With Valentine’s Day coming up I thought I’d share a few of my favourite low carb treats. I used to have quite a sweet tooth and often craved junk food in the afternoon or after dinner. Since I’ve been eating low carb, those cravings have gone away (yay!!) but every once in a while I feel like having a bit of candy.
For everyday eating, I always recommend that people eat real, whole foods and avoid processed foods. However, there is a time and place for occasional treats.
I like the Russel Stover candies that are now sweetened at least in part by stevia. As I mentioned in Monday’s Facebook post about the Peppermint Patties, these are NOT health foods but they’re ok to have once in a while and they actually taste good! You can find these at various stores like Walmart, Shoppers Drug Mart and Bulk Barn.
Russel Stover Low Carb Candy
I also like the Smart Sweets line of products that use fruit and vegetable juice for colour, gelatin (protein) and added fibre. They are sweetened with stevia as well. There are only 5g net carbs due to the fibre content. You can buy these are Bulk Barn.
Smart Sweets Low Carb Candy
And of course, we have local chocolate from our beloved Habitual Chocolate, sweetened with Monk Fruit Sugar, a natural no-calorie sweetener. This bar has less than 2g of net carbs!
Habitual Chocolate
Enjoy!
You might also like some of my homemade treats: No-Bake Cheesecake, Cinnamon Chocolate Lava Cake and Homemade Gummies.