10 Breakfast Foods With as Much Sugar as a Candy Bar

 

Yoplait Light Fruit-Flavored: 100 calories, 14g sugar
Sugar Equivalent: 9 Gobstoppers
Healthy Swap: Try Greek yogurt like Chobani or Voskos. They are naturally flavored with whole fruit and don't have added sugar.



Krispy Kreme Glazed Donut: 200 calories, 10g sugar
Sugar Equivalent: 4 packs of SweeTarts
Healthy Swap: Make a quick ham and egg scramble on an English muffin, which you can eat on the go. This provides the protein you need to start your day.



Strawberry NutriGrain: 130 calories, 12g Sugar
Sugar Equivalent: 5 packs of SweeTarts
Healthy Swap: Prepare steel cut oatmeal with a dollop of your favorite no-sugar-added strawberry jam. Pack it in a thermos and eat at your desk if you're crunched for time.



Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon PopTarts: 210 calories, 16g sugar
Sugar Equivalent: Hershey's Milk Chocolate with Almonds
Healthy Swap: Toast a piece of whole grain bread, spray with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, and sprinkle with cinnamon and Truvia. Add two scrambled eggs for a more balanced breakfast.



Frosted Mini Wheats with Skim Milk: 291 calories, 24g sugar
Sugar Equivalent: 1 Nestle Crunch bar
Healthy Swap: Try a plain bowl Shredded Wheat with skim milk and a few fresh berries for a healthier, sweeter breakfast.



Banana Berry Jamba Juice: 409 calories, 84g sugar
Sugar Equivalent: 4 Mounds bars
Healthy Swap: Make your own using plain Greek yogurt, half a banana and a few strawberries and/or blueberries. Add this to ice and a splash of skim milk in a blender, then pour in a travel mug.



Blueberry Eggos with syrup: 370 calories, 38g sugar
Sugar Equivalent: 2 Almond Joy bars
Healthy Swap: Van's Belgian blueberry frozen waffles use natural ingredients, and when you sweeten with a drizzle of honey you'll reign in the sugar. You could also try a schmear of plain fat-free cream cheese for a richer taste.



McDonald's Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait: 160 calories, 21g sugar
Sugar Equivalent: 1 Payday bar
Healthy Swap: Get a cup Chobani's or Voskos' fruit Greek yogurt and put your own homemade granola on top for a sweet, crunchy and affordable breakfast treat.



Banana Nut Otis Spunkmeyer Muffin: 458 calories, 32g sugar
Sugar Equivalent: 1 Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar
Healthy Swap: Each weekend bake enough muffins for the week. Then, pop it in the microwave for a second and enjoy a warm muffin on your way to work. 



Maple Brown Sugar Quaker Instant Oatmeal: 160 calories, 13g sugar
Sugar Equivalent: 7 Pixy Stix
Healthy Swap: Top steel cut oatmeal with 1 teaspoon of brown sugar and 1 teaspoon of 100% pure maple syrup for only 5 grams of sugar.

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