This Healthy Berry Crisp Recipe is a delicious summer dessert recipe! It’s vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and has no refined sugar but no one would ever guess that it’s healthy!
If there’s a recipe that screams, “SUMMER” this Healthy Berry Crisp Recipe is it!
Mounds of berries are topped with a sweet and coconut crumble then baked to bubbling browned perfection. Add a heaping scoop of your favorite vanilla ice cream or serve it with a dollop of homemade whipped cream, and get ready for true dessert bliss.
I love this Healthy Berry Crisp Recipe because it tastes amazing but is still gluten, dairy & refined sugar free and vegan! I have served this recipe to many people who absolutely adore it and have no idea that the dessert they are enjoying is actually good for them! So basically what I’m saying is…Healthy Berry Crisp for breakfast! 😉
I am so not ready for berry season to come to an end. We are absolutely loving all the fresh raspberries, blueberries and strawberries, and am pretty sure my children are going to turn a beautiful shade of blue or red if we keep eating them at this pace!
Even though I’m not ready to say goodbye to the abundance of summer produce, I am itching to get back into our school routine and the normalcy that fall brings. But until September comes in all it’s glory, you will find me eating this Healthy Berry Crisp, taking the kids to the pool and enjoying the warm mountain air!
Healthy Berry Crisp Recipe: Substitutions
This Berry Crisp is a fairly versatile recipe! It’s always best to try to make a recipe exactly as written, but {as always} here are some potential substitutions!
Topping Ingredients & Substitutions:
- Quick-Cooking Oats: old-fashioned pats can be used in place of quick-cooking! I just recommend tossing them in the food processor or blender and pulsing for 1-2 seconds.
- Almond flour: all-purpose flour {regular or gluten-free} or oat flour are acceptable substitutions! But I do love the nutty flavor of almond flour!
- Coconut Sugar: You can use any granulated sugar in place of coconut sugar!
- Coconut Oil: Butter or Earth Balance vegan butter can be used in place of coconut oil!
- Maple Syrup: honey works great too!
Berry Crisp Filling Ingredients & Substitutions:
- Berries: This recipe calls for 8 cups of berries! Feel free to tailor the amount of each kind to your liking! But taste the mixture to make sure it’s sweet enough for your liking!
- Instant Tapioca: this is my absolute pie and crisp thickener. Tapioca starch/flour and cornstarch also work well!
More delicious summer desserts & berry recipes
- Pie! This fresh strawberry pie and blueberry pie are to die for.
- Who doesn’t love peach cobbler? And this is the best recipe!
- You will love this raspberry peach crisp.
- This berry crisp is so healthy you can eat it for breakfast!
- Blueberry Muffins are a classic (or try these paleo blueberry muffins).
- Everyone adores this blueberry baked oatmeal.
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Healthy Berry Crisp Recipe
Ingredients
Topping:
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- ¼ cup almond flour
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 6 TBS coconut oil
- 2 TBS pure maple syrup
Berry Filling:
- 8 cups fresh berries I used 4 cups strawberries, 2 cups raspberries, 2 cups blueberries
- 2 TBS honey or pure maple syrup
- ½ TBS lemon juice
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- 3-4 TBS instant tapioca
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9-inch pie plate or 9x9” baking dish, set aside.
Make topping:
- In a medium bowl, combine oats, coconut, almond flour, coconut sugar, cinnamon and salt.
- Add coconut oil and maple syrup and stir until combined. Set aside.
Make the Berry Filling:
- In a small bowl mix together the coconut sugar, tapioca, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
- Put the berries in a large bowl and add honey, lemon juice and vanilla, stir to combine.
- Add the dry mixture to the berries and stir until evenly combined.
- Pour the berry mixture into the prepared pie plate.
- Evenly sprinkle the crumb topping over the filling.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the filling bubbles and topping is golden-brown, about 45 to 50 minutes.
- If the filling isn’t bubbling but the top is browning, loosely cover with aluminum foil and continue baking.
- Let cool on a wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature, with vanilla ice cream!
Nutrition
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Mia
Can I make this in the morning and reheat later in the evening? Or would it be better to bake the entire thing in the evening just before serving? It looks delicious!
Marielle
So delicious! Just made it this morning! I took some pictures I will post later and tag you in. Thanks for the inspo.
Anna Marie Adams
This is baking in my oven right now! It smells & looks amazing! I love making apple crisp but wanted to try this since it’s summer as everyone is mentioning… berries yum! Can’t wait to try it with the coconut oil / sugar… this is my first try at a healthy crisp recipe. I’m so excited!
Laura
I bring this recipe out every summer! My hubby absolutely loves it!
Laura
I’m so glad you love it Laura! Now I’m craving all the summer berries!
Emily Kyle
I can’t decide if I like the berry filling or the coconut oat crumble more! What a delicious dessert for summertime!
Ashley | Fit Mitten Kitchen
Ah I LOVE berries!! This crisp is a dream come true. Ice cream + fruit crisp is 100% necessary. And love these photos, Laura!
Kristina @ Love & Zest
Wow! This looks so good! I love that it is healthy for you! Win win!
Taylor Kiser
I’m not ready for berry season to come to an end either! I definitely will have to make this berry crisp! Looks so delicious!
Jenn
It’s so pretty! Love all the vibrant colors that only plants can bring! And it sounds delicious too – I know I would love it!
Sonali- The Foodie Physician
What a beautiful crisp! It looks like it’s bursting with fresh berry flavors! Yum!
Alisa Fleming
Fruit crisp always falls as one of my top three favorite desserts (ice cream and cookies jockeying with it), and I LOVE making it with coconut oil. It’s great warm, but once chilled, it crisps up into even more deliciousness.
Christine - Jar Of Lemons
This looks like something that might need to happen today! So delicious. My husband would really love this recipe, too!
Laura
My hubby loves it too!
Deryn | Running on Real Food
OMG, this looks ammmazing. I love all the sub ideas you gave, that’s awesome. I’m totally gonna mix-and-match up some berry goodness, can’t wait!
Lorie
I don’t want Berry season to go away either! I’ve been eating blueberries and really all of them like there’s no tomorrow. And now I have another way to eat them. Yum!
Jessica @Small Bites by Jessica
I can never get enough fresh berries in the summer. This is is such a delicious way to enjoy them!
Whitney @ To Live & Diet in L.A.
Oh, this sounds like the perfect summer treat! And it’s so pretty too!
Letty / Letty's Kitchen
What a lovely dessert!!! Pinning this one for later!!
Laura
Thank you Letty!
marcie
Crisps are one of my favorite summer desserts and I love that you made it healthier so I eat it without feeling as bad! haha This looks fantastic Laura!
Laura
It’s healthy enough for breakfast! 😉
Emily
I’d have to say that peaches and berries are the BEST fruits of summer. I also love grapes, but for baking, I love the berries and peaches. Crisp is one of my favorite desserts especially with simple vanilla ice cream.
I know what you mean by the normalcy of fall; I’ve loved this summer too, but I’m excited for fall when it comes. It’s weird, because the first 7 days of August here have been cool and rainy? Usually August is really warm, so it almost feels like fall. 🙂 Thankful that God is in control of everything including the weather, because we really needed rain here!
Laura
OoOo I haven’t eaten enough peaches yet this summer! Definitely need to remedy that before the fall comes! I’m a touch jealous of your cool rainy days!