12 Super Easy Dessert Recipes for Any Occasion

12 super easy dessert recipes to satisfy any sweet tooth! Searching for the perfect dessert recipe with a few staple ingredients that won’t require a lot of time in the kitchen? These delicious, easy dessert recipes will check all your boxes.

I often find myself in charge of bringing dessert. Either for a family event, a church potluck, or just a dinner with friends, I guess you could say I have a sweet tooth! Plus I have a knack for finding delicious recipes people love to eat.

No matter what the occasion, these are my go-to recipes when I’m out of time and need to choose from some quick and easy dessert recipes.

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Easy Dessert Recipes for Any Occasion

If you’re in the mood for something chocolate, a fruit flavor, cookies, bars, dessert bread, this list has something for you!

And, these easy desserts are made with minimal ingredients and short prep-time requirements! Which is perfect for moms like us, because let’s face it, there’s never enough time!

Scroll through these drool-worthy desserts, pick out your favorite, and get cookin’!

1. Blueberry Cheesecake Dessert Pizza Recipe

Cheesecake flavors without all the work?! Count me in! Crescent dough for the easy crust? Yes please! The fresh blueberries just make this even better. 

2. Easy Peach Cobbler Recipe

You can use canned or fresh peaches for this delicious peach recipe making a great recipe to have on hand all year round! Of course, every serving of peach cobbler goes best with a scoop of vanilla ice cream so you might pick up a container from the store! 

3. Two-Ingredient Cinnamon Roll Apple Bake

Two pre-made ingredients from the grocery store combine to make the coziest, most wonderful smelling easy dessert recipe ever! Your kids will love it, your friends will love it.. ooey, gooey, cinnamon goodness are the best parts of this cinnamon roll apple bake recipe. 

4. 1930’s Chocolate Cake

This recipe does not need eggs OR milk, meaning you likely have everything you need to make this right now! And it is an easy dessert recipe that tastes delicious for people who might be sensitive to dairy or eggs. Note that it does still require butter, but if you use ghee, a lot of dairy-free people will tolerate it!

Plus, it’s ready from start to finish in just 30 minutes!

5. Cinnamon Cherry Crockpot Cobbler

Only 5 ingredients and just 5 minutes of prep! This means you don’t need to spend all day making this special dessert – your crockpot will do most of the work and you will enjoy a cozy, comforting treat that pairs well with vanilla ice cream.

6. Salted Chocolate and Caramel Pretzel Bars

Melt, pour, cool, eat. Easy dessert recipes don’t get any easier than that! Not to mention, these bars are so delicious it’s addicting.

Psst – making them for a Christmas party? I highly recommend smashing some candy canes or peppermint candy and sprinkling them on top!

7. Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes

Made with a yellow cake box mix and canned pineapple, this easy dessert recipe comes together in just a few minutes! Aren’t they adorable?!

Pro tip: there ARE box mixes out there that have high-quality ingredients! Try this one and let me know what you think. 

8. Easy Carmelitas Recipe

Caramel stuffed chocolate chip cookie bars? Oh I am SO in for this dessert! Rich and sweet, carmelitas are welcome at every potluck and gathering. 

9. The Best Banana Pudding Ever

Over 130 people on Pinterest reviewed this as “the best banana pudding they’d ever made”… Sounds like a winner! Normally, I admit that I prefer a recipe that makes the pudding from scratch, BUT when I need something quick, a box of vanilla pudding is quick and simple.

Pro tip: keep this vanilla pudding mix on hand for a pudding mix that doesn’t use artificial ingredients!

10. The Best Lemon Bars

Everyone needs a little lemon once in awhile! I like to add a little extra lemon juice because my family prefers them tart. These aren’t the fastest recipe on this list, but if you need something for a few hours from now, lemon bars are a big hit!

Make them faster: need get lemon bars to cool a little more quickly? Stick ’em in the freezer and check on them every 30 mins or so. Once they’re cold enough, transfer them to the refrigerator to make sure they don’t freeze!

11. Dairy-Free French Silk Pie

We cook regularly for a friend with a dairy allergy, but let me tell you, some dairy-free recipes are kinda gross. This one is AMAZING: a crowd-pleaser every time for the dairy eaters and non-dairy eaters alike!
Just 3 ingredients and a pre-made pie crust. Yum!

12. Coconut Cream Poke Cake

This coconut cream poke cake recipe is made with a cake mix and boxed pudding for just 15 minutes of prep time! It’s a simple, easier way to satisfy a coconut cream pie craving 🙂

Plenty of great ideas on this list, now the trouble is picking just one. Which dessert are you making tonight?

I’m adding pretzels to my grocery pickup because I simply can’t stop thinking about those salted caramel and chocolate pretzel bars. Let me know what you made and how your crew liked it!

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