Best popsicles are the ones you do because then you have 100% control over the ingredients. Pallets are quick, easy and cheap to make, and a recipe with delicious fruit flavored yogurt, homemade ice cream is always at the end of this article. The popsicles you buy at your grocery store are a type of highly processed foods, and dependence on processed rather than the whole, natural foods is what gets us into trouble in weight. For example, the palette typical list of ingredients includes a lot of hard to pronounce chemicals. This is fine from time to time and in small doses, but especially want to avoid highly processed foods with too many chemicals and other substances added to them. That said, we all have the need for snacks off the shelf “from time to time, and the purpose of this article is to help you deal better and more readily available options palette. There are lots of ice cream products low-fat/low-calorie, but be careful because most of these palettes are sweetened with sugar and / or corn syrup high in fructose. Even a little sugar can cause food cravings, become a crazy person with food, and lead to a binge. For example, eating ice cream, a seemingly harmless sugar can turn into an episode out of-control eating and they end up eating the entire box and more. So definitely pass on any ice cream made with sugar, no matter how tempting it might be induldge in choosing low calorie or low fat. Instead, always look for the phrase “no sugar added” on deck pallets of product. Many manufacturers of pallets has two variations of the same product – one that is made with caloric sweeteners and one that is not. That’s why you should not take a decision based on brand name alone. Always take the time to find the product without sugar. The next thing I want to do is enjoy scanning the ingredients list to see what substance or substances are used to artificially sweeten the product. My personal preference is to seek out those made with sucralose (Splenda) and avoid the ones made with aspartame. In my opinion, the product Splenda is a less objectionable because there are problems of unwanted side effects assocated less with it – especially for children who are receiving a lot of aspartame in diet or other diet drinks. My two “favorites” are Klondike and Edy’s, but I would not rule out the Fudgsicle / products pallets, which are made with aspartame, if that’s all you can find. 1. Klondike Slim-a-Bear 100 calories Bars – NO SUGAR ADDED (sweetened with sucralose) 2. NO SUGAR ADDED Edy’s fruit bars (sweetened with sucralose). 3. Fudgsicle no added sugar (sweetened with aspartame) 4. SUGAR FREE pallets (sweetened with aspartame) Recipe Karen Bentley Fruity Yogurt Pops (Del unsweetened Miracle Diet Cookbook – Collection C) Serves: 8Ingredients: 2 cups unsweetened Greek yogurt (low fat is fine, but Make sure there is no sugar in it. The majority of low-fat products are made with caloric sweeteners.) 2 cups frozen strawberries (a mixture of berries or dark are the best because they have more flavor) 1 / 2 cup sucralose ( Splenda) or no-calorie sweetener of your choice2 teaspoons unsweetened vanillaDirections: Get your popsicle molds and sticks ready. Or, alternatively, use four 8-ounce cups with paper liners as large toothpicks. Place the frozen fruit and sucralose in a food processor and process for 1 or 2 minutes until the fruits have a granular consistency. Stop processor. Add vanilla and yogurt. Process again until smooth and creamy consistency is reached, about 1 minute. Pour into popsicle molds. Freeze. Coma. Enjoy.