[imagineaa]

I'm trying to cut back on, not eliminate, sweets. I am wondering what healthy-ish sweets you all eat!

So far I have on my list--

1. frozen banana dipped in chocolate
2. .5 milk chocolate bar
3. Italian ice
4. Fig Newtons
5. fruit garnished with strained ricotta, lightly sweetened with sugar and vanilla
6. fruit with whipped cream
7. a small amount of Nutella on whole grain toast (which is impossible to do w/o the compulsory follow up of eating dollops straight out of the jar)
8. egg-free tiramisu made with stevia (not a big fan of stevia but in this dish i like it ok)

I have healthy frozen smoothies every day for bfast so I generally don't want one for dessert at night. I'm also trying to limit dairy.

So what do you do to satisfy your sweet tooth?

 

[Kindred]

I just discovered dates and prunes are always good. Both are very sweet (in my opinion anyway).

 

[greenish]

I love the black bean brownie recipe from La Pure Mama. I make a batch, cut them up, and freeze them. Then I can take out just one or two at a time.

 

[veganmama884]

I dont often get a sweet tooth but when I do its RAGING! I make the brownies from "vegan with a vengeance". I stay away from processed stuff 99% of the time (sometimes I just give in though lol). I like cinnamon almonds too. Or an apple with cinnamon and PB.
For example tonight I would kill someone for banana cream pie BUT my hubby is working and I will make it for the weekend. I will use an oatmeal crust and my own vegan vanilla pudding and bananas so its not HORRIBLE. I think I make one banana cream pie a year so for me its all about moderation. For me all pie crusts are whole wheat or oatmeal and they are usually fruit. Mike loves blueberry.

 

[Phoenix Days]

Chocolate strawberries

I rarely ever have them, but they are so good.

 

[veganmama884]

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Originally Posted by Phoenix Days

Chocolate strawberries

I rarely ever have them, but they are so good.

yes they are.

 

[Purp]

Fresh fruit in season is always good...

 

[sequoia]

I third chocolate strawberries...

 

[fadeaway1289]

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Originally Posted by Purp

Fresh fruit in season is always good...

Especially fresh pineapple. It's like candy.

 

[Mojo]

I make popsicles out of pureed mangos. No need to add sugar, and nowhere near as messy as popsicles made with fruit juice.

You can make truffles out of dried dates and nuts, and coat them in cocoa powder, coconut, chopped nuts, graham cracker meal. This is a photo of a recipe from the book Vegan Planet that I made for my blog:

 

[imagineaa]

Good ideas!

Truffles from dates....hmmm...that sounds interesting.

 

[karenlovessnow]

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Originally Posted by Mojo

You can make truffles out of dried dates and nuts, and coat them in cocoa powder, coconut, chopped nuts, graham cracker meal. This is a photo of a recipe from the book Vegan Planet that I made for my blog:

Oh my, these look awesome...they can't be healthy.

Or maybe I am confusing healthy with fattening, lol.