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3 Healthy Treats to Boost Your Energy

Updated: Mar 25, 2021

Energizing Instead of Crashing With

These Great Treats


March 22, 2021

By Jordan Cook


As we know that having desserts is something we all look forward to no matter what time of day. However even though we do get to enjoy the great taste, there is bad that comes with it. Many desserts often have so much sugar that you will induce a sugar crash. Desserts are irresistible and are hard to say no to. Here are three recipes that will energize you and allow you to enjoy the benefits of having a delicious dessert and have the benefits of it being healthy.

S’mores Banana Bites



Everyone loves S’mores, but with this recipe it puts a spin on that resulting in a dessert that won’t take your diet off track.


1 Banana

¼ c.Marshmallow fluff

¼ c.Graham crackers, crushed into crumbs

½ c. bittersweet chocolate chips melted


First slice the banana into 12, ½ pieces, then line a small baking sheet with parchment paper. Place 6 banana slices onto the baking sheet and top with marshmallow fluff and the graham cracker crumbs. Top with remaining bananas to make a sandwich then freeze until firm for about an hour. After they are frozen solid,dunk half into the melted chocolate and then into the remaining graham cracker crumbs. Place back in the freezer until fully set for 30 minutes more, or until they are ready to be served.


Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies



With this recipe there is no flour needed while also cutting back on how much sugar is needed, but that won’t stop this from being soft and chewy.

The ingredients needed are as follows:

Quick-cooking oats

Butter

Brown sugar

Maple syrup

Egg

Peanut Butter

Vanilla

Baking Soda


Combine all the ingredients into a large bowl and mix until your cookie dough forms, Then scoop 2 tablespoons of the cookie dough and roll it into a ball while patting it down slightly to make the cookie shape. Bake the cookies at 350ºF for 11 to 14 minutes or until they start to become a golden brown color.


Healthy Apple Crumb Bars



With these healthy apple crumb bars, they are sugar free and also include a lot of cinnamon flavor in them.

The ingredients are:

Natural almond butter

Maple Syrup

Old fashioned oats

Oat flour

Almond flour

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Apples


In a large mixing bowl, mix the almond butter, maple syrup and vanilla extract together until they are combined. Then add in oats, oat flour, almond flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and mix everything together and then let the batter sit for 10 minutes. While the batter sits, prepare the apple filling by combining into another large bowl chopped apples, cinnamon,nutmeg and maple syrup until the apples are coated evenly. Then place half of the cookie crust in a prepared pan spreading the dough in an even layer to the edge. After doing that, put the apple filling over the bottom layer and crumble the remaining half of the dough over the apple filling. Bake for 40 minutes or until the edges begin to turn to a golden brown color.


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