Sugar, spice and all things nice!
On the WeightWatchers program you don't have to skip dessert! We have nutritionally checked and gathered our healthy dessert recipes that are made with fresh ingredients, have no artificial sweeteners and use healthy fats and low-fat dairy products. Meaning you can enjoy these desserts as part of a healthy well-balanced lifestyle and still reach your weight loss goals.
Love chocolate? Our chocolate, orange and pumpkin brownie bars use up leftover cold mashed pumpkin which may sound unusual in sweet cooking, but with the tasty jaffa flavour combination of orange and chocolate, you won't even realise you're eating vegetables.
After a speedy no-fuss dessert ? Four quick ingredients and 5 minutes is all it takes to make our banana and mango ice-cream.
Tips for healthy baking
By getting creative with ingredients, you can make healthy cakes and pastries that taste amazing and won’t scupper your healthy eating plan. Here’s how…
- Line baking trays and cake tins with baking paper. This reduces the amount of oil needed for greasing and also makes washing up easier.
- Try natural alternative sweeteners designed for baking instead of sugar or artificial sweeteners in cakes, muffins, slices and biscuits.
- Swap butter for reduced-fat spread in baking. In many cakes and muffins you can also substitute half the spread for no-added-sugar apple puree or a mashed banana (this keeps the texture moist with less fat).
- Try using canned beans and legumes. It may sound odd, but canned beans and pulses make a great substitute for flour and can reduce the Points (canned legumes and beans are a ZeroPoint food on the WW program). Used in cakes, they’ll give a moist texture and you won’t notice any difference in flavour. Don’t believe us? Give our strawberry bakewell cake a try!
