Sugar-Free Coconut Macaroons
Updated May. 22nd, 2024
If you just went sugar-free, but you’re still having cravings for something sweet – then we’ve got just the thing for you! You’re going to love these naturally sweetened apple coconut macaroons that use fresh applesauce, shredded coconut and shredded apples. Apples are so good for you because they are high in fiber, antioxidants and vitamin C, which make them good for lowering cholesterol, boosting immunity and overall heart health. With benefits like these, you can’t afford not to eat them!
- Gluten Free
- Dairy Free
- Egg Free
- Sugar Free
- Vegetarian
Ingredients:
| 2 ½ cups shredded unsweetened coconut | 3 tablespoon almond flour | pinch of salt |
| 1 ½ granny smith apples – 1 apple shredded and 1/2 of the other apple blended | ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract | |
| 1/3 cup almond butter | ¼ teaspoon natural almond flavor |
Directions
Set your oven to 325F
- In a large bowl, combine all of your ingredients together and whisk until well combined.
- Using your hands, take portions of the mixture in your hand and form them into a ball. Place them onto a pre-lined baking sheet, and use a fork to gently flatten them. Repeat until all the mixture is gone.
- Place the macaroons into the oven and bake for 10-15 minutes – when they are golden brown in colour they are perfect!
Make It This Way
To change the flavor of these macaroons, switch up the ingredients. To make an “apple-pie” flavored macaroon, try swapping out the green apples for red, and the replace the almond extract for ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon and a dash of nutmeg!
Try This
Get creative and add super-foods to these chewy delights, we suggest using roughly chopped golden berries, goji berries or aronia berries.
Almond has a sweet, floral taste that compliments apple nicely and with the addition of vanilla (a great natural way to boost sweetness) and coconut, I can see why no added sugar is needed! I like the idea of this recipe but personally, since I am not a fan of apples myself, I would replace the apples with date sugar/syrup or mapple syrup or coconut sugar. And, the idea that you have of adding berries is great too-makes these a great balanced lunchbox snack to stay nourished and enjoy some nice flavor too on a busy workday :D