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Yes, You Can (and Should!) Eat Chocolate Each Day With These 100-Calorie Desserts

Jan 26 2016 - 3:35am

Go ahead and give into your chocolate cravings! Studies show that indulging a little each day can prevent you from devouring an entire bag of M&Ms. So eating these 100-calorie treats can actually help you lose weight.

Dark Chocolate Salted Caramels

These dark chocolate salted caramels [1] are made with just four ingredients: dates, sunflower seeds, dairy-free chocolate, and sea salt. One chewy square is just 60 calories.

Vegan Chocolate Mousse Cups

The best part about this 100-calorie chocolate mousse dessert [2] is the easy-to-make edible chocolate cup you serve it in!

Vegan Almond Butter Cups

Made with almond butter and maple syrup, these almond butter cups [3] are lower in calories, fat, cholesterol, and sugar than the famous store-bought peanut butter cups — just 86 calories per cup.

Chocolate Sunbutter Cups

If you need to avoid nuts, your candy dreams just came true. These chocolate cups [4] are filled with a sunflower seed and date mixture that — let me tell you — tastes even more decadent than Reese's. And you'll love that they're just 52 calories per cup.

Healthy Almond Joy

Skip the ingredients you've never heard of and make these Almond Joys [5] at home. They're under 80 calories, and so chewy and delicious.

Mint Chip Truffles

Sweet and refreshing like the classic Peppermint Patties you're craving, this Paleo-friendly treat [6] is less than 70 calories per truffle.

Chocolate-Mousse-Filled Strawberries

Would you believe that these strawberries are filled with velvety smooth chocolate mousse [7] that's completely vegan? Enjoy five strawberries for 87 calories.

No-Bake Vegan Brownies

These chewy no-bake brownies [8] are sugar-, gluten-, and dairy-free, and just 59 calories per fudgy bite.

Chocolate Raspberry Protein Balls

These decadent rose-colored gems [9] may look like chocolate truffles, but they're actually protein balls in disguise. At only 70 calories apiece, you can feel good knowing they offer three grams of protein.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Soft, chewy, and under 100 calories, these gluten-free cookies [10] are bursting with that spiced pumpkin pie flavor you crave.

Frozen Banana Pops

Made with ingredients you proably already have in your kitchen, this simple dessert-on-a-stick [11] is just 75 calories, and the perfect treat to satisfy ice cream cravings.

Warm, Flourless Chocolate Cake

Full of antioxidant-rich dark chocolate and vitamin-A-rich sweet potato, this recipe for flourless chocolate cake [12] is made in adorable individually sized ramekins, making for a perfectly portioned 96-calorie dessert.

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Pie Protein Balls

These protein balls [13] have all the warm spices you adore from a pumpkin pie, but are just 77 calories per bite.


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