Simple Food Substitutions to Cut Calories Without Eating Less: 9 Ice Cream Recommendations
Switching to a low-fat ice cream is one place where you can cut calories without eating less. A 1/2 cup serving of Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey can set you back 290 calories, 26% of the DV for total fat and 50% of the daily value of saturated fat. Haagen Dazs Cherry Vanilla provides 240 calories, 23% of the DV for total fat and 45% of the DV for saturated fat.
But switching your ice cream to low fat doesn't mean you have to give up on delicious taste. We looked through our reviews and came up with 8 delicious ice creams that have almost half the calories and much less fat as 'regular' varieties.
1. Arctic Zero Chocolate Peanut Butter. Each 1/2 cup serving provides 32 calories, no fat, 11 grams of carbohydrates which includes 9 grams of sugar, plus 4 grams of protein. The ingredients are Purified water, whey protein concentrate, whey low, dutch processed cocoa powder, xantham gum, locust bean gum, guar gum, carrageenan gum, natural peanut flavor, and salt.
2. Ben & Jerry's Light Strawberries & Cream Ice Cream. Each 1/2 cup (96 gram) serving provides 150 calories, 3.5 grams of total fat (6% of the daily value), 2.5 grams of saturated fat (12% of the DV) and 24 grams of sugar.
3. Blue Bunny No Sugar Added Reduced Fat Banana Split Ice Cream. Each 1/2 cup serving provides 120 calories, 5 grams of total fat (8% of the DV), 3.5 grams of which are saturated fat (15% of the DV), 3 grams of sugar and 7 grams of sugar alcohols.
4. Breyers Chocolate Cookies and Cream Double Churn Fat Free Ice Cream. Each 1/2 cup serving provides 110 calories, no fat and 14 grams of sugar.
5. Dreyer's LoadeD Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream. Each 1/2 cup serving provides 120 calories, 4 grams of total fat (6% of the DV), 1.5 gram of saturated fat (8% of the DV) and 13 grams of sugar.
6. Edys Slow Churned Rocky Road Light Ice Cream. Each 1/2 cup serving provides 120 calories, 4 grams of total fat (6% of the DV), 2 grams of saturated fat (10% of the DV) and 12 grams of sugars.
7. So Delicious Creamy Vanilla Dairy Free Frozen Dessert. Each 1/2 cup serving provides 130 calories, 3 grams of fat (5% of the DV), NO saturated fat and 13 grams of sugar.
8. So Delicious Dairy Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Frozen Dessert. Each 1/2 cup serving provides 140 calories, 4.5 grams of fat (7% of the DV), 1 gram of saturated fat (5% of the DV) and 13 grams of sugar.
9. Weight Watcher's Smart Ones Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sundae. Each 75 gram personal dessert worth 3 Weight Watcher's points provides 170 calories, 3 grams of fat (5% of the DV), 1.5 grams of saturated fat (7% of the DV) and 15 grams of sugar.
Have any more suggestions? Hit us up in the comments.
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I really enjoy Healthy Choice's Ice Cream sandwiches. They are only 130 calories a piece and are delicious! I think they are better than Skinny Cow's sandwiches and they are 150 cals.
I really enjoy the Ben & Jerry's frozen yogurt. The phish food flavor is very similar to the regular variety, but comes with much less guilt!
I love Ben & Jerry's Light Strawberries & Cream Ice Cream. I think the flavor is soo good, my favorite.
I'm a bit confused by the nutritional facts of the Arctic Zero "icecream." How can they claim 32 calories per serving if there are 11g of carbohydrates in each serving? (Not to mention the 4g of protein) I might contact the company as it's quite curious to me.
I do love the Edy's and Breyer's double churned light ice creams.
I've been a fan of edys slow churned ice creams since day one, but I just recently noticed something about its serving sizes. Edy's lists 1/2 cup as weighing 60g whereas regular haagen dazs ice cream's serving sice is 106g. Ignoring fat content (which I acknowledge is important), the calorie difference between the "light" edy's isn't that much more than a regular cup of haagen dazs (dependent upon flavors of course). This is more proof that you really need to read nutrition labels carefully.