After trying the Klondike Slim-a-Bear ice cream sandwiches and Skinny Cow, I think I may have finally found the "light" ice cream bar that will save my diet from ice cream diet crashes. The 80-calorie chocolate-covered ice cream bars from Healthy Choice are surprisingly better than both. The ice cream has the least "not like ice cream" texture of the three. It is softer and creamier. And while it isn't a direct comparison since the first two were sandwiches and this is a bar, the chocolate covering of this bar was notable in that it tasted even better to me than regular, non-diet bars because it was soft and actually melted like chocolate. Regular ice cream bars' chocolate covering is usually way too waxy.

Of course, it helps that two Healthy Choice ice cream bars at 80 calories each is only a few calories more than one sandwich. I feel like I get to eat more!

I think readers have also mentioned Blue Bunny, which I haven't been able to find yet in regular grocery stores. Any suggestions of where I could find Blue Bunny in Southern California? Heck, I'd even travel from LA to SD for ice cream!

Last week, I tried the Klondike brand Slim-a-Bear Ice Cream sandwiches in my early stages of a search for a "diet" ice cream that I could include with my Spring, ahem, lifestyle change. It wasn't horrible, but the Slim-a-Bear definitely tasted like it was intended to taste - "light."

A couple of commenters recommended the Skinny Cow low fat ice cream sandwiches, which I promptly snatched up at my local market, and they were right - much better than the Slim-a-Bear. The chocolate cake part tasted about the same, but I don't think it's the sandwich part that ever really packs on the fat and calories. The ice cream part was better. It certainly didn't taste like a smooth and creamy ice cream - it had the texture of a slightly icy frozen yogurt, which is much better than the melted-refrozen airy sponge texture of the Klondike bars. At 140 calories each, not a bad "diet" treat.