Possible Ice Cream Substitute (low cal per high volumn)

[Marimaru 7]

Okay y'all (),

I've been on the hunt for the low calorie, volumn Snacks. A serving size of 6 chips in a decent calorie range just doesn't do it for me. So I'm going to share what I've found;

First of course is the SF Jello, and I've found I like it with just a little coolwhip mixed in while it's still liquid. They separate into layers when it's jelled, and it's yummy. Whilst in the store looking for SF flavored syrups I came across something called Dream Whip. It's in a box, in the jello/cake aisle. You mix it with 1/2 cup of milk, and just a little bit of vanilla, and it's kind of like coolwhip, but even less calories per serving. If you use 2% milk, it's 240 calories for the whole darn bowl (yes, I did the math, lol). I threw it in the freezer to make it cooler faster than the fridge to use, and forgot about it for a while and when I came back it was all ice cream like. Now, even though you only use 1/2 cup of milk, it whips up to 2 cups of the stuff, so it's like a pint. So you can have a whole pint of this stuff for 240 calories, whereas most of the ice creams I've found are 150 to 200something calories for a serving, which is 1/2 of a cup.

It's not cheap on the carbs, (36 for the batch) but if you only counting calories like me, you might enjoy it. For me it's a 'planned snack' because it's 240 calories if I decide I want the whole thing (division as necessary if not), and it's also planned because you have to give it a few hours to freeze.

next time I am going to try and add just a little bit of my Irish Cream SF flavored Syrup.

[Barb 0]

Sounds yummy! Thanks for sharing.

[La_madam 20]

Marimu, take that Dream Whip and whip in some sugar free chocolate pudding mix ( the powder) as you are whiping the dream whip

Its like chocolate mousse..I also will pour ornage soda over the dream whip or root beer, for a nice treat

One tastes like a dreamsicle and the other like a root beer float. Heavenly!

[Marimaru 7]

Even more ideas! Thanks!

[i2candoit 0]

I'm not banded yet, but when I was on Atkins I used sugar free Jello and 1/3 less fat Cream cheese.

It's kind of like a Jello Cheesecake.

After boiling the Water I would throw the Water in the blender, add the jello mix, let it blend a bit, add some splenda, then add the softened cream cheese. Pour into a dish and refrigerate.

My daughter and I loved it. I can't quarantee the calories though.

[Grandma9 0]

A question for i2candoit.....

Why add sugar substitute with the sugar free Jello? Isn't it sweet enough without adding the extra?

Thanks for the great idea! Sounds wonderful......and legal!

[i2candoit 0]

Actually we didn't think it was sweet enough w/out the splenda.

We just made it to taste I guess. Maybe you won't need to add any.

Good luck trying it though.