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Easy DIY Fig Newtons (whole grain, gluten free, sugar free, dairy free, vegan)

Healthy Homemade Fig Bars

What’s got a chewy, cakey cookie crust and a soft, sweet, and figgy filling?  These Healthy Homemade Fig Bars of course, made with Truvia® Natural Sweetener — my favorite zero-calorie, natural sweetener (it’s made from...

Chocolate Therapy Cakes are "therapeutic" in the sense that they’ll immerse you into a deep, food- and sugar-induced coma, but this one is different. This is a HEALTHY Chocolate Therapy Cake! Made with gluten-free and low-carb coconut flour, unsweetened applesauce, and dark chocolate. No sugar, butter, or oil added whatsoever.

Healthy Chocolate Therapy Cake (To Celebrate My 26th Birthday!)

Chocolate Therapy Cakes tend to be, well, “therapeutic” in the sense that the cake will immerse you into a deep, food- and sugar-induced coma.  Therapy Cakes tend are pretty much the unhealthiest types of cakes out...

Have a pink October to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Make one (or all!) of these 21 healthy pink desserts for a friend, a family member, a neighbor, a school convention, a fundraiser, or just for yourself!  From cake to cupcakes to fudge to ice cream to blondies to milkshakes, you'll be sure to find a favorite or two.  And best of all, they're all recipes you can feel good about eating!  There are options for everyone, whether you eat sugar free, low carb, low fat, high protein, high fiber, whole grain, gluten free, dairy free, vegan, paleo, or keto, there's a recipe for you.

21 Healthy Pink Desserts for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

There’s more to October than the weather getting cooler, Halloween, and then the countdown to Thanksgiving and Christmas.  October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  I’ve known a few acquaintances and parents of friends...

This sweet and chocolatey, secret ingredient Healthy Black Velvet Chia Seed Pudding is all natural, sugar free, high protein, gluten free, AND vegan, but you'd never know it. Black Velvet is just like red velvet, only jet-black! -- Healthy Dessert Recipes with sugar free, low calorie, low fat, high protein, gluten free, dairy free, vegan, and raw options at the Desserts With Benefits Blog (www.DessertsWithBenefits.com)

Healthy Black Velvet Chia Seed Pudding

This Healthy Black Velvet Chia Seed Pudding is lightly sweet, chocolatey, and filling, plus it’s got an amazing thick texture with a slight crunch in every delicious bite! I know it’s not October and it’s probably...

When you're craving cake but don't want to go through the hassle of baking, make this Cake Batter Milkshake! It's secretly sugar free, low fat, high protein, and gluten free too, made with kefir (or yogurt), oats, vanilla, and a couple secret ingredients that make it taste just like vanilla cake in drinkable form.

Healthy Cake Batter Milkshake

I was craving cake all last week the other day but I wasn’t all into the idea of using the oven…  every time I use it the temperature in my apartment goes up 5+...

Make a batch of Healthy Gingerbread Overnight Dessert Oats! All the flavor of gingerbread, all the sweetness of a dessert, with all the healthfulness and nutrition of oatmeal. This seriously tastes like gingerbread cookies in the form of oatmeal. Refined sugar free, gluten free, and vegan too! Healthy Dessert Recipes at the Desserts With Benefits Blog

Healthy Gingerbread Overnight Dessert Oats

Healthy Gingerbread Overnight Dessert Oats!  Turn a boring bowl of oatmeal into a decadent breakfast treat with this super fun and festive recipe. It seriously tastes like gingerbread cookies in the form of oatmeal....

Just like the store-bought version, these from-scratch Cookies and Cream Candy Bars start with a smooth, creamy, and sweet white chocolate base, which is studded with crunchy chocolatey bits throughout. One bite and you'd never know these are sugar free, low carb, keto, and gluten free too!

Healthy Homemade Cookies and Cream Candy Bars

Ready for the best chocolate bar to ever hit your tastebuds?  Yes?  Good.  Because today I’m bringing you these homemade Cookies and Cream Candy Bars!  One bite and your mouth is in for a reeeeaaal...

Healthy Pumpkin Swirl Brownies

Healthy Pumpkin Swirl Brownies

These Healthy Pumpkin Swirl Brownies are comprised of an UBER fudgy brownie base studded with chocolate chips, and are topped with a rich, cinnamon-spiced, pumpkin cream cheese swirl. Chocolate + Pumpkin = BEST OF...

This 100-calorie Snickerdoodle Dip is sweet, thick, creamy, and spiced with cinnamon. Your favorite cookie in dippable form, made healthy, sugar free, low fat, high protein, and gluten free!

Healthy Snickerdoodle Dip

Healthy Snickerdoodle Dip!  Yes, you read that correctly.  This sweet, cinnamon-spiced dessert dip is thick, creamy, simple, and delicious. Oh, and a little bonus?  It’s refined sugar free, low fat, high protein, and gluten...

Whether you've visited the Big Apple or not, there is so much to do, see, and eat in New York City, where do even you start?? Here are some ideas on things to do in New York City for both a NYC native and NYC virgin! From the popular "must-sees" to the lesser known unique finds, and whether you're there solo or on a romantic getaway, there's something for you! Here is a shot from Madame Tussauds

My Trip to New York City — a NYC Native Traveling with a NYC Virgin!

New York City — whether you’ve visited the Big Apple before or not, “New York City” always brings something to mind.  Sex and the City, Law & Order SVU, Saturday Night Live, amazing food, tall...