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25 “Healthy” Holiday Candy Recipes

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It’s on!  Holiday season is here.  And you know there is going to be a gluttony of sweets happening.  But don’t worry, I’ve got you covered.  Here’s 25 of my favorite “healthy” holiday candy recipes. 

Just cuz it’s the holidays doesn’t mean we all have to fall off the wagon and blow our real food diets.  It’s totally possible to create crazy good holiday candy with real food ingredients.  I’ll be the first to admit that I love holiday treats.  And it isn’t really the holidays without a bit of chocolate.  Wouldn’t you agree?

Some of my favorite memories from childhood revolve around baking and making sweets around the holidays. I still can taste the gingerbread cookies my mom used to make with us back home in Finland.  Honestly, I don’t want my kids to miss out on that.

So this year, I’ve put together some “healthy” alternatives from some of my favorite bloggers.  It’s actually pretty easy to make holiday candies with healthy fats and good quality ingredients.  They taste amazing and don’t have any of the artificial garbage that we all try to avoid.

Enjoy!

xo,

Katja

“Healthy” Holiday Candy Recipes

1. Chocolate Pumpkin Almond Butter Cups from Anya’s Eats

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2. Homemade Almond Joys from Rubies & Radishes

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3. Coconut Snowflakes Candy from Real Food RN

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4. Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bites from Savory Lotus

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5. White Chocolate Pomegranate Bark from Plaid & Paleo

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6. Chocolate Cashew Clusters from Plaid & Paleo

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7. Homemade Mint Chocolate Fudge from VA Hunter Gatherers

8. Homemade Dark Chocolates from Savory Lotus

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9. Dark Chocolate Orange Fudge from Pure and Simple Nourishment

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10. Cocoa Mint Truffles from Paleo in PDX

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11. Coconut Snowballs from Real Food RN

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12. Double Chocolate Superfood Cups from Paleo with Mrs. P

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13. No Bake Almond Joy Bars from Whole New Mom

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14. Chocolate Truffles from Healy Eats Real

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15. Peppermint Chocolate Bark from Healy Eats Real

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16. Peppermint Fudge from Grazed and Enthused

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17. Coconut Sugar Salted Caramels from Health Starts in the Kitchen

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18. Maple Pumpkin Pie Fudge from Health Starts in the Kitchen

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19. Paleo Chili “Peanut Butter Cups” from The Saffron Girl

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20. Chocolate Truffles from Real Food RN

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21. Chocolate Peppermint Gummy Treats from Savory Lotus

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22. Pomegranate Gelatin Gummies from Raindrops Wellness

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23. One-Ingredient Maple Candies from Life Made Full

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24. Two-Ingredient Caramel Candy from My Heart Beets

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25. Peppermint Patties from Real Food RN

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  1. Mrs P says

    December 4, 2015 at 10:33 am

    Thank you for the feature, what a great round up! Love it! x

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