Discover our collection of sugar-free desserts for people with diabetes!
Finally, a place to indulge with delicious cookies, brownies, pies, or mousse with no guilt.
Plus, all recipes are keto desserts made with low-carb flour and sugar-free sweeteners to keep your blood sugar level on track. So keep reading!
Are Keto Recipes Good For Diabetics?
The Ketogenic diet and a diet to manage your diabetes have something in common. They are trying to reduce the intake of carbohydrates.
Their goals, however, are slightly different.
If you just started the keto diet, you know that your goal is to be in ketosis.
Ketosis is a metabolic state where your body turns your stored fat into ketones and uses them as energy sources.
Since you have reduced your blood glucose, the muscles, brain, and other tissues in your body use these ketones,
With diabetes, the goal is different. Your body doesn’t produce enough insulin.
Insulin is responsible for helping to store blood glucose for later use. As a result, people with diabetes tend to have very high blood glucose levels.
So the goal of managing diabetes is to keep that blood sugar level low. This is done through the consumption of low Glycemic Index (GI) / low GL (Glycemic Load) foods.
There has been some research to try to understand if the Keto diet can be useful for people with diabetes.
- For Type 1 diabetes, the Keto diet might help manage A1C levels and glycemic control. But it is absolutely essential to talk to your doctor before starting.
- For Type 2 diabetes, it is now well-known that the Keto diet can have very positive effects.
What Are Sugar-Free Desserts For Diabetics?
Diabetic dessert recipes are low-carb, sugar-free desserts.
Obviously, desserts for diabetics don’t impact the blood sugar level as much as regular desserts as they contain no sugar. Are keto recipes good for diabetics?
How To Make Desserts For People With Diabetes
3 main ingredients help you create delicious diabetic-friendly desserts.
Low-carb flour
First, low-carb flour if it’s a cake or a cookie. As a result, low-carb, diabetic dessert recipes often use almond flour, coconut flour, or seed meals like flaxseed meals.
In fact, white-wheat flour is high in carbs and acts like sugar in your body.
As a result, low-carb, diabetic dessert recipes are made of high-fiber flours that don’t impact blood sugar levels.
Baking for diabetics means using low-carb flour but also healthy, low-GI sweeteners.
Low-carb sweeteners
Next, the choice of sugar-free sweeteners is crucial to keep diabetic-friendly desserts low in carbs.
It should be noted that depending on your diabetes type, your choice of sweetener can vary.
The sweeteners listed below are approved for type 1 diabetes and keto desserts.
- Sugar-alcohols like erythritol. This is a very healthy sugar-free alternative made of fermented sugar. There is no alcohol or sugar left in the product at the end. However, it can be used in a 1:1 ratio to replace sugar in the recipe.
- Monk fruit crystal
- Monk fruit maple-flavored syrup
- Stevia drops
- Xylitol
Indeed these 4 sugar-free sweeteners don’t impact blood sugar and have a near-zero glycemic index.
On the other hand, sweeteners like honey, maple syrup, and coconut sugar have higher sugar content.
They should not be recommended in diabetes desserts.
Healthy fat
Finally, healthy fats help stabilize sugar-level when combined with protein. It can be listed as healthy fat, avocado, coconut oil, olive oil, and seed oil.
30+ Diabetic Dessert Recipes
All these sugar-free cake recipes for diabetics are low in carbs and 100% gluten-free.
Keto Vanilla Cake
This keto vanilla cake is the most delicious, moist, and buttery diabetic-friendly birthday cake. This is the most popular dessert for people with diabetes on this blog!
1Keto Vanilla Cake
4.84 from 1388 votes
Keto Vanilla Cake an easy 1-bowl recipe for a moist and buttery dairy-free diabetic birthday cake with sugar-free buttercream icing.
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Keto Lemon Pound Cake
This delicious lemon cake contains only 3.9 grams of net carbs per slice, and it is a delicious treat with a cup of tea. A delicious diabetic dessert!
2Keto Lemon Pound Cake
4.88 from 1270 votes
This keto lemon pound cake recipe has only a few ingredients and steps to follow. It doesn't require fancy equipment or ingredients and you will quickly and easily make this in 15 minutes.
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Keto Red Velvet Cake
This is the best keto red velvet cake recipe with a smooth crumb and delicious vanilla, cocoa, and buttermilk flavor.
3Keto Red Velvet Cake
4.93 from 848 votes
This is a keto version of the classic red velvet cake with a moist crumb and vanilla cocoa flavor, 100% sugar-free, low-carb, and gluten-free.
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Keto Blueberry Cobbler
Sweet, baked blueberries topped with a buttery, moist and crispy keto almond flour biscuit.
4Keto Blueberry Cobbler
4.97 from 581 votes
This keto blueberry cobbler is a juicy keto blueberry dessert with a moist and crispy buttery crumble biscuit.
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Keto Coconut Cake
This is the best keto coconut cake recipe, a moist, soft, fluffy crumb with an intense coconut flavor. This sugar-free dessert has creamy coconut frosting and crispy toasted coconut on top.
5Keto Coconut Cake
4.91 from 974 votes
This moist Keto Coconut Cake is perfect for any occasion,100% gluten-free, dairy-free and sugar-free.
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Keto Vanilla Mug Cake
This keto vanilla mug cake is a moist, single-serve almond flour mug cake, gluten-free, dairy-free, and paleo-friendly.
6Keto Vanilla Mug Cake
4.97 from 572 votes
A 90-second almond flour mug cake with a delicious vanilla flavor.
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Keto Cinnamon Coffee Cake
An easy, moist, buttery keto cinnamon coffee cake topped with a sweet, crunchy walnut streusel.
7Keto Cinnamon Coffee Cake
4.88 from 1057 votes
An easy keto coffee cake with cinnamon streusel.
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Keto Chocolate Cake
This almond flour chocolate cake is the best easy keto chocolate cake for birthday parties!
8Keto Chocolate Cake
4.94 from 720 votes
This Keto Chocolate Cake is a perfect cake recipe for a gluten-free birthday with a delicious moist dark chocolate crumb and almond butter chocolate frosting!
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Keto Snickerdoodle Cookies
Keto snickerdoodles are soft keto cookies with a unique cinnamon flavor and only 1.4g of net carbs per cookie.
9Keto Snickerdoodles
4.97 from 579 votes
Keto snickerdoodles are easy soft keto cookies with a delicious cinnamon flavor.
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Chocolate Avocado Cake
The chocolate avocado cake is a healthy fudgy keto gluten-free cake. A 100% Sugar-free, Low-Carb, and Paleo, easy diabetes dessert.
10Keto Chocolate Avocado Cake
4.92 from 692 votes
This Avocado Chocolate Cake is a healthy, fudgy, keto, and gluten-free cake. 100% Sugar-free, low-carb, and paleo.
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Coconut Flour Crepes
11Coconut Flour Crepes
4.93 from 426 votes
Coconut flour crepes are easy low-carb dessert crepes perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth with no guilt. They are delicious stuffed with yogurt, fruits, or nut butter. It is a 100% Dairy-free, paleo, and gluten-free crepe recipe that all the family loves.
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Chocolate Avocado Pudding
This chocolate avocado pudding ticks all the diet requirements. Not only is it a delicious sugar-free dessert for diabetics, but it is also dairy! An easy healthy sweet treat, 100% sugar-free sweetened with sugar-free maple-flavored syrup. It makes a silky smooth low-carb keto chocolate pudding, perfect as a diabetic baking dessert.
12Chocolate Avocado Pudding (Keto, Paleo, Sugar-Free)
4.98 from 519 votes
This Chocolate Avocado Pudding is paleo, keto, and vegan. An easy healthy sweet treat, 100% sugar-free sweetened with sugar-free flavored maple syrup (Monk Fruit) and low carb. Kids love it too!
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Raspberry Crumble Bars
A delicious gluten-free dessert with only 7 grams of net carbs per slice made with coconut flour and chia seed jam.
13Raspberry Crumble Bars
4.91 from 260 votes
Raspberry Crumble Bars are easy, healthy, keto, low-carb, paleo, and vegan breakfast bars. A delicious gluten-free dessert with only 7 grams of net carbs per slice.
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Low-Carb Peanut Butter Cookies
Low-carb peanut butter cookies almond flour, coconut oil, sugar-free. 100% easy keto gluten-free cookies with no eggs.
14Keto Peanut Butter Cookies with Almond Flour
4.96 from 654 votes
These Keto Peanut Butter Cookies are made with almond flour, peanut butter, and coconut oil for a sugar-free, 100% easy, keto, gluten-free, vegan cookie recipe with no eggs.
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No-Bake Cookie Dough Bars
Cookie dough bars no-bake healthy peanut butter chocolate chip bars with only 5 ingredients. 100% keto, low carb, sugar-free, gluten-free, and vegan.
15Cookie Dough Bars
4.96 from 579 votes
Cookie Dough Barsare delicious no-bake peanut butter chocolate chip bars made with only 5 wholesome ingredients. A healthy 100% keto, low-carb, sugar-free, gluten-free, and vegan bar ready in only 30 minutes to fix a sweet craving with no guilt.
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Sugar-Free Shortbread Cookies
Almond Meal Easy Healthy Keto Vegan Cookies NO eggs, NO sugar NO dairy. Only 4.4 g net carbs per large cookie.
16Keto Shortbread Cookies
4.96 from 353 votes
Easy 4-ingredient Keto Shortbread Cookie recipe with almond flour, gluten-free, egg-free, vegan, and paleo.
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Sugar-Free Fudgy Avocado Brownie
Fudgy Avocado Brownies are sugar-free one-bowl brownies sweetened with erythritol and ready in 20 minutes!
17Keto Chocolate Avocado Brownies
4.91 from 273 votes
These Keto Avocado Brownies are the best keto avocado dessert recipe you'll ever make. They have a delicious, fudgy texture, a strong chocolate flavor, and crunchy pecan nuts. You'll love this easy one-bowl gluten-free blender recipe ready in a few minutes.
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Sugar-free Lemon Pie with Coconut Almond Pastry Crust
A delicious sugar-free lemon pie with a low-carb pie crust made of coconut flour and almond meal. It’s a super easy diabetic baking recipe!
18Sugar-Free Lemon Pie
4.97 from 407 votes
This Sugar-free Lemon Pie is a delicious low-carb meringue pie with coconut flour pie crust and sugar-free lemon curd. Gluten-free, paleo, keto.
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Protein Crepes
Protein crepes are healthy low carb high protein gluten-free breakfast crepes made of 3 simple ingredients. A sweet clean eating recipe perfect for breakfast or post-workout.
19Protein Crepes
4.95 from 145 votes
Protein crepes are healthy low-carb, high-protein, gluten-free breakfast crepes made of 3 simple ingredients. A sweet clean eating recipe perfect for breakfast or post-workout.
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No-Bake Key Lime Avocado Pie
Avocado key lime pie is vegan, no-bake, and low carb. Healthy raw desserts with a coconut almond and cashew crust with no dates!
20Keto Vegan Avocado Key Lime Pie
4.97 from 549 votes
Keto Vegan Avocado Key Lime Pie is a healthy raw paleo dessert with a coconut almond and cashew crust.
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Chocolate Mug-Cake With Coconut Flour
A 90-second low-carb mug cake made with low-carb flours and sweetened with stevia powder. Quick and easy sugar-free desserts for people with diabetes.
21Keto Chocolate Mug Cake
4.98 from 230 votes
Keto Chocolate mug cake recipe with Coconut Flour and Almond Flour. A moist easy keto mug cake ready in 5 minutes to fix all your chocolate cravings.
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Chocolate Avocado Cookies
Chocolate avocado cookies are healthy fudgy chocolate cookies made of 5 simple ingredients 100% gluten-free, low carb, paleo, and sugar-free.
22Chocolate Avocado Cookies
4.96 from 646 votes
Chocolate avocado cookies are healthy fudgy chocolate cookies made of 5 simple ingredients 100% gluten-free, low carb, paleo, and sugar-free.
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Low Carb Lemon Cookies
Melt-in-your-mouth lemon cookies with coconut flour and almond meal, easy, healthy soft cookies with no butter. 100% Vegan, Keto, and Gluten-free.
23Keto Lemon Cookies
4.97 from 426 votes
These Keto Low-carb Lemon Cookies are easy 1-bowl soft keto lemon drop cookies with a tangy lemon glazing.
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Sugar-free Bounty Bars
Low carb bounty bars are raw healthy homemade candy bars 100% Keto + Sugar-free + paleo made of 4 ingredients.
24Keto Bounty Bars
4.97 from 418 votes
Keto bounty bars are raw, healthy homemade candy bars 100% Keto, Sugar-free, and paleo made with only 4 ingredients.
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Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding
Ground chia seed pudding with Almond milk is a smooth chocolate peanut butter healthy dessert or breakfast. Easy, gluten-free, vegan, low carb, keto, and whole30!
25Chocolate Peanut Butter Chia Seed Pudding
4.97 from 608 votes
This Ground Chia Seed Pudding with almond milk is a smooth chocolate peanut butter healthy dessert or breakfast. Easy, gluten-free, vegan, low-carb, keto, and whole30!
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Sugar-Free Floating Island
A protein-loaded dessert made of eggs, milk, and naturally sweetened with stevia. Only 3 ingredients for a delicious, comforting sugar-free diabetes-friendly dessert.
26Floating Island Dessert
4.99 from 302 votes
Floating Island Dessert is an easy 4-ingredient French dessert recipe made of a light vanilla custard called creme Anglaise and topped with clouds of sweetened poached meringue floating on top.
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Cinnamon Mug Cake
Low Carb cinnamon mug cake with almond flour, 90 seconds microwave recipe. Keto mug cake taste like a cinnamon roll in a mug.
27Keto Cinnamon Mug Cake with Almond Flour
4.96 from 618 votes
Low-carb Cinnamon Mug Cake or cinnamon muffin in a mug is an almond flour mug cake perfect for fixing your cinnamon cravings.
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Keto Pumpkin Mug Cake
An easy Keto Pumpkin Mug cake, delicious as a Fall breakfast, and ready in only 90 seconds!
28Keto Pumpkin Mug Cake
4.96 from 543 votes
A soft spicy pumpkin keto mug cake, perfect for fixing your fall sweet cravings.
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Keto Zucchini Cake
A moist, gluten-free keto zucchini cake with wonderful spices flavors and crunchy pecans.
29Keto Zucchini Cake
4.96 from 582 votes
A moist Keto Zucchini Cake with delicious spices, crunchy pecans, and cream cheese frosting.
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Keto Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft, fluffy keto zucchini chocolate chip cookies loaded with crunchy pecan, sugar-free chocolate chips, and spices for an amazing sweet keto breakfast.
30Keto Zucchini Chocolate Chips Cookies
4.97 from 546 votes
These crunchy keto zucchini cookies with chocolate chips have delicious spice flavors and crunchy nuts.
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Keto Strawberry Mug Cake
A moist vanilla cake with juicy strawberries and even better with a dollop of unsweetened whipped cream on top.
31Keto Strawberry Mug Cake
4.97 from 466 votes
This Strawberry Mug Cake is a moist keto almond flour cake ready in a few minutes and with juicy strawberries.
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Coconut Flour Peanut Butter Cookies
Those coconut flour peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips are easy 6 ingredients cookies keto, gluten-free and sugar-free.
32Peanut Butter Cookies with Coconut Flour
4.96 from 695 votes
These Peanut Butter Cookies with Coconut Flour are crunchy peanut butter, naturally gluten-free, low-carb, and ready in 15 minutes.
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Low-Carb Vegan Brownies
Low-carb almond flour brownies are an easy healthy sugar-free vegan brownie recipe with a deliciously fudgy texture.
33Keto Vegan Brownies
4.95 from 545 votes
These Keto Vegan Brownies are a simple, vegan brownie recipe that is therefore also egg-free, and dairy-free.
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No-Bake Keto Peanut Butter Pie
A creamy no-bake peanut butter mousse pie with a chocolate crust.
34Keto Peanut Butter Pie
4.96 from 675 votes
An easy low-carb peanut butter pie cream cheese recipe with no-bake chocolate crust and fluffy peanut butter filling.
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Keto Banana Pudding
An easy thick, smooth banana pudding with less than 1 gram of net carbs per serving.
35Keto Banana Pudding
4.98 from 618 votes
A delicious, creamy pudding with banana flavor and only 1 gram of net carbs per serving. Gluten-free, dairy-free option.
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Keto Brownies
The easiest keto brownie recipe, super fudgy, and made with almond flour.
36Keto Brownies
4.91 from 295 votes
An easy keto brownie recipe with almond flour and 2.2 grams of net carbs!
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Keto Crepes
37Keto Crepes
4.91 from 133 votes
Easy Keto Crepes are thin, flexible, and perfect for a French-style Keto Breakfast! These keto almond flour crepes are also gluten-free and bring only 1.6 grams of net carbs per serving.
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Almond Flour Cupcakes
Nothing better than moist fluffy diabetic-friendly vanilla cupcakes to celebrate.
38Almond Flour Cupcakes
4.90 from 258 votes
An easy Almond Flour Cupcake recipe with a moist vanilla crumb and delicious buttercream frosting. dairy-free, gluten-free, and keto-friendly.
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Conclusion
I hope you have found all the sugar-free dessert recipes for diabetics that you wanted.
To go further, use my Recipe Search to find other low-carb recipes for a low-GI dessert or any other meal!