You don’t have to be on the Weight Watchers diet program to enjoy their amazing ice cream makeovers. Under their Smart Ones product line, their ice cream sundaes are decadent stunners.
My favorite (and my husband’s) is the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough sundae at 170 calories, 3 grams of fat and no trans fat.
A very welcome new addition to the ice cream sundae product line discovered on my last restocking trip to the supermarket was the Peanut Butter Cup sundae with the world’s tiniest peanut butter cups sprinkled on top — they are the cutest things! Both of these flavors are fantastic substitutes for past Ben And Jerry’s favorites in the same flavors at a fraction of the fat and calories.
There’s also a Smart Ones Mocha Fudge sundae version that I hoped would be reminiscent of the Baskin Robbins Jamoca Almond Fudge, but did not measure up to that high standard. I also wasn’t as happy with the Mint Chocolate Chip sundae which was not minty enough, and the chocolate cookie base was very crumbly. That’s okay, the others are clear winners!
To get the satisfying Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream flavor, I like the Mint Chocolate Chip cup instead of the sundae at 140 calories, 3.5 grams of fat and no trans fat. By the way, pass on the cup version of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough–there’s almost no cookie dough in it, and you’ll be stuck with a cup of almost all vanilla.
To me if ice cream is not at least somewhat exotic, it’s not worth the calories. Besides for a few calories more, you get the heavenly Smart Ones Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough sundae.
Neither the Weight Watchers ice cream sundaes, nor the cups, are going to be huge portion sizes, but they are surprisingly satisfying–probably because of the cool flavors (pun intended).
With fantastic ice cream makeovers like these, it is deliciously possible to achieve healthy eating without giving up this favorite comfort food.
TIP: These Weight Watchers concoctions can be quite expensive if you get them from your traditional supermarket, even on sale.
Wal-Mart Supercenters have them at the lowest prices I have seen.
For some reason though, the Wal-Mart Supercenter stocks the ice cream sundaes with the regular Smart Ones meals in entrees, and the cups in the regular ice cream section, so you won’t find them both together and might think they don’t carry the product if you didn’t know otherwise.
