Healthy Easter Candy Recipes
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Easter is typically a day full of all kinds of candy. It's fun to buy and eat, but afterwards the regret often sets in.
This year, how about trying some of these Healthy Easter Candy Recipes instead. They're made with wholesome ingredient, and while they don't have all the refined sugar and artificial colors, they are still full of flavor and fun.
If you're following a low-carb diet, you can replace the higher carb sweeteners with a low carb option like xylitol, erythritol, or allulose.
Healthy Easter Candy Recipes
Sugar-free Dark Chocolate Bark
Almond Butter Cups
Just trade the heart shape for an egg shape for Easter!)
Healthy Almond Joy Bars (always a favorite :-)!)
We make these all the time.
Once you see how easy they are to make, you might just keep them on hand year-round!
No-Bake Coconut Delights
These look like cute little sweet bunny tails to me!
Gluten-free Bird's Nest Cookies
Fun to make and fun to eat!
Healthy Fantasy Fudge
Rich and creamy Healthy Fantasy Fudge that's low-carb!
Natural Blue Food Coloring (from an unexpected source)
You'll never believe where this natural blue coloring comes from!
Homemade Sugar-free Marshmallows
The Homemade Sugar-free Marshmallows are fun to make and taste great!
Bean Fudge
Yes, I'm not joking when I say Bean Fudge. It's easy, yummy, and nutritious.
Keto Mounds Bars
So rich and delicious, and easy to make too!
Sugar-free Buckeyes
These Sugar-free Buckeyes are so easy to make and so delicious!
Vegan Snickers Bars
A great healthier No Bake Easy Sugar-free version of the uber popular candy bar.
Sugar-free Twix Bars
These yummy bars are gluten-free, vegan, and keto with an easy no bake option–so you can have them in your tummy in no time!
Healthy Gummy Candy
These Healthy Gummies are so much fun to make and eat!
Non-Candy Easter Ideas
I love candy just as much as the next person, but it's nice to get away from the sweet stuff, healthy or not, at times. So how about these other ideas for Easter treats.
Instead of loads of chocolate, how about filling plastic eggs with:
- Toys
- Trinkets
- Dried Fruit
- Coins
- Stickers. Those “cheapo” catalogs of trinkets are tempting, but I'd rather not get a bunch of junk just to stuff eggs with. It just makes more environmental waste and more clutter which is something that most of us do not need more of!
When we were still eating some sugar I would put individually wrapped Life Saver Candies in my kids' eggs, in addition to other small gifts like super balls, cute erasers, small whistles, small noisemakers. Basically anything tiny that would fit in a plastic egg that I thought they'd enjoy.
Check out this post about Healthy Stocking Stuffers for more ideas.
More Healthy Holiday Recipes
Here are some more healthy holiday recipes.
- Healthy St. Patrick's Day Snacks – no artificial green or rainbow colors in these recipes
- Healthy Memorial Day Recipes – lots of great recipes for your gathering
- Healthy Super Bowl Recipes – healthier things to eat during the Big Game
- Healthy Easter Side Dishes – soups, salads, and more.
Which of the above treats would you most like to make this year?
I really struggle to bake for our gluten-free teenager. I am so thrilled to find your site! Thank you!
I hope to be of some help! Welcome!
Although my family has not taken the plunge to eliminate sugar from our diets (though with 2 ADHD boys, I really need to consider it!), I really thought that these ideas looked delicious! I think that these are cost effective alternatives and the fact that they are healthy makes them look even better! Great post!
These look so delicious….but my hubby has Reeses eggs in the fridge and now I want one NOW! LOL!
Eek!!! Run away! :-).
I love your idea of filling eggs w/ toys and fruit and other things instead of candy! I recently and am still working on going vegan and would love for my kids to eat healthy, not saying they have to go vegan but all the junk food is for special times! What a great idea, I’ll have to implement that in the future when hubby and I have kids! 🙂 Great post!
Thanks for the kind words, Bridget! I look forward to seeing you around again!
Thanks so much for this list! For some reason, the link for the Mounds Bars didn’t work for me, so I went hunting and found them here. https://www.tessadomesticdiva.com/2012/02/coconut-secret-barshomemade-healthy.html Hope that helps someone else!
Thanks! I was having issues w/ it yesterday and thought I’d fixed it! It should be working now!
Great collection! Thanks so much for putting this together. Every holiday I end up with a candy overload :/ Some of the smaller ideas would be perfect with some waxed paper in a paper Easter basket!
I might consider making some cute, natural konnyaku with yacon to sweeten for the holidays~ ;p
Thank-you SO much for this list!!!! I really appreciate you taking the time to do this!
Fantastic round up!! I NEED to make Tessa’s coconut bars! And Ricki’s sweet potato truffle – wow, so smart!
Hugs,
–Amber
Great ideas! The other day it occurred to me that there are a lot of healthy treats that my kids like but I don’t buy due to the expense. Some of those will be making an appearance in their Easter baskets (apple “chips,” fruit squeeze pouches, all fruit “roll-ups, etc.) When we visit the local healthy market, they always beg me for those treats so I’m hoping they’ll be excited to see them in their baskets.