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I was on Showcase Minnesota yesterday making healthy kid snacks. I made Animal Crackers, Goldfish Crackers, Fruit Roll Ups and Peanut Butter Sushi. I chose to re-create pre-packaged snacks that have high fructose corn syrup and trans-fats. I still like my treats, just in a healthier way.
Click here to watch.
Yikes, I like Fudgecicles, but the ingredients are a bit scary: Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Carboxymethyl Cellulose Polysorbate, Polysorbate 8, Carrageenan, Sodium Chloride, Artificial Flavor
Try these instead. Super easy and no oven needed!
"HEALTHIFIED" FUDGE-CICLES
1 cup chocolate (or vanilla) unsweetened almond milk
2 tsp of Swerve or a drop of stevia glycerite (to desired sweetness)
3 TBS unsweetened cocoa powder
OPTIONAL: 2 oz cream cheese or coconut cream for extra creaminess!
Mix all together and place in popsicle makers. To find my favorite popsicle molds, click HERE. OR make into soft serve ice cream with this awesome ice cream maker: Yonanas 902 Ice Cream Treat Maker. Serves 4
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Fudgesicle Brand = 90 calories, 2g fat, 2g protein, 17 carbs, trace fiber
"Healthified" Fudgesicle = 19 calories, 1.4g fat, 1g protein, 2.7g carbs, 1.6g fiber (1.1 effective carbs)
"Healthified" with Cream Cheese = 69 calories, 6g fat, 2.1g protein, 3.1 carbs, 1.6 fiber (1.5 effective carbs)
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I was on Showcase Minnesota yesterday making healthy kid snacks. I made Animal Crackers, Goldfish Crackers, Fruit Roll Ups and Peanut Butter Sushi. I chose to re-create pre-packaged snacks that have high fructose corn syrup and trans-fats. I still like my treats, just in a healthier way. Click here to watch.
Yikes, I like Fudgecicles, but the ingredients are a bit scary: Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Carboxymethyl Cellulose Polysorbate, Polysorbate 8, Carrageenan, Sodium Chloride, Artificial Flavor
Try these instead. Super easy and no oven needed!
"HEALTHIFIED" FUDGE-CICLES
1 cup chocolate (or vanilla) unsweetened almond milk
2 tsp of Swerve or a drop of stevia glycerite (to desired sweetness)
3 TBS unsweetened cocoa powderOPTIONAL: 2 oz cream cheese or coconut cream for extra creaminess!
Mix all together and place in popsicle makers. To find my favorite popsicle molds, click HERE. OR make into soft serve ice cream with this awesome ice cream maker: Yonanas 902 Ice Cream Treat Maker. Serves 4
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Fudgesicle Brand = 90 calories, 2g fat, 2g protein, 17 carbs, trace fiber
"Healthified" Fudgesicle = 19 calories, 1.4g fat, 1g protein, 2.7g carbs, 1.6g fiber (1.1 effective carbs)
"Healthified" with Cream Cheese = 69 calories, 6g fat, 2.1g protein, 3.1 carbs, 1.6 fiber (1.5 effective carbs)
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No wonder Hostess Twinkies can sit in a pantry for years and never mold! Hostess Twinkies Ingredients: Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour [Flour, Reduced Iron, B Vitamins (Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate (B1)Riboflavin (B2)Folic Acid)Corn Syrup, Sugar, High...
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Whey protein can help suppress appetite. A recent study, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, found a fantastic effect when people consume whey protein before meals. In this study, the participants drank a 400 calorie beverage 90 minutes before...
- Chocolate Pb Swirl Ice Cream
Are you grabbing Weight Watcher's Ice Cream off the shelf while trying to lose weight? THINK AGAIN! Ingredients = Milk Fat and Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Fudge Revel (Maltitol Syrup, Water, Maltitol, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Butter, Nonfat Dry Milk,...
- Chocolate Eclair Dessert
This is an easy adaptation to a popular family recipe that has scary Cool-Whip and Pudding for the filling...yuck chemicals. Cool-Whip ingredients: water, hydrogenated vegetable oil, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, skim milk, light cream, and...
- Ice Cream Sandwiches And "heathy Choice" Facts
Who could use a little cooling off? I know I could! Try this recipe and shave off over 30 grams of sugar! A traditional Ice Cream sandwich has 200 calories and over 40 carbohydrates. Not to mention the TRANS-Fat and other scary ingredients in the HEALTHY...