We have gone low sugar for similar reasons. I don't limit fruit at all but stopped buying biscuits etc and stopped baking. There is one brand of muesli bar that I still buy that they really like and is the lowest sugar I can find.
They nagged for biscuits for a bit, but I just kept saying I forgot when I did the shopping and they would have to remind me on shopping day - then I would 'forget' again. They don't ask now.
For snacks they have fruit, cheese and crackers, kruskits, popcorn, raisins, canned fruit.
I am not fanatical about it and they eat junk at parties and had a bit with the lead up to Christmas but our day to day life doesn't include much sugar. I have some ice creams that are like mini paddle pops that they might have as a really special treat when it is hot. We get ice creams sometimes when we are out but I always get the baby size so there is only a couple of tablespoons of actual ice cream and they still consider that they have had a treat.
For breakfast mine have toast or weet-bix. I put half a teaspoon of raw sugar on it.
Lunch box is a sandwich, a yoghurt, an apple/banana/orange, muesli bar, raisins, chippies, and a fruit salad/another piece of fruit.
So basically we cut out the unnecessary extras like biscuits and baking and have smaller portions of the treats we do have.
My girls like porridge cooked with half a diced apple in it, natural sugar rather than refined.mi like to add cinnamon to mine
Cheese and crackers, Cold zucchini slice, tuna
My girls love 'everything on a plate' a selection of raw veg, fruit, cheese, cold meat, dried fruit and whatever I need to use up! They always eat a better range if they get to pick it from a platter
Air popped pop corn, I like it with Moroccan seasoning
Just from personal experience, I would go easy on the fruit. I used to think my kids went nuts on sugar, but have recently found that it doesn't have anywhere near the effect of other things that tend to come with sugar.
I would also watch grapes and dried fruit because they are very high in sugar (I banned grapes from our house).
I am sugar free and I snack on corn chips, home made dis, carrot and cucumber sticks, nuts and bread and butter.
If you don't buy the food, they will stop asking. It's so hard when they whine for it, but i just say I can't afford it because I need my money for real food. What about cold cooked sausages, cold quiche, corn thins with Vegemite, or plain yogurt and blueberries (since they are low in sugar).
We only eat a few natural sweeteners- fresh fruit, dried fruit (very minimal though) and raw honey. I also try to balance the sugar in them by making sure we have some fat at the same time.
I make honey sweetened coconut flour cakes and biscuits. Check out a lot of the paleo blogs for good recipes. Paleo also uses maple syrup which is another good sweetener as it's a whole food and has the minerals retained that help the body balance the necessary minerals needed to process the sugar.
We still go very easy on these things though. My kids get about 1/4 to 1/2 a piece of fresh fruit a day and 1 or 2 small pieces of cake.
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