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Healthy, Quick & Easy Dessert Recipes

Find quick and easy dessert recipes including easy cake, cheesecake and cookie recipes. Healthier recipes, from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell.

Red Wine Chocolate Lava Cakes

Underbaking these cakes slightly leads you to a treat with a gooey, molten center filled with chocolate and red wine—what could be better?

Red Wine Chocolate Lava Cakes

How to Make Pineapple Nice Cream

Keep frozen pineapple and mango stocked in the freezer so you can satisfy any sweets cravings without any guilt.

How to Make Pineapple Nice Cream

Apple “Donuts”

Eating clean doesn't mean skipping fun snacks—these easy 3-ingredient "donuts" are a treat you can actually feel good about eating!

Warm Chocolate Pudding

This warm pudding has a marvelous deep chocolaty flavor, but it's low in fat and super-quick to make. Don't skimp on the quality of cocoa with this one--treat yourself to the good stuff.

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Blueberries with Lemon Cream

Blending vanilla yogurt and reduced-fat cream cheese creates a topping that's as virtuous as it is delicious. Any fresh berry can be used in this recipe.

Apple Mini Fruit Pizzas

Round apple slices make a sweet, crisp, no-bake crust for these easy fruit pizzas topped with almond butter, chocolate chips and crunchy pistachios. This fun snack or healthy dessert cuts carbs from a classic cookie-crust fruit pizza.

2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream

Whir up frozen bananas into an “ice cream” without the cream! Peanut butter adds a natural swirl of flavor for a sweet and satisfying dessert with no added sugar.

Berry Dessert Nachos

Nachos for dessert? Yes! Bake cinnamon tortilla chips until crispy, then top with berries and low-fat cream topping. This easy recipe is suitable for diabetic food plans.

Fresh Fruit Salad

This refreshing fruit salad is a classic combination that will be the favorite at any potluck or cookout. Serve with a creamy yogurt dressing to take this side (or dessert) to the next level.

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Quick Mini Chocolate Cheesecakes

Chocolate Fondue

Cherries with Ricotta & Toasted Almonds

Chocolate & Banana

Microwave Desserts

The oven isn't your only option for cooking dessertyou can make a microwave dessert. Microwave desserts are ideal for many situations: when it's hot out, if you want something quick, or if you don't have access to an oven or stove. Many of these recipes microwave chocolate and combine it with sweet fruit, nuts or even pretzels for a delicious microwave dessert.

Tea-Scented Mandarins

Tropical Fruits with Pistachios & Coconut

"Cocoa-Nut" Bananas

See It, Make It: Instant Desserts

These quick desserts will pick up spirits and health with their bright flavors and nutritional benefits. Some bring a taste of the tropics, some are simply comforting, but all provide a brief winter escape.

Strawberry Chocolate Sundae

A healthy alternative to a classic sundae, this dessert is made with frozen yogurt instead of ice cream. Dress up your favorite store-bought frozen yogurt for a sweet treat that's both special and entirely simple. Though this dessert barely needs a recipe, it's as great at a dinner party as it is on the couch watching Netflix on Wednesday.

Berry Pie with Creamy Filling

This healthy pie recipe is made with fresh berries, a slimmed-down zwieback crumb crust, and a tangy yogurt filling and then served with mint sprigs and a colorful low-calorie fruit glaze.

Star-Spangled Fruit Kebabs

Cutting naturally red and white fruits into star shapes to pair on skewers with blueberries makes a fun, patriotic fruit dessert you can feel good about eating and serving to your kids. This red, white and blue fruit "salad" will be a hit at summer barbecues, especially for the Fourth of July.

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Make-It-Mine Layered Pudding Pops

The perfect treat for a hot summer day.

White Chocolate-Granola Apple Dippers

Caramel apples can contain up to 60 grams of carbs, but these apple dippers are a low-carb option. Crisp apple slices are dipped in rich white chocolate and crunchy granola resulting in a deliciously sweet treat.

Peach-Blueberry Parfaits

Layers of flavored yogurt, crunchy cereal, peach, and blueberries in a parfait glass make a quick but satisfying breakfast or snack.

Microwave Blueberry Cobbler

When you're hankering for a quick, sweet little treat, try this easy berry cobbler you microwave in a mug.

Caramel-Pretzel Apple Dippers

Caramel apples can contain up to 60 grams of carbohydrate, so try this lower-carb apple dipper option. A tasty twist on the traditional recipe, apple slices are dipped in rich white chocolate, sprinkled with crushed pretzels, and topped with a sweet caramel drizzle.

Dark Chocolate S'more Apple Dippers

You don't have to be sitting by a campfire to enjoy the taste of s'mores! Refreshing apple slices dipped in bittersweet chocolate and sprinkled with crushed graham crackers and miniature marshmallows make a delicious treat.

Maple-Pecan Apple Dippers

Caramel apples can contain up to 60 grams of carbs, but these apple dippers are a lower-carb option. These apple slices--dipped in melted butterscotch, drizzled with sweet maple syrup, and sprinkled with savory pecans--will remind you of your grandmother's pecan pie.

Strawberry Shortbread Apple Dippers

The strawberry shortbread flavor of these dipped apple slices is an unexpected treat. And unlike caramel apples, that can contain up to 60 grams of carbs, these apple dippers are a lower-carb option.

Peanut Butter-Chocolate Apple Dippers

Caramel apples are a delicious treat but can contain up to 60 grams of carbs. Satisfy your sweet craving with these lower-carb apple slices, dipped in peanut butter and sprinkled with chocolate pieces.

Dark Chocolate-Gingersnap Apple Dippers

Instead of reaching for a caramel apple that can contain up to 60 grams of carbs, make these apple dippers. They are a lower-carb option, and the combination of bold dark chocolate and crunchy gingersnaps on a crisp apple make them a perfect sweet treat.

Dark Chocolate Hummus

This dessert hummus is an unexpectedly delightful treat that still packs the protein and fiber punch of traditional hummus. Try dipping banana and apple slices, pretzels, strawberries or graham crackers in this sweet, chocolaty spread.

Cinnamon Toast and Fruit Breakfast Parfaits

The cinnamon-flavored toast cubes provide a nice alternative to granola in this fruity breakfast parfait recipe.

Marinated Strawberries

Strawberries are marinated in a sweet balsamic vinegar and mint sauce to make a perfectly refreshing topper for frozen yogurt.

Roasted Mangoes with Brown Sugar Topping

The make-ahead brown sugar topping can be chilled until baking time. Serve this dessert warm and top it with dollops of fat-free ice cream.

Blackberry-Banana Lemon Trifles

These trifles are ready in just 10-minutes, making them the perfect weeknight treat.

Grilled Angel Food Cake with Strawberry Sauce

Warm cake topped with perfectly sweet strawberry sauce, what could be better?

Coconut-Topped Bananas

A creamy peanut butter-and-yogurt layer and crunchy cornflakes in this recipe turn plain bananas into an extraordinary treat.