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20+ Healthy Dessert Recipes

February 10, 2020 by Christy 3 Comments

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Some days call for the real deal and other times you’re just trying to satisfy that sweet tooth without going all out. While there is a time and place for both, most days there is a healthy dessert recipe that can still feel like a treat without making you feel overly stuffed and in need of a treadmill. 

This roundup has some of the the very best healthy dessert recipes on the internet! There’s chocolate, there’s strawberries, there’s a bit of everything. Most of these recipes are pretty simple so you can make a healthy dessert regularly and keep the junk food for special treats.

With Valentine’s day right around the corner whether you’re doing a galentine’s day, celebrating alone, or with a loved one, there is no denying that desserts reign on Valentine’s day. If you’re looking for a healthier, but still delicious option this is the list for you. 

Healthier Cheesecake Style Recipes

These first few recipes are cheesecake based from parfaits, to mini cheesecakes to cheesecake stuffed strawberries.

In addition to tasting good, these recipes are all great for portion control since they come in individual servings. One of the tricks to keeping healthy treats healthy is not overindulging so it’s always helpful when a recipe helps you help yourself with this!

Healthy Cheesecake Parfaits
closeup side view of cheesecake parfait
These healthy cheesecake parfaits are lightened up but absolutely delicious! They are layered with a honey, yogurt, cream cheese blend, which gets topped with berries, and a cinnamon oat crust. Plus, they’re cute and fun to eat!
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Vanilla Bean Pomegranate Mini Cheesecakes
close up picture of a pomegranate mini cheesecake
The cashew-based filling of these mini cheesecakes from Le Petit Eats is rich and creamy, and the pomegranate glaze is an easy yet festive touch. Oh, and did I mention these beauties are not only vegan but also gluten-free!
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Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
These tasty cheesecake stuffed strawberries are a healthier dessert that will actually satisfy your sweet tooth for under 100 calories per serving.
This version of cheesecake stuffed strawberries uses light cream cheese, honey, and a dusting of graham cracker. They as delicious as the original style but with half the calories. You can eat 3 or 4 of these stuffed strawberries for only 100 calories!
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Healthier Chocolate Dessert Recipes

This group of recipes is ALL about the chocolate. I mean just look at that brownie in the first picture. That’s what the deepest, darkest gluttonous dreams are made of folks, buttt, in this case, there’s no need to hold back!

Keto Coconut Flour Brownies
Stack of brownies topped with ice cream and chocolate syrup
This easy, gluten-free, Keto Coconut Flour Brownies recipe is a delightfully rich and tasty alternative to traditional brownie recipes. These include just a few ingredients that you probably have in your pantry and a few steps. Perfect for those who are looking for easy grain-free dessert recipes that do not include almond flour.
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Red Velvet Beet Cupcakes
Healthy yet tasty beet red velvet cupcakes are made with whole wheat flour and no processed sugar. They're topped off with a decadent cream cheese frosting.
These red velvet cupcakes get their coloring from beets! Not to worry though, you can’t taste the beet and using maple syrup as the sweetener perfectly masks it. They’re made with whole wheat flour and topped off with a decadent honey cream cheese frosting.
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Chocolate Pomegranate Bites
Dark chocolate pomegranate bites are a simple tasty treat to eat or give as Christmas gifts. Made to satisfy a sweet tooth for under 100 calories!
These candies are to die for! No, chocolate isn’t the definition of healthy but this recipe uses very dark chocolate, and tops each one with unsweetened coconut flakes, pomegranate arils, and pistachio crumbles, all of which elevate the flavor without adding anything else unhealthy. We’ll call this one “healthyish.”
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
Chocolate peanut butter cupcakes that are outrageously decadent and rich but made healthy with oat flour, honey, and banana and coconut cream based frosting.
These chocolate peanut butter cupcakes are a dream! They’re made with gluten free oat flour, yogurt, and peanut butter and then get topped with a coconut whipped cream peanut butter frosting. Yes, they’re as divine as they sound.
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Chocolate Hummus
white bowl with chocolate hummus and strawberries
Lauren from The Schmidty Wife has a trick to get the BEST Chocolate Hummus in the world, so smooth and creamy. With just 4 simple ingredients you will have amazing chocolate hummus in no time
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Chocolate Coconut Balls
These chocolate coconut balls are made healthier with unsweetened coconut, maple syrup, and coconut oil. They're so delicious you'd never know it though!
These chocolate coconut balls are a coconut lover’s best friend. Naturally sweetened with maple syrup and then either drizzled or dipped in chocolate, they’re perfectly sweet without a sugar overload.
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Vegan Chocolate Mousse
bowl of chocolate mousse with raspberries on dark background
This vegan Chocolate Mousse from Kroll’s Kitchen is made in the blender or food processor and contains only a few simple ingredients! Vegan Mousse will be your new favorite healthy dessert!
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Avocado Chocolate Truffles
Creamy chocolate truffles are made healthier with a secret ingredient - avocado! You can't taste it at all, but will reap all the health benefits.
If you haven’t tried blending chocolate and avocado yet, its something you really need to look into! Luckily, these chocolate truffles are the perfect way to do it. The avocado adds creaminess and works as the prefect medium for the chocolate.
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Vegan Chocolate Fudge
Stack of squares of fudge topped with sea salt
Wonderfully sweet, delightfully gooey, this is without question the best chocolate fudge recipe made without condensed milk (and sugar!) you’re ever going to have! You can feel free to indulge yourself with this vegan fudge without any guilt or second guessing.
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Raspberry Molten Lava Cakes
raspberry filled chocolate lava cake with filling spilling out of the center
These raspberry molten lava cakes make the perfect Valentine’s Day dessert for two and can be made gluten-free, 100% whole grain or with all-purpose flour. The raspberry filling pairs perfectly with the chocolate!
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Healthier Fruit Based Recipes

This group of recipes is centered around fruit. While fruit is technically nature’s candy, sometimes it needs some dressing up to feel truly decadent. Between banana coconut ice cream, pears and strawberries, you can get a serving of fruit right along side your dessert. Yes please!

Honey Almond Baked Pears
These baked pears with honey and almonds are the perfect healthy dessert for the holidays with cranberries and a nutty crunch all for 200 calories!
These baked pears are stuffed with cranberries, honey, sliced almonds, and spices and then roasted to perfection. They’re perfectly healthy on their own but adding ice cream elevates them a decadent crowd pleaser!
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Pina Colada Banana “Nice cream” Cream
two bowls of banana ice cream with bananas and tin of ice cream
Since this banana ice cream uses frozen bananas and coconut milk as the base, it is plenty rich and you won’t miss the dairy! Toasted coconut and coconut extract elevate the coconut flavor and turn this into an instant favorite.
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Paleo Chocolate Fruit Pizza
chocolate pizza topped with berries on white background
This chocolate fruit pizza from Joy Food Sunshine has a brownie cookie crust that you wouldn’t even know is paleo from the taste. It’s a decadent yet healthy dessert recipe that is entirely gluten-free & dairy-free without refined sugar!
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Instant Pot Tapioca Pudding
hands holding two servings of tapioca pudding with mango
This tapioca pudding from The Belly Rules the Mind is complete game changer. Not only is it made in the Instant Pot, but it’s naturally sweetened with no refined sugar. It does not require continuous stirring and avoids sticky bottom pots and it cooks in just 10 mins with only 5 ingredients. It’s portion controlled, vegan, gluten-free and paleo. Need we say anything more, this is a must try!
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Coconut Chia Pudding
Coconut chia pudding that will make you rethink chia seeds altogether! Its so rich and delicious, you won't believe that its made with natural ingredients.
Made with rich, creamy coconut milk and topped with mango and candied toasted coconut, this chia pudding is simply the best. Using light coconut milk and natural sweetener helps lighten the recipe up without losing any flavor. It’s naturally vegan, gluten free and loved by one and all!
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Watermelon Popsicles
pink popsicle with watermelon in background
Watermelon popsicles aren’t just for kids, we eat them too! That being said, Kids LOVE these things and think they’re a special treat when really, they’re just blended up watermelon, lime, yogurt, and a touch of honey.
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Rose Petal Chocolate Covered Strawberries
stack of chocolate dipped strawberries dusted with crushed rose petal on a white background
Make your next special occasion a little more elegant with these edible rose petal dusted chocolate dipped strawberries from Emily Kyle Nutrition. They’re vegan, gluten-free, and ready in less than 5 minutes!
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What is your favorite way to make desserts healthier?

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  1. Carina Chiara says

    June 15, 2020

    These recipes are really good and easy to cook. Thanks for sharing

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  2. Taylor Rachel says

    June 9, 2020

    Wow, amazing recipes.

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  3. Fitoru Fitness says

    May 7, 2020

    I have not tried dieting yet. At the moment I like to cook and eat and enjoy life.

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