STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Fruit usually does it for me. I like to get the pre-cut mixed fruit in the little containers. If you want something that seems more like a treat how about a frozen fruit bar? Also I love dried fruit, especially apples. I used to dehydrate my own apple slices dipped in lemon juice. Better than candy!

I have a sweet tooth, too .  I keep things like diet cream soda, 60-cal chocolate pudding cups, and fudgesicles around so I have a relatively healthy option.  Frozen grapes are also good - sweet but each one takes awhile to eat.  Sometimes for dessert I make fruit crumbles - frozen or fresh fruit with some splenda and cornstarch (if it's really juicy), topped with a combo of oatmeal, flour and spices and a little margarine or olive oil.  Baked and topped with some low-fat ice cream or froyo!

Yogurt parfaits are also yummy and healthy - FF plain or vanilla yogurt topped with defrosted mixed berries.  I usually top with a bit of (traditional) Fiber One cereal, but uncooked oats or Kashi cereal works well too.

I have such a sweet tooth too! I like the 100 calorie snacks. My favorites are the chocolate covered pretzels and the chessmen butter cookies.

Haagen Daz also makes a to die for fat free mango sorbet. It's sooooo yummy!

Well, first of all, I try to keep sweets out of my house. So if I get a craving, I have to go all the way to the store, or spend an hour baking cookies. I'm usually deterred by the effort it would take! If I'm at work I chew gum. Trident (I think) makes some with tasty goo inside, like strawberry-kiwi or something, and the flavor lasts a long time.

I also like white tea with some honey in it. It's not a substitute for a gooey brownie, but it's just sweet enough to calm me down on my must-have-sugar rampage.