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You should never feel guilty about indulging (Rach herself always says she doesn't have guilty pleasures, because she has "no guilt about pleasure whatsoever") — but sometimes you crave the best of both worlds. And yes, say it with us — eating healthy CAN be delish.
Our best healthy dessert recipes are here to prove it.
From healthy brownie batter (YEP, brownie batter) and a metabolism-boosting mug cake to pistachio "nice" cream and avocado chocolate mousse, we're confident we'll make you a believer if you're not totally on board yet.
1. Healthy, Raw PB Brownie Batter (made with protein powder + almond flour)
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Wellness guru Keri Glassman shares a healthy, protein-packed alternative to cookie dough. Watch her make it in the video above!
GET THE RECIPE: Healthy, Raw PB Brownie Batter (made with protein powder + almond flour)
2. Apple Nachos
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An apple a day is best eaten with drizzles of chocolate and caramel sauces, right?
GET THE RECIPE: Apple Nachos
3. Healthy, Raw, Protein Cookie Dough
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A dairy-free cookie dough? Count us in!
GET THE RECIPE: Healthy, Raw, Protein Cookie Dough
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Senior Culinary Producer Jeanette Donnarumma uses a food processor to churn out a healthy and dairy-free sub for ice cream.
GET THE RECIPE: Pistachio Nice Cream
5. Better-For-You Brownie Bites With Black Beans & Sweet Potato
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Black beans are the unsung hero of these extra fudgy brownies, and they happen to be good for you while replacing the need for all-purpose flour entirely.
GET THE RECIPE: Better-For-You Brownie Bites With Black Beans & Sweet Potato
6. 2-Ingredient Piña Colada Ice Cream
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When the "cream" is coconut milk and it still tastes delicious, you know you're doing something right.
GET THE RECIPE: 2-Ingredient Piña Colada Ice Cream
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These sweet bites also have some fat, so they are satisfying to every part of the brain.
GET THE RECIPE: Chocolate Walnut Drops
8. Metabolism-Boosting Mug Cake With Cacao
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"When you're eating this, you want to think about what it's doing for your hormones," celebrity nutritionist and Metabolism Revolution author Haylie Pomroy says. "This lowers stress hormones [and] burns belly fat."
GET THE RECIPE: Metabolism-Boosting Mug Cake With Cacao
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With coconut sugar, buckwheat flour and almond flour as substitutions, this healthy banana bread is sure to be a favorite of even the most disciplined of healthy eaters.
GET THE RECIPE: Healthy Banana Bread
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A perfect fruit-based dessert that can double as breakfast the next day.
GET THE RECIPE: Maple Roasted Pears
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Your favorite fall dessert AND a protein boost all in one.
GET THE RECIPE: Pumpkin Pie Protein Bites
12. Cucumber Granita With Watermelon
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Why have watermelon on its own when you can top it with cucumber granita and call it dessert?
GET THE RECIPE: Cucumber Granita With Watermelon
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The good fat from avocados makes this twist on the frozen treat better for you — and you don't even need an ice cream maker!
GET THE RECIPE: Avocado Ice Cream
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The filling has all the good stuff anyway, right?
GET THE RECIPE: Crustless Pumpkin Pie
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Chef Richard Blais says First Lady Michelle Obama is a big fan of this spin on chocolate mousse. Enough said.
GET THE RECIPE: Avocado Chocolate Mousse
16. Banana Boats With Whole Grain Cereal
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Fruit, nuts and whole grain cereal — that's literally all this recipe takes. And yet it tastes like a treat.
GET THE RECIPE: Banana Boats With Whole Grain Cereal
17. Cinnamon-Dusted Apple Chips
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We don't know about you, but if you turn anything into a chip, we'll eat it. And you can even dip these in peanut butter or almond butter for your healthy fat fill.
GET THE RECIPE: Cinnamon-Dusted Apple Chips
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Call us crazy, but: this baked stuffed apple > ice cream cone.
GET THE RECIPE: Baked Stuffed Apples
19. Bruleed Bananas with Frozen Yogurt
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We have Culinary Producer Grant Melton to thank for this healthier take on a banana split.
GET THE RECIPE: Bruleed Bananas with Frozen Yogurt
20. Chocolate-Caramel Microwave Mug Cake
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There's no worrying about portion control with a single-portion mug cake.
GET THE RECIPE: Chocolate-Caramel Microwave Mug Cake
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You'd never, ever guess that these lightened-up pumpkin cupcakes only have 108 calories and only 2 grams of fat.
GET THE RECIPE: Pumpkin Pudding Cupcakes
22. Cinnamon Raisin Peanut Butter Protein Bars
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Aside from the protein boost, celeb trainer Bob Harper says oats are good for your cholesterol and chia seeds are really high in fiber — so, yep, we're making a big batch of these.
GET THE RECIPE: Cinnamon Raisin Peanut Butter Protein Bars
23. Chocolate-Coconut-Almond Protein Bites
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Senior Culinary Producer Jeanette Donnarumma's "skinny" take on her favorite candy bar disappeared before our very eyes.
GET THE RECIPE: Chocolate-Coconut-Almond Protein Bites
24. Gluten-Free, Low-Sugar Angel Food Cake (Strawberry-Shortcake Style)
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This angel food cake is made without flour or sugar (no, really) — and yet, it's still really tasty.
GET THE RECIPE: Gluten-Free, Low-Sugar Angel Food Cake (Strawberry-Shortcake Style)