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Our (not so) guilty pleasures
By Lindsay Champion
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Published Nov 17, 2016
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There’s no getting around it: Maintaining a healthy diet during the holidays is really tough. Let us help. Here are 98 sweets that will satisfy your dessert cravings…and they’re all under 100 calories. Go indulge without the guilt.
Laughing Spatula
1.
Chocolate Covered Katie
2.
Nutella Chocolate-Chip Blondies (59 calories)
When cookies and brownies collide, the result is magic.
Yammie's Noshery
3.
Double-Fudge Banana Muffins (100 calories)
Make ’em for dessert. Then eat ’em again for breakfast.
Well Plated
4.
I heart Nap Time
5.
Yammie's Noshery
6.
Zucchini Brownies (87 calories)
Shhh, these brownies are much healthier than they look.
The Skinny Fork
7.
Skinny Ms
8.
The Skinny Fork
9.
Skinny Cookies-and-Cream Pops (100 calories)
When you need that ice-cream fix, look no further.
Skinny Girl Standard
10.
Amy's Healthy Baking
11.
Raspberry Chocolate-Chip Oatmeal Cookies (100 calories)
Fruity, nutty and chocolaty in every bite.
Chocolate Covered Katie
12.
Dashing Dish
13.
No-Churn Espresso Ice Cream (35 calories)
Hmm, we think we’ll help ourselves to an extra scoop.
Sugar and Cloth
14.
Skinny Macaron Ice-Cream Sandwiches (100 calories)
The cutest little treats we ever did see.
Pop Sugar
15.
Peanut Butter and Banana Smudgies (92 calories)
What’s a “smudgy,” you ask? It involves banana, peanut butter and graham crackers, and that’s really all you need to know.
Chocolate Covered Katie
16.
Healthy Chocolate Fudge Pops (60 calories)
When a chocolate craving strikes, we’ve got you covered.
Sprinkle Some Fun
17.
Frozen Chocolate Whips (70 calories)
Oooh, it’s like airy whipped cream and decadent fudge had a baby.
Ambitious Kitchen
18.
Feasting Not Fasting
19.
Skinny Taste
20.
Grilled Peaches with Yogurt and Honey (78 calories)
Dessert doesn’t have to involve chocolate and ice cream (although it certainly never hurts).
Jessica In The Kitchen
21.
Happiness Is Homemade
22.
Double-Chocolate Zucchini Doughnuts (100 calories)
You’d never guess that these little guys are made with veggies.
Andie Mitchell
23.
Skinny Ms
24.
Recipes, Food and Cooking
25.
Amy's Healthy Baking
26.
Skinny Chocolate-Chip Pretzel Cheesecake Bars (107 calories)
OK, these have 107 calories. Call it a cheat day.
Fit Mitten kitchen
27.
Wellness Bakeries
28.
Veggie Balance
29.
Edible Cookie-Dough Bites (66 calories)
We’re suddenly nostalgic for fifth-grade sleepovers.
Top With Cinnamon
30.
Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream-Cheese Frosting (100 calories)
Double the chocolate, double the fun.
Kim's Cravings
31.
The Creative Bite
32.
Peanut Butter Truffles (100 calories)
Whoever invented this flavor combo was a damn genius.
Veggie Balance
33.
Daily Burn
34.
Strawberry-Rhubarb Thumbprint Cookies (83 calories)
Wayyy better than the store-bought version.
Wallflower Kitchen
35.
Andie Mitchell
36.
37.
Peanut Butter and Fitness
38.
Blueberry-Banana Protein Muffins (50 calories)
Satisfy your sweet tooth and load up on protein while you’re at it.
I heart eating
39.
Skinny Girl Standard
40.
Joyful Healthy Eats
41.
Style by Joules
42.
Sweet Potato Cookies (50 calories)
Meet the key to rich, healthy desserts: sweet potato.
Chocolate Covered Katie
43.
Well Plated
44.
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles (100 calories)
That sprinkle of cinnamon and sugar gets us every time.
Cafe Delites
45.
Chocolate Covered Katie
46.
Dashing Dish
47.
Peanut Butter Cup Ice-Cream Bars (50 calories)
And almost too beautiful to eat. (Eh, just kidding.)
Brooklyn Farm Girl
48.
making thyme for health
49.
iFoodreal
50.
Amy's Healthy Baking
51.
Dark-Chocolate Peppermint Mocha Truffles (22 calories)
Yesss, you can have four and still stay under 100 calories.
Eating on a Dime
52.
Best Little Nest
53.
Averie Cooks
54.
Yummy Healthy Easy
55.
Jar of Lemons
56.
Strawberry and Chia Seed Pops (53 calories)
Sweet, refreshing and healthy? This can’t be real.
Desserts with Benefits
57.
Amy's Healthy Baking
58.
Chewy Raspberry-Apple Granola Bars (100 calories)
Take them with you for an on-the-go snack.
Ambitious kitchen
59.
Desserts with Benefits
60.
Eat, Drink, Love
61.
Chocolate Covered Katie
62.
Averie Cooks
63.
Peanut Butter Chocolate-Chip Mini Blender Muffins (99 calories)
No mixing bowl required.
Averie Cooks
64.
Eat Yourself Skinny
65.
Watermelon Ice Pops (78 calories)
Hands down, the most darling dessert we’ve ever seen.
Foodie Fiasco
66.
Kitchen Meets Girl
67.
Chocolate Covered Katie
68.
Marlene Koch
69.
Well Plated
70.
Cranberry Baked Brie Puff-Pastry Bites (50 calories)
And if you have a little leftover dough, make these.
Chocolate Covered Katie
71.
Healthy Homemade Oreos (65 calories)
So much better than the ones from the grocery store.
Desserts with Benefits
72.
Chocolate Fudge Truffles (50 calories)
Top ’em with sprinkles, chocolate chips, chopped peanuts or coconut.
Kitchme
73.
Cookies-and-Cream Tortoni (23 calories)
“What’s tortoni?” you ask? It’s Italian ice cream, and you can have four of them.
Chocolate Covered Katie
74.
Chocolate-Chip Breakfast Cookies (100 calories)
Yep, we’re officially giving you permission to eat chocolate for breakfast.
75.
76.
Broiled Banana and Honey Grapefruit (100 calories)
If you want to get fancy, use a brûlée torch.
Foodie Fiasco
77.
Chocolate Covered Katie
78.
Foodie Fiasco
79.
Destination Femme
80.
Kim's Cravings
81.
Protein Pow
82.
KitchMe
83.
Laughing Spatula
84.
Daily Burn
85.
Food Faith Fitness
86.
The Roasted Root
87.
Coconut and Sweet Potato Cookies (98 calories)
Totally healthy and packed with protein.
Coffee and Quinoa
88.
Three-Ingredient Mint Meringues (100 calories)
Have you ever seen anything more beautiful?
Running With Spoons
89.
I breathe I'm Hungry
90.
I Heart Naptime
91.
Happy, Healthy, Motivated
92.
Oh She Glows
93.
Vegan and Gluten-Free Florentines (100 calories)
Oooh, we love these little lacy holiday cookies.
Skinny Ms
94.
Cantaloupe Granita (54 calories)
Pair it with a dollop of vanilla frozen yogurt if you really want to get fancy.
Skinny Ms
95.
Chocolate Covered Kate
96.
Flourless Chocolate Sugar Cookies (16 calories)
Decorate these guilt-free treats with the whole family.
Amy's Healthy Baking
97.
Well Plated
98.
Lindsay Champion
Freelance Editor
From 2015-2020 Lindsay Champion held the role of Food and Wellness Director. She continues to write for PureWow as a Freelance Editor.
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