15 Healthier Small Batch Desserts

Dessert doesn’t always have to be filled with sugar and butter to be decadent!  Here is a collection of Healthier Small Batch Desserts, that are just as tasty as sweets for the holidays.  These easy healthy dessert recipes include everything from cakes and cookies, all the way to ice cream and frozen treats.  

Healthier Small Batch Desserts

Now that most of the major holidays are behind us (translation:  holidays that must have chocolate on the menu!), I’m switching gears and trying to indulge in desserts that are a bit healthier.

However, I’ll be back to sugar, butter, and chocolate soon.  I mean, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and there must be a chocolate dessert or two on my menu plan!

What Makes This Roundup of Dessert Recipes Healthier

• Refined Sugar Free – The desserts feature a natural sweetener like maple syrup or honey.  
• Gluten Free – My paleo flour mix that consists of almond flour, arrowroot flour, coconut flour, and tapioca flour is a delicious and allergy-friendly flour swap. 
• Oats and Seeds – Chia seeds, flax seeds, and oats make a regular appearance in these recipes.  
• Fruit, Fruit, and More Fruit – Whether it is in season or frozen, a signature ingredient in a lot of these recipes is fruit!  
• Coconut Cream – A can of unsweetened coconut milk or cream is one of my favorite dairy alternative ingredients because of its versatility.  I use it as Whipped Coconut Cream, to make Ice Cream and a butter alternative in Frosting Without Butter.  

Small Batch Healthier Cakes and Cupcakes

The easy recipes for these healthier cakes and cupcakes feature the following to make them a little on the healthy side:

• Gluten Free – Except for the Snack Cake, these sweet little cakes feature my almond flour blend or oats as the flour of choice.
• Refined Sugar Free – Honey and Maple Syrup are the featured natural sweeteners in these recipes.  

Small Batch Gluten Free Cookies

We can’t do an easy healthy dessert recipe roundup without a few cookies in the collection, right!?  Each of these cookie recipes are gluten free and made with an almond flour blend.  Chances are you won’t be able to taste the difference!

Healthier Frozen Fruit Desserts

Ice cream and popsicles are healthier when made with canned coconut milk and natural sweeteners.  And even when you eat the whole batch, you can still feel a little less guilty!

• Creamy Ice Cream – To achieve creamy dairy-free ice cream, we use a combination of canned coconut milk and coconut yogurt.  Plus fresh fruit for a bright flavor and sweetness.
• Summer Popsicles – It doesn’t get any easier when there are only 4 ingredients in your frozen treat.   

Easy and Healthy dessert recipes

I love recipe roundups because they are a great resource when you need specific dessert ideas!  And I think layering in some easy healthier dessert options throughout the year is a great way to avoid sugar burn-out.  If that is even a thing?  Maybe that’s just me … 🙂

And it doesn’t get any better when the healthier desserts are easy too!  Because, if I’m going to eat healthy, I don’t want it to be fussy.  Again, just me.

Happy healthy dessert eating friends!