If you are a last minute planner like me, this post is for you! Here are 5 fun & healthy, holiday desserts that are perfect last minute! They are all gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free, but nobody would ever guess it!
1. Cinnamon Streusel Dessert Pizza
Cinnamon streusel dessert pizza may be one of the best desserts of all time. Effortless, quick & insanely delicious, this is a treat everyone will love! Made with healthy ingredients, it’s vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar-free, but really tastes like the real deal.
2. Cranberry Bliss Bars
Cranberry Bliss Bars – a homemade version of the popular, seasonal Starbucks treat! White chocolate blondies with added dried cranberries, orange zest, and a cream cheese frosting come together to create the most delicious festive dessert! They’re also vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free (paleo-friendly), but nobody would guess it!
3. Banana Pecan Pudding
This healthy no bake banana pudding is a wholesome take on the classic treat. This recipe is made without dairy, gluten, eggs, & refined sugar but delivers on taste, texture, and satisfaction! Even my non-banana pudding loving friends enjoyed this one! I love serving them in these pretty glass dessert cups!
Festive sugar cookie cups
Festive Sugar Cookie Cups make an adorable treat for any holiday! They have an almond flour sugar cookie base, cashew butter caramel filling, and are topped with white chocolate and holiday sprinkles! They can be made vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free but nobody will ever know! (There’s a nut-free, oat flour version, too!)
4. Fudgy Mint brownies
These fudgy almond flour mint brownies are ultra decadent, easy to make, and make the perfect holiday dessert – although you’ll want them all year! Add a chocolate drizzle and crushed candy canes on top for a festive feel! These brownies are naturally gluten & refined sugar-free!
More healthy, last-minute holiday recipes to try!
- Raw vegan cinnamon rolls (erewhon copycat)
- Healthy homemade cookie butter
- Snickerdoodle marshmallows (paleo)
- Pumpkin spice infused maple syrup
- Vegan pumpkin twix bars
- Snickerdoodle Creme Pies (paleo)
- Paleo Millionaire’s shortbread bars
- Easy, Healthy Banana Pudding (vegan & paleo)
Cinnamon Streusel Dessert Pizza
Ingredients
Pizza dough
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1/4 cup tapioca flour
- 6 tbsp coconut sugar
- 6 tbsp melted coconut oil or ghee
- 1 egg room temp
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract & pinch of sea salt
Streusel filling
- 1/2 cup organic quick or old-fashioned rolled oats *See notes
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 5 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar
Frosting
- 1 cup cashews *soaked in hot water for 1 hour prior
- 3-4 tbsp canned coconut milk or cream *use the solid part from the top of the can
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch of sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Mix together the dough ingredients until dough forms. Place the dough on a piece of parchment paper and form it into a circle pizza crust. Build up the edges/crust around the pizza (almost like a stuffed crust/deep dish look). This will help keep the filling inside the pizza.
- Mix together the filling ingredients together until smooth. Add to the middle of the pizza crust, spreading it out evenly.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes until the edges are golden. Remove from the oven.
- To make the frosting, blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth. You want it to be thick like cream cheese frosting. Place it in the fridge to firm up while you wait for the pizza to cool a bit.
Serving
- You can either drizzle the pizza after it cools or you can warm up the slices when ready to eat and add the frosting then.
