I think you are in the right place.
Sugar made me jumpy with a peculiar energy
.I did think of your teeth too when I read your mention of caramels.
I like hearing my dentist say"" No cavities"
I think we crave sweetness to fill gaps(not in teeth) and when I eat a few chunks of mango or fresh pineapple the gaps are filled in a different way.
Price of three lovely crisp apples and a tub of good oat cereal matched up to what I used to spend on chocs and ice cream and I just feels better all over carrying my good stuff home.