Healthy Nature

Summertime is perfect for enjoying light and fruity desserts that use fresh seasonal fruit to make a scrumptious sweet treat for after dinner.

In the summer, we love to enjoy foods that taste super fresh, are not as rich and heavy, but still, provide tons of delicious flavors and textures. We are also a tab more conscious about the amount of sugar, fat, and calories we are eating in the summer because of beach days, swimsuits, and less clothing!

In this post, we have come up with 7 light and fruity summer desserts that are perfect for enjoying any time and will not leave your feeling stuffed and bloated from sugar and heavy ingredients.

Grilled Peaches with Caramel Whipped Cream

Peaches are sweet and juicy all on their own in the summer! You can often find fresh local peach stands around your home, and bonus points if you can find a local organic option.

These peaches are festive because they are grilled, which is a summer must, and it brings out their natural sugars, even more, that caramelize and get smoky on the grill. To keep things healthy, make your own whipped cream with just a pinch of sweetener or honey and buy an organic and non-GMO caramel sauce to drizzle over the cream.

Italian Lemon Olive Oil Cake Recipe with Berries & Mascarpone

This cake gets light and fruity twist that feels much less heavy than a traditional super rich cake. With a fruity olive oil cake, fresh blueberry sauce, homemade tangy lemon curd, and mascarpone cream, you leave behind a thick sugar-laden frosting for something lighter and fluffier.

The cake it studded and topped with gorgeous fresh blackberries, which pull the cake together and provide even more fruity freshness.

Watermelon Ice

This incredibly light and fruity dessert is a cool, sweet treat that is perfect for ending the night. Fresh watermelon, lime juice, pomegranate juice, and cilantro are bold summer flavors that pair so well together and make you feel like you are eating summer in a bowl.

Raspberry Lemon Bars

Lemon and fresh raspberries are the perfect summer flavor combo. These sweet and tangy bars are made with simple wholesome ingredients like whole wheat flour, maple syrup, lemons, and raspberries. Yes, there is added sugar, but it is not a ton and you can try to swap the sugar with another healthy sugar replacement like Swerve.

Greek Yogurt Berry Tart

This berry tart uses loads of fresh berries, has a gluten-free crust, and is filled with a creamy and tangy Greek yogurt filling. The special twist to this tart is chopped crystallized ginger in the crust – yum! There is no refined sugar in this recipe and the Greek yogurt filling makes in a high protein dessert as well.

Orange Lavender Pudding

This is a unique and special pudding that is sure to impress just about any guest or loved one. Orange and lavender pair well together and the soothing floral notes of the lavender make this a real treat. It is smooth, creamy, fruity, floral, and light making it a perfect summertime dessert.

Baked Fruit with Coconut Cream

Need a dessert that is incredibly easy, low-calorie, and easy to make? This baked fruit dessert is ideal for you! It combines fruits like apples, bananas, strawberries, raspberries, lemon, maple syrup, and cinnamon that is simply placed in a baking dish and baked. Once it comes out of the oven, serve with fresh coconut cream and your light and fruity dessert is done. At only 63 calories per serving, you may just wind up eating the whole dish.