Gluten free recipes, especially dessert recipes, tend to have a negative stigma. As cooks and as human beings we sometimes assume that ingredients like wheat flour are key to the taste and a necessity in making and baking sweets. Oh how wrong that is! Gluten free is no longer just for the gluten intolerant, and the best part is that these anytime treats will taste just as good, if not better, than the cakes, bars, and muffins you are used to.
Not only are these desserts gluten-less, all the ingredients are much healthier and guilt free alternatives to all the recipes you know and love. So instead of turning up your nose to these gluten free delights, take a big whiff because they not only taste delicious but they smell amazing too. If you are already gluten free, feast your senses on new ideas for your own personal cookbook.
Pumpkin Spice Flourless Chocolate Cake
Only five simple steps, the product is a chocolate cake with hints of pumpkin and espresso to die for and is, of course, gluten free. Flourless cakes like this prove that flour is not needed to create the fluffy texture in cakes. The best part is you probably won't have to go out to the store to bake this dessert, thanks to the
Reluctant Entertainer's crafty recipe. With ingredients like butter, sugar, chocolate, and coffee that you're sure to have on hand, it's a great recipe to whip up on the fly.
Tropical Coconut Sunshine Balls
Sweet and salty, this island-inspired dessert from
Spabetti will satisfy all your cravings. Coconut is not the only “nut” or fruit in this recipe, as you will also taste flavors of prickly pear, almond, and pistachio. Yet blogger Kristina Sloggett understands that dried prickly pear might be hard to get your hands on, and says dried apricots will work just as well and not take away from the taste. This five-ingredient recipe, containing only fruit and nut-based products, makes these gluten free truffle balls a snack worth writing home about.
Frozen Blackberry, Goat Cheese, and Honey Cheesecake
Made with goat cheese, this cheesecake recipe via
Adventures in Cooking is not only gluten free but lactose-intolerant friendly, as well. With a honey almond crust, vanilla goat cheese filling, and a blackberry topping you will not even notice that this sweet treat is almost good for you. With all natural ingredients, no butter, dairy, flour, or chocolate you could eat the whole cake and not even feel bad about it, well not really anyways.
Cranberry Mango Nut Bars
This sweet snack from
The Gingered Whisk is great because it is a bar you can grab on the go. Made with only fruit, nut, and honey ingredients it is healthy, all natural, and gives you all the salty and sweet you could ask for. What is even more amazing is that this recipe requires no cooking or baking. Just mix, spread, and freeze. Really, that is all it takes!
Pumpkin Muffins
Please introduce yourself to coconut flour. Yes, you read that right. Coconuts have really transformed themselves from just a fruit or key ingredient in Piña coladas to oils, flours, and much more. Coconut flour helps to make gluten free baking that much easier. These pumpkin muffins from
Spoon University will leave you wondering why you ever ate any other muffins. You can enjoy these baked treats for breakfast on the go or a dessert after lunch or dinner--or both, for that matter.
Only five simple steps, the product is a chocolate cake with hints of pumpkin and espresso to die for and is, of course, gluten free. Flourless cakes like this prove that flour is not needed to create the fluffy texture in cakes. The best part is you probably won't have to go out to the store to bake this dessert, thanks to the Reluctant Entertainer's crafty recipe. With ingredients like butter, sugar, chocolate, and coffee that you're sure to have on hand, it's a great recipe to whip up on the fly.
Tropical Coconut Sunshine Balls
Sweet and salty, this island-inspired dessert from Spabetti will satisfy all your cravings. Coconut is not the only “nut” or fruit in this recipe, as you will also taste flavors of prickly pear, almond, and pistachio. Yet blogger Kristina Sloggett understands that dried prickly pear might be hard to get your hands on, and says dried apricots will work just as well and not take away from the taste. This five-ingredient recipe, containing only fruit and nut-based products, makes these gluten free truffle balls a snack worth writing home about.
Frozen Blackberry, Goat Cheese, and Honey Cheesecake
Made with goat cheese, this cheesecake recipe via Adventures in Cooking is not only gluten free but lactose-intolerant friendly, as well. With a honey almond crust, vanilla goat cheese filling, and a blackberry topping you will not even notice that this sweet treat is almost good for you. With all natural ingredients, no butter, dairy, flour, or chocolate you could eat the whole cake and not even feel bad about it, well not really anyways.
Cranberry Mango Nut Bars
This sweet snack from The Gingered Whisk is great because it is a bar you can grab on the go. Made with only fruit, nut, and honey ingredients it is healthy, all natural, and gives you all the salty and sweet you could ask for. What is even more amazing is that this recipe requires no cooking or baking. Just mix, spread, and freeze. Really, that is all it takes!
Pumpkin Muffins
Please introduce yourself to coconut flour. Yes, you read that right. Coconuts have really transformed themselves from just a fruit or key ingredient in Piña coladas to oils, flours, and much more. Coconut flour helps to make gluten free baking that much easier. These pumpkin muffins from Spoon University will leave you wondering why you ever ate any other muffins. You can enjoy these baked treats for breakfast on the go or a dessert after lunch or dinner--or both, for that matter. 
When will hit peppers and Romano, Parmesan and asiago cheeses be the new allergy trend? Looking forward to that.
And the food is crappy. My daughter would love to eat real bread, pizza crust or a freaking donut but it makes her extremely ill. But hey, you enjoy yours because you have the choice.
My case an in diagnosed gluten allergy was causi g my adrenal glands and liver to fail. It may just be becoming more diagnosed and more people having it because of all the chemicals and gmo's in our grains and foods. Also I read an article that our rapid rise techniques for commercial bread production isn't allow I g the gluten to fully developed and ferment
I was at gluten free Philadelphia at the expo center in Oaks PAand was amazed at how many people were there and either had the sensitivity or children with celiac. Hope this helps
I am going to try some of these but will NOT use vegetable oil.
Thank you for sharing
Also, Robin Gluten Free is only a trend for those of you who have the option to chose it. For those of us who have Celiac Disease, Gluten Free living is not a choice...it is a lifestyle that will never be over. Perhaps you might consider unfollowing this GlutenFree cooking site and follow a gluten cooking site instead.
I do see recipes from posting as did Kay.
I appreciate when BR posts receipes of social media. However, I notice, as is the case this time, that more than 50% of the receipes include nuts. Often, I can think of replacements, but I'm not a good cook and would appreciate it if you could keep in mind nut allergies or suggest alternatives in the recipes.
Thank you!
Thanks for the the links to the recipes.
There is no text under each picture in your article or, " red links in the text under each picture' in FireFox, Chrome, or IE.
There are links to the recipes in your write up about each recipe. The links are very hard to pick out and find in Chrome. The links are a little easier to find in Firefox and IE. Maybe the color of the links could be different or brighter or ?
Joe