Reward yourself with an ice cream treat.
The key to a successful diet is moderation. This means if you are craving a sweet treat while trying to watch your waistline, it is acceptable to indulge yourself as long as you exercise self control. It is also important that you select low-fat versions of your treat. Low-fat options usually do not taste much different, they just contain less sugar. There are several varieties of chocolate, peanut butter ice cream that fit this profile.
Applegate Farms
Applegate farms offers many naturally sweetened, no-sugar-added ice creams created from organic products. Their chocolate peanut butter flavor contains 190 calories in one 1/2-cup serving. One serving also contains 18% of the daily recommended fat value. Of the fat in the ice cream 5 grams are saturated fat. There are 120 mg of sodium in each serving, accounting for 5% of the daily value. There are 19 grams of carbohydrates and 14 grams of sugar in a single serving of this variety.
Skinny Cow
Skinny Cow is a brand of low-fat ice cream sandwiches that come in a variety of flavors including chocolate peanut butter. Chocolate and peanut butter ice cream is swirled together and sandwiched between two chocolate cookies. One serving consisting of one sandwich contains 150 calories and 2 grams of fat. The 2 grams of fat account for 3% of the daily recommended fat intake for an individual on a 2,000-calorie diet. The sandwich also contains 30 grams of carbohydrates, which make up 10% of the daily recommended value. One serving also contains 8% of the recommended amount of calcium. One sandwich also counts for four points if you are participating in a points counting diet system.
Weight Watchers
Weight Watchers Peanut Butter Delight ice cream cup contains crunchy peanut butter pieces surrounded by a ribbon of chocolate fudge. Each pre-packaged cup contains 180 calories and 5 grams of fat, accounting for 6% of the daily recommended fat value. The cup also contains 6 grams of fiber. One cup equals five dietary points, if you are participating in a point program.
Blue Bunny
Blue Bunny's line of lifestyle option ice creams offer a variety of flavors with half the fat of regular ice cream. Their Premium Light Bunny Tracks flavor combines their signature peanut butter-filled bunnies, chocolate fudge ribbon and a peanut butter ribbon in a low-fat vanilla ice cream. One serving consisting of 1/2 cup of ice cream contains 130 calories and 5 grams of fat. There are 21 grams of carbohydrates and 13 grams of sugar per serving. Blue Bunny also features a Premium Light Peanut Butter Fudge flavor with chocolate fudge ribbons in a peanut butter ice cream that contains 130 calories and 5 grams of fat per 1/2-cup serving. There are 18 grams of carbohydrates and 10 grams of sugar in this variety.
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