These 5 sugar-free recipes will please even the sweetest tooth

Food blogger and iVillage iVoice, Veggie Mama, shares her sugar-free recipes.

Vegan chocolate-sour cherry brownies

I have often thought about making vegan brownies but usually put it aside as it sounded harder than other vegan goodies - brownies have such a specific texture that I thought it would be somewhat difficult to replicate. Regular brownies are sort of crisp and chewy on the outside, with a dense, fudgy centre, and are not to be messed with.

I've done a lot of reading lately in an effort to make vegan brownies with a similar composition to regular brownies as opposed to cakey versions I've made in the past when purely veganising a non-vegan recipe. I don't like brownies that taste like cake - I want brownies to taste like brownies!

You can read the recipe here. Run, don't walk.
Banana choc-chip* porridge

I love porridge. I really do. I love the warm creaminess and the way it fills you up for ages. I even have the cooking down to a fine art so I can put a pot on, go and get dressed and fix my face, and come back to creamy oats. It's taken a lot of trial and error (once I left an element on for 12 hours while I went to uni!), but I'm happy with where I'm at! One day when it's more than just me eating it, I'm going to try cooking them in the slow cooker overnight. Yum!

*Substitute cacao nibs or sugar-free dark chocolate for the chocolate chips.

Check out the recipe here.
Banana-berry smoothie

We've been having smoothies here every day lately - its fun to sit outside in the sunshine (with the kids) and get messy with a fruity drink packed with goodness and health. Bananas and strawberries are super-cheap at the moment and we've just been keeping on top of the load I buy every week.

Get the recipe here.
Strawberry-lime pops

This one is super easy: Blend one punnet of strawberries, four mandarins peeled and chopped, and the juice of two limes and freeze overnight.
Vegan Blueberry Pancakes

Don't let the title throw you! These are honestly the best pancakes I have ever eaten, and I'm a stickler for traditional recipes.

*You can substitute the sugar for coconut sugar, rapadura, xylitol or agave instead.

You can get the recipe here.
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