Healthy Treats to Indulge In

With the end of the year coming to an end and Christmas right around the corner indulging in a million and one sweets and gaining the extra 10lbs that you have to crunch and work off before summer try these. They are sweet and super easy to make! 

Healthy Treats:

Well I thought it’d be best to start with the healthy treats first so here are some that I’ve found and done and have been great!

Chocolate Crunch:

I got this recipe from www.eatingwell.com

Ingredients:

3 cup Wheat Chex cereal, (2 ounces)

3 cup pretzel sticks broken in half, (2 ounces)

3/4 cup salted roasted almonds, (2 1/2 ounces)

9 tablespoons bittersweet chocolate chips, melted

Preperation:

Combine Chex, pretzels and almonds in a medium bowl. Drizzle with melted chocolate; stir to combine. Spread the mixture on a wax paper-lined baking sheet and refrigerate until the chocolate is set, about 30 minutes.

-Makes 12 servings of 3/4 cups each

Baked Cinnamon Apples:

I got this recipe from TLC and I absolutely love it!
Ingredients:

4 Sheets (18x12in) heavy-duty foil, lightly sprayed with nonstick cooking spray4 Large Granny Smith or Rome Beauty Apples

1/3 cup brown sugar, packed

1/4 cut dried cranberries (i use raisins)

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 tablespoons butter cut into 4 pieces

(and if you want some extra sweet flavoring add some vanilla ice cream)

PREPARATION:

1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Core apples. Using paring knife, trim off 1/2-inch strip around top of each apple. Place each apple in center of foil sheet.

2. Mix brown sugar, cranberries and cinnamon in small bowl. Fill apples with sugar mixture, sprinkling any excess around pared rim. Place 1 piece butter on sugar mixture; press gently.

3. Double fold sides and ends of foil to seal packets, leaving head space for heat circulation. Place packets on baking sheet.

4. Bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Carefully open foil packets; shape foil around apples. Bake 10 minutes more or until apples are tender. Remove from oven. Transfer apples to bowls; spoon remaining liquid over apples. Serve warm apples with ice cream.