5 Sweets That Are Healthy For Satisfying the Sweet Tooth of Old People

by Alex Warner Senior Marketing Manager at Indian Grocery

While picking sweets that are good and harmless for the health of old people are quite hard, this article mentions some of the safest and healthiest sweets for satiating the sweet tooth of the elder ones.

Resisting sweets or desserts is not easy for age-old elders as they are for young ones. With age, their body starts having major complexities and high sugar level is one of them. But, what to do with their child-like heart which still craves for sweets and sugar-coated jellies or candies? Well, there’s nothing we could do to help our elders resist the temptation of sweets. If there’s one thing that we could do is make desserts that have less sugar and more of healthy ingredients which the elders can relish as much they do for usual desserts.

The authentic and simple Indian sweets by great brands are some fine examples of healthy desserts that are least harmful to the elders. Want to know how? Here are some healthy and less sugary sweets explained for you.

Baked items

Baked goods like cakes, cookies, brownies, and bread are great for health. From sweet potato brownies (which include no sugar but coconut oil, honey added with sweet potatoes) to chocolate banana bread (which is gluten-free and contains no refined sugars), there are several new things for the elders to try to satisfy their sweet tooth.

Dates and nuts barfi

While Kaju barfis, made with loads of cashew nuts and sugar are the gem of Indian sweets and are heavenly in taste, they are just no-no for the elders with high sugar level. However, there’s a variant too of Kaju barfi that is quite healthy! Using of dates (traditionally called as Khajoors) in the making of the barfis will reduce the effect on diabetic patients. Being naturally loaded with fiber, dates absorb sugar and prevent the rise in the blood sugar level.

Apple Rabri

Well, this recipe is best for elders who crave for sweets now and then. It is prepared using apples (as the name says) and low-fat milk. While Apples are very good fibrous fruits, they also contain flavonoids and antioxidants, which are good at preventing diabetic related issues in the body.

Gazar ka Halwa

Gazar means carrot and so the name says that it is a dessert made with carrots, cooked and grated ones. It is a very traditional Indian sweet dish and also the favorites of every typical Indian household. Instead of sweetener or sugar, dates or raisins or jaggery is used which have very less effect on the body’s sugar level.

Banana Icecream

You can prepare this easy-to-make ice cream recipe on your alone and serve your grandmom or grandfather. It’s healthy, low in calories and less in sugar and above of all tastes like bliss. Ripe bananas are first peeled and finely sliced. They are left to freeze for hours. Later on, they are blended into a puree. The smooth puree is topped with chocolate chips, cocoa powder, a small amount of peanut butter or some maple syrup for slightest sweetness.

When you have got these sweet variants, there’s nothing to worry about the health of your age-old family members. Do not allow them to break their maintained sugar level but at the same time do not restrict them from relishing the goodness of sweets. These unique recipes will help you is serving their sweet tooth fetish and you can even try to buy some other healthy, less-in-sugar sweets of famous brands from Indian grocery stores.

Alex Warner is an expert Marketing agent at Indian Grocery, a leading online store for all varieties of Indian grocery foods, including savories, snacks, health foods, packaged confectionaries, spices and Indian Sweets in the USA. If you love Indian sweets, try their very famous Mysorepak of Sri Krishna sweets that come straightway from Chennai.