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Desserts

Desserts don't have to wreck your health. With these easy and delicious heart healthy desserts recipes, you are sure to find something to please everyone!

Take a look around, and try some of these great heart healthy desserts for yourself!

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Cookies and Bars
Frozen Treats
Fruit Desserts
Pudding
  • Small plate of peppermint hot cocoa bites.
    Peppermint Hot Cocoa Cookies (no-bake)
  • Pear apple crisp on a dish, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
    Pear Apple Crisp
  • Half of a baked pear in a dish, drizzled with chocolate sauce and toasted walnuts.
    Cinnamon Baked Pears with Toasted Walnuts and Chocolate Sauce
  • Slice of coffee cake on a plate, garnished with blueberries, with another slice of cake and two cups of coffee in the background.
    Gluten Free Blueberry Coffee Cake
  • Overhead shot of cherry galette with melted ice cream on top, and a serving utensil removing a slice.
    Cherry Galette with Olive Oil Crust
  • 5 peanut butter cookies with chocolate kisses in them, on a serving plate.
    Healthier Peanut Butter Blossoms
  • Two glass dishes of cherry ice cream.
    Cherry Nice Cream with Almonds
  • Glass dish with three scoops of peach sorbet; garnished with peach slices and fresh tarragon.
    Peach Tarragon Sorbet
  • Overhead shot of a whole pie, with fresh peaches beside it.
    Fresh Peach Pie {no added sugar}
  • Small crock with prune compote inside it, garnished with small slices of orange and a cinnamon stick.
    Prune Compote with Warm Spices
  • Stack of cookies on a plate.
    Cherry Pistachio Cookies
  • Homemade cherry truffles covered with shredded coconut, stacked on a small dish. Additional dishes with truffles covered with cocoa powder and ground almonds in the background, as well as 2 cups of coffee.
    Cherry Truffles
  • Stack of 5 cookies, tied with a decorative string.
    Spiced Molasses Cookies
  • Pile of 3 popsicles lying on a dish.
    Mango Pops
  • Balls of melon in a watermelon bowl
    Melon Salad with Ginger Lime Dressing
  • Overhead image of three thumbprint cookies on a platter with strawberry jam in them
    Healthy Thumbprint Cookies
  • Dessert cup with strawberry and chocolate pudding in it.
    Chocolate Strawberry Pudding
  • A winter fruit salad shaped like a wreath, with a bowl of dip in the middle.
    Christmas Fruit Tray with Cinnamon Yogurt Dip
  • Baked apples on a plate.
    Instant Pot Baked Apples with Cinnamon and Raisins
  • Zucchini Pudding
    Cinnamon Cardamom Zucchini Pudding
  • Close up of Fudgy Mocha Black Bean Brownies
    Fudgy Mocha Black Bean Brownies
  • Sundae dish with nice cream topped with caramelized bananas and walnuts
    Banana Bread Nice Cream
  • Dessert bars stacked on a plate.
    Peanut Butter and Jelly Dessert Bars
  • Small tray with strawberries, blueberries, and white peaches arranged in the shape of an American flag.
    Red White and Blue Fruit Salad
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Cozy Winter Recipes

  • Tea in a glass mug, with thyme sprigs in it.
    Thyme Tea
  • Bowl of lentil and mushroom stew, garnished with parsley.
    Instant Pot Irish Stew with Lentils and Mushrooms
  • Bowl of white chili, garnished with sliced avocado, a lime wedge, and chopped cilantro.
    White Bean Veggie Chili
  • Overhead image of a bowl of cooked red cabbage.
    Slow Cooker Red Cabbage (German Style)
  • Pumpkin steel cut oats risotto in a heart shaped bowl, garnished with fresh sage leaves and chopped parsley.
    Slow Cooker Pumpkin Risotto with Steel Cut Oats
  • Pot of vegetable stew with soda bread dumplings.
    Vegetable Stew with Irish Soda Bread Dumplings
  • Overhead image of baked oatmeal, still in the baking pan.
    Pecan Pie Baked Oatmeal (sweetened with dates)
  • Slices of roasted acorn squash on a plate over sage pesto with pepitas.
    Sage Pesto with Pepitas on Roasted Acorn Squash

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