Sugar Free Dessert Recipes

Sugar Free Desserts
‘Sugar Free Desserts’ as the name suggests are meant for people who have diabetes i.e. high blood sugar or those who want to lose weight because sweet is believed to enhance weight and also senior citizens or youngsters who want to reduce the intake of sugar in their diet due to old-age or for dieting purpose. Such people find it difficult to resist desserts or sweets so you can make it with something called sugar substitutes which is called ‘Sugar free’ in the market.

‘Sugar free’ is of three types. The first one is a tablet made of fruit concentrates or purees which can be put in one’s tea or coffee and stirred to get the sweet taste, it’s not as harmful as table sugar since this is a form of natural sugar stored inside fruits rather than the raw form like found in the case of table sugar. The second variety is made from aspartame, which is in powdered form mostly. It’s made from a protein derivative and is 200 times sweeter than table sugar. The third variety is made from sucralose.

‘Sucralose’ or ‘Sucrose’ is another name for table sugar but in this case it undergoes a multi high tech process which definitely makes it 600 times sweeter than the table sugar but without the calories of the table sugar. It’s the latest version of ‘Sugar-free’.

Sugar free Dessert Recipes

Chocolate Fondue
Ingredients
¾ cup cocoa
¼ tsp cinnamon powder
¾ cup milk
½ tsp vanilla essence
½ cup any variety of sugar free.

Method
Take cocoa in a bowl and add the milk to it and mix slowly so that no lumps are formed, then add the cinnamon powder and heat it on the gas over medium heat stirring continuously until it comes to a boil and then reduce the flame and let it simmer for another 5 minutes stirring continuously. Stirring continuously is a must for any fondue mixture. Once the mixture is done remove it from the flame and allow it to cool a little. Once cool add the sugar-free and vanilla essence and then pour it into a fondue pot and serve.

Apple Carrot Cake
Ingredients
2 cups self-rising flour
½ cup butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon powdered
1 cup walnuts (silvered)
2/3 cups raisins
2 cups apples (peeled and grated)
1 cup carrot (peeled and grated)
1 teaspoon orange peel (grated)
2 eggs
4 tablespoons orange juice

Method
Cream the butter and then add the cinnamon powder to it, then add the self-rising flour slowly by slowly to it and then add all the grated ingredients and then add the egg slowly one by one and mix properly and finally the orange juice and mix the mixture well so that all the ingredients are blended properly. Then pour the mixture into a greased oven dish and bake it in a preheated oven for 1 hour 15 minutes depending on your oven heat at 350 degrees.

Pecan Sugar-free Fudge
Ingredients
16 ounces softened cream cheese
2 non-sweet chocolate squares
½ cup sugar substitute
½ teaspoon vanilla essence
½ cup pecans (silvered)

Method
Cream the cream cheese which has been softened previously in a bowl, then add the pecans, chocolate squares which has been melted and cooled sufficiently, the vanilla essence and the sugar substitute and blend thoroughly. Pour the mixture into an oven dish or any other flat dish lined with foil and refrigerate it. Cut it into 1-inch squares and serve chilled after 10-12 hours of refrigeration.

Cherry Bars
Ingredients
16 ounces cherries (deseeded)
8 ounces non-sweet chocolate cake mix
2 tablespoons sugar substitute of your choice

Method
Drain all the water from the cherries and keep it aside. Mix together the cake mix, cherries and sugar substitute in a bowl with a whisk so that the mixture gets thoroughly mixed. Pour the mixture into a well-greased ovenproof cake dish and bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes.

Wheat Cookies Ideal For Diabetics
Ingredients
1/3 cup any cooking oil
200 grams brown sugar substitute
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 cup wheat flake cereal
½ cup all purpose flour
¼ cup wheat flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons wheat germ
½ cup raisins
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon water

Method
Chop the raisins and keep aside. Then take a bowl and start adding the ingredients one after the other and mix thoroughly except the baking soda which also has to be added but in the end mixed with a little water with the bubbles rising to the top and again mix the mixture properly so that a perfect cookie mixture is made. Pour it in small lumps on a greased cookie sheet and bake in an oven, which has been set at 350 degrees F for 8-12 minutes.