Santa's Waistline Is About to Get a Lot Smaller With These Keto Gingerbread Doughnuts

Do you get overwhelmed by all the classic, delicious, sugar-filled, unhealthy treats that make their rounds during the holiday season? Why not mix things up this year and try something that will not only taste amazing but also fuel your brain, give your body energy, and promote it to burn its own fat as fuel? I have just the thing you need: gingerbread doughnuts. These delicious, soft, moist (sorry if you hate that word, but unlike a lot of keto baked goods, these are not dried out at all!), insanely flavorful doughnuts check all the boxes.

If you are new to the idea of keto, it is a metabolic state the body achieves when you greatly reduce all carbohydrates (even if the carbs are from fruit) and increase your dietary intake of healthy fats. Once your body enters this state of ketosis, it is producing ketones and using them for fuel instead of glucose (which is what your body converts carbohydrates into). Your brain will be on fire (it loves ketones), your appetite will stabilize, your cravings will disappear, and your body will have a noticeable increase in energy, as it can easily access energy stores whenever it needs to in the form of adipose tissue (aka body fat).

These gingerbread doughnuts are extremely limited in carbs and have tons of healthy fats, making them the perfect holiday treat for any keto diet! I also snuck a tiny dose of collagen peptides in there (hello to better gut health) and MCT oil, which your liver can convert directly into energy. I used Lakanto to sweeten these doughnuts, which is a zero-calorie natural sweetener that will not spike your blood sugar like regular sugar does, preventing that dreaded sugar hangover. You also don't have to be on a keto diet to enjoy this tasty treat! It will simply add some extra healthy fats to your diet, stabilize your blood sugar, and fuel your body and mind throughout the holiday season.

Check out the complete recipe for Gingerbread Keto Doughnuts here!