Whipped Cream anyone?

Hold the whipped topping?  You may not need to.  The question is not whether you want it with or without the whipped topping, but which whipped topping you want.  The best choice turns out to depend on the size of the dollop.

The richness of real whipped cream can't be matched, sorry.  However, it can break the bank nutritionally, so serve this treat sparingly.  Use whipped topping to adorn already decadent deserts.  Whipped topping will also save you calories and saturated fat when it's a main ingredient in recipes like fluff pies and layered pudding deserts.  Just remember to crunch the numbers...

Which is the most de-light-ful to top your desert?

Per 2 Tbsp of the following:          Calories  Fat(g)  Saturated fat(g)  Carbohydrates(g)

Lightly sweetened whipped cream:      51         6              3.5                   0.5

Extra creamy whipped topping:           25         2                2                      2

Regular whipped topping:                   25        1.5             1.5                    2

Sugar-free whipped topping:              20          1                1                     3

Reduced-fat whipped topping:           20          1                1                     3

Fat-free whipped topping:                 15          0                 0                     3

From the April-May 2012 Issue of Taste of Home's Healthy Cooking