Sugar, you're going down: 22 low-carb dessert recipes

If you’re a fan of classic peanut butter cookies, try these almond butter cookies from Sugar Free Londoner. Each large cookie contains only five carbs, and you only need three ingredients: almond butter, half a cup of sweetener (like Stevia or Swerve), and an egg.

We know: seeing apple pie on this list is a bit of a surprise. One apple has about 25 carbs, but this “apple” pie from Keto Focus features just 10 carbs per serving — and only five net carbs. The catch? It’s actually made with zucchini (or chayote) and apple flavoring. If this sounds too good to be true, don’t take our word for it: check out the reviews!

These blondies from I Breathe I’m Hungry are chewy, buttery, and just a bit sweet — and we haven’t even mentioned the best parts yet. Not only do these blondies also contain a bit of rum extract, but they only add up to 6 carbs per serving.

Sugar-free with only six carbs per serving, this cheesecake is also a cinch to make. And if you run into any problems — like surface cracking or a gritty, runny, or dry filling — Wholesome Yum can help you troubleshoot the issues.

One layer, one bowl, and only five carbs…could this chocolate cake from Healthy Recipes Blog be any easier? Okay, you’ll still need to amass all the ingredients and spend 15 minutes putting it all together, but this moist and fluffy cake topped with drool-worthy chocolate frosting will make you forget all about that small bit of effort.

If your friends or family lead low-carb lifestyles, serve them these chocolate chip cookies from All Day I Dream About Food. They’ll never believe these thick, chewy treats are sans sugar, and they’ll be delighted to find out they only contain five carbs per cookie!

Low-carb chocolate mousse that only requires three ingredients? It sounds too good to be true, but this simple dessert from Chocolate Covered Katie is naturally low-carb…and it can be made in less than 10 minutes!

A trip to the donut shop is a good way to burn through your allotted carbs, so make them at home instead. While a glazed donut from Dunkin boasts 31 carbs, these iced babies from Momma Fit Lyndsey have only five carbs and are made with ingredients you probably already have on hand. Enjoy them for dessert, for breakfast, or anytime in between!

This low-carb ice cream recipe from Joy Filled Eats is so simple that it’s both faster and easier than driving to the grocery store or your local ice cream shop…and you don’t even need an ice cream maker! (Really!) Just throw some frozen fruit in your food processor, add some heavy cream and stevia, process until creamy, and enjoy!

If you think our ice cream recipe has too much fruit and not enough chocolate, you’ll love this ice cream bar recipe from Wholesome Yum — and you’ll love the fact that each bar only contains 2.5 net carbs! Just whisk together almond milk, heavy cream, sweetener, and vanilla extract, freeze it in a silicone mold with a popsicle stick, and dip each one in melted chocolate. You can even add your favorite toppings!

Light in texture and light on carbs, this lemon pound cake from Sweet as Honey is also a light lift in the kitchen that requires just seven ingredients for the cake, plus a simple two-ingredient frosting. And at just five carbs per serving, you can even think about a second slice.

No sugar? No problem when it comes to these “oatmeal” raisin cookies from The Big Man’s World that only contain nine carbs per cookie. The trick? Although the recipe includes real raisins, it calls for ground chia seeds, ground flaxseed, and shredded unsweetened coconut flakes instead of oats.

If your weakness is a sweet & salty peanut butter cup, find strength in the fact that this recipe from Creations By Kara is sugar-free and contains just 11 carbs per cup — and only two net carbs! They’re also fun to make and can be frozen for up to 2 months.

Six ingredients are all you need for this homemade fudge from Hey Keto Mama, which requires no oven time — just 15 minutes on the stove. The hardest part of this fudge, which clocks in at three carbs per serving, is waiting an hour for it to cool in the fridge.

We eat dessert every single night…but sometimes we have exhausted our leftovers and don’t have time to prep and bake a whole dessert. This single-serving pecan pie from The Diet Chefs can be made in a shockingly short five minutes, so it’s an anytime option as long as you have butter, sweeteners (both brown & granulated), almond flour, cinnamon, and pecans on hand. If you eat the whole thing, it’s still only seven carbs.

Don’t lower your low-carb expectations just because it’s the holiday season. This pumpkin pie from Two Sleevers takes the traditional dessert — which clocks in at an average of 45 carbs per slice — and cuts it all the way down to just nine carbs without sacrificing any flavor.

The cream cheese frosting might be the best part of red velvet cake, and this recipe from Low Carb Spark has a fantastic four-ingredient one. Just as fantastic is the fact that this cake only has six carbs per slice.

Have unexpected guests who are expecting dessert? You need just four ingredients for these Rice Krispie treats from ChocZero, which only require about five minutes of prep time. In fact, you must move quite quickly when making them, so the melted marshmallows don’t harden before you get them into the pan! Each square has 18 carbs but only three net carbs.

If you’re a sucker for strawberries, you’ll certainly want to try these keto crumb bars from The Roasted Root. They’re egg-free and dairy-free, calling for just strawberries, a sugar substitute, tapioca flour, almond flour, butter, and a pinch of salt. 

Usually, you wouldn’t associate the words “sugar” and “low-carb” with each other, but this cookie recipe from The Big Man’s World uses sugar-free powdered sugar and another sweetener of your choice to make these simple yet irresistible desserts. Aside from that, you only need butter, cream cheese, almond flour, coconut flour, and vanilla extract — all of which adds up to only three carbs per cookie.

As the Spanish name suggests, tres leches cake includes three different kinds of milk, but instead of whole, condensed, and evaporated, this one from Wholesome Yum enlists the help of sugar-free sweetened condensed milk, unsweetened almond milk, and — surprise! — heavy cream. Despite the substitutions, this rich, moist (and healthier!) version might be the best sponge cake you’ll ever have, and it only contains six carbs per slice. 

If you liked the 5-minute pecan pie, you’ll love this trio of mug cake recipes from Low Carb with Jennifer. Each one is a single-serve dessert that only takes 5 minutes (including both prep + cook time) and contains 5-8 carbs (depending on the flavor).