5 Christmas Dessert Recipes For Diabetics

These five Christmas dessert  recipes for diabetics will make your holiday a lot less challenging. Being a diabetic is hard enough without watching everyone else wolf down pumpkin and pecan pies, egg nog, and Christmas candy. Most of these recipes use Equal as a sugar substitute unless stated otherwise.  

Christmas Pumpkin Pie for Diabetics

• 2 eggs
• 1 can pumpkin
• 3/4 cup Splenda 
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 1 can evaporated milk
• 1 unbaked pie crust

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Mix all ingredients in large bowl and pour into pie shell.
3. Bake for 15 minutes, then turn oven down to 350 and cook 40 minutes.
4. Check for doneness. When you stick a knife in and it comes out clean, your Christmas Dessert is done.

Christmas Sugar-Free Fudge for Diabetics

• 3 cups carob
• 1/4 teaspoon artificial sweetener
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 48 walnut halves
• pinch salt

1. In saucepan on low heat mix carob, sweetener, and milk. 
2. Mix in remaining ingredients except walnut halves.
3. Spread into a 9 x 9 inch pan and chill. Cut into squares and top each one with a walnut half.

Christmas Sugar-Free Pecan Pie for Diabetics

• 1 unbaked pie crust
• 5 teaspoons Splenda
• 1 cup sugar free syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3  eggs
• 1 cup pecan halves
• 1/3 cup butter, melted

1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl and pour into pie crust.
2. Bake at 350 for 40 to 50 minutes. Cool and serve.

Christmas Peppermint Pattie Pie for Diabetics

• 18 miniature sugar free Peppermint Patties
• 1 baked pie crust
• 1 package cook and serve sugar free vanilla pudding
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 2 cups milk
• whipped cream

1. Mix pudding and cocoa in saucepan and add milk.
2. Cut 10 patties into quarters and add to mixture, stirring until melted and smooth.
3. Pour into pie shell and chill.
4. Serve with whipped cream and pattie on each piece.

Christmas Maple Sugar Candy for Diabetics

• 3 cups sugar free maple syrup
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup cream
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract

1. Cook syrup, butter, and cream in saucepan until smooth.
2. Remove from heat and add nuts and lemon, stirring for several minutes.
3. Pour into greased pan, cool, and cut into squares.

Tips: Erythritol and Sweetzfree can be found at health food stores.