15 Delicious Recipes for Gluten-Free Sweet Treats

Eating gluten-free doesn't mean you have to avoid sweet treats or be stuck eating cookies that taste like cardboard. These recipes for cakes, muffins and bars are delicious and won't make those with gluten-intolerance or Celiac disease sick!

1. Gluten-Free Black Forest Berry Muffins

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These muffins are delicious! Full of chocolate and dark raspberries! Sprinkle a little brown sugar on top of each muffin before baking for that sweet, crunchy top seen on coffee shop pastries! Get the recipe here.

2. Gluten-Free Chokeberry Oatmeal Bars

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These bar cookies are adapted from the Quaker Oatmeal Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies recipe. If you can't find chokeberries (which are really cool and easy to grow!) you can use blueberries instead. Get the recipe here.

3. Gluten-Free Thunder Cupcakes

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These chocolate cupcakes are adapted from the recipe found in the back of the book, Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco. Get the recipe here.

4. Gluten-Free & Vegan Ginger Gems

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Simple ginger cookies with a tangy lime glaze. They are gluten-free and can be made vegan! Get the recipe here.

5. Gluten-Free Pink Berry Cobbler

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This recipe combines the refreshing, tart flavor of grapefruit and gooseberries with sweet raspberries and strawberries. Get the recipe here.

6. Gluten-Free Millet Banana Bread

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Millet gives this banana bread a little bit of crunch! Get the recipe here.

7. Gluten-Free Black Magic Muffins

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For gluten-free Harry Potter fans - these muffins have dark purple elderberries in them. (Non-potterheads - the powerful Elder Wand, was made from an elderberry shrub). Get the recipe here.

8. Gluten-Free Rosemary Lemon Cornmeal Cookies

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These sunny little cookies are delicious! The lemon and rosemary are refreshing together and the cornmeal adds a nice texture. The cookies are similar to soft sugar cookies, but can be adapted to be crunchier. Get the recipe here.

9. Gluten-Free Dark Chocolate Lime Brownies

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The combination of lime and salt with chocolate is delicious and unique! Get the recipe here.

10. Gluten-Free Orange Pumpkin Bread

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Who says pumpkin bread is only for Pumpkin Spice Latte season? Get your pumpkin feast on anytime of the year with this orangey pumpkin bread. Get the recipe here.

11. Gluten-Free Ginger Pear Pumpkin Muffins

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Gluten-free and spicy pumpkin muffins! The dark flecks in the muffin are from buckwheat, which is not related to wheat at all (it's related to other delicious plants like sorrel and rhubarb) and is ok for those on a gluten-free diet to eat. Get the recipe here.

12. Gluten-Free Citrus Yogurt Cake

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Any citrus can be used in this recipe: try Meyer lemon, lime, grapefruit, blood orange or pomelo. The coconut and citrus combination makes the cake very moist and tropical tasting! Get the recipe here.

13. Gluten-Free Apple Oven Cake

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This delicious oven cake is like a giant, puffy pancake - perfect for breakfast or dessert! Get the recipe here.

14. Gluten-Free Black & White Chocolate Pomegranate Cookies

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Black & White Chocolate Pomegranate cookies are a delicious treat! If you can't find pomegranate arils in your area, dried cranberries would be a great substitute! Get the recipe here.

15. Gluten-Free 'We Got The Beet' Cupcakes

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These cupcakes are deliciously moist, chocolatey and not at all ‘beet-y.’ Eating your veggies just got a whole lot tastier! Get the recipe here.