stone also. These last few pounds are so stubborn so I’m trying to give up sugar altogether, for a while anyway. Someone gave me a good tip recently. Pour a packet of sugar free jelly crystals into a bowl and roll some washed grapes into them and coat them with the jelly crystals then put them in an ice cube tray and freeze. Once frozen they are delicious and just like sucking on a boiled sweet. Once I’ve sucked on and eaten a few my sweet cravings completely disappear 😊

I have started trying some of the lovely ideas on this thread.
I may need to use some that may limit my sweet tooth.
Dates - warning!
Bought a pack of them. Lovely. So lovely, I have started eating them like sweets! Had to stop myself.

When my partner and I were doing slimming world, we had a curly wurly, 6 syns and enough to sort the sweet/chocolate craving, this is why it's allowed. Highlight of our food day!🤣

My favorite late day or afternoon snack is a sliced apple dipped in (store bought) caramel apple dip, then dipped in unsalted (or lightly salted) peanuts.

It’s sweet and crunchy, chewy and fruity. Delicious!
USA Gundy