Something sweet

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

A few bits of dried mango or apricots - yum!

Lots of great ideas. Thank you.
I knew I couldnt think of all of them by myself.

A red berry Solero ice cream has 97 calories. Obviously being a lolly it is sweet, but I think the calorie count makes it OK. We often have one for dessert.

Since I try to eat my main meal mid-day I don’t really eat much at night, but what I love is a spot of sugar-sweet taste to wrap up my day before I brush my teeth.

My favorite thing to eat is a sliced apple I dip in a caramel dip (for apples) but also dip the caramel tipped slices in (chopped) peanuts. Delicious!

This way I’m getting another piece of fruit, a spot of sugar and a bit more crunchy chewy satisfaction. Two out of these three are healthy. You won’t feel hungry after this.

I have three sweet treats I like to indulge in for my sweet tooth, I have Skinny bar dark chocolate and mint flavoured, I keep mine in the freezer, they are about 80 cals, I also have Harley’s no sugar jelly at 19 cals a portion and no fat Greek yogurt and lastly I have halo top ice cream lollies which start at around 80 calls, these are what my partner and I have been having and have both lost almost 2 stone each in about 3 months

I like a yoghurt or a mini ice cream like a mini magnum or a couple of chocolate digestives with a cuppa, like a lot of those above a meal doesn’t feel finished without something sweet and I d end up eating crisps etc and looking for more if I didn’t finish with a sweet something. My kids all laugh at me when I say I don’t have a sweet tooth….lol

I have a very large bag of organic dates permanently available for my sweet fix.
I was prediabetic previously and gave up sugar by carefully monitoring all products that contained more than 10g per 100g of sugar ( carbohydrates). It as an education to see so much added sugar!
However I do have a sweet tooth still to a degree and those dates and an occasional square of chocolate are sufficient now.

Mmmmm.. some nice spicy stewed eating apples or pears with a dollop of a nice yoghurt or cream... 😋 Could just eat that now.

Two pieces of Kit Kat or a Club Biscuit after dinner ....... really look forward to this treat. BUT this time of year I have usually had a mince pie with my afternoon cup of tea too

Add spices, especially to apples and plums. Cinnamon or cloves go very well with apple, or stir some dried fruit or nuts in

No, not really.
But I do like to add pastry or crumble. But I could try without.

Goes no fruit include cooked fruit? Most fruit do not need sweetening when stewed (Rhubarb is, of course, the obvious exception) But apples, pears, plums, berries, all stew and taste sweet.

Kit Kat or a Blue Riband.

Interesting and varied ideas. Just what I wanted. Thanks.

rubysong Sweet. No pun intended.

Bit odd I know but I have a trifle sponge finger, I think they are called lady fingers, for me, they are more satisfying than a small piece of chocolate and although they are sweet only have 30 calories.

Since the beginning of lockdown DH and I have 2 squares of dark chocolate each evening at 8pm. We still continue this little treat.

I have two pieces of KitKat most nights and save the other two for the following night. It seems to tell my brain that mealtime is over so I don’t snack later on.

Dates are good if you crave something sweet, two dates are about 60 calories. The taste seems to linger so you don’t need to eat more, unlike chocolate.

All good ideas. Thank you.
Yes, I have worked out if I dont have something sweet to end things with, I am still looking for something, 20 minutes later.

fancythat For me a meal never quite seems complete without something sweet at the end. We stay away from sugar as much as possible, so I make something like chocolate cake or ginger cake made with a sugar substitute that we have with a bit of cream and possibly some berries. One 8" layer lasts us four days so we're not eating much sugar substitute but we just get that bit of sweetness we need.