Featuring apples, pumpkin, plums, and more, our healthy fall desserts are full of seasonal flavor.
Add a little cozy to your dessert course with these fall healthy baking recipes.
Apple-Toffee Tartlets
Refrigerated piecrust makes these fruity fall pastries a cinch.
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Cinnamon and Brown Sugar Custards
These cozy custards are made with an unexpected ingredient: carrots!
Stick with us herevegetable desserts can be just as tasty and seasonal as fall fruit ones.
Sticky-sweet molasses transforms ordinary cupcakes into a so-seasonal treat.
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Reduced-fat cream cheese and marshmallow creme keep the healthy fall dessert’s tangy frosting fluffy and light.
Sprinkle with cinnamon or cocoa powder (the latter to amplify the campfire-side flair).
No-Bake Peanut Butter Oat Bites
Seeking a last-minute healthy fall dessert recipe?
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Whip up a batch of these easyno-bakecookie balls.
These moist pumpkin bars incorporate whole wheat flour for added nutrients and fiber.
Thisfall cookierecipe calls for toasted pecans but you could easily swap in walnuts, chopped almonds, or peanuts.
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Persimmon Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Kelsey Hansen
Slices of spice cake practically scream fall.
This fall dessert recipe starts with a boxed cake mix that’s dressed up with dried fruit and spices.
Top the cake off with a cream cheese frosting flavored with vanilla.
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Fresh apples (try Braeburn) become soft and sweet when baked in a whole wheat cake batter.
Round out the warm flavors with vanilla extract and apple pie spice.
The result is a dessert bread that’s ready to be sliced and served with coffee or tea.
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Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Pies
These rich chocolate peanut butter pies are the perfect bite.
Top a rich chocolate cookie crust with creamy peanut butter mousse and finish with swirls of cocoa whipped cream.
It doesn’t get much better than that.
They get their name from the way they’re left in the oven overnight to finish cooking.
The texture is similar to a meringue with a bit of chewiness.
Crinkle Cake
Crinkle cake is a shortcut dessert made with purchased phyllo dough and vanilla custard.
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The finished fall dessert is equal parts creamy and crispy.
Finish with a sweet honey syrup before serving.
Apple Sheet Cake
This healthy fall dessert has earned rave reviews since we first published the recipe.
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White chocolate chips add the perfect amount of sweetness to the soft cookies.
Make them ahead and freeze for up to 3 months.
Apple-Cranberry Braid
A simple no-knead bread dough forms the base of this fruit-filled dessert.
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Stuff the dough with sliced apples, cranberries, and almond paste.
We’ll walk you through how to create the braided shape, including a delicious sugared almond topping.
Skip the crust and instead make these baked donuts.
A bit of yogurt in the batter adds moisture and a little extra protein.
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