Thursday, February 11, 2010

Sweets for your Sweet

Hey everyone!  
Valentine's Day coming I'd like to suggest a couple sweets for your sweet.  Here are a few that caught my eye as either "fun" or exceptionally "yummy" looking.  Some came from HungryGirl.com and others I picked up along the way hither and thither.   Enjoy!


Strawberry Cheesecake Bites
8 oz package fat free cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp lemon juice
44 medium strawberries, whole
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
In a small mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice until smooth and creamy, set aside.  Using a paring knife, hollow out the top of each strawberry to a depth or approximately 3/4".  Gently fill each with cream cheese mixture using a pastry bag just slightly above the tops.  Place them on a cookie sheet as you do this.  Once all of the strawberries are filled, dip each top into the graham cracker crumbs and place back onto the cookie sheets.  Place the cookie sheets into the refrigerator and leave them for a few hours or overnight to completely chill.
4 strawberries= 1 point

Lonna's Hot Fudge Sundae

 Edy's 1/2 the Fat Double Churned Vanilla (or Choc) Ice Cream
 Hot Fudge or Chocolate Sugar Free, Fat Free cooked pudding.

Lonna makes the pudding ahead of time and puts it in portion size cups.  Then when she's ready for dessert she reheats one serving (1/2 cup) of the pudding and pours it over a serving of ice cream (1/2 cup) for a yummylicious finish to dinner. 

I don't recall the points right off-hand so you'll need to double check them, but I think it was about 3.

Goo-licious Carmel Goodness!
I selected this next one because my daughter Kari is such a fan of Rice Pudding.  It comes from HungryGirl.com and sounds like a really yummy combo. I plan to give it a go that's for sure!

Kozy Shack No Sugar Added Rice Pudding + Light or Fat Free Caramel Dip = Goo-licious Caramel Goodness

PER SERVING (1 pudding cup + 1/2 tbsp. dip): 97 calories, 1.25g fat, 147mg sodium, 17.5g carbs, 3g fiber, 9g sugars, 4g protein -- POINTS® value 1*

Rice pudding is awesome, sweet, and creamy on its own, but we like to kick things up a notch. Scoop a spoonful of thatcaramel dip we love so much onto one of your pudding cups (um, AFTER you've opened the pudding pack, of course). Swirl in said caramel goo, and eat! A-MAZING!

Butterfinger Delight
4.5 Chocolate Graham Cracker Sheets
1 (8 oz.) Container Fat Free Whipped Topping
1 (2 oz.) Butterfinger Candy Bar, crushed
1/4 Cup Hershey's Light Chocolate Syrup
1/4 Cup Smucker's Sugar Free Caramel Topping
Lay the chocolate graham cracker sheets into the bottom of an 8x8 inch pan. Mix together the whipped topping with half of the Butterfinger. Spread the cool whip mixture over the graham crackers. Drizzle both the chocolate syrup and caramel syrup on top of the whipped topping. Sprinkle the remaining half of the Butterfinger on top. Freeze for at least 4 hours.
Serves: 8
Per Serving: 146 Calories; 2g Fat (14.3% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 29g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 105mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates. WWP: 3


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