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29 Healthy Baked Goods for Kids

Sweet treats you can feel good about.

May 1, 2017

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Jam Bars
The combination of rice syrup and almond butter make these bars less sweet and lends a more substantial quality than most other versions.
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Double Chocolate Cupcakes With Salted Chia Pudding Frosting
These vegan and gluten-free cupcakes pack in plenty of nutrition with chia seeds, flax meal, and chickpea flour. But they taste like a chocolate-coconut dream.
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3-Ingredient Caramel Apple Tart
One sure fire way to get your kids to eat their fruit: stick it on a tart. If you keep some homemade 3-ingredient caramel sauce on hand, it's even easier.
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Buckwheat Banana Cake with Yogurt Topping
Earthy, nutrient-rich whole grain flours give this classic banana loaf cake recipe some added personality. Skip the espresso powder in the yogurt topping, or just leave the topping off entirely—sure it's great, but the cake doesn't even need it.
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Pannelet Cookies With Sweet Potato and Coconut
The dough for these tender, bite-size Spanish cookies—made primarily from sweet potatoes, coconut, and almonds—can be made up to two days in advance.
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3-Ingredient Fudge Pops
A fudge pop isn't exactly "healthy," but when you make them yourself at least you know what they're made from quality ingredients.
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Fudgy Chocolate Banana Flax Muffins
Chocolate muffins for breakfast? When the sinfully sweet goodness is derived from bananas, applesauce, and cocoa powder, as in this recipe from Daphne Oz, it's a fudgy treat you can feel really, really good about.
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8/29
Mixed Berry Crumble With Oats and Almonds
The mixture of oats, almonds, berries, dates, and cinnamon creates the perfect sustained energy–releasing treat that packs a hefty nutritional punch.
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Fruity Berry Tarts With Vanilla Cashew Cream
While these tarts may look fancy, they couldn't be easier to put together. Top off the dairy-free filling with berries, bananas, mango, or whatever fruit your child loves.
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3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
These naturally gluten-free, protein-packed treats couldn't be easier to make.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone
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3-Ingredient Hazelnut Cookies
Flavor crispy meringue cookies with toasted hazelnuts—if you'd like, fold in some chopped dark chocolate for a punch of antioxidants.
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Gluten-Free Lemon Bars
For kids with a gluten allergy, these citrusy bars are an absolute miracle.
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Mochi-Covered Strawberries
Kids will love this sweet and chewy Japanese dessert.
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Breakfast Cookies
Parents know: anytime you can legitimately make a meal out of a cookie and milk, you're golden.
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