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Healthy Dessert Recipes

Easy desserts, healthy desserts, the best desserts and more!

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Looking for the best healthy dessert recipe to try? If you need a healthy dessert recipe that is quick and easy, here are a few of the best dessert recipes to try.

1. Healthy Cookie Recipes

If you're looking for an easy and healthy dessert, cookies are an obvious choice. Choose from these healthy sugar-free cookie recipes for an easy and healthy dessert that the whole family will love.

2. Tofu-based Puddings and Mousse

Use silken tofu instead of cream for a lower-calorie, low-fat and healthy dessert. Top with your favorite fruits for a bit of extra sweetness. A reader who reviewed one tofu chocolate mousse recipe gave it five stars and said it was so good, she was licking the serving cup! Here are a few healthy puddings and mousse recipes to try for a healthy dessert idea:

3. Dairy-Free Sorbet

Dairy-free fruit sorbets are an excellent choice for a healthy dessert. They are usually low in fat, or even fat-free, though they are not always sugar-free. Here are a few healthy sorbet recipes to try for a healthy dessert:
  • Fat-free Ginger Apple Sorbet Recipe (pictured)
  • Simple Strawberry Sorbet
  • Low Calorie Chocolate Sorbet
  • Sugar-free Fat-Free Healthy Banana Sorbet
  • 4. Fat-free and Low-Calorie Chocolate Brownies

    They do have a bit of sugar, but using non-fat milk powder and egg whites keeps these brownies in the healthy dessert category, as they are low in calories and fat-free.
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  • More low-calorie recipes
  • 5. Baked Fruit and Fruit Cobblers

    For a low-fat healthy dessert, try a baked fruit dish or a healthy fruit cobbler or crumble. Baked fruit is one of the best healthy desserts. Try some of these baked fruit recipes for a healthy dessert:
  • Baked Peaches with Honey and Ginger
  • Low-fat Baked Pears with Cranberries (pictured)
  • Apple Cinnamon Crisp
  • Fat-free Wine Simmered Peaches
  • Healthy Apricot Cobbler
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