Delícias & Encantos highlights diet pies in 2026, featuring tapioca, chocolate, walnuts, chocolate-with-walnuts and strawberry white options.
The demand for sweets with “no added sugars” has grown at the start of 2026, reshaping what many families look for and what bakeries choose to display. Riding this trend, Delícias & Encantos—based in Caminho das Árvores, Salvador—presents a lineup of diet-friendly pies designed to keep an artisanal feel without giving up flavor.
According to the shop, requests for more health-conscious options have increased. Nutritionist Kátia Sales, who also created the brand’s gourmet menu, says recipe adaptations can work well, as long as creators pay close attention to overall nutritional balance.
“As an entrepreneur, it’s clear that diet recipes are gaining momentum for 2026 as a market differentiator for bakeries and pastry shops. As a nutritionist, I always stress caution: ‘diet’ is not only about adapting recipes, but about the nutritional balance these creations carry. From December into January, we’ve noticed diet recipes gradually becoming a priority—not just for keeping the original flavor, but also for their healthy-living appeal.”
5 diet pies to try
Delícias & Encantos says its diet pies have been inspiring moms, grandmothers and even husbands to bring new ideas to the table. The flavors are available for in-store consumption and via delivery, the bakery adds.
Tapioca Diet: tapioca flakes cake with diet dulce de leche.
Chocolate Diet: chocolate cake with diet brigadeiro.
Walnut Diet Pie: walnut cake with diet dulce de leche.
Chocolate with Walnuts: diet walnut cake with diet brigadeiro filling and topping.
White Strawberry Diet Pie: diet white cake with diet white cream filling and topping, plus strawberries.
Sales links the recipes’ popularity to high-quality ingredients and sensory testing aimed at texture, aroma and taste. She also argues that mindful eating does not have to mean giving up the pleasure of dessert.
“We understand that caring about food doesn’t mean giving up the pleasure of eating well. Our commitment is to show that diet products can and should be as tasty as any other sweet—even when the recipe fully removes a nutrient such as sugar, fat or salt.”
Diet vs. light: what changes
According to the nutritionist, “light” recipes reduce the amount of certain components, such as sodium, sugars, fats or cholesterol. “Diet” products, she explains, remove at least one ingredient from the formulation, which can help people with medical restrictions.
She adds that diet-style eating has also expanded beyond medical needs, reaching audiences focused on wellness and structured eating approaches such as low carb, fitness-oriented plans and ketogenic diets.
“Today, this kind of care goes beyond people with medical restrictions, such as diabetes. These recipes have expanded to connect with other audiences focused on well-being and healthy eating, including specific approaches like low-carb, fitness-focused, ketogenic and others.”
