Indulge in seasonal goodness--without the guilt.
Do you fall for fall as hard as we do? There’s so much to love about the season. Autumn brings crisp air, colorful leaves, and delicious foods – like these 13 healthy versions of your favorite fall treats.
From caramel apples at the local fair to decadent lattes at the café, the flavors of fall are definitely delicious. But many of the autumn recipes we grew up with are loaded with fat, sugar, and calories. If you’re on a journey to lose weight or working to stay healthy, you may think that means you need to deprive yourself of seasonal goodies.
But don’t despair! You can still enjoy your favorite fall treats without overloading on processed food. We’ve given some of our seasonal favorites healthy makeovers, complete with nutritious clean-eating ingredients. You won’t find artificial sweeteners or refined sugar in the healthy fall treats below; instead we incorporate natural sweeteners that add the flavor you want without chemically-processed or nutrition-stripped ingredients.
For delicious fall meal ideas, check out 15 Cozy Soup Recipes for Fall and 15 Best Slow Cooker Recipes to Kick Off Fall.
1. Slow Cooker Apple Butter
Crisp fall mornings don’t feel complete without a bit of apple butter on your whole grain muffin or toast. Treat yourself to a deliciously-scented batch, which cooks in about 8-10 hours.
2. Pumpkin Raisin Oatmeal Baked Apple
The combo of pumpkin and baked apple is irresistible in this clean-eating recipe.
3. Apple Nachos Supreme
This crisp recipe offers nutrition and a whopping helping of fresh fall flavor.
4. Clean-Eating Caramel Apples
This classic fall recipe is big on taste and offers zero refined sugar. Serve these at book club meetings, get-togethers, or Halloween parties.
5. Chai Orange Latte
Indulge in the creamy goodness of this homemade latte recipe, which incorporates chai spices, natural sugar, and orange juice.
6. Skinny Chai Cookies
This spicy-sweet cookie is a yummy way to enjoy fall flavors without making your waist pumpkin-shaped.
7. Slow Cooker Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake
Baking with a slow cooker is easy as cake – er, pie. Enjoy the pumpkin spice flavor you love in a fall dessert recipe with fewer than 250 calories per serving.
8. Clean-Eating Zucchini Bread
End the local zucchini harvest with this healthier version of traditional bread recipes. We used white whole wheat flour, coconut sugar, and more to build a better zucchini bread.
9. Carrot & Zucchini Whole Grain Muffins
The whole family will enjoy this blend of spices and nutritious ingredients as a dessert, snack, or breakfast muffin.
10. Skinny Pumpkin Spiced Latte
Save your thighs and your wallet with this healthier version of that popular pricey café drink – no fancy or exotic ingredients required.
11. Homemade Cranberry Jam
Whether you spoon it onto pancakes or spread it on whole grain toast, this healthy jam recipe delivers fall taste using only natural sweeteners.
12. Cranberry Pumpkin Seed Granola
Healthy granola recipes like this one taste fab as a snack, but they’re also nutritious toppings for pancakes or plain Greek yogurt.
13. Chili-Lime Spiced Pumpkin Seeds
Put seeds leftover from carving to tasty use with healthy fall treats like this one. These seeds are flavored with hot sauce, chili powder, and fresh lime juice.
Do you have a fall treat classic you’d like to see get a healthy makeover? Let us know in the comments section below.
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