Sugar-Free Snacks – 3 Great Recipes

When you start a sugar-free diet, you don’t have to do without sweet snacks. We present three recipes with naturally sweet ingredients that you can prepare quickly and easily.

Sugar-free snacks: energy balls with dates and almonds

Energy Balls are perfect as sugar-free snacks at home or on the go. Best of all, this recipe doesn’t leave your oven cold.

1. Ingredients for 14 balls: 200 g dried dates, 100 g almonds (alternatively other nuts), 2 tbsp almond butter (or other nut butter), 1 tbsp coconut oil, 1 tbsp chia seeds, 3 tbsp cocoa powder
2. Preparation: Crush the almonds in the blender so that no large pieces remain. Alternatively, use packaged ground almonds.
3. Place the almonds in a mixing bowl.
4. Now chop the dates in the blender. Tip: If necessary, add a maximum of one tablespoon of water to make the dates easier to mix.
5. Add the dates and any other ingredients to the almonds to your mixing bowl.
6. Mix the ingredients with the hand mixer and dough hook to an even mass.
7. Form about 14 balls out of the dough with your hands and place them on a plate lined with parchment paper.
8. Place the Energy Balls in the freezer for an hour to set. Then store them in the fridge.

Homemade granola bars with no added sugar

Substitute any other dried fruit for the dried fruit in this recipe. For example, add cranberries, raisins, goji berries, mangoes, or apricots to your granola bars. Make sure that the proportions are correct.

1. Ingredients for 12 muesli bars: 3 ripe bananas, 240 g rolled oats (coarse or fine), 25 g chopped almonds, 45 g plums (alternatively other dried fruit), 45 g dried dates, ½ tsp cinnamon
2. Preparation: Mash the bananas with a fork or put them in the blender.
3. In a blender, chop the dried fruit into small pieces. Alternatively, cut the ingredients into small pieces with a knife.
4. Place the bananas, dried fruit, and remaining ingredients in a mixing bowl.
5. Thoroughly mix all the ingredients together.
6. Place the dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and shape it into a square 1.5 to 2 cm high.
7. Bake the muesli bars at 180 °C top/bottom heat for about 30 minutes.
8. Finally, cut the still warm dough into even bars.
9. Tip: The bars will keep for a few days in the fridge. If you want to prepare them in advance, store the finished granola bars in the freezer and defrost them as needed.

Healthy chocolate pudding with avocado and banana

Create a delicious pudding without industrial sugar from avocado and banana. Thanks to its ingredients, the pudding is not only suitable as a dessert, but also as a healthy snack. Prepare it in a stand mixer or with an immersion blender.

1. Ingredients for 2 bowls of pudding: 1 ripe avocado, 1 ripe banana, 1 vanilla bean, 3 tbsp cocoa, 2 tbsp agave syrup or honey, a pinch of salt, possibly some milk (or vegetable alternative)
2. Preparation: Cut the vanilla pod lengthwise with a knife. Scoop out the pulp with the tip of a knife and place it in a mixing bowl.
3. Halve the avocado with a knife and remove the stone.
4. Scoop out the pulp with a spoon and put it in the mixing bowl as well.
5. Peel the banana and cut it into slices.
6. Put the banana pieces and all the remaining ingredients in the mixing bowl.
7. Mix the ingredients carefully with a hand blender until you get a smooth cream. Tip: If the cream is too thick for you, add a little milk.
8. Chill the mug in the fridge for an hour to allow the pudding to set.
9. Then fill your homemade pudding into two bowls and serve.