Anonymous wrote:This whole thread is ingredient-household nonsense. I love that you have a special dessert with your child. Trust that your child’s health benefits far more from the laughter, bond and memories of spending time with mama eating a dessert than dyes or corn syrup will harm. Eat the gummy bears and enjoy.

My DH fondest memory (in his entire life!) is walking home from preschool every day with his mama eating a full-sugar, red-dye, gas station atrocity popsicle.

Sorry you are too lazy to cook for your child. I’m an ingredient household and proud of it. Our children spend time making memories AND not eating crap. You can do both. We have a great time making and eating homemade desserts together.

This whole thread is ingredient-household nonsense. I love that you have a special dessert with your child. Trust that your child’s health benefits far more from the laughter, bond and memories of spending time with mama eating a dessert than dyes or corn syrup will harm. Eat the gummy bears and enjoy.

My DH fondest memory (in his entire life!) is walking home from preschool every day with his mama eating a full-sugar, red-dye, gas station atrocity popsicle.

Anything you bake yourself (not using vegetable oil) is going to be much much healthier than anything you buy premade. You can do a big batch of cookies that will last for a week or a sheet cake that you serve small slices of.

Also lots of good fruit as dessert ideas above.

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Anonymous wrote:Stick frozen banana chunks in the blender. Ends up creamy like ice cream. Add a little chocolate syrup or berries for variety.

We make these - tastes just like ice cream. We usually add a bit of whipped cream.

Re: the strawberries with whipped cream…you can add some chocolate chips too, even if just the minis.

My husband ads chocolate chips to yogurt but that’s hit my cup of tea.

Frozen grapes.

Homemade popsicles with seltzer, fruit shapes or gelatin.

Jello.

Frozen yogurt. (Shockingly healthy if an organic brand and plain or fruit flavored.)

Homemade chocolate covered pretzel rods.

Homemade shaved ice with real fruit syrup. Huge hit in the summer. Real snow version of it ever actually snows.

Trader Joe frozen chunks of mango or pineapple partially defrosted. Perhaps with yogurt

Chloe bars. Frozen made of fruit. Even the chocolate ones

Kiwis
New fruit of the week…Dragon, etc.
Parfait…layer fruit, vanilla yogurt, crunchy cereal in tall, narrow glasses
Pretzels and dip
Pb and j with cute cookie cutters

Bread pudding, similar to a baked French toast. Soak bread cubes in a mixture of eggs, milk, and seasonings (I like vanilla and cinnamon). Stir in seasonal additions - caramel-apple in the fall/winter, or fresh berries in the spring/summer are our favorites - and bake while you're eating dinner. Add whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Another vote for fruit with homemade whipped cream which is super easy to make and tastes way better. If you make it for a Friday night the leftover whipped will keep for the weekend.

Melt choc chips with a little butter and use it to dip strawberries

Sliced apples with a little drizzle of caramel sauce

Rice pudding — cook rice with low fat
Milk, sugar, riasins, vanilla and cinnamon. Add a tempered egg.

Heat Nutella and use to dip bananas.

Apple Brown Betty — can make with whole wheat bread if you want.

Ricotta cheese with maple syrup and cinnamon with blueberries (you could also do it like a parfait and add in something like lemon curd)

But we eat a lot of ice cream!

Mix Greek yogurt and Nutella or nut butter and honey. Freeze in ice cream bar molds. Dip in dark chocolate and roll in chopped nuts.

Core an apple. Leave the peel on. sprinkle in a few drops of lemon juice, put diced pears in the middle and bake until soft.

Make your own version of the frozen
Reese's PB and chocolate covered bananas.