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16 Healthier Recipes For Your Favorite Fall Desserts

You don't have to consume your weight in butter this holiday season.
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When autumn rolls around, there’s just no keeping us out of the kitchen.

Our cinnamon consumption increases tenfold, mugs brimming with spiced tea and hot chocolate become everyday accessories and our diet consists of ninety-percent baked goods.

And while baking is fun and fruitful, it often feels like every recipe is full of processed sugar, heaps of butter and tons of calories. Granted, that’s not a terrible thing ― but there are ways to make your favorite fall desserts a little healthier.

Make your favorite fall recipes significantly more nutritious by using more natural flours, nuts, fruit and fewer refined sugars. With these delicious swaps and substitutions, you can feed your love of baking without consuming your weight in butter.

Below, 16 healthier alternatives for your most beloved fall recipes.

1
Fall's ultimate classic, with homemade pumpkin puree and a lighter crust
Skinny Taste
Get the Skinny Pumpkin Pie recipe from Skinny Taste
2
Vegan pumpkin scones that are totally breakfast-appropriate
Hot For Food
Get the Vegan Pumpkin Scones With Maple Glaze recipe from Hot For Food
3
An alternative to pie that puts the apples front and center
How Sweet It Is
Get the Oatmeal Baked Apples With Maple Brown Butter And Toasted Hazelnuts recipe from How Sweet It Is
4
Gluten-free pumpkin whoopie pies with no refined sugar
Lemons & Basil
Get the Pumpkin Whoopie Pies recipe from Lemons & Basil
5
A decadent fudge made with just 7 simple ingredients
Oh She Glows
Get the Seductive Raw Chocolate Walnut Fudge recipe from Oh She Glows
6
A pecan pie with *gasp* no butter
The Natural Nurturer
Get the Chocolate Maple Pecan Pie recipe from The Natural Nurturer
7
Apple cinnamon muffins made with whole-wheat flour
Sally's Baking Addiction
Get the Whole Wheat Apple Cinnamon Muffins recipe from Sally's Baking Addiction
8
Hot chocolate with all of the flavor and none of the unnatural ingredients
Fit Foodie Finds
Get the Healthy Maple Sea Salt Hot Chocolate recipe from Fit Foodie Finds
9
Gluten-free apple crisp with the most incredible crumble
Cookie + Kate
Get the Healthy Gluten-Free Apple Crisp recipe from Cookie + Kate
10
Fudgy brownies you won't believe are vegan
Earthly Taste
Get the Vegan Turtle Caramel Brownies recipe from Earthly Taste
11
A low-calorie pumpkin cheesecake bar (what an oxymoron)
Chocolate Covered Katie
Get the Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars recipe from Chocolate Covered Katie
12
Toffee bites made with dates and dark chocolate
Earthly Taste
Get the Salted Chocolate Hazelnut Toffee Bites recipe from Earthly Taste
13
An energy-packed twist on fall's favorite flavor
Desserts With Benefits
Get the Healthy Pumpkin Pie Energy Bites recipe from Desserts With Benefits
14
Pumpkin cheesecake cupcakes that make greek yogurt taste like dessert
Skinny Taste
Get the Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake Yogurt Cupcakes recipe from Skinny Taste
15
A picture-perfect bark chock-full of crunchy toppings
Lemons & Basil
Get the Dark Chocolate Bark with Toasted Quinoa and Nuts recipe from Lemons & Basil
16
Moist pumpkin cake without all the fat
Amy's Healthy Baking
Get the Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting recipe from Amy's Healthy Baking

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