The Healthiest Slow Cooker Dessert Recipes On The Planet

While you might want to force yourself to skip dessert to stay healthy, not giving into your cravings every now and then will only intensify them. Nutrition professor and chair of the American Heart Association's nutrition committee, Rachel Johnson, says, "When you put rules and restrictions on something, you're only going to want it more."

She recommends that you "satisfy your dessert craving in healthier ways," such as making them yourself at home. Making your own desserts means that you can opt for healthier options, such as using less sugar.

Of course, that's easier said than done. Who has time for baking? That's where your slow cooker comes to the rescue! Most slow cooker desserts take a few hours to cook, meaning that you have time to do other things, instead of sitting in the kitchen waiting for an oven timer to go off. Being busy is no longer an excuse not to eat well. If you want a healthy, homemade dessert check out these recipes!

Carrot cake sounds like it should be healthy because it has a vegetable in the title, but unfortunately traditional carrot cakes are loaded with calories. This low carb carrot cake option, however, will help you indulge your carrot cake cravings!

With just 9.5 grams of carbs per serving, this cake is far healthier than your typical carrot cake. It uses a sugar substitute, skips the traditional addition of raisins (although you can throw some in if you really want to!), and is topped with a delectable cream cheese frosting.

A lot of people think rice is unhealthy, but it's actually a low-calorie, low-fat food that is packed with protein. It's a bit high in carbohydrates so you probably shouldn't eat it with every meal but it does make for a tasty dessert.

Served with fresh some fresh fruit, this cardamom rice pudding is a delicious and healthy dessert. Adding to the blend of flavors is some cinnamon sprinkled on top, making for a pudding that tastes rich and creamy but is surprisingly low in fat.

Tiramisu is known for its rich flavor. And anything that tastes this good has to be bad for you, right? Not necessarily. This slow cooker variation swaps out some of the less healthy ingredients, and opts for low-fat milk.

This recipe preserves the indulgent taste of traditional tiramisu while cutting down on the calories, coming in at just under 200 calories per serving. And instead of sugar-laden ladyfingers, the recipe calls for French bread. The pudding takes about two hours to cook and is definitely worth the wait!

Lauren Kelly, the nutritionist and cookbook author behind this recipe, calls this "a gigantic cookie" which you "slice into cookie bars." Whether you end up slicing them into individual oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, or opt for one massive, showstopper-bake, this combination of ingredients is too delectable to pass up.

There are just 225 calories per serving. Even better, these cookies are gluten free and made without refined sugar. And as Kelly says, "No junk in these babies!"

Fudge is such a dense and rich sweet that it seems impossible that you could make it healthy (let alone cook it in a slow cooker), yet this recipe proves otherwise! This fudge recipe is both sugar free and dairy free. The secret is to use coconut milk and sugar free chocolate chips. One piece of this fudge has just 78 calories, making it the ultimate healthy sweet.

But this recipe's gonna take a little time. While it only takes 5 minutes to whip up the ingredients, it then needs to cook for 3 hours, and then chill to stiffen. The total time needed before you can sample your homemade fudge is 6-7 hours, but the best things are worth waiting for!