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Total Health

Hungry Girl: Crazy for Chocolate

By:
Lisa "Hungry Girl" Lillien

Guilt-Free Chocolate Swaps!

Crazy for chocolate? Before you bite into that fatty snack, take a look at these choco-rific swaps.

Instead of regular brownies, try:

No Pudge Brownies One brownie has 110 calories, 0 grams fat, 27 grams carbs, 1 gram fiber, 2 grams protein.

Brownies don't have to be a no-no! These fudge-y, gooey slabs of choco-liciousness beat the pants off of every other fat-free brownie I've ever tasted, and they have just 110 calories each. The key here is to bake them, then slice into individual servings. When you're craving brownies, reach for one, not the whole box. They even give you recipe tips for making just one or two servings at a time ‑- in case you can't be trusted.

Swap real chocolate pudding for:

Jell-O Sugar-Free Chocolate Pudding One pudding snack has 60 calories, 0 grams fat, 23 grams carbs, 17 grams sugar, 2 grams protein.

There's nothing quite like a self-contained single serving of delicious Jell-O pudding goodness. Jell-O's newest sugar-free version of their signature pudding has just 60 calories and no fat. These little cups are as pudding-rific as it gets!

Ditch full-fat ice cream for:

Dreyer's Grand Light Ice Cream Rich and Creamy Chocolate 1/2 cup has 110 calories, 3.5 grams fat, 2 grams saturated fat, 16 grams carbs, 11 grams sugar, 3 grams protein.

Is there any way to improve on chocolate ice cream that doesn't involve adding more sugar and more fat? I didn't think so, but the people at Dreyer's have proven me wrong! This creamy alternative has less than half the calories of most gourmet ice cream brands but the same insanely creamy taste! Simply put, this is one of my best finds ever!

Skip the Oreos, try these instead:

Nabisco Oreo Thin Crisps 100 Calorie Packs One bag has 100 calories, 2 grams fat, 20 grams carbs, 1 gram fiber, 1 gram protein.

These are absolutely brilliant. Nabisco has reduced the much-loved Oreo cookie to a lower fat, lower calorie, bite-sized version that's just as delicious as the original. In addition, they've gone one step further, breaking these wonderful little wafers into 100-calorie serving sizes, thus minimizing the risk of mindlessly shoveling thousands of calories down your gullet in one sitting. That is, unless you open another pack. Pssst... don't do that.

Hungry Girl's Freakishly Good Fat-Free Frozen Hot Chocolate

The best-ever, guilt-free frozen chocolate drink!

  • 1 packet Nestle or any other diet 25-calorie cocoa mix
  • 3 ounces hot water
  • 2 ounces 8th Continent Light vanilla soy milk
  • 1/2 ounce sugar-free Torani white chocolate or vanilla syrup
  • 2 packets Splenda
  • 1 teaspoon Hershey's Lite chocolate syrup
  • Ice
  • Fat-free Reddi-wip

Dissolve hot cocoa, chocolate syrup and Splenda in hot water. Add light soy milk and Torani syrup. Pour into blender. Add a cup of ice cubes (5 to 7). Blend on the highest speed for about 45 seconds. Pour into a tall mug. Top with a squirt of fat-free Reddi-wip!

50 to 60 calories, no fat.

For more food recommendations, go to hungry-girl.com.

 

 
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