A Healthy Lifestyle with Dessert First
Come here for all of your healthy treats. You’ll find desserts that are sure to please your sweet tooth, but are made with good-for-you ingredients.
You’ll savor every bite of these healthy treats knowing that they were made with ingredients that are healthy alternatives to butter and sugar.
I’ve designed these treats to be undetectable as healthy by your friends and family. No one should have to give up sweets just because you’re on a diet or trying to watch your sugar intake. You make healthy choices in your day to day meals, why not also make healthy choices in your desserts?
I promise you, it is possible to enjoy your sweets even if you’re trying to eat healthy!
Pumpkin oatmeal cookies are soft and chewy and refined sugar free. These gluten free cookies are topped with a sweet cream cheese frosting, perfect for fall. It’s almost impossible to make it through the fall without having some sort of pumpkin based dessert. Whether you’re a pumpkin pie fan {Me!}, or maybe pumpkin bars {also …
Apple pie cheesecake is healthy and made with warm spices that remind you of fall. Perfect topped with vanilla ice cream or cool whip! Fall has officially made its appearance. Last week we had one random 80°F day here in Madison, which was quickly followed by a drop down to the 50’s. With all this …
I absolutely love baking with fruit, which is why you’ll find many fruit desserts here on the blog. Even though it feels like summer is winding down, there’s still time to make some of these fruit forward desserts for your next outdoor gathering. So here are fifteen of my favorite, easy fruit desserts that will …
Cheesecake stuffed strawberries are an easy patriotic dessert. Cheesecake filling and chocolate dipped strawberries are absolute perfection. Fourth of July is probably one of my favorite holidays. I love it because we celebrate my dad’s birthday {on the 3rd}. We get to go boating for 4-5 straight days. My dad’s side of the family has …
Strawberry rhubarb crumble is sweet yet tart, and the most perfect summer-time dessert. A crunchy oat crumble makes this a gluten free dessert you can’t resist! Every time summer rolls around, I can’t help but get super excited for summer-time fruit. Especially rhubarb, which seems to have such a short season. If you’re lucky enough …
Snickers Cake is a gluten free chocolate cake topped with gooey caramel, peanuts and creamy peanut butter frosting for the perfect snickers copycat cake. Snickers has always been one of my favorite candy bars. I would hunt for those in the Halloween treat basket, hoping to find a few that I could stash away for …
Gluten free chocolate cake has the most tender crumb. It practically melts in your mouth, and no one would ever guess it’s gluten free! {this post contains affiliate links} Have you ever turned your nose up at a baked good labeled gluten free? Maybe thinking that it’s going to be dry, or have a weird …
Sweet potato brownies are soft and luscious, almost like fudge. Naturally sweetened, gluten free, dairy free and super easy to make. I want to share a secret with you: I used to hate sweet potatoes. {Insert exploding head emoji}. For whatever reason, I think it was sweet potato casserole that did me in. I never …
No bake cookie dough is high in protein and a healthy snack, perfect for pre or post workouts, or an after school snack. {this post contains affiliate links} When I was younger, okay, and let’s be honest, even now, I was obsessed with eating raw cookie dough. My close friends would come over for a …
Strawberry cake is gluten free and naturally sweetened. Enjoy thick slices of dense, chewy cake bursting with fresh strawberries and white chocolate any time of the day. I feel like I’m willing the weather to make a turn towards Spring. Earlier this week I shared these lemon raspberry cheesecake bars, and now today we’re focusing …