10 Uber-Healthy Fall Dessert Recipes To Quench Your Raging Sweet Tooth

6. Cinnamon Apple Chips

Full Recipe: Paleo Grubs

Ingredients: 

• 1-2 apples (Honeycrisp)
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Nutrition (per batch): 100 calories, 0g protein, 0g fat, 25g carbs, 19g sugar, 4g fiber

7. Carrot Cake Smoothie

Full Recipe: Oh She Glows

Ingredients: 

• 1 large carrot, peeled and chopped into chunks (~1 cup) see note
• 1 cup almond milk or coconut milk
• 1 large frozen banana
• 2 large ice cubes
• 1 tbsp. chia seeds (or ground flax)
• 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• Small pinch of cinnamon
• 1 tbsp. vanilla protein powder

Nutrition (per smoothie): 350 calories, 30g protein, 8g fat, 46g carbs, 17g sugar, 11g fiber

8. Lean Pumpkin Spice Cookies

Full Recipe: Lean It UP

Ingredients: 

• 3 cups almond flour
• 1/2 cup coconut sugar
• 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
• 2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
• 1/3 cup coconut oil
• 1 egg
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp baking soda

Nutrition (per cookie): 88 calories, 3g protein, 6.7g fat, 5.6g carbs, 3g sugar, 1.6g fiber

9. No-Bake Pumpkin Protein Bites

Full Recipe: The Foodie Affair

Ingredients: 

• 1.5 cups old-fashioned oats, uncooked
• 1.5 scoops vanilla whey protein powder
• 1.5 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/3 cup nut butter
• 1/3 cup pumpkin puree

Nutrition (per serving): 44 calories, 1.5g protein, 1.6g fat, 3.4g carbs, 3.3g sugar, .7g fiber

10. One Bowl Carrot Apple Muffins

Full Recipe: Minimalist Baker

Ingredients: 

• 1.5 flax eggs (1.5 Tbsp flaxseed meal + 4 Tbsp water)
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/3 cup mashed very ripe banana
• 1/4 cup agave nectar or maple syrup (or honey if not vegan)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce or 1 sweet apple, finely grated
• 1/2 cup brown sugar or sub muscavado
• 1/2 tsp. sea salt
• 1.5 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup plain almond milk, unsweetened
• 1 heaping cup (packed) grated carrot
• 2/3 cup gluten free rolled oats
• 1/2 cup almond meal
• 1 cup + 2 Tbsp gluten free flour blend (see notes)
• 1/4 cup raw walnuts (chopped) for topping

Nutrition (per muffin): 203 calories, 3.5g protein, 8.5g fat, 30g carbs, 14g sugar, 3.5g fiber

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Bryan DiSanto is the Owner & Editor-in-Chief of Lean It UP, ACE-CPT & CSN, NYU graduate, ex-fat kid, and all-around fitness/nutrition nutjob.

When he’s not working on his (or somebody else’s) abs, whipping up Eggocados, or running a Tough Mudder, he’s probably off yelling at a Carolina Panthers game somewhere.

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