3 Delicious Diabetic Holiday Desserts

The holidays are sugar packed with sweet treats around every corner. Eating healthy for diabetics during this season is a challenge—but not impossible. The DishQuo meal planning app has the best holiday diabetic dessert recipes. 

Balance your blood sugar with these three delicious diabetic holiday desserts:

Easy No-Bake Date Brownies

Keep your oven free for the main course and side dishes with this no-bake brownie recipe. Our vegan brownies are naturally sweetened with dates and a drop of maple sugar. Skip the flour and replace it with old-fashioned rolled oats to get a boost in fiber. These chewy, chocolatey brownies are for everyone! Kids, vegans, diabetics and chocolate lovers will make them disappear.

Preparation Time: 25 minutes

Cooking Time: 0 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

• • • • 4 oz pitted dates, chopped
      • 1/8 cup old fashioned  rolled oats
      • 1/4 cup almond butter
      • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
      • 1/2 tsp maple syrup
      • 1/4 tsp salt

Directions

1. 1. 1. 1. Soak the dates in hot water for 10 minutes to rehydrate.
         2. Drain and transfer to a food processor.
         3. Place the remaining ingredients in the food processor.
         4. Blend until smooth and creamy.
         5. Place the mixture in a small baking tray lined with parchment paper.
         6. Spread out to cover the entire baking tray evenly.
         7. Freeze for at least 10 minutes before serving.

Christmas Pumpkin Cream

Looking for an easy, quick and creamy diabetic friendly dessert? Whip up our Christmas Pumpkin Cream in less than 15 minutes. Kids love this pudding like dessert, and moms love that it’s full of fruit and vegetables without the processed sugar. Made with bananas and pumpkin, your immune system will love the boost of vitamin C.

Preparation Time: 13 minutes

Cooking Time: 0 minutes

Total Time: 13 minutes

Ingredients:

• • • • 1 banana, chopped
      • 4 oz pumpkin puree
      • 1 tbsp almond butter
      • 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
      • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
      • 1/8 tsp salt

Directions

1. 1. 1. 1. Combine all the ingredients in a blender.
         2. Blend until smooth.
         3. Transfer to a food container and let it chilled in the freezer for almost 9 minutes.
         4. Serve chilled.

Choco Gingerbread Almond Balls

Get your gingerbread fix with the quickest cookie recipe you’ll find! It’s super easy and no bake. Toss everything in the blender and roll the mix into bite sized balls. Place in the freezer for 5 minutes and voila!

Our Choco Gingerbread Almond Balls are a low stress, fun holiday dessert you can make with young kids. Play pretend with your little ones as you make cookie snowballs by rolling them like playdough into mini sweet treats.  

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 0 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• • • • 1/4 cup chopped almonds
      • 2 oz pitted dates
      • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
      • 1/2 tsp gingerbread spice
      • 1/8 tsp salt
      • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
      • 1 tbsp almond butter
      • 2 tsp hot water 

Directions

1. 1. 1. 1. Combine all the ingredients in a food processor.
         2. Blend until well combined.
         3. Remove and form into several balls.
         4. Transfer the balls in a food container.
         5. Let it freeze for 5 minutes before serving.
         6. Serve chilled.

Holiday baking doesn’t need to be stressful, time consuming or wreak havoc on your blood sugar. 

DishQuo’s meal planning app for diabetics has these and many more delicious desserts your whole family can enjoy. For more ideas on diabetic-friendly desserts, check out this blog post.

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