Do you think healthy snacks and desserts that taste amazing aren’t possible? These 19 easy to make recipes will prove you wrong!

Do you wonder if there really are such a things as healthy snacks and desserts? Well, beyond the carrot sticks or peanut-butter-and-apple type snacks. Oh, and our family’s favorite to laugh at: fresh fruit as “dessert.” I’m glad for those who feel satisfied with an orange as dessert but that will never cut it in our household, ha!

And while I think that all food – including snacks and sweets – should be enjoyed in moderation, I do think that we as a culture enjoy those things a bit too often. A sustainable healthy lifestyle includes all the things that make life enjoyable (~~including~~ especially chocolate!) but not all. the. time.

So limiting snacks to once a day while using portion control (see some portion control tips & tricks here), and keeping desserts to once a week and special occasions (to keep them special) is as key to keeping them healthy as are the ingredients.

What’s the point of healthy snacks and desserts, then, if we limit them – can’t we eat whatever, then? Well, to a point, maybe. If desserts really are special, there’s nothing wrong with enjoying lava cakes a couple times a year, or serving an amazing lemon-berry cake for Easter. But if you’re wanting them weekly, why not incorporate some good things in there? If your kids want cookies for lunch, make them the best you can. And let’s give our bodies snacks that will actually fuel it and provide need nutrients to give us energy. That is, after all, the reason for a snack, right?