If there’s one thing we know, it’s that gluten free desserts can be some of the most delicious and splurge-worthy sweet treats out there.
Maybe you eat gluten free, or maybe you’re cooking for someone who is. Maybe you’re like Alex and me, who just feel better not overdoing it on the gluten. Either way, you probably already know this: gluten free desserts can be some of the most delicious sweet treats out there.
Our philosophy for gluten free desserts is to make them naturally gluten free. We typically avoid gluten free flour blends, since they can sometimes have wacky additives and preservatives. Instead, we opt towards nutrient dense whole foods, like almond flour, coconut flour, and oats. You’ll see that each of the gluten free desserts below represent a different way of making a dessert naturally gluten free: without GF flour blends or inaccessible ingredients. And we promise: these gluten free desserts will please everyone at the table, not just people who eat a gluten free diet.
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Here are our top naturally gluten free desserts!
Easy Blueberry Crisp
First up in our gluten free desserts: crisp! This blueberry crisp is everything: it’s simple to make, it’s got a healthy spin, and it tastes SO, so good. The filling is like eating pure blueberry. And guess what: there’s no sugar in the filling! Only 1/2 cup of sugar is included in the crisp topping, but it’s the perfect amount of sweetness: just enough so that the blueberries shine but not so much that you have to brush your teeth immediately afterwards. Then the crisp topping is a mixture of almond flour, butter, oats and sugar that comes together into the perfect crumbly texture. While the blueberry filling has no sugar, somehow the crumble topping gives just the right amount of sweetness to the tangy berries. You’ve just got to try it!
Triple Cherry Cheesecake
At A Couple Cooks we love to lighten up traditionally rich desserts, and cheesecake is one of the richest there is. Super tall cheesecakes can call for up to 4 packages of cream cheese (whoa!) and loads of sugar. This cherry cheesecake has a healthy spin, but maintains big flavor. Greek yogurt helps add creaminess instead of the traditional cream or condensed milk. A thinner cheesecake means less calories per serving. And the icing on the cake, so to speak? It’s crustless! A crustless cheesecake also means fewer calories — you don’t even miss it because the filling is that creamy! It’s one of our favorite gluten free desserts.
Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Are you ready for the chewiest, salty sweet, delicious gluten free chocolate chip cookies? They’re made all from whole food ingredients, are downright delicious, and made dirtying only one bowl. Contrary to popular belief, dairy, all purpose flour, and eggs are not required to make a kickin’ cookie recipe. This recipe features almond flour: flour made of finely ground almonds. Because it has no gluten it’s quite dense, but it makes for perfectly chewy vegan chocolate chip cookies that are also gluten free desserts. They’ve got a touch of sea salt for that perfect salty sweet flair.
All-Natural Strawberry Yogurt Pie
This recipe came from a challenge: to create a healthy version of a strawberry yogurt pie. You know, those ones made with Cool Whip, strawberry yogurt, and graham cracker crust? Well get ready, because this all natural strawberry yogurt pie is even better than the original! We swapped out artificially sweetened yogurt for organic whole milk yogurt and real strawberries! The entire pie is naturally sweetened with pure maple syrup. And the kicker: instead of graham crackers, the crust is made of oats and cinnamon. This oatmeal cookie crust makes it into one of our fan favorite gluten free desserts.
Amazing Gluten Free Chocolate Cake
Ready for a really, supremely delicious chocolate cake recipe? Because have we got one for you! It’s one of our top gluten free desserts that’s dairy free too. It’s an inventive way to eat real, whole foods in dessert form—and it’s got a fantastic secret ingredient too! The magic ingredients are…drum roll…almond butter and shredded zucchini! The almond butter adds the fat and texture instead of butter, and the zucchini brings in moisture and lightness. So it can really be considered a chocolate zucchini cake! And some dark chocolate chips are stirred in for chocolatey goodness, too.
Easy Bananas Foster
Here’s one of the most classic naturally gluten free desserts: bananas foster. Bananas are sauteed in a gooey sauce of caramelized sugar and rum, and served over ice cream. There’s usually a flame too, which brings in over the top drama! This recipe works for two, though the quantities can be enough for four small dessert portions. The best part: you can make it in 10 minutes!
Dark Chocolate Tahini No Bake Cookies
These dark chocolate no bake cookies feature tahini (sesame paste), maple syrup, and sea salt: they’re a salty sweet combination that you’ll go crazy over! Made with oats and coconut oil, we’ve served them at parties and they disappear in a flash! Pro tip: both no bake cookies recipes require the cookies to stay cool, so they’re best right out of the refrigerator. You can also freeze them.
Fudgy Vegan Brownie Recipe
These fudge vegan brownies are insanely fudgy. And surprisingly, they’re filled with nutrient dense whole foods! They’ve got almond butter and applesauce to make them extra fudgy, then they’re topped with chopped almonds and chocolate chips! (You could substitute another nut if you’d like.) After they’re baked, pop them in the refrigerator to get them extra fudgy. The secret to making them into one of our gluten free desserts: a touch of coconut flour. Take it from one of our readers: “I’m somewhat of a brownie snob. These are better than any brownie recipe I’ve tried, classic or adapted. Simply delicious!”
Perfect Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
These homemade peanut butter cups are truly perfect: and a fantastic gluten free dessert option. Our recipe shows you how to temper chocolate to get a glossy sheen, and make a mouthwatering peanut butter filling. The resulting peanut butter cups are so, so good! They’ve got a satisfying crunch, just the right amount of lightly sweet peanut butter filling, and a few flakes of sea salt on top for a salty flair. We will be making these for years to come: and we hope you will too.
Bliss Bites
Bliss bites are by far our most popular of gluten free desserts! They’re basically a homemade peanut butter cup combined with a no bake cookie, and people all over the world make and love them! Made with maple syrup, coconut oil, and oats, they’re naturally sweet, vegan, and gluten-free. Keep them in the freezer or refrigerator and nibble all week long. When we served them to guests as a sweet treat at the end of a meal, our guest pronounced they were “literally heaven”.
Fudgy Flourless Brownie Pie
Here’s one for your repertoire of delicious gluten free desserts: brownie pie. This flourless brownie pie recipe is fudgy and decadent. The crown jewel is the tahini maple sauce! It’s super simple to whip up: just mix together tahini, maple, espresso powder, and salt and it comes together into a gooey, salty sweet drizzle. It’s the absolute perfect finish for this brownie pie.
Chocolate Cherry Dessert Bites
These chocolate cherry dessert bites highlight all the best of that natural pairing: chocolate and cherries. They’re rich and chocolate-y but use natural sweetener and just a few whole food ingredients! How did we make them gluten free? The crust is made of almonds, oats, cocoa powder, coconut oil and maple syrup, blended into crumbles and pressed into a muffin tin. And the creamy chocolate mousse topping is made of just three ingredients: coconut oil, maple syrup and cocoa powder. Topped with delicious sweet cherries, each one is a little bit of heaven.
Skillet Chocolate Chip Almond Flour Cookies
And last but certainly not least in our list of gluten free desserts: our “famous” skillet cookie! This one has been made and loved by many. The trick to this one is almond flour, which makes the cookie turn out chewy, caramely, and dense like a blondie. Since the dough base is primarily almonds, it’s go more nutrients than the typical refined white flour cookie. And most importantly for us, it’s incredibly simple: mix all ingredients in a bowl, dump it in a skillet, and bake. You can’t get much easier than that!
Looking for more gluten free desserts?
Still not sure what to make? Here are some more of our favorite gluten free dessert recipes:
- Raw Brownies
- Blackberry Vegan Cheesecake Bites
- Salted Chocolate Vegan Ice Cream Recipe
- Berry Banana Ice Cream
- Flourless Chocolate Almond Cakes
- Cherry Quinoa Chocolate Bark
- Blood Orange Granita
- 47 More Gluten Free Desserts
- Jamocha Almond Fudge Dairy Free Ice Cream
- Healthy Peanut Butter Buckeye Balls Recipe
Bliss Bites + More Gluten Free Desserts
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Prep Time: 20 minutes -
Cook Time: 15 minutes
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Total Time: 35 minutes
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Yield: 9 large or 18 small
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If there’s one thing we know, it’s that gluten free desserts can be some of the most delicious and splurge-worthy sweet treats out there.
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons coconut oil, divided
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons peanut butter, divided
- ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon Grade A dark maple syrup, divided
- ¼ cup dutch process (or dark) cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 1 cup rolled oats
Instructions
- Place 9 cupcake liners into a muffin tin (or 18 liners in a mini-muffin tin).
- In a small saucepan over low heat, melt 5 tablespoons coconut oil and stir together 2 tablespoons peanut butter, ¼ cup maple syrup, ¼ cup cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1 pinch kosher salt. When fully combined, remove from heat and stir in 1 cup rolled oats. Spoon into cupcake liners. Refrigerate while making the peanut butter topping.
- In a small saucepan over low heat, stir together ¼ cup peanut butter, 1 tablespoon maple syrup, and 1 tablespoon coconut oil. Spoon the warm peanut butter mixture over the chocolate oat mixture. Freeze for 15 to 20 minutes until set, or refrigerate until serving. Store refrigerated.
Category: Dessert
Method: No Bake
Cuisine: American
Keywords: Gluten Free Desserts
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