GMA’s Icy Treats For 160 Calories or Less
Looking for a nice cool treat that won’t ruin your diet? Aren’t we all?! Good Morning America put up a list of goodies that you can enjoy without feeling guilty. In fact, the treats are all 160 calories or less. I know what you are thinking - are these things any good? The great news is that GMA tested 27 kinds of frosty desserts and compiled a list of their favorites.
All that’s left for you to do is pick something up from the store and sit back and relax.
Best For 100 Calories or Less
Klondike Slim-a-Bear sandwiches - 100 calories each, $4.30/box of 6
These creamy-on-the-inside sandwiches are the poster child for portion control: we could devour one without guilty urges to rip into a second or third.
Best Real Scoop
Breyers All Natural Strawberry ice cream - 120 calories per half-cup, $5.60/1.5 quarts
“Research suggests that if you’re eating a single flavor, you’ll eat less,” says Dawn Jackson Blatner, R.D., a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. Strawberry doesn’t beg for toppings the way vanilla does, and the real fruit in it contains fiber, so that full feeling won’t melt away with your last lick.
More after the jump!
Best Fruit Bar
Trader Joe’s Caribbean Fruit Floes - 80 calories each, $2/box of 4
Thanks to chunks of real fruit, these tropical pops scale back on fat, not on size or taste. “The natural sugar will satisfy your sweet tooth, and you get 20 percent of your RDA of vitamin C,” Blatner says.
Best Mini
Dove Miniatures in cherry, chocolate, or vanilla - 60 calories each, $4/box of 16
What these itty-bitty bars lack in size, they make up for in flavor. With a rich milk-chocolate shell and decadent center (cherry’s our fave), one or two is plenty.
Best sandwiches
The Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches in vanilla and chocolate - 140 calories each, $5/package of 6
Deliciously soft (but not soggy) chocolate wafers complement a just-sweet-enough center to make this sandwich as substantial a snack as a PB&J but with about half the calories–and way more chocolaty indulgence.
Best Sorbet
Haagen-Dazs Zesty Lemon sorbet - 110 calories per half-cup, $4.30/pint
On days so hot even ice cream isn’t enough to cool you down, there’s sorbet. Testers raved over this one, which is made with real lemon juice. Comments ranged from “luscious” to “like a cold shower for my tongue.” And how’s this for a bonus: The refreshingly tart flavor kept us craving-free for hours.
Best Ice Cream Bar
Edy’s Slow-Churned Cookies ‘N Cream light ice cream bars - 150 calories each, $4/box of 6
The slow-churned filling has the texture of regular ice cream with half the fat and one-third the calories, which left us free to savor the candy-bar-like crispy rice and chocolate coating. Yum.
Best Fro-Yo
Ben & Jerry’s cherry garcia low-fat frozen yogurt -160 calories per half-cup, $4/pint
Scooper beware: This cherry bomb packs the most calories per serving of any on our list, a reminder that portion control still counts, even with foods that are billed as less fattening. But we can overlook that while we have fudge flakes melting on our tongues.
image via icecreamusa.com
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