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These healthy pecan pie bars give you everything you love about pecan pie, a buttery crust and a glossy, gooey pecan filling, without corn syrup, eggs or refined sugar. The filling is sweetened with pure maple syrup and set with cornstarch, and it sits on an easy press-in oat crust. Classic pecan pie leans on…

This chocolate protein mug cake is a fudgy, single-serve chocolate cake with a gooey center and about 16 grams of protein, with no protein powder. The protein comes from Greek yogurt, peanut butter and oat flour, and it bakes in the air fryer, so you don’t need a microwave. Most protein mug cakes lean on…

This Ninja Creami pumpkin pie protein ice cream tastes like the creamy center of a pumpkin pie, spun into a scoopable pint. It’s made with plain Greek yogurt, pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice, so you get 28 grams of protein per pint with no protein powder, no pudding mix and no added sugar. Most…

These high protein Halloween cookies are soft, buttery thumbprint cookies with jam eyes and piped chocolate faces. Each one has about 7 grams of protein, and there are no eggs, no protein powder and no added sugar in the dough. The protein comes from almond flour, oat flour, Greek yogurt and nonfat milk powder, so…

This high protein pumpkin mug cake is a warm, single-serve pumpkin spice cake you make in the microwave in about 2 minutes. It has around 16 grams of protein, and none of it comes from protein powder. Greek yogurt does the work instead, which also means no eggs. Most protein mug cakes lean on a…

These high protein banana muffins are soft, moist and naturally sweet, with about 10 grams of protein each and no protein powder. The protein comes from Greek yogurt, almond flour, peanut butter and hemp seeds, so the muffins stay tender instead of turning dry or chalky. They are also gluten free, egg free and made…

This gluten-free applesauce cake is soft, moist and full of cinnamon and ginger. It’s made without eggs, without nuts and without a store-bought gluten-free flour blend. A simple mix of oat flour, rice flour and cornstarch, held together with psyllium husk, does the job. It bakes in one 9×13-inch pan, so it’s an easy fall…

This healthy pumpkin cheesecake is made with thick Greek yogurt instead of pounds of cream cheese. It has no eggs, no crust and no refined sugar, and it still slices like a real cheesecake. It’s all mixed in one bowl, and it bakes without a water bath. It’s built on my Baked Yogurt Cheesecake, the…

These vegan black bean brownies are rich, fudgy and chocolatey, and they’re made with no flour, no oil and no added sugar. A can of black beans, cocoa, oats and peanut butter blend into one smooth batter in a food processor. Each brownie comes in around 140 calories with 6 grams of fiber. Most healthy…

These healthy walnut cookies have about 13g of protein each, and there’s no protein powder in the dough. The protein comes from roasted chickpea flour, nonfat dry milk, peanut butter, walnuts and seeds. They taste like a nutty bakery cookie, not a supplement. They’re also eggless, gluten-free (with certified gluten-free chickpea flour) and sweetened only…

These no-bake protein bars give you 10 grams of protein and 6 grams of fiber per bar — and not a scoop of protein powder in sight. They come together in about 15 minutes with real pantry ingredients like oats, peanut butter, chia, and dates, then set in the fridge while you get on with…

These Greek yogurt protein bagels give you a soft, golden bagel with about 15 grams of protein each — no yeast, no eggs, and no protein powder. If you want a high protein bagel that comes together in one bowl with pantry staples, this is the one to bookmark. You mix, shape, top, and bake,…