hazelnuts – Healthy Choices by Sabine: Sugar-free and Healthy Dessert Recipes

Chocolate-Covered Hazelnut Dates

Chocolate Covered Dates are a healthy alternative to regular sweets. These homemade healthy candies are vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar-free. It’s a simple recipe with only 4 ingredients, and very easy-to-make. Juicy and sweet from the inside, chocolatey and crispy from the outside.

Dates are well-known sugar replacements and have many nutritional benefits. This could be the perfect sweet treat that you are craving – healthy and so easy to make.

These homemade healthy date candies could be a beautiful and delicious gift for friends and family.

Chocolate-Covered Hazelnut Dates are:

White refined sugar-free
Perfect as gift for a special occasion
Vegan
Healthy
Easy to make
Sweet and chocolatey

TIME: 10 min preparation, 30 minutes to set in the fridge | SERVINGS: 20

Ingredients:

20 juicy pitted dates
50g dark sugar-free & vegan chocolate
1 handful of toasted chopped hazelnuts
2 tbsp coconut oil

Instructions:

Melt the chocolate with coconut oil at a very low temperature.
Dip the dates into the chocolate and cover them fully.
Sprinkle each date with chopped roasted hazelnuts.
Put it in the fridge to set for 30 minutes or more. Store in the fridge.

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Chocolate Cookies with Hazelnuts

Chocolate Cookies with crispy pieces of hazelnuts and taste of chocolate will be a great snack for any occasion. These Chocolate Cookies with Hazelnuts are much healthier, because they are lactose-free, white refined sugar-free, and wheat flour-free. Enjoy them still warm from the oven with your afternoon tea or coffee.

Cookies are such a popular and easy sweet snack, consisting of the ingredients you almost always have at home. 5 ingredients and 30 minutes of your time and you will have healthy, delicious, and soft Chocolate Cookies with crispy hazelnut pieces.

These delicious cookies are:

Lactose-free
Chocolatey
Dairy-free
Chocolatey
Nutty
Crispy
Refined white sugar-free

Tips for making these cookies:

To combine the dough use your hands – knead, press, and combine it well.
However, if the dough seems too sticky or dry, add a little more flour or plant-based milk or melted coconut oil.
Sprinkle your hands with flour to avoid the dough sticking to your palms while making round cookie balls.
You can decorate cookies with hazelnut pieces, seeds, berries, or chocolate chips.

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TIME: 15 minutes preparing, 15 minutes baking | SERVINGS: 15

Ingredients:

2 eggs
50g cocoa
190g mixed oat and rice flour (you can use only oat flour as well)
1 tsp baking powder
40g melted coconut oil
100g coconut sugar
60g chopped hazelnuts

Ingredients:

Preheat the oven to 180°C degrees and line a baking paper over the pan.
Combine all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl – flour, cocoa, baking powder.
In a separate bowl add eggs, melted coconut oil, and sugar. I used a hand mixer to combine well, you can also use a spoon as well.
Add the wet ingredients and stir slowly. You can use your hands to better combine, mix until you get a thick dough. If the dough seems too sticky or dry, add a little more flour or coconut oil, plant based milk or water.
Mix chopped hazelnuts into the dough.
Sprinkle your hands with flour to avoid the dough sticking to your palms and make round balls.
Place the cookie balls on the prepared baking pan lined with baking paper.
Take a fork and a glass of water, fold the fork into the water and gently press the balls. You can also do it with the palm of your hand.
Bake the cookies for 12 – 15 minutes at 180C.

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Healthy Chocolate Plum Bars

Chocolate Plum Bars are one of my favorite energy bars. I love the combination of plums and chocolate. These bars are sugar-free, vegan, dairy-free and so delicious. Be careful, I couldn’t stop to eat one after another. 🙂

Chocolate Plum Bars are covered with rich and sweet chocolate, loaded with crunchy hazelnuts and super soft plums. The perfect combination of flavors in every bite. These bars are a chocolatey, nutty, sticky, and sweet healthy snack.

Chocolate Plum Energy Bars – Healthy Snack

Healthy Plum Energy Bars are:

Vegan
Naturally sweetened
Refined sugar-free
Sticky and chewy
Sweet and chocolatey
Only 6 main ingredients
Easy to make
Lactose-free

You can also try these bars:

TIME: 10 minutes to prepare, ~ 2 hours to set | SERVINGS: 8

Ingredients:

150g dried plums
50g dates
100g mixed nuts
100g hazelnuts
½ tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp fresh orange juice or other fruit juice
100g dark vegan chocolate

Instructions:

Blend mixed nuts. Nut pieces can remain.
Blend plums, dates, cinnamon, and orange or other fruit juice together until you get a sticky mixture.
Combine both mixtures. I process the mixture by hand to better mix all the ingredients.
Take a rectangular cake pan and spread it with baking paper.
Spread the mixture into an even layer and smooth the surface.
Melt the chocolate at a very low temperature.
Cover the mixture with chocolate.
Put the mixture in the freezer for 2 hours or until firm. Cut in bars.
Store in the freezer or fridge.

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