Make your own 100-calorie snacks

McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - One-hundred-calorie packs are some of the most popular snacks around for people who are watching their weight.

But those tiny packages get expensive, and you can have more variety if you make your own.

Want to try some of my favorites? Here you go:

2 Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut holes, cut into four pieces each: 100 calories and 5.5 fat grams

1 S'more (1˝ graham cracker squares with 10 mini marshmallows and 14 chocolate chips): 100 calories and 2.3 fat grams

11 Baked Tostitos Scoops with 2 tablespoons salsa: 100 calories and 2.2 fat grams

48 pretzel sticks: 100 calories and no fat

7 mini Oreos: 100 calories and 4.7 fat grams

13 Sweet Tarts: 100 calories and no fat

23 Skittles: 100 calories and 0.9 fat grams

26 gourmet jelly beans: 100 calories, no fat

6 dried apricots, cut into four pieces each: 100 calories and no fat

8 Ritz Bits peanut butter sandwiches: 100 calories and 5.4 fat grams

12 Twizzlers cherry bites: 100 calories and 2 fat grams

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Reach Kathy Manweiler at 316-268-6266 or kmanweiler@wichitaeagle.com.

For more Don't Say Diet recipes, visit the Alive & Well Web site at www.wichitaaliveandwell.com.

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WE'LL SLIM IT DOWN FOR YOU

Do you have a favorite food or popular recipe that you'd like to see made healthier? Send your ideas and recipes, along with a daytime phone number, to me at kmanweiler@wichitaeagle.co m or:

Don't Say Diet

c/o The Wichita Eagle

P.O. Box 820

Wichita, KS 67201

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