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Ice Cream
Eat This: Breyers Double Churn Creamy Chocolate (1/2 cup)100 calories
3.5 g fat
13 g sugarsNot That: Dove Unconditional Chocolate (1/2 cup)290 calories
17 g fat
27 g sugarsWe couldn't find a lighter ice cream than the Breyers. Keep this is your freezer and you'll drastically blunt the damage of any potential sugar binge.Or, try one of our delicious dessert recipes!Cookies
Eat This: Late July Organic Dark Chocolate (3 cookies, 33 g)150 calories
6 g fat
9 g sugars
2 g fiberNot That: Oreo Cakesters Chocolate Creme (2 cakes, 57 g)250 calories
12 g fat
23 g sugarsWe only recommend the Oreo Cakesters if you want to try the get-fat-quick diet. Every cake packs another 125 calories into your gut. The organic cookies are short on ingredients and long on satisfying richness.More yummy dessert options.Candy
Eat This: Nestle Raisinets (1/4 cup)190 calories
8 g fat
27 g sugarsNot That: Peanut M&M’s (1/4 cup)220 calories
11 g fat
22 g sugarsRaisins are rich with flavanols, so milk-chocolate lovers can still get similar antioxidant benefits. M&M’s can’t claim that any of its sugar is natural.Opt for one of these tasty, healthy snacks.Ice Cream Sandwich
Eat This: Turkey Hill Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Sandwich (1 sandwich, 70 g)160 calories
2.5 g fat
16 g sugarsNot That: Klondike The Original(1 sandwich, 81 g)250 calories
17 g fat
18 g sugarsWhat would you do for a Klondike bar? Inject your bloodstream with nearly a pound of hamburger’s worth of saturated fat? No? Oh, okay.Start a diet and exercise plan with these fitness tips.Pudding
Eat This: Jell-O Sugar Free Dark Chocolate (1 snack, 106 g)60 calories
1.5 g fat
0 g sugarNot That: Jello-O Fat Free Chocolate (1 snack, 113 g)100 calories
0 g fat
17 g sugarsSugar is the biggest concern with yogurts and puddings, so worry less about fat and find one that’s minimally sweetened instead. Two-thirds of the calories in the fat free version come from added sugars.Do you have these healthy foods in your kitchen?Cake Mixes
Eat This: Pillsbury Moist Supreme Reduced Sugar Cake Mix Classic Yellow (43 g mix prepared)230 calories
3 g fat
10 g sugarsNot That: Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Cake Mix Classic Yellow (43 g prepared)270 calories
12 g fat
20 g sugarsReduced sugar equates to 15 percent fewer calories. “Deluxe” usually means more fat, sugar, and calories.

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