Sweet & Skinny Recipes

No need to wean yourself off the holiday sugar rush too quickly — especially when there’s healthy, low fat sweets out there that won’t pile on the pounds. Marisa Churchill — pastry chef, foodie journalist, and Top Chef and Food Network Challenge competitor — shares three recipes from her Sweet & Skinny book (2011 Clarkson Potter). Try her reduced fat chocolate peanut butter cups (pictured above), fudge cake or buttermilk panna cotta. Plus, pick up her book for 97 other recipes that will leave you feeling satisfied, not guilty.