Top Picks for "Healthy" Ice Cream

What better way to enjoy a hot summer afternoon than with a scoop of your favorite ice cream? However, if you’re trying to melt away any extra calories, the last thing you’ll want to do is fill your cone or cup with more sugar and fat than yummy goodness.

No fear, ice cream lovers! You can still enjoy your favorite summertime treat without the guilt of ruining a healthy diet. In a recent “Love It, Like It, Hate It” segment, I shared my top picks for better-for-you ice cream options that will help keep your figure summer-ready while leaving your taste buds happy at the same time.

The following nutrition facts are for each ½ cup serving.

LOVE IT!

Halo Top Ice Cream

• (For most) 60-90 calories; 1 gram saturated fat; 13-16 grams carbs; 5-7 grams sugar; 5 grams protein
• Ingredients include milk, cream, eggs, erythritol, prebiotic fiber, milk protein, organic cane sugar, stevia

Enlightened 'Light' Ice Cream

• (For most) 100 calories; 2 grams saturated fat; 19 grams carbs; 5-7 grams sugar; 6 grams protein 
• Ingredients include milk, milk protein, erythritol, tapioca syrup, cane sugar, monkfruit, butter, coconut oil, eggs

Trader Joe’s Light Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

• 120 calories; 1 gram saturated fat; 18 grams carbs; 6 grams sugar; 8 grams protein 
• Ingredients include nonfat milk, cream, milk protein concentrate, inulin, cane sugar, egg yolks, stevia, monkfruit

Rebel Ice Cream

• (For most) 160 calories; 9 gram saturated fat; 14 grams carbs; 0 sugar; 2 grams protein 
• Ingredients include cream, erythritol, butter, chicory root fiber, egg yolks, vegetable glycerin, milk protein isolate, monkfruit

LIKE IT!

Arctic Zero Fit Frozen Dessert 

• 35-45 calories; 0 saturated fat; 9 grams carbs; 5 grams sugar; 1 gram protein 
• Ingredients include water, cane sugar, prebiotic fiber, faba bean protein concentrate, gums, sea salt, monk fruit

Mammoth Creameries Keto Frozen Custard 

250 calories; 16 grams saturated fat; 6 grams carbs; 1 gram sugar; 2 grams protein 

Ingredients include dream, grass-fed butter, xylitol, egg yolks

HATE IT!

Arctic Zero ‘Light’ Ice Cream

• 90 calories; 1.5 grams saturated fat; 16 grams carbs; 11 grams sugar; 2 grams protein 
• Ingredients include skim milk, cane sugar, prebiotic fiber, cream, whey protein concentrate

Cado Avocado Frozen Dessert 

• 170 calories; 1.5 grams saturated fat; 18 grams carbs; 12 grams sugar; less than 1 gram protein 
• Ingredients include avocado puree, avocado oil, organic cane sugar, organic tapioca starch, sea salt, organic guar gum, organic gum acacia

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