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How Many Weight Watchers Smart Points in Beer?

How Many Weight Watchers Smart Points in Beer?smart points in beer

If you’re headed to the pub for St. Patrick’s day, date night, or to meet a few friends for the game, you can enjoy your favorite beverage as long as you allocate points for it.
Although I’m not much of a beer fanatic, I do enjoy a diet root beer every now and again. It’s my zero point beer alternative. For everyone else. Here’s the Weight Watchers smart points in beer to help you stay in your budget.

Beer Type Fluid Ounces Smart Points
Becks Premier Light Beer 12 2
Bud Ice Beer 12 4
Bud Light Beer 12 4
Bud Light Lime Beer 12 4
Bud Light Platinum Beer 12 5
Budweiser Beer 12 5
Busch Beer 12 5
Busch Light Beer 12 4
Coors Light Beer 12 3
Coors Light Citrus Beer 12 4
Corona Extra Beer 12 5
Corona Light Beer 12 3
Coronita Extra Beer 12 3
Dos Equis XX Lager Beer 12 5
Fat Tire Draft Beer 14 6
Foster’s Beer 12 5
Guinness Beer, Draught 12 4
Heineken Lager  Premium Light Beer 12 3
Heineken Lager Beer 12 5
Heineken Light Imported Lager Beer 12 3
Keystone Light Beer 12 4
Labatt Blue Canadian Pilsner Light Beer 12 4
Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat Beer 12 5
Lone Star Light Beer 12 4
Michelob Light Beer 12 3
Michelob Ultra Light Cider Beer 12 5
Michelob Ultra Lime Cactus Light Beer 12 4
Michelob Ultra Superior LIght Beer 12 3
Miller Light Lemonade Beer 12 5
Miller Lite Beer 12 3
Miller Lite Pilsner beer 12 3
Milwaukee’s Best Light Beer 12 3
Modelo Especial Imported Beer 12 5
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer 12 4
Pilsner Urquell Beer 12 5
RedBridge Beer 12 4
Sam Adams Light Beer 12 4
Sapporo Premium Light Beer 12 3
Select 55 Premium Light Beer 12 3
Shiner Blonde Light Beer 12 3
Shiner Bock Beer 12 5
Stella Artois Premium Lager Imported Beer 12 5
Yuengling Draft beer 14 6

Smart Points in beer vary depending on brand and size of your drink. If you don’t have the smart points in beer list above handy a good rule of thumb is:

  • If it’s a light beer – allocate 3 or 4 smart points
  • If it’s  a regular, larger or premium beer – allocate 5 smart points
  • If its a draft beer and you’re getting the 14 oz size – allocate 6 smart points.

What type of beer do you like? Are you a zero smart points root beer fan like me or do you prefer a cold one? Let me know in the comments below!

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Weight Watchers Smartpoints List for Valentine’s Day Candy

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, you may be wondering what special treat would be perfect to spend your smartpoints allowance on. Smartpoints List for Valentine's Day CandyThis Weight Watchers Smartpoints list for Valentine’s Day candy might be just the thing you need to help budget your Smartpoints for the 14th!

Weight Watchers Smartpoints List for Valentine’s Day Candy

Candy Number of Pieces SmartPoints
SweeTarts Mini Gift Exchange Kit, SweeTart Hearts 1 pouch 2
Russell Stover Fine assorted chocolates 2 3
Sweetarts Candy, Hearts 14 3
Sweetarts Cherry lollipops 1 3
See’s Candies Little pops assorted hard candy treats 4 3
Reeses Peanut Butter Hearts, Friendship Exchange Packs, Valentine’s Day 1 4
Trader Joe’s Dark chocolate mini heart cookies 5 4
Russell Stover Marshmallow Heart, Dark Chocolate 1 5
Sweethearts Candies Candy hearts 1 box 6
Weight Watchers by Whitman’s Mint patties 3 6
Wonka SweeTarts Tangy Candy Gummies 14 6
Weight Watchers by Whitman’s English toffee square 3 6
Russell Stover Sugar Free Mint Patties,Chocolate 3 7
Sweetarts Cherry punch candy ropes 3 7
Sweetarts Jellybeans tangy candy 31 7
Whitmans Sampler Assorted sugar free candies 3 7
Wonka SweeTarts Hearts gummies 9 7
Nestle Turtles, Milk Chocolate, Valentine’s Day 2 7
M&M’s Chocolate Candies, Milk Chocolate, Filled Hearts 2 7
Reeses Milk Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Hearts 1 8
Russell Stover Fine Chocolates, All Dark 2 8
Sees Chocolates, Assorted 2 8
Whitman’s Premium assorted chocolates 2 8
Whitmans Sampler Assorted chocolates 3 8
York Peppermint Pattie Hearts, Dark Chocolate Covered 3 8
Elmer Candy Assorted Chocolates, Valentine’s Day 2 9
Necco Sweethearts Large Conversation Hearts 16 9
Snickers Chocolate heart 1 9
Sweethearts Sweethearts candies 40 9
Dove Truffle Hearts, Milk & Dark Chocolate, Valentine’s Day 3 10
Fannie May Solid Milk Chocolate, Hearts 5 10
Reeses Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures, Valentine’s Day 5 10
Russell Stover Caramel, in Fine Milk Chocolate 3 10
See’s Candies Mint krispys 5 10
Butterfinger Chocolates, Heart Shaped 5 10
Dove Dark Chocolate, Hearts 6 11
Dove Promises Milk Chocolate, Hearts 6 11
Ghirardelli Chocolate Solid Chocolate Squares Assortment, Valentine’s Day 4 11
Hersheys Milk Chocolate, Extra Creamy, Hearts 5 11
Pot of Gold Premium Assortment, Valentine’s Day 4 11
CVS Gold Emblem Flavored Hearts, Milk Chocolate 4 12
Russell Stover Chocolates, Assorted, Heart, Happy Valentine’s Day Rose 3 13

I was excited to discover that the Sweethearts candy box is only 6 smart points. The smaller ones are even less, although I’d have to count how many come in these little bags to say for certain.  I think that’s what I’ll be spending my smartpoints allowance on this year. What candy from the Weight Watchers Smartpoints List for Valentine’s Day Candy will make it to your house this year? Will you be brave enough to refrain all together? I’d love to hear in the comments below!

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Taco Salad Recipe for Weight Watchers Only 3 Smart Points

I’ve been working hard on this taco salad recipe. I love taco salad and a fast-food taco salad without the shell can set a gal back by up to 22 Smart Points! That’s almost my entire daily Smart Points allowance. Instead of saying no to taco salads, I decided to try my hand at creating a recipe that’s only 3 Smart Points. It’s easy to make and takes 5 minutes to cook so you can have dinner or lunch ready by the time you’re stomach starts growling.

Taco Salad Recipe

3 Weight Watchers Smart PointsTaco Salad Recipe 3 Weight Watchers Smart Points

Serves: 6 people (1/2 cup serving of taco meat mixture each)

Ingredients:

  • 16oz Jennie-O Ground Turkey, Lean, ground and brown – 15 Smart Points
  • 1⁄2 cup(s)cooked onion(s) – 0 Smart Points
  • 1⁄2 packet McCormick Seasoning Mix, Gluten-Free, Taco – 2 Points
  • 1 head(s)chopped romaine lettuce, chopped – 0 Points
  • 2 medium fresh tomatoes, chopped – 0 Points
  • 2 Tbsp fat-free salsa, optional – 0 Points
  • 1 oz fresh mozzarella cheese – 3 Points

Instructions

  1. Chop the onion
  2. Brown the ground turkey and onion
  3. Add the taco seasoning mix
  4. Mix and simmer for 1 minute
  5. While simmering, chop the lettuce and tomatoes

Serve a ½ cup of the taco meat mixture on top of a bed of lettuce and tomatoes. Add fat-free salsa and sprinkle a few pieces mozzarella cheese on top for garnish.

You can omit the cheese if you want to. The reason why I sprinkle the cheese top of the salad is because I feel like taco salad needs to have cheese. If I don’t include it, then I feel like I’m missing out. By using the cheese as a garnish, I satisfy my “need” for cheese. Because I’m not using a lot of cheese, the Smart Point value is low.

This taco salad recipe is only 3 smart points. It’s a great healthy substitute for that taco salad you just have to have.

Do you have a favorite taco salad recipe? What else would you add to my recipe? I’d love to hear about it in the comments below.