Don’t get me fallacious—I’ll by no means flip down a candy deal with on Valentine’s Day. However with a little bit of creativity, you’ll be able to simply step exterior the (chocolate) field and bask in guilt-free indulgences. These wholesome Valentine’s Day desserts nonetheless really feel simply as heartfelt, and lots of fall into the gluten and dairy-free classes, proving you don’t need to sacrifice style to savor a candy.
Whereas we’re on the subject of wholesome recipes, utilizing extra complete substances that nourish my physique is certainly one of my 2025 objectives. By making these wholesome Valentine’s Day desserts at house, you not solely can management what goes into the treats you’re crafting but in addition present family members your appreciation for them by a considerate and punctiliously crafted reward. Many of those desserts will also be personalized to satisfy dietary wants or preferences, providing a private contact that may imply a lot to anybody in your life with dietary wants.
Dive into our favourite wholesome Valentine’s desserts beneath, and tell us within the feedback what you’re making this February 14th!
Featured Picture by Michelle Nash.
Shaved Sumo Oranges with Dairy Free Yogurt
Seasonal substances can elevate any dessert simply from taste alone. As we’re nonetheless within the full swing of winter in lots of elements of the world, it’s the time to shine for citruses. This gentle deal with with dairy-free yogurt might be personalized with varied candy toppings, together with nuts, granola, and different recent fruits.
Mini Pavlovas with Whipped Cream & Berries
Mini pavlovas are the right steadiness of crispy and light-weight. With a mushy marshmallow-like inside, it’s a low-effort (and low-ingredient) strategy to throw collectively a wholesome dessert that everybody is certain to like. Plus, this dessert was virtually meant to be topped with recent berries and fruits, including a kick of vitamins to your plate.
Gluten-Free Citrus Cake with Strawberries and Cardamom Coconut Cream
With vivid, zesty flavors and a contact of spice, this moist, citrus-infused deal with is shockingly gluten-free (and discovering the right gluten-free dessert is not any simple feat). Cardamom coconut cream provides an fragrant richness that enhances the tart sweetness of recent strawberries.
Pluot Galette
Camilla Marcus’s pluot galette is a type of recipes that may persist with you without end. This rustic and chic dessert completely balances candy and tart flavors—made with ripe, juicy pluots layered over a flaky, buttery crust. Completed with a sprinkle of sugar, it’s a recipe that doesn’t depart you feeling stuffed however slightly nourished and happy.
Gluten-Free Salted Chocolate Cake
I do know what you’re pondering—how can a chocolate cake be included in a listing of wholesome desserts!? A lot to the shock of most, this salted chocolate cake incorporates healthful substances like almond flour and Greek yogurt, providing a more healthy different to the copious quantities of flour and preservatives sometimes included in store-bought cake mixes. Belief us on this one—you’ll by no means return.
Raspberry & Pistachio Cake with Lemon Glaze
The beautiful look of this raspberry & pistachio cake would win me over even when it weren’t wholesome. Nevertheless, with the addition of nutrient-rich substances like pistachios and recent raspberries excessive in nutritional vitamins and fiber, it depends on easy substances, making it a incredible alternative for a extra healthful dessert.
Lemon Raspberry Almond Cake
This wholesome dessert possibility leans on almond flour as its hero ingredient, wealthy in protein and wholesome fats. The pure sweetness of raspberries and honey packs this cake with antioxidants and vibrant citrus taste, making it an all-around winner to indulge on this V-day.
Gluten-Free, Vegan Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Carrot cake lovers, rejoice! Filled with fiber, wholesome fat, and freed from refined sugars, these gluten-free cupcakes are a guilt-free deal with that satisfies your candy tooth whereas supporting a balanced food plan.
Vegan and Gluten-Free Strawberry Shortcakes
These shortcakes are a love letter to your style buds and your well being, mixing fluffy almond flour biscuits with strawberries and coconut cream. Plus, particular person desserts like these are an amazing baking possibility in the event you’re internet hosting a big crowd or desire a extra private dessert expertise.
5-Ingredient Fruit Sorbet
It doesn’t get simpler than this no-churn fruit sorbet. When it comes to colour and staying true to the pinks and reds of Valentine’s Day, go for the strawberry sorbet that may be served with a non-alcoholic bubbly or loved by itself.
Rhubarb Meringue Cake
That includes the tangy goodness of rhubarb paired with a lightweight, ethereal meringue, Aran Goyoaga’s recipe is good for appreciating in-season substances and all kinds of wholesome sweetener options like honey and coconut cream.
Wholesome Oatmeal Cookies
It’s exhausting to imagine these oatmeal cookies are good for you! Full of protein (an often-times troubling nutrient to get sufficient of) and a restricted quantity of sugar, these cookies are one of the best grab-and-go choice to share on Valentine’s Day.
Grilled Peaches with Ice Cream
Grilled fruit is a extremely underrated dessert possibility, however one which’s good in the event you’re in a metropolis like Austin that sees hotter climate very often round mid-February. With a drizzle of honey and a scoop of ice cream, this pairing will make anybody fall in love.
Summer season Fruit Idiot
Don’t let the “summer” identify idiot you—I whip up these fruit fools year-round. They’re easy, with solely 4 substances, and festive sufficient to deliver to any celebration.
Gluten-Free, Vegan Brownies
My roommates and I used to make this brownie recipe in a heart-shaped pan all through the week—for sure, these by no means get previous. They’re a mushy, melt-in-your-mouth deal with that gained’t depart you feeling full of additional sugar.
