Healthier Sweet Snacks

If you’ve got a sweet tooth the size of Texas and know that you’ve got to have a treat on a regular basis, try these sweet snacks (see below) instead of the usual candy bar or donut. They'll help quiet those sugar cravings, as well keep your diet on the healthier side.

Mini version of your favorite candy barmuesli
Chewing gum
Low fat chocolate milk
Low fat hot chocolate (made with dark chocolate)
Sugar free hard candies
Low-fat granola bars
Chai tea
Breakfast bars
Graham crackers
Whole wheat toast with fruit spread
Cinnamon raisin toast
Cereal
Muesli
Fresh pineapple
Farm stand ripe peaches!
Flavored gelatin
Flavored rice cakes
Oatmeal with cinnamon, apples, and walnuts or pecans
Low fat frozen yogurt
Fruit Popsicle
Frozen bananas
Frozen grapes
Homemade fruit smoothie
Small block of dark chocolate
Handful of homemade trail mix
Low fat whipped topping on top of strawberries
Angel food cake with a little bit of dark chocolate drizzled on top

What other healthier sweet snacks do you enjoy?

photo credit: marta 

Originally posted 2007-10-31 07:30:22. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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1 comment so far ↓
#1 James Lemoine II on 08.05.09 at 11:51 am

There are some good ideas in that list. When I start to get the munchies or crave something sweet, chewing gum works well for me, although I may go through quite a bit of gum in a bad afternoon ;)

-James

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