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Pinterest: Tasty (Gluten-Free!) Dessert Recipes

With holiday baking soon-to-be-underway and Christmas just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to share some almost healthy and, well, not-so-healthy (okay, incredibly decadent!) dessert recipes that I’ve found recently on Pinterest.

As we don’t eat gluten in our house either, these are all gluten-free to boot.

Bon Appétit!

Almost Healthful Desserts:

1. Raw Cashew Dreamcake with Raspberry Topping (pin)
2. Black Bean Chocolate Chili Cherry Cookies (pin)
3. Frozen Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bites (pin)
4. Hot Fudge Brownie Larabars (pin)
5. Healthy Peanut Butter Freezer Cookies (pin)
6. Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries (pin)

Incredibly Decadent Gluten-Free Treats:

1. Almond Macaroon Torte with Chocolate Frosting (pin)
2. Hot Chocolate Spoons (pin)
3. Easy Chocolate Truffles (pin)
4. Cinnamon Sugar Cake Doughnuts (pin)
5. White Chocolate, Cranberry and Strawberry Rocky Road (pin)

View these and many more delicious recipes on my Sweet Treats Recipes and Almost Healthy Sweets Pinterest boards.
(images obtained via Pinterest)

Enough distractions! I have a dollhouse to finish painting and gifts to wrap…

Pinned: Chocolate Bark Recipes

One of my favorite holiday treats to bake is chocolate bark. It’s a tasty treat that’s easy to make and a great gift to share with others.

Here are some variations on chocolate bark that look particularly delicious:

Featured above:
1. Dark Chocolate Bark with Ginger, Pumpkin Seeds and Apricots
toasted pumpkin seeds, dried apricots, crystallized or candied ginger, bittersweet chocolate, fleur de sel
2. White chocolate bark
walnuts, dried cherries or cranberries, and white chocolate
3. Easy Fruit & Nut Bark
chocolate chips, mixed salted nuts, dried cranberries, and candied ginger
4. Festive Chocolate Bark
pistachio nuts, semisweet chocolate, white chocolate, and dried cranberries
5. Christmas bark
semi-sweet, bittersweet and white chocolate, dried cranberries, pistachios, and dried apricots
6. Chocolate Marshmallow Bark
bittersweet chocolate, butter, and mini marshmallows
7. Three-Layer Peppermint Bark
white chocolate, red-and-white-striped hard peppermint candies, bittersweet chocolate, heavy cream, peppermint extract
8. Almond Roca
butter, sugar, almonds, and chocolate chips

Last year we couldn’t find peppermint extract in our small town grocery store to make the Bon Appétit version that Amanda Soule loves, so we used a more simplistic recipe instead and we were pleased with the results (shown above).

Super easy, with just three ingredients, this simple peppermint bark recipe makes for a kid-friendly baking experience that’s fun (hammers are involved!) and each step along the way tastes delicious. (Not that we were sampling. Ahem.)

View these and many more delicious recipes on my Tasty Treats Pinterest board.

(images obtained via Pinterest)