Healthy Comforting Desserts to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth

Enjoy a healthier take on desserts! We've taken our favourite comfort desserts and created healthier versions that won't compromise on flavour, so you can indulge in a sweet treat anytime! 

There’s always some room for desserts! The sweetness after the savory, the high after the filling meals, desserts are a perfect way to end any meal, and it doesn’t have to be an elaborately decorated or crafted dessert like those made in restaurants. Sometimes, a quick and easy pudding or jello can hit the spot when we’re craving something sweet and don’t want to fill up too much, especially after a big meal, and that’s a treat enough! Some of you may be wondering what the big deal is having desserts, but for those of us who always have a separate stomach for these sweet and comforting dishes, there are those days where we really need that, especially after a tough day. Like working out, or eating spicy foods, eating desserts do the same thing to our bodies chemically because most desserts usually have loads of sugar that give us that rush of endorphins. But, it’s because of this excessive amount of sugar and other empty carbs attributed to desserts that turn most people away, especially now with many modern diets that want to work on cutting down on sugar, dessert, or any other excess of “indulgence”, if you will because for many, dessert is an indulgence. Here at Natura Market, we want to turn the idea of desserts on its head, because everyone should be able to enjoy dessert without worry or stress about the sugar, empty carbs, and the crash after the sugar high is gone, so here are a few recipes of those simple, comforting desserts that you can have at the end of your day made healthy!  

Salted Caramel Fudge Brownies

Brownies is widely known and loved as one of the easier desserts anyone can make, and is perfect for those who love chocolate! To make this dish even easier, you can use Sweets From The Earth's keto brownies and just drizzle sugar free caramel syrup with some fine sea salt on top, but if you have some time to spare, and want to try your hand at an easy baking session, here’s a quick and easy recipe to make yourself a perfect batch of ooey-gooey brownie goodness! 

What You’ll Need

A fudge brownie mix of your choosing (we’re going with a sugar free option)

A pan

Parchment paper to line your pan

Sugar free caramel syrup to drizzle on top of your brownies

Fine sea salt 

Chocolate chips (optional, but it definitely adds another layer of ooey-gooey in your brownies, so definitely recommended!)  

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 F and line your pan with parchment paper

Mix the fudge brownie mix with the ingredients needed, so for this mix, we’ll need 2 eggs, and ½ stick of unsalted butter. Both of these can be swapped out depending on your diet, so instead of eggs, you can try mashed up banana, yogurt, or ground up flaxseed with water in lieu (results and taste may vary depending on these substitutions), and any kind of nut butter in lieu of the unsalted butter. (2 tablespoons should be enough for the ½ stick measurement, but add as you see fit!) If you’re adding in chocolate chips, add those in until everything is uniform!

Once the ingredients are fully mixed, pour the mixture into the pan and spread evenly throughout, by now, your oven should be all heated up and ready for you to pop in your brownies to bake! Bake for 20 minutes at 350 F, or until you can push a toothpick through and it comes away clean.

After it’s done baking, set aside to cool for 10 minutes or so. Once it’s cooled down a bit, get your sugar free caramel syrup and drizzle as much as you want along the top of your brownies. Sprinkle some fine sea salt and you’re done! 

Cut as usual and enjoy!  

Ice cream

There’s a solace in ice cream that’s unmatched, it’s probably the number one comfort dessert to have, rain or shine, in sweltering summers or even during the biting winters, there’s no wrong time to have ice cream and is the perfect way to end off a hard day of work. No more settling for the store bought kind, now you can make your own, healthier version, right in the comfort of your own home with few ingredients!

What You’ll Need

MasterMix Ice Cream Mix

2 cups of 18% or table cream 

Ice cream maker 

If you don’t have an ice cream maker, you’ll need a ziplock bag and a food processor

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, pour in the MasterMix Ice Cream Mix and 2 cups of 18% cream together. If you have an ice cream maker at your disposal, then you would add in the mix and freeze it until it’s ready to be eaten!

If you don’t have an ice cream maker, then after you mix the ingredients together, pour it within a ziplock bag, and place it in your freezer until it’s firm. Afterwards, transfer the mix to a food processor and process until the mixture flows. Transfer in a pan and keep it frozen as you would your regular ice cream and enjoy! 

Panna Cotta

Another easy and not to mention comforting dessert that you can make right in the comfort of your home; Panna Cotta! This silky, smooth, creamy pudding type dessert is the perfect thing to kick that sweet tooth craving without chomping down on loads of sugar!  

What You’ll Need

MasterMix Panna Cotta Mix

3 cups of 18% cream or coconut milk  

Cups or small glasses that you can pour the pudding in

Optional: cereal, oats, or jam to top the pudding  

Instructions

In a pot, bring the 18% cream or coconut milk to a simmer, and once it’s begun to simmer, pour in the MasterMix Panna Cotta Mix and stir gently until everything is combined. 

Once it’s all mixed, get your cups and pour the mixture into even parts within. 

Store in the fridge for a minimum of 3 hours so that it can firm up.

Optional: top with your favorite cereal, oats, or jam and enjoy!

There’s nothing better than a sweet, comforting dessert at the end of a long day, and with these easy, healthier recipes, now you can make and enjoy three comfort sweets without the excess of sugar and have leftovers to munch on when you really need it!