Five Sweet Treats That Won't Ruin Your Waistline

So you're on a diet, or perhaps you are just trying to follow a healthier lifestyle. Either way it may be going really well but you happen to be craving something sweet but you don't want to ruin all of your hard work! I'm going to share with you five sweet treats that I like to eat when I'm in need of a sugar fix.

Spicers of Hythe Hamper Review

We all have those family members that are tricky to buy for a Christmas, the ones who are a little fussy or perhaps have no need for anything in particular. My solution, buying them hampers. I was actually lucky enough to be sent a lovely Christmas hamper from Spicers of Hythe recently and lets say my tummy was rather grateful.

This company stock a range of luxury food hampers and gift baskets, there is something for everyone, from the cheese lover to the tea drinker, the ones with a sweet tooth to those who like a glass of wine. Being from Kent myself, I'm thrilled to be able to showcase a local business.

Worms You Can Eat…..

Worms you can eat?? No I've not been auditioning for I'm a celebrity get me out of here, I've been attempting to make jelly worms ready for a Halloween treasure hunt for the girls.

A simple procees that turns out to be a bit tricky in the end….

Ingredients

* 1 packet of jelly in your flavour of choice
* 1 sachet of gelatine
* 2 tsp of food colouring (I chose red)
* 2 tbsp whipping cream (optional)
* 1/2 pint boiled water
* 1/2 pint of cold water
* hanful of straws

Spreading a Little Festive Cheer

I'm hoping you all have a little festive spirit within you now. Some people don't and Bazooka Candy really wanted to help add a bit of sparkle to Christmas and bring on the festive cheer. To help do that some lucky people have been chosen to receive some of their delicious candy and a special Bazooka candy santa hat.

I was so pleased when a lovely package turned up for me the girls.

Unfortunately I didn't get to enjoy the sweeties like I wanted to because a certain bunch of kids managed to reach them before I did.

However I think the candy done the trick, with Santa hat on, it is definitely beginning to feel alot like Christmas.

What sweets get you in the mood for Christmas?

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Disclaimer : I was sent these sweets free of charge however all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Eyes Bigger than Belly

I'm sure you've heard the classic saying - "eyes bigger than belly", my kids have this trouble quite alot of the time annd this always seems to be the case for me at Christmas.

I don't know about any of you but we always manage to buy in enough food to feed the family for a whole month when really it is only for Christmas day and Boxing day.

The sweets that are bought, well the second lot after the first batch get eaten before Christmas, seem to last well into the new year. There is always an overload of selection boxes, probably because they are always on offer and who can resist a bargain?? So in actual fact it is normally nearer March when all the chocolates finally run out, just in time for Easter.

Then there's the turkey, it ends up being the main part of dinner for the the week following Christmas, I mean there's turkey curry, turkey soup, turkey sandwiches, the list is endless, no wonder we only tend to eat it at Christmas.

So why do we do it?? Every year I say I'm going to cut back, buy less because an awful lot ends up wasted but when I start doing the food shopping all these items just seem to sneak into my trolley without me knowing.

I'll be moaning come the new year like I always do that I've put on too much weight but of course I will just have to eat all those sweets and chocolates before I can start my diet again because otherwise they will just keep calling to me, you must have heard the food voices!!

Is it the same in your house, do you over indulge at Christmas?

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Christmas Gifts

Ok you can't deny it any longer, Christmas is coming, so it might be an idea to start the present shopping.

This is something that I almost dread every year because the cost of buying Christmas Gifts is always on the rise and the list of people that I need to buy for is forever increasing!!

So this year I was trying to think of items that I could maybe make myself, this way I could maybe make it less expensive and lets be honest, the personal touch is always better, well in my opinion it is.

For alot of people I tend to buy some sort of sweet or chocolate, normally a variety of selection box, so I thought why not make my own sweetie jars.

I managed to find a bargain on Ebay, 25 sweetie jars for just £17.

I then got myself down poundland and spent £8 on an assortment of different sweets, including the all important flying saucers and sherbert sticks.

Then came the task of filling up 25 jars with lots of sweeties, I tried to make sure that all jars had roughly the same amount in.

All that was left to do was tie some ribbon around each jar and pop a bow on them, this I had left over from last years presents so didn't cost me a penny.

So there we have it I spent the grand total of £25 which might seem like alot but when you break it down there are 25 jars so that has cost me £1 per jar, now to try and not eat all the sweets whilst I wait for Christmas to get here :)

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Bazooka Candy Flash Giveaway

Bazooka Candy are the makers of some of those classic sweets I'm sure you will remember like push pops, ring pops, mega mouth and juicy drop pops.

For those of you that don't know, every week the lovely people at Bazooka Candy run #tweetforsweets on twitter, which I'm sure you've guessed, means that you need to tweet for sweets using the hash tag.

This week Bazooka Candy decided to run the grandest #tweetforsweets competition yet. They have teamed up with a few of their favourite bloggers and allowed us to giveaway a parcel of Bazooka Candy sweeties.

All you need to do to have a chance of winning, is fill out the rafflecopter form below and make sure that you tweet for sweets!!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck everyone

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Who likes sweets??

Well last week I was asked by Bazooka candy via twitter to review some new sweets and the only answer I could give was YES!!!

When the post arrived I was very excited and intrigued, this is what I found in the envelope :

Moshi monster fruity yummy gummies. My first impression, which were confirmed by my children, were that they would definitely appeal to kids. My girls are obssessed with moshi monsters at the moment, definitely mentioned on their Christmas lists.

Well I decided to recruit the kids to help me with the taste testing seen as they know more about yummy sweets than me. Here's a little picture of them taking their first bites : 

Elise (6) said mmmmm very fruity, Freya (3) said can I have more please and Gracie (22 months) couldn't get them in her mouth quick enough.

I have to say I really enjoyed them, the mixture of gummie ones and softer ones was nice and they did have a real fruit flavour, all bit a bit sweeter than normal fruit. I think they are good for most ages as they aren't hard and the bright colours and characters definitely draw the kids in. There are plenty in the bag which is good as sometimes I'm left feeling a cheated when you buy quite a big bag and get not a lot in it. An added bonus is the little puzzle and joke on the back for the kids to have fun with. 

In conclusion I will definitely buying some more when I see them in the shops, recommended to all.

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I want candy

Well on a typically boring Friday my day was brightened by the postman ringing my doorbell. I had a delivery from Bazooka Candy as I won their #tweetforsweets competition last Friday on their twitter page @BazookaCandy. In my lovely package I received ring pops, push pops, a juicy drop pop, a big baby pop and a big baby rattlerz.

I told my daughters that they were all for mummy :-)

 I did share in the end though, kept them quiet for quite a while I must say, they all got in a lovely sticky mess.

^^^^^^ That is whats left I have a feeling they will be gone by the end of the day. ^^^^^

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