Healthy Valentines Day Treats
Healthy Valentines Day Treats
Valentines Day brings love and also temptations to eat sugary treats. Here are my Top 10 Healthy Treat Choices to enjoy with your loved ones for Valentines Day. Now you might be wondering why a nutritionist would be recommending desserts to eat and encouraging treat eating. My philosophy is balance with your nutrition. The Refine YOU Program teaches our clients how to “have their cake and eat it too” and STILL get results! You don’t have to severely restrict your diet to lose weight. In fact, that will most likely backfire because it is not reasonable to maintain long term. We teach our clients how to make the right choices with their foods, how to eat clean and healthy most of the time, while working in the occasional treat.
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1.Quinoa Chocolate Bark
Creamy dark chocolate and crunchy puffed quinoa are an irresistible combo in this easy homemade chocolate bark recipe. Perfect for gifts or a healthy treat!
Calories: 162, Fat: 10g, Carbohydrates: 21g, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 13g, Protein: 2g
2. Almond Flour Cake with Lemon
Flourless Lemon Almond Cake—a light, fluffy, and gluten-free dessert made with almond flour, eggs, and sugar. Simple and perfect for any holiday or party!
Calories: 142, Fat: 9g, Carbohydrates: 13g, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 11g, Protein: 5g
3. Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
Soft and chewy healthy oatmeal cookies with applesauce, honey, raisins, and chocolate chips. No sugar! The best healthy cookie recipe.
Calories: 111, Fat: 4g, Carbohydrates: 17g, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 8g, Protein: 2g
4. Homemade Thin Mint Cookies
These healthy homemade thin mint cookies are out of this world delicious plus easy and fun to make! Gluten free and paleo mint chocolate sugar cookies are dipped in silky dark mint chocolate to make the best mint chocolate covered cookies that everyone will love!
Calories: 182, Fat: 15g, Carbohydrates: 11g, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 4g, Protein: 4g
5. Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
These chewy paleo and vegan chocolate chip cookies are simply the best! A combination of grain free flours, creamy nut butter, coconut oil and pure maple syrup creates a cookie that everyone who takes a bite will instantly love! Gluten-free, dairy-free, egg free.
Calories: 219, Fat: 14g, Carbohydrates: 19g, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 10g, Protein: 4g
6. Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
These classic thumbprint cookies use a paleo raspberry chia jam with two options for the cookies - an original and nut free version that are both so tasty! Great for holiday baking or anytime!
Calories: 127, Fat: 8g, Carbohydrates: 12g, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 6g, Protein: 2g
7. Vanilla Cupcakes with Raspberry Frosting
Easy cupcakes made with almond flour and raspberry frosting. It’s low-carb, dairy-free, paleo, and gluten-free. So go ahead and treat yourself; you deserve it!
Calories: 349kcal, Carbohydrates: 9g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 34g, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 1g
8. Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
An easy to make low carb cake made with peanut butter powder. It’s a moist chocolate cake topped with sugar free peanut butter frosting.
Calories: 332, Carbohydrates: 10g, Protein: 10g, Fat: 30g, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 1g
9. White Chocolate Keto Truffles
Make every day special with these low carb mascarpone white chocolate truffles candy. Each candy has a creamy soft filling covered in yummy dark chocolate.
Calories: 41kcal, Carbohydrates: 1.5g, Protein: 1.8g, Fat: 3.7g, Fiber: 0.7g
10. No Bake Black Forest Cheesecake Mouse
This low carb no bake black forest cheesecake mousse is perfect for summer. Top with shaved chocolate or a fresh cherry. Can be made into a sugar free pie.
Calories: 278, Carbohydrates: 4.5g, Protein: 4.2g, Fat: 27.1g, Fiber: 1.2g
