Healthy Desserts

Indulge your sweet tooth―healthfully―with these better-for-you Cooking Light desserts.

Double-Crusted Apple Pie

Our Best Healthy Pies

Find 23 great pie recipes, from sweet to savory and frozen to baked.

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Fudgy Brownies Recipe

Chewy, Fudgy Brownie Recipes

From classic to caramel, a great brownie is a wonderful thing.

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Pumpkin Ice Cream Torte Recipes

Holiday Desserts

Save the best for last with these incredible sweet treats.

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Low-Cal Fudgy Brownies

Treats Under 150 Calories

Go ahead, indulge yourself with our best low-calorie cookies, desserts, and brownies. 

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Double-Chocolate Cupcakes

Chocolate Desserts

Chocolate doesn't have to be deadly to your diet. Try one of these lightened yet decadent chocolate desserts.

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Strawberry-Buttermilk Gelato

Top-Rated Frozen Desserts

Readers awarded their highest ranking to these sweet treats and cool classics.

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Lemonade Iced Tea Sorbet Recipes

Refreshing Sorbets

Light, sweet, and easy to make, find 15 recipes for homemade sorbets.

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Chocolate Chip Irish Cream Pound Cake

Winning Desserts

See the top recipes from our annual reader recipe contests.

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Healthy Plum Cobbler Recipes

How to Make Cobblers

Stone fruit and berries star in these stunning and deliciously healthy desserts.

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Rich Chocolate Pudding Pie Recipe

Summer Desserts

These dishes are a great end to any summertime meal.

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Dacquoise with Mocha Sauce

Parlez Vous Dessert?

Don't let a little thing like pronunciation stand in the way of a great French dessert.

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Individual Chocolate Souffles

Desserts for Two

Finish off your meal with a sweet treat made for a pair.

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Honey Cake Recipe

Lightened Jewish Desserts

Two Jewish grandmothers are the inspiration for these lightened holiday desserts that you can enjoy all year long.

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Dessert-worthy Ice Wines

Dessert-worthy Ice Wines

Bring the fruity flavors of summer to the winter table.

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Steamed Pudding with Lemon Sauce

Recipe Makeover: Holiday Classics

We lightened eight seasonal favorites for a good-for-you holiday spread.

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Mint Condition Treats

Lighter Chocolate-Mint Bars

Our trimmed-down Chocolate-Mint Bars surpass their former rich reputation.

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Butterscotch Bars

Recipe Makeover: Butterscotch Bars

We found sweet success creating a healthier version of a reader's favorite desserts.

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Cool, Creamy, Chocolaty

Cool, Creamy, Chocolaty Treat

With our help, this three-layer sweet stays in our Tennessee reader’s repertoire.

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Mom’s Sour Cream Pound Cake

Lighter Sour Cream Pound Cake

This old-time recipe gets a calorie and fat makeover.

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Lighten Up: Ice Cream Treasures

Lighten Up: Ice Cream Treasures

An ice cream treat is revamped for a Missouri grandmother and her family

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Swag Bars

Lighten Up: Swag Bars

Our editor in chief requests a slimmed-down version of a North Carolina inn’s decadent treat.

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Mudslide Cookies Recipes

Lightened Mudslide Cookies

These decadent cookies will satisfy any chocoholic's craving.

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