Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Healthy Dessert and Treat Recipe Roundup- Sweetened By Fruit Only- Most Paleo and Vegan!



I love desserts. In fact, they're some of my favorite types of foods, which is a big part of why I have an issue with the concept of SWYPO- the banning of healthy recreations of junky foods. By having a large variety of healthy dessert recipes to choose from, I am not tempted by unhealthy desserts, even though I used to be addicted to them.

My friend, Julie, is doing a sugar detox, and is off all added sweeteners, other than fruit and fruit based sweeteners, and was looking for ideas for desserts that fit those requirements, so she doesn't break and go back to eating sugar. She inspired me to compile this list of dessert recipes, all sweetened with fruit only, no white sugar or coconut sugar or honey or jaggery or stevia or fake sugars- either naturally sweet recipes, or sweetened with dates or date syrup, or apple juice concentrate. And all delicious!

These recipes are all gluten free, and the vast majority are also Paleo and vegan. I've marked which is which, so you only need to open the recipes that are relevant to you. (I am pretty sure all the recipes marked Paleo are also GAPS legal, and most are SCD legal too.)

Hope you enjoy these deliciously tasty treats!



Healthy Dessert and Treat Recipe Roundup- Sweetened By Fruit Only- Most Paleo and Vegan

Bars
Toffee Bars- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.
LarabarsGluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.
Raisin Nut Bars- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.
Date Nut Roll- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.
Mint Chocolate Bars- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free. Use date syrup as the sweetener.
Cheesecake Bars- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free. Use date syrup as the sweetener.




Cookies and Cakes
Mocha Cookies- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free. Use date syrup as the sweetener.
Buckwheat Spice Cookies- Gluten Free, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.
Apple Raisin CookiesGluten Free, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.
Banana BreadGluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.
Chocolate Buckwheat BreadGluten Free, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free. Use date syrup as the sweetener.
Chickpea Blondies- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free. Use date syrup as the sweetener.
Spiced Pumpkin Muffins- Gluten Free, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free. Use date syrup or apple juice concentrate as the sweetener.



Bites and Balls
Mint Chocolate Bites- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free. Use date syrup as the sweetener.
Banana Cake Bites- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.
Carrot Cake Bites- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.
Chocolate Balls- Gluten Free, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free. Use date syrup as the sweetener, or blend in some whole dates to taste.




Puddings, Jellos, and Ice Creams
Butternut Squash Pudding- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free. Use date syrup as the sweetener.
Strawberry Ice Cream- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Dairy Free. Use date syrup or apple juice concentrate as the sweetener.
Aquafaba Strawberry Ice Cream- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Vegan, Egg Free, Dairy Free. Use date syrup or apple juice concentrate as the sweetener.
Jello- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Egg Free, Dairy Free.
Panna Cotta- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Egg Free, Dairy Free, Vegan possible. Use date syrup as the sweetener.



Fruit
Fruit Crumble- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free. Use date syrup or apple juice concentrate as the sweetener.
Applesauce- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.
Banana Fritters- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.
Fruit Leather- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.




Other
Carob and Cocoa Covered Sprouted Almonds- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free.
"Honey" Roasted Sunflower Seeds- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free. Use date syrup as the sweetener.
Buckwheat Crispies- Gluten Free, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free. Use date syrup as the sweetener.
Cookie Dough Dip- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Vegan, Egg and Dairy Free. Use date syrup as the sweetener, and use sugar free cacao nibs or cocoa powder in place of the chocolate chips.
Strawberry Gummy Candies- Gluten Free, Grain Free, Paleo, Egg and Dairy Free.  Use date syrup or apple juice concentrate as the sweetener.


What would you add to the list? What is your favorite healthy dessert, sweetened only with fruit?

1 comment:

  1. I'm going to start with the buckwheat crispies but will bookmark this post to work my way through some of these. Great roundup!

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