Recipe

3 Easy Pumpkin Desserts Under 50 Calories

By Ivonne Elizondo at Texas A&M University

Never feel like you need to ditch your diet during the holidays again with these low-calorie pumpkin alternatives. Satisfy your sweet tooth without having to compromise your health. We’ve all experienced our fair share of Pinterest fails, but these 3 healthy pumpkin cookie recipes will fool even the biggest of butter lovers.

40-Calorie Pumpkin Protein Cookies

  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 8-10 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Servings: 24
  • Easy
Ingredients
  • 15 oz can pumpkin puree
  • 4 tablespoon vanilla protein powder
  • 1/4 cup almond milk
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup ground flaxseed
  • 1/4 cup Stevia in the Raw
  • 2 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Step 2

Add all the ingredients to a mixing bowl and mix well.

Step 3

Grease a baking sheet and drop a tablespoon of the cookie dough onto the pan. Spread it out into cookie form.

Step 4

Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes. Store in the refrigerator.

Healthy Pumpkin Protein Cookie Dough

  • Prep Time: 7 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 7 minutes
  • Servings: 35 (25 calories per 1 tablespoon serving)
  • Easy
Ingredients
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1/2 cup vanilla protein powder
  • 1/2 cup coconut flour (can substitute oat flour)
  • 2 tablespoon Stevia in the Raw
  • 2 tablespoon powdered peanut butter (prepared with 1 tablespoon of water)
  • 2 tablespoon sugar free maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon almond milk
  • 2 tablespoon white chocolate chips or other add-ins of choice (optional)

Step 1

Combine the pumpkin puree, protein powder, flour, and sweetener.

#SpoonTip: The texture will be a bit crumbly, but the wet ingredients will fix that.

Step 2

Combine the powdered peanut butter with the water to make it a liquid. Add the maple syrup to that, and then add the mixture to the pumpkin dough until it’s fully incorporated.

Step 3

Add recommended amount of almond milk, but you can continue adding it to the dough in increments of 1 tablespoon until desired consistency is achieved. Fold in the chocolate chips.

18-Calorie Pumpkin Pie Bites

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Servings: 10
  • Easy
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoon coconut flour
  • 2 tablespoon protein powder
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 tablespoon sugar free maple syrup
  • 2 teaspoon Stevia in the Raw

Step 1

Mix coconut flour, protein powder, pumpkin puree, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and Stevia.

Step 2

Add maple syrup. Slowly add water until a doughy paste forms.

Step 3

Roll into balls and store in the refrigerator.

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