With Easter approaching quickly, homemade chocolates are a great way to make healthier sweets that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Can also be a fun task to get the kids involved. You don’t need many ingredients and you can change the flavours as much as you want.

Brownies are an extremely popular treat and are often packed full of refined sugars and flours. This version uses bananas to create a lot of the sweetness along with cacao powder as opposed to milk chocolate.

Cupcakes make a great little snack for times when you have visitors or for a quick dessert every now and again. These cupcakes are sweetened with medjool dates which actually contain minerals including; copper, potassium, zinc, magnesium and iron and are also fibre rich and can help balance blood sugar levels.

After having cravings for peanut butter the other week I decided to make a quick raw chocolate peanut butter slice. While I do not often eat peanut butter due to peanuts being known for containing cadmium, a heavy metal, I did enjoy making this up for a treat.

Avocadoes have to be one of my favourite foods to eat and I can honestly find a way to utilise avocadoes in almost anything, I love them so much! I do have a bit of a sweet tooth so I like to use ripe avocadoes to make a mousse that I can have as a snack or as a dessert. Raw cacao is extremely high in antioxidants and contains numerous other vitamins and minerals including; magnesium, iron and calcium. It is also a natural mood elevator and anti-depressant.

Easter always comes with chocolates and often loaded with some much sugar. These chocolates are still tasty but contain less sugar so you can enjoy them

I really do enjoy raw slices, however I often find them too sweet and feel a little unwell after eating a piece at a café even though they state ‘refined sugar free’. Just because foods are made refined sugar free doesn’t mean that they are healthy, some sort of sugar still has been used regardless if it is more natural or not. I have made this version reasonably healthy for a treat, however it is still to be enjoyed in moderation like all things nice.

This recipe has got to be one of the favourite from my E-book and I often make it for group dinners as it is so simple.

Smoothie bowls really do make a great breakfast if done right. Often you see multiple bananas or different fruits being added which can actually do more harm than good with the amount of sugar they contain. Using 1 banana is plenty in a smoothie bowl and it will give you enough creaminess to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Who doesn’t like pancakes? We often associate pancakes as a weekend treat only, but why not make a healthy pancake that can be enjoyed every day. These pancakes are high protein and use buckwheat flour and a small banana for healthy complex carbohydrates to keep your blood sugar levels in check. Since I really like chocolate I have made a healthy chocolate sauce that can be added to serve.