Healthy Festive Sweet Ideas with Cadbury for Chhath Puja
Written by jheelum basu | October 14, 2025
With the auspicious occasion of Chhath Puja just around the corner, several Indian households are gearing up for the sacred festival to worship the Sun God and Chhathi Maiya. The four-day-long ancient festival occurs twice a year
to celebrate well-being, abundance, prosperity, and vitality.
From taking a bath early in the morning and wearing clean clothes to preparing sacred Chhath Puja offerings, the true spirit of Chhath Puja lies in its purity and sanctity. And auspicious celebrations are incomplete without delicious sweets. But what about the downsides of excess sugar intake? This year, let’s take a pledge to opt for healthy
festive sweet ideas with Cadbury for Chhath Puja
while sharing the same joy with friends and family without compromising on health.
Be it the baked chocolate thekuas and healthy chocolate rasiya kheer to chocolate date ladoos, and fruit prasad with chocolate drizzle, we have endless healthy
festive sweet ideas with Cadbury for Chhath Puja.
These twisted recipes do not take away the festive flavor profile. Instead, they make festive eating guilt-free.
Here, we have crafted a list of
festive sweet ideas with Cadbury for Chhath Puja.
Let’s get started.
Baked Chocolate Thekua
A thekua is a quintessential sweet with a strong cultural connection with Chhath Puja. As the primary sacred offering to the Sun God, thekuas are at the very center of the Chhath Puja celebrations.
While a regular chocolate thekua is a dry, fried, crunchy cookie-like item made from ghee, sugar, wheat flour, chocolate, and cocoa powder, the healthy version replaces frying with baking.
Instead of deep-frying the Chhath Puja special thekuas, baking them in the oven at 175 °C is recommended. To make it healthy from the core, you can also replace sugar with jaggery and include nuts and seeds in the recipe as well.
2. Healthy Chocolate Rasiya Kheer
During Chhath Puja, Rasiya Kheer is a household ceremonial dish in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The rich and creamy chocolate
rasiya kheer (rice pudding sweetened with jaggery) is made from rice, thickened milk, spices, a generous amount of jaggery, and chocolate.
To make it even healthier, you may consider replacing regular milk with low-fat milk or plant-based vegan milk with lower saturated fat content. Wite rice can be replaced with brown rice as well.
Usually, to make chocolate rasiya kheer, you need to combine the primary ingredients with boiled milk and blend with jaggery, and cook well to form the creamy and enriching kheer dessert. The thickened milk is often
flavored with spices and garnished with crushed dry fruits
like pistachios and almonds, which further elevate its texture
.
3. Fruit Prasad with Chocolate Drizzle
Fresh fruits are an integral part of Chhath Puja. And, is there a healthier option than fresh fruits as a Chhath Puja offering? No, right? With its natural sugar content, fruits can easily replace any refined sugar or jaggery. So, to take care of your health, this Chhath Puja, why don’t you opt for fruit prasad with a little chocolate drizzle on top?
You may pick fruits like mango, banana, chikoo, pomegranate, strawberries, apples, and papaya for the fruit prasad, and add a chocolate drizzle made from Cadbury Dairy Milk to make it even tastier.
4. Chocolate Besan Ladoo with Jaggery
This Chhath Puja, try this healthy version of the traditional besan laddoos by replacing sugar with jaggery. To make the delicious laddoos, roast besan (gram flour) in ghee until it turns golden brown. Next, mix the powdered jaggery, cardamom powder, chopped nuts, and melted chocolate once the besan-ghee mixture cools down. Take a few handfuls of the mixture and shape them into small balls, and allow them to set before you serve them as an offering.
5. Chocolate Dates And Nut Ladoo
While the traditional laddoo recipes are full of sugar and ghee, this Chhath Puja, try these healthy recipe that brings an alternate delicacy made with chopped nuts, dates, and seeds, all merged with the decadence of some chocolate.
To make these balls full of natural goodness, start by chopping nuts like almonds, walnuts, and cashews and lightly roasting them. Next, add finely chopped dates and some melted chocolate, and mix all the ingredients well on medium heat. Let it cool slightly, and then shape the mixture into small balls and garnish them with shredded coconut for extra flavor and texture.
6. Chocolate Oats Kheer
Kheer, being an integral part of any auspicious celebration in India, can be an ideal Chhath Puja offering. While the traditional rich and creamy
rice kheer is typically made from rice, thickened milk, and spices, for this recipe, you may consider replacing rice with oats and adding some melted chocolate for an extra taste. You can also replace sugar with honey. To add a little crunchy twist, you can garnish the kheer with some dried fruits and nuts of your choice.
7. Chocolate Coconut Jaggery Ladoo
On Chhath Puja, you can also consider making a simple chocolate-coconut-jaggery laddoo as a sacred offering to the Sun God. To make the delicious laddoos, all you need is some desiccated coconut, oil, jaggery, and chopped chocolate for that added decadence. Just mix the primary ingredients over a low flame. Once the mixing is done, take small portions of the mixture and shape them into small, bite-sized balls.