What's your favorite budget "little treat"? (lemmy.world)

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When I want a little sweet treat I make smoothies.

My base is always frozen banana + milk + oats then do one of these:

Cinnamon + vanilla

Pumpkin + pumpkin spice+ brown sugar

Strawberries/blue berries

Cost like under a dollar to make a good cup and they are pretty filling.

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[-] notnotmike@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago

Cheap popsicles. Relatively low calories (<100 depending on the brand), take a while to eat, and are extremely cheap.

If you make your own you can drive the price and Calories even lower and drive the flavor way up.

Side note: I just learned "popsicle" is the brand name and not a term for the food. Kind of like saying Kleenex instead of tissue. I had no idea, I've just always called them popsicles.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

The British were right with their Ice Lollies!

[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

The skinny chocolate fudge pops usually hit the spot for me.

[-] ericbomb@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Hah crazy how often brands pull this off and we don't even notice.

But yeah popsicles are good! I now have good memories of making popsicles with like lemonade and strawberries in them in ice cube trays.

I should make some ice cube popsicles...

[-] franklin@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I've been enjoying these Skyr frozen yogurt pops that have only 90 calories and 7g of sugar but they're still about a dollar each which I feel is a little expensive.

[-] notnotmike@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago

Definitely make your own, if you can stomach the time. You can buy molds online for a cheap initial investment, then just water down some fruit juice.

You can also use real fruit if you don't mind a chunkier texture and own a food processor already.

[-] franklin@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

You have mecurious now if I could do the same thing with my own skyr and xanthum gum... I might have to do some experimenting.

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