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Diwali Sweets | Naturally Sweetened

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A small collection of Diwali sweets, using naturally sweetened ingredients like dates/dried figs/jaggery.

Diwali literally means sweets. Sweets and festivites are synonomous. You cannot celebrate a festival, that too a traditional Indian festival like diwali without sweets. But you can find alternates to white sugar in your desserts and make them a tad bit healthy by using naturally sweetened ingredients like dates/dried figs/jaggery/palm sugar.

Diwali is a time where everyone should enjoy the delicacies made at home. But these days, somebody in the family, forced by diabetes, and some due to their health conscience avoid diwali sweets.

Diwali sweets

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Sweets can be made healthy and consumed consciously. To my knowledge, it is the processed white sugar which we should try to avoid and always remember to portion control.

During our grand-parents days, sweets were made with jaggery. My paati/grandma lived till the age of 93. She was very active till her last day and her only health complaint was her knee-pain. She loves Basundhi, it is her favorite sweet, second in line is Beetroot halwa.

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The diwali sweets listed, are made using natural sweetening agents like jaggery, dates and honey.  But, that doesn't mean you can gobble the whole lot on the D-day. Enjoy in moderate.

They also make a great gift to your calorie conscious friends & their families. Try and let me know how it turned out

Diwali Sweets Collection

Gozinaki/Nut Candy from Georgia
Gozinaki is a traditional Georgian confection made of caramelized nuts fried in honey and usually eaten on New Year’s Eve and Christmas.
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Anjeer Burfi
Anjeer Burfi is a delicious fudge made of dried anjeer/figs. A delectable combination of figs, dates and nuts. A naturally sweetened dessert, fit for celebrations and gifts.
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Mixed Nuts & Seeds Candy
A crunchy and delicious mixed nuts and seeds candy made of honey. Guilt-free candy that doubles up as a health bar, and on the go snack.
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Chocolate nut clusters
Crunchy clusters of roasted almonds, coated in chocolate. A scrumptious treat and a lovely edible gift. A tempting snack for kids. Make it with dark chocoalte to up the health quotient.
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Almond cashew and peanuts ladoo
Ladoos made with 3 kinds of nuts and sweetened with dates and figs. A combination of almonds, cashews and peanuts, provide the right amount of nutrients and energy required and instead of sugar i have sweetened with figs and dates.
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Poha, Oats & Peanuts ladoo
Poha-oats and peanut laddo, vegan energy balls made with rice flakes, oats and peanuts. A gluten-free, on the go snack.
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Apple & Oats Energy balls/Ladoos, No Sugar dessert
Apple & oats energy balls, a delicious treat made of fresh apples, oats and nuts , sweetened with dates. These energy balls are easy to make and a great snack on the go.
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Andi unda - Kerala special Rice & Cashew balls
Andi unda, a delicious ladoo made of maata rice, cashews and jaggery. A great evening snack and wonderful gift during festivities.
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Pistachio truffles
An easy to make quick dessert, snack, energy bars or whatever you want to call them. These truffles are packed with loads of nutrients from dates and pistachios combined with coconut.
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Narkol Naru/Sticky coconut balls with pears
A sticky ball of goodness made with dates syrup, pears and coconut. This narkol naru is supposed to be a bengali delicacy, the pears added were a bit of twist from myside. But nevertheless they taste out of the world and takes literally minutes to make!
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Ragi Ladoo/Laddu
Ragi ladoos. roasted ragi flour combined with mixed nuts, jaggery and cococnut to make these delicious energy balls. The ladoos are combined with the nut fat and jaggery is used to sweetened the ladoos.
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Foxtail millet/thinai ladoo
Thinai Ladoos’s/Thinai urundai made of millets, almonds, coconut and jaggery. These ladoos, have no ghee/ white sugar/butter/any oil. The fat content comes from almonds and coconut added to it.
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Dates & Figs ladoo
A deliciuos ladoo made of dried figs, dates, coconut and nuts. The advantage of these energy balls is the sugar comes from the dried fruits and no extra sugar is added. A healthy snack and a lovely gift for festivities.
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Dates & Paneer peda
A quick to make fudge with dates and paneer/indian cottage cheese. Crumbled paneer combined with dates paste, results in this amazing soft and healthy fudge. A great snack to make anytime.
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No Bake Poha, Millet and chocolate Tart
A scrumptious no bake treat. With poha and millet & chocoalte base, filled with labneh, cream cheese and strawberry blended together. A great center piece for parties and a healthy dessert for the calorie conscious.
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  1. AparnaRajeshkumar

    I loved the thinai ladoo 😀 tempting

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  2. kitchen queen

    delicious sweets Priya.

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  3. Vandana

    I always feel guilty after Festivals for eating a lot of sweets. Thanks for this wonderful post. I really needed these healthy dessert ideas. Great collection.

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  4. Lata Lala

    A lovely collection of Diwali sweets, using naturally sweetened ingredients is such a blessing in these festivities.

    Thank you for sharing such wonderful traditioal Indian Sweets.

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  5. Poonam bachhav

    Such a wonderful post with so many delicious and guilt free sweets to try out this festive season! Anjeer burfi is my personal favourite.

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  6. Mayuri Patel

    Such a huge collection of sweet treats to choose from that do not use any refined sugar. Perfect for the upcoming festival. Pistachio truffles sound good.

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  7. Sasmita Sahoo

    such a lovely compilation of healthy sweets for diwali priya !! I just love each one that you have listed here ...

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  8. Bless my food by Payal

    The sentence, "Diwali sweets, using naturally sweetened ingredients like dates/dried figs/jaggery" really made my day.

    Dancing with the rhythm of celebrations, we usually forget what we are eating and realise too late. But the ideas you have poured in are really going to blast coming Diwali.

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  9. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

    I am so excited to find this list. I have always been a fan of your recipes that are made with natural ingredients. Anjeer burfi sounds interesting. I have never made any Indian sweets with figs. Will be trying it soon.

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  10. Jagruti's Cooking Odyssey

    I am so glad to see the title as 'sweets with natural sugar' and not just 'sugarfree' 😀 A delicious collection of sweets that I don't mind having it even on a normal day too.

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