Diabetes does not preclude sugar consumption, provided sugar intake is kept at a level which will not upset the glucose and insulin balance of the body in a diabetic desserts recipe. When choosing a diabetic desserts recipe to include in overall diabetic recipes for a meal, it is important that the recipe contain all the relevant information about calorie content. Here’s one good example of a diabetic desserts recipe.

Raspberry Thumbprints

Ingredients:

• Margarine, softened: ¼cup
• Sugar: 3 tablespoons
• Egg white, large: 1
• Vanilla extract: 1 teaspoon
• All-purpose flour, sifted: 1 ½ cups
• Cooking spray
• Raspberry fruit spread, no sugar added: 3 tablespoons

Procedure:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Cream margarine and sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy.
• Add egg white and vanilla. Beat well.
• Stir in flour in 3 parts.
• Form dough into a ball with your hands. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet lightly coated with cooking spray.
• Press a hole with your thumb in the center of each cookie.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until golden. Cool completely on wire racks.
• Spoon 1/2 teaspoon of raspberry fruit spread into center of each cookie.
• Nutrition information: per cookie: 85 calories (31% calories from fat), 1 g protein, 3 g fat, trace dietary fiber, 0 cholesterol, 43 mg sodium
  Here’s another example of a delicious diabetic desserts recipe to include in one’s list of diabetic recipes.

Frozen Bananas on a Stick

• Medium ripe bananas: 3
• Fat-free vanilla yogurt: 4 oz.
• Grape Nuts cereal: ½ cup

Procedure:

• Peel bananas. Cut in half crosswise.
• Insert wooden stick into flat end of each banana half.
• Spread some yogurt onto sides of each banana half. Roll in the Grape Nuts.
• Place on wax paper-lined baking sheet. Freeze firm for 1 hour.
• Wrap each banana in a plastic wrap.
• Eat frozen.

Nutrition Information: 106 calories (3% calories from fat), 3 g protein, trace total fat (0.1 g saturated fat), 25 g carbohydrate, 2 g dietary fiber, 1 mg cholesterol, 75 mg sodium And still another example of a diabetic desserts recipe to top off a hearty meal.

Frozen Strawberry Pops

• Large ripe strawberries, hulled and cut into quarters: 8
• Frozen pineapple juice concentrate, slightly thawed: 2/3 cup
• Sugar-free lemon-lime soda: 16 oz.

Procedure:

• Place strawberries in food processor. Add pineapple juice concentrate. Pulse until fairly smooth.
• Stir in sugar-free soda until well blended.
• Pour mixture into eight 6-ounce paper cups. Freeze for 30 minutes. Put clean wooden stick into the middle of each pop.
• Freeze overnight.
• Allow to stand at room temperature until you can peel off the paper cup.

Nutrition Information: 49 calories (0% calories from fat), 1 g protein, 0 total fat (0 saturated fat)12 g carbohydrate, 1 g dietary fiber, 0 cholesterol, 3 mg sodium

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