Healthy desserts. Yup, sounds like an oxymoron to me too.

I have an awful sweet tooth.  Like bad.  Seriously.  I pine away all week long waiting to sink my teeth into something gooey, sugary and sweet first thing on Saturday mornings when I wake up for my free day.  I call it my pre-breakfast breakfast.   The requirements are, but aren't limited to, chocolate, icing, containing any form of peanuts, and preferably something baked with loads of sugar that will leave me licking my fingers.  I'll search all week long for a great new recipe to satisfy my sugary urges, saving every tantalising link as I try to narrow it down. 

While I was on Pinterest searching for delectable recipes that fulfilled above mentioned requirements, I came across one for vegan cookie dough dip using chickpeas.  Mildly curious, I scanned the list of ingredients and a light bulb went off.  If it's healthy that means I can eat more of it and not feel guilty!  Yummy desserts without all the remorse or the urge to run 15k to work it off?!  Mind blown!


Cookie Dough Dip

The first Cookie Dough Dip I made called for sugar and coconut oil, and while it was good, I didn't like the fact that it had all of that in it.  Come on, where's the guilt free part?  Then I came across this little gem:

http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/09/27/new-recipe-sugar-free-cookie-dough-dip/

Katie's site has quickly become one of my favorites for healthy, low-cal recipes!  I love that she used dates to give the dip it's sweetness instead of actual sugar.  I'm a huge fan of dates so it was a win/win.  I will add though that mine did not turn out as light in color as hers. The dates caused mine to look more like a chocolate version.  Either way it still tasted delicious!


Black Bean Brownies

You read correctly.  Black Bean Brownies.  Say whaaaaaaaat?!  Three ingredients: 1 can of black beans, 1 box of brownie mix, and water.  That's it!  Simple, easy, and surprisingly so moist and delicious!  They don't taste as sweet as their usual oil and egg counterparts, but still gives you that guilty pleasure of eating something fudgey and chocolaty without the actual guilt.  Oh man, I'm going to be making these ones a lot!

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2008/06/black-bean-brownies-2-pts.html

Pumpkin Cupcakes

And lastly, my favorite one of them all, pumpkin cupcakes.  Like the above recipe, this one is also from skinnytaste.com and has minimal ingredients: 1 can of pumpkin puree, 1 box of yellow cake mix, water, and pumpkin pie spice.  I am a huge fan of pumpkin and love to eat it all year long.  Pumpkin pie, pumpkin tea, pumpkin dip with apple slices, pumpkin blizzards, pumpkin soup.  I could honestly keep going.  And these are only 1 Weight Watcher point each.  ONE!  Thank-you Universe!

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/09/pumpkin-cupcakes-with-pumpkin-spiced.html

I will add that I made mine in a mini-muffin tin and didn't use liners.  As long as the tin is greased or sprayed they'll come out fine. 

If you try any of these gems let me know how they turn out and what you think.  Happy eating.