Veggies for Dessert! 20 Sweet + Scrumptious Carrot Treats
You may have mastered cooking with carrots, but have you tried baking with the bright orange veggies (and no, we don’t mean carrot cake)? It’s okay — we’re pretty new to veggie desserts, too. But not to worry! We’ve scoured the Internet to round up 20 of the very best carrot dessert recipes out there for you. And we’ve even got some vegan and gluten-free goodies hidden in here! Hungry yet? Get bakin’!
1. Whole Grain Chocolate Carrot Cupcakes: Let’s ease into this. This (healthy) chocolate cupcake is loaded with carrots, but you’d never know! (via Texanerin Baking)
2. Carrot Cake Cookies: These carrot cookies are stuffed with cream cheese frosting. Yes, please! (via Cooking Classy)
3. Mini Carrot Pudding Pies: Carrot pudding tartlets sound like a yummy three-bite treat to us. We’ll take two! (via Freutcake)
4. Carrot Cake Coconut Cream Pie: Speaking of pie, this no-bake coconut cream pie with a carrot-coconut crust looks almost too good to be true. (via The Diva Dish)
5. Hawaiian Carrot Cake With Coconut Icing: This layer cake with carrots, pineapple and coconut icing is one of two gorgeous cakes to grace this carrot dessert roundup. (via Sweetapolita)
6. Gluten-Free Carrot Pineapple Muffins: Breakfast just got a whole lot better. (via Simply Gluten-Free)
7. Carrot Cake Cheesecake: We love cheesecake, so we’re obviously pumped to add this recipe to our baking arsenal. (via Cooking Classy)
8. Carrot Cake Fudge: White chocolate and orange veggies? We’re intrigued! (via Wine and Glue)
9. Carrot Ice Cream: This ice cream is about to be sooo refreshing. (via A Subtle Revelry)
10. Carrot Orange Sorbet: And this citrus sorbet is about to be even MORE refreshing. (via Scoop Adventures)
11. Carrot Milkshake: If we could just make a milkshake out of every veggie under the sun, we know we’d eat way more veggies! (via You Too Can Cook)
12. Flourless Carrot Cake With Mascarpone Frosting: Flourless chocolate cake is delicious, so why wouldn’t flourless carrot cake (with mascarpone frosting to boot) be delicious, too? (via Diethood)
13. Carrot Cake Marshmallows: Let’s add this one to our long list of pretty and flavored ‘mallows. (via Eat the Love)
14. Pineapple Banana Carrot Bundt Cake: This bundt cake with cream cheese drizzle is about to become our go-to housewarming gift! (via The Art of Comfort Baking)
15. Orange Ginger Carrot Cake With White Chocolate Frosting: Feast your eyes on yet another beautiful cake, this one made with ginger and white chocolate frosting! (via Sweetapolita)
16. Pineapple Upside-Down Carrot Cake: Want more of the pineapple-carrot combo? Look no further! And for a boozy take on this scrumptious dessert, try soaking the pineapple rings in rum ;) (via Sweet Springs Love)
17. Raw Carrot Cake With Cashew Vanilla Frosting: This raw, vegan and gluten-free recipe yields some seriously yummy mini carrot cakes! (via Gimme Some Oven)
18. Inside-Out Carrot Cake Muffins: That’s right. The cream cheese frosting is on the INSIDE! (via Everyday Reading)
19. Carrot Ginger Granita: End your next summer dinner party with this savory-but-sweet carrot ginger granita. It’s absolutely lovely! (via May I Have That Recipe)
20. Carrot Zucchini Bars With Citrus Frosting: Who knew veggies could look so darn tasty? And these bars are vegan, too! (via The Veg Life)
What carrot dessert are you itching to try out this summer? Do you have any delicious carrot recipes to share? Let us know in the comments below!
