Quick Dessert Recipes

Amazing desserts can be quick, too! Whip up banana bread, baked apple slices, easy lemon pudding, and more quick dessert recipes.

baked flattened cookie on making tray, chocolate chips scattered on top, hand spreading melting chocolate with a small spatula

The Easiest 2-Ingredient Desserts for When You Want Something Sweet

2-Ingredient Chocolate Pudding in a bowl with a spoon

The 2-Ingredient Chocolate Dessert I Make All the Time

3 blueberry muffins on a small plate

I've Been Eating My Aunt Cindy's Quick Blueberry Muffins for Decades

Toast Pies on a piece of parchment, dusted with powdered sugar, one torn open to show red filling

The 3-Ingredient Dessert So Easy My Son Can Make It

Caramelized bananas served with scoops of ice cream topped with chopped nuts on a white plate

The 2-Ingredient Dessert My Son Loves to Make and Eat

Butterscotch bars on the counter

Retro Butterscotch Squares

Two mugs of Cioccolato Caldo con Latte (Italian Hot Chocolate) in small white mugs with biscotti

Cioccolata Calda (Italian Hot Chocolate)

Bowl of nutella puppy chow next to a smaller bowl with more on a counter with some pieces of puppy chow scattered around

Nutella Puppy Chow

Hot fudge sauce cascading into a pint jar from a spoon

Hot Fudge Sauce

Cross-Section Cut of a S'mores Crunchwrap on a Plate, and in the Background, a Bowl of Mini Marshmallows and a Plate With a Stack of Graham Crackers

The Only Way I'm Making S'mores From Now On

S'mores Dip in Skillet

Tray of 2-Ingredient Ice Cream Sandwiches at a Table With Decorative Single Use Napkins

2-Ingredient Ice Cream Sandwiches

On a Plate, Cupcakes With Easy Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe

Easy Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Side View of Grilled S'mores Slider on a Wooden Board

Grilled S’mores Sliders

4-ingredient dessert by Zoe Francois

The 4-Ingredient Dessert Zoë François Sets On Fire for Last-Minute Dinner Guests

Cross-Section of a 3-Layer Microwave Cake

3-Layer Cake In the Microwave

Small saucepan of melted chocolate

This Easy 2-Ingredient Treat Is Nothing Short of Magical

Mug of Banana Bread Chocolate Chunk Mug Cake Topped with a Dollop of Ice Cream and Spoonful of Cake Resting on Top of the Mug

Banana Bread Chocolate Chunk Mug Cake

Overhead view of a brownie in a white mug topped with ice cream.

Brownie in a Mug

Tapioca Pudding in a glass dish

Tapioca Pudding

best oatmeal cookies

Grandma's Oatmeal Cookies

A baking pan with bisquick coffee cake and two squares removed from the pan.

Bisquick Apple Coffee Cake

Easy Chocolate Pudding in the Microwave

Best Buttercream frosting

Easy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

A bowl of yogurt frosting topped with sprinkles, stirred with a spoon

My 5-Minute, Kid-Friendly Dessert is No-Cook and Incredibly Nostalgic

Chocolate peanut butter mug cakes garnished with peanut butter one partially eaten

My 5-Minute Chocolate Mug Cake Tastes as Good as a Bakery’s

Grilled Banana Split Topped With Chocolate Sauce, Peanuts, Whipped Cream, and Three Maraschino Cherries in a Banana Split Dish

Grilled Banana Split

Boozy Hot Chocolate Topped with Whipped Cream and in the Background, a Bowl of Marshmallows and Creme Liqueur

Boozy Hot Chocolate

Bowl of Crème Anglaise with Some Dripping from a Spoon

Crème Anglaise (Vanilla Custard Sauce)

Candy Bar Dates Surrounded by Crushed Peanuts, Coconut Slivers, Caramel Sauce, and a Bowl of Peanut Butter

Candy Bar Dates

Grilled Peaches on a Wood Board

Grilled Peaches

Plate of Bananas Foster with Scoops of Vanilla Ice Cream

Slices of Zucchini Carrot Bread on Round Wood Board Next to Small Bowl of Coconut Flakes

Zucchini Carrot Bread

Log of Marzipan with Sliced Marzipan Disks Next to It

Easy Homemade Marzipan

Coconut Pound Cake on cutting board, sliced.

Coconut Pound Cake

Chocolate molten lava cake on plate.

Chocolate Lava Cake

Caramel Apple Nachos

Caramel Apple Nachos

Cups of Dirt Cake with Gummy Worms

Two Pieces of Whipped Ricotta Toast Topped with Lemon-Thyme Honey Next to a Bowl of More Honey

Easy Whipped Ricotta Toast

Three glasses of strawberry Eton mess topped with whipped cream and almonds

Strawberry Eton Mess

Classic Shortbread Cookies on a Baking Tray

Classic Shortbread Cookies

Two poached pears in small white bowls with ice cream.

Red Wine Poached Pears

Copycat Shamrock Shake with green sprinkles, a cherry, and a straw.

Copycat Shamrock Shake

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