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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Recipes / Dessert Recipes / 11 Healthy Holiday Dessert Ideas

11 Healthy Holiday Dessert Ideas

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

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  • Dairy Free Pumpkin Pie
  • Healthy Sweetened Condensed Milk
  • Vanilla Ice Cream
  • Dairy-Free Key Lime Pie
  • No Bake Cheesecake
  • Grain-Free Ginger Snaps
  • Grandma's Old Fashioned Molasses Gingerbread Cookies
  • Crustless Pumpkin Pie
  • Soft Batch Pumpkin Cookies

healthy holiday dessert ideas

One of the challenges of navigating Holiday fare is wisely choosing which sweets you are going to enjoy…and those that you will definitely avoid!

Whether you are hosting the celebrations this year or taking a dish or two to share, I hope some of these healthy dessert ideas can help!

I’ve made all of these recipes multiple times over the years. Several of them are passed down from my beloved Grandmother, who was an extremely gifted baker.

Some are dairy-free, some are grain-free or keto, while others are simply traditional dishes made with whole ingredients.

So, no matter your particular food philosophy, there should be at least a few ideas that work for you!

Dairy Free Pumpkin Pie

What is Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie?

This dairy-free recipe shows you how to make the best tasting pumpkin pie without that nasty evaporated milk from the supermarket!

I would highly recommend making this easy homemade graham cracker crust rather than icky store-bought brands too.

how to make dairy free pumpkin pie

Healthy Sweetened Condensed Milk

Healthy holiday eating tip: ALWAYS skip the canned sweetened condensed milk even if organic!

The ultra-heavy processing to make this stuff is highly denaturing and renders it very allergenic (fast path to the post-holiday cold).

Make this healthy sweetened condensed milk instead, which happens to be dairy-free too.

sweetened condensed milk recipe

Vanilla Ice Cream

Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream: The perfect topping for your holiday pies! And yes, ice cream CAN be healthy when you make it yourself with a whole sweetener and quality milk and cream.

homemade vanilla ice cream

Dairy-Free Key Lime Pie

This key lime pie recipe is what I always make at Thanksgiving. And, I make a BIG pan!

It’s our family’s favorite holiday pie as the key limes on our tree have come into season. This recipe tastes great with regular limes too if that is all you can find.

It is best made using this homemade chocolate cookie crust to really pop the zest of the lime.

key lime pie nondairy

No Bake Cheesecake

This enzyme-rich recipe for no-bake Cheesecake is made with raw cream cheese.

It is a great one for any raw foodies that are coming to dinner although any cheesecake fan will gobble it up.

no bake cheesecake recipe

Grain-Free Ginger Snaps

For those that are paleo or otherwise low carb, these grain-free ginger snaps are a great option.

grain free ginger snaps

Grandma’s Old Fashioned Molasses Gingerbread Cookies

So maybe these are more for Christmas, I’ll give you that.

But in our home, gingerbread cookies make the cut for November celebrations too!

gingerbread molasses cookies

Crustless Pumpkin Pie

This easy to make pumpkin pudding aka crustless pumpkin pie is a great option for Paleos or those who are just cutting back on the carbs.

crustless pumpkin pie pudding

Soft Batch Pumpkin Cookies

If pumpkin pie is not your thing, try these festive pumpkin cookies instead!  Or hey, make both. They are soft batch and grain-free. Your guests will be happy I’m sure.

soft batch pumpkin cookies

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Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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  1. Melody Fietze

    Nov 7, 2019 at 12:16 am

    Thank you Sarah for all the healthy info I am a vegan and I live in South Africa kind regards Melody

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