MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

Re-discovering Fudgesicles!

I've been trying not to have ice cream in the house too much, since I'm trying to eat better/lose weight and I do love the stuff. It's too easy to eat more than 1 serving, and the kids always make themselves big bowls when it's around. So better to go out for a cone once and awhile, even though it costs so much more.

BUT, yesterday I picked up some fudgesicles on a whim at the grocery store. My mom bought these and ice cream bars a lot when I was a kid, so there's that comfort-thing going on for me with them. It was a nice treat last night, something cold and chocolatey, and it's much easier to eat 1 serving when that's all you've got on the stick. And they are only 90 calories, 1 gram of fat. There's still the high fructose corn syrup to contend with, but maybe I'll look around for a healthier brand (but I'm not doing the non-sugar-sweeteners). But for now, these are a good little treat to have when I want something sweet... small and satisfying.

And I can go back to those memories of ice cream dripping down my arm on a hot day, trying to lick fast enough to keep up with the drips. Licking the popsicle stick clean and then trying to sharpen them into pointy "knives" on the cement steps. Running through the sprinklers, scabs on my knees...