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Healthy Alternatives to Sour Patch Kids

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2 healthier swaps

#1
SmartSweets

Sour Blast Buddies

Full sour-candy pucker, 3g of sugar in the entire bag.

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Per servingSwapSour Patch
Protein0g0g
Sugar3g25g
Calories110150
  • same sour-then-sweet
  • 3g sugar vs 25g
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#2
SmartSweets

Sourmelon Bites

The sour-watermelon chew with 3g of sugar per bag.

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Per servingSwapSour Patch
Protein0g0g
Sugar3g25g
Calories100150
  • sour watermelon chew
  • 3g sugar vs 25g
  • 6g fiber
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Or make it yourself

DIY10 min

Sour Frozen Grapes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups grapes
  • juice of 2 limes
  • 1 tbsp honey

Steps

  1. Toss grapes in lime and honey
  2. Spread on a tray
  3. Freeze 2 hours
  4. Eat straight from the freezer

Frequently asked

Is Sour Patch Kids healthy?
Sour Patch Kids are sugar twice over: 25g per bag, once in the chew and once in the sour coating. There's no fat or protein, so nothing slows the hit. The sour-then-sweet ritual is the whole draw, and it's now reproducible for about a tenth of the sugar.
What is a healthier alternative to Sour Patch Kids?
Our top swaps are SmartSweets Sour Blast Buddies, SmartSweets Sourmelon Bites, all with more protein or less sugar than Sour Patch Kids.

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