Healthy Glazed Carrots (with Brown Sugar)

These Healthy Glazed Carrots with Brown Sugar are easy to make, lighter than the regular recipe, WW friendly, and a great addition to your holiday meal (or any meal!) If you love a colorful and healthy side dish on your plate, especially for a festive holiday meal, this side dish is for you!

This recipe for healthy glazed carrots with brown sugar is especially popular at holiday dinners such as Thanksgiving, Easter, and Christmas dinner! The Weight Watchers points have been cut in half from the original recipe, so they are 2 WW points.

🥘Ingredient Notes

For this healthier version of roasted carrots with brown sugar, you'll need the following simple ingredients:

• Whole fresh carrots. Using whole fresh carrots is the best for this recipe. Baby carrots aren't as tasty.
• Brown sugar. Brown sugar is what carmelizes the carrots
• Garlic. Enhances the flavor of these carrots, giving it a soft, sweet buttery flavor.
• Light butter. I only use a little butter so you get the flavor of butter without all the fat and calories.
• Butter extract (affiliate link) *Using butter extract is a great way to get the flavor of butter without the fat and calories!
• Olive oil (you can use canola oil or vegetable oil) the olive oil gives it that 'glazed' shiny look.
• Kosher salt and Black pepper (freshly ground). Salt and Pepper add a little spice and salt to liven up the flavor.
• Parsley (fresh is best but you can use dried). Parsley gives it a nice pop of color and a fresh taste.

 *see recipe card for quantities

📖Variations

• Carrots - you could substitute baby carrots, but they aren't as good as regular carrots
• Salt - you could use regular table salt or sea salt
• Spicy - you can spice these up a little by adding ¼ teaspoon cayenne or crushed red pepper flakes
• Vegan/Dairy-free - you can substitute vegan margarine for the butter (the butter extract is vegan as well)
• Gluten-free - this dish is naturally gluten-free
• Kid-friendly - my kids love these carrots, but to make them even more kid- kid-friendlier (for younger kids) you could squeeze a little liquid honey on them (directly onto their serving)
• Fresh herbs - you could use fresh thyme or chives instead of fresh parsley

🌡️Storage

Store these easy glazed carrots in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.

* If you want to make this carrots recipe in advance (and have them look nice and not shriveled), it's best that you cook them for only 15 minutes, then store them in a sealed container. Then just prior to serving, put them in the oven for 10 - 15 additional minutes.

These baked carrots with brown sugar can be frozen for up to 3 months.

👪 Serving size

This brown sugar glazed carrot recipe serves 5. However, you can half, double, or even triple the recipe by clicking on the serving number in the recipe card. Then select the number of servings you would like and the ingredient amounts will adjust accordingly.

🔢WW Points

This easy side dish is Weight Watchers friendly @2 ww points.

So if you're looking for healthy recipes and light and/or WW friendly, healthy side dishes that won't break the points bank this holiday season, then give these oven-roasted brown sugar glazed carrots a try!