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I’m always working on new homemade dessert recipes to sooth my sweet tooth, so I’m happy I can share them with you.

Favorite Dessert Recipes

cosmic brownies on parchment paper.
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Cosmic Brownies

Cosmic brownies are a fudgy brownie topped with chocolate frosting and rainbow sprinkles.

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Strawberry Bread
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Favorite

Vanilla Sheet Cake
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Favorite

Chocolate Covered Pretzels

Most Popular Easy Dessert Recipes

Desserts should be EASY! We have you covered anytime you need a fun and simple sweet treat.

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Lofthouse Cookies
It doesn't get better for Thanksgiving than PUMPKIN PIE ICE CREAM! This is a MUST MAKE for Autumn! So easy, decadent, and DELICIOUS!
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Pumpkin Ice Cream
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Strawberry Jello Pie
slice of white cake with strawberry filling and whipped cream frosting
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Vanilla Cake with Strawberry Filling
A stack of halloween brownies with peanut butter filling.
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Pumpkin Brownies
EASY Peach Cobbler Recipe is the stuff Summer recipe dreams are made of! This Best Peach Cobbler Recipe is so simple and only has 6 Ingredients (7 if you count the whipped cream). Peach Cobbler with Canned Peaches can be made year round and is so full of flavor you'll swear it was made by Grandma. It's a must make for every holiday including Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas!
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Easy Peach Cobbler
Peanut butter cookies with chocolate kisses, known as hershey kiss cookies or peanut butter kiss cookies, arranged on a baking sheet.
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Hershey Kiss Cookies
Strawberry Cookies are my favorite Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies! These White Chocolate Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies are so fun and delicious, and so super easy! Fun, festive, and SUPER SIMPLE! Strawberry Cookies with White Chocolate Chips are the perfect Pink Cookies for Valentine's Day, Easter, baby and wedding showers, and beyond! This Cake Mix Cookies Recipe will blow your mind.
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Strawberry Cookies
These CARAMEL PRETZELS are divine! If you're looking for an easy sweet treat, these mini BUTTER TOFFEE PRETZELS are a must-try. These mini toffee pretzels are simple yet addicting...making them the ultimate holiday snack.
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Caramel Pretzels (Mini Butter Toffee Pretzels)
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How to Make Rock Candy (Blue Rock Candy Recipe)

Favorite Cookie Recipes

Easy cookie recipes are a great way to satisfy your sweet tooth without spending hours in the kitchen.

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5 Ingredient or Less

Avalanche Cookies
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Cookies

Edible Cookie Dough Recipe (Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough)
gooey butter cookies with powdered sugar
Baking

Gooey Butter Cookies
This Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe is super soft, moist, chewy, and delicious! Yes, you can make soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies without gluten, and boy are they good. Plus we added a special ingredient (it's cornstarch) to make them extra chewy.
Cookies

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies (Soft and Chewy!)
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Summer Dessert Recipes

45+ Warm Weather Sweets

Summer Desserts

Holiday Dessert Recipes

Holiday desserts are a delicious way to celebrate the festive season, and the perfect way to show your love for friends and family.

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Holiday Recipes

Pumpkin Pie (+ Maple Whipped Cream)
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Holiday Recipes

Red Velvet Cake
a bitten millionaire bar stacked on top of 3 millionaire bars.
Baking

Millionaire Bars
creamy chocolate pie with a ton of whipped cream on top
Pies + Tarts

Chocolate Cream Pie

Dessert Drinks

Dessert drinks are a great way to indulge your sweet tooth and end a meal on a delicious note.

2 frozen mudslides with gold straws in front of bottles of alcohol.
Dessert Recipes

Frozen Mudslide
2 glasses of crockpot eggnog with whipped cream and cinnamon sticks.
Drinks

Crockpot Eggnog
creamy frozen pina coladas in glasses garnished
Cocktails

Pina Coladas (Frozen Pina Colada Recipe)
This Peach Frosé Recipe is a cocktail you definitely need for this hot Summer heat! All you need is frozen peaches, some Rosé wine, and a little honey. Frozen Rose is such a quick and easy fun cold drink to throw together for parties, friends and family, or just a quiet afternoon at home. We will show you how to make Frose and spice things up with this Peach Frose Recipe. So delicious, easy, fresh, and fun!
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Peach Frosé Recipe (Frozen Rosé)

Favorite Pie Recipes

Pies can be made with a variety of fillings, including fruit, custard, and savory ingredients.

creamy chocolate pie with a ton of whipped cream on top
Pies + Tarts

Chocolate Cream Pie
apple pie on a plate with a gray towel
Pies + Tarts

Homemade Apple Pie Recipe
st patrick's day pie with a slice taken out.
Pies + Tarts

Grasshopper Pie
Keywords: peanut butter pie, whipped cream.
Holiday Recipes

Classic Butterscotch Pie
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Easy Cake Recipes

Easy cake recipes are a great way to enjoy a delicious and homemade dessert without spending hours in the kitchen.

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Dessert Recipes

Black Magic Cake
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Holiday Recipes

Apple Bundt Cake
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Baking

Easy Cheesecake Recipe
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Dessert Recipes

Banana Pudding Poke Cake
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Easy Lemony Sweets

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Dessert Recipes

Lemon Bars
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Cakes + Cupcakes

Lemon Cake Pops Recipe
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Dessert Recipes

Lemon Meringue Pie (Make Ahead!)
slices of lemon loaf cake stacked on a plate
Holiday Recipes

Iced Lemon Loaf Cake Recipe

Sweet and Healthy

Lemon Bars (Gluten Free Lemon Bar Recipe) are the easiest and best lemon bar recipe, and they just so happen to be gluten free! These Lemon Squares are SO DELICIOUS! These are one of our favorite easy gluten free desserts. Thick, creamy, tart, and utterly delicious; The Best Lemon Bars you'll ever taste.
Holiday Recipes

Gluten Free Lemon Bars
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Dessert Recipes

Caramel Apple Dip
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Pudding + Parfait

No Bake Cheesecake Cups
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Healthy

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Balls

My Favorite Dessert Recipes

These recipes are some of my favorite easy sweets on the site. They’re the best of the best!

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Dessert Recipes

Strawberry Pound Cake
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Holiday Recipes

Caramel Pie
A slice of French silk pie on a white plate.
Dessert Recipes

French Silk Pie
A slice of brownie pie topped with ice cream on a plate.
Pies + Tarts

Fudge Brownie Pie
Pumpkin Pie Dessert Lasagna is a fun twist on a Thanksgiving classic! This sweet pumpkin lasagna recipe is made up of layers of pumpkin pie, whipped cream, and lady fingers. Utterly delicious! Add this easy Thanksgiving dessert recipe to your holiday table.

Must Make Holiday Sweets

88+ Favorite Holiday Desserts

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Homemade Brownies from Scratch just might be the ultimate chocolate dessert recipe. This EASY Homemade Brownies Recipe can make any day better and satisfy any sweet tooth. These are truly the best ever brownies you will ever taste, and they will stay in your family for generations to come. Brownies bite taken out of cookie with pink icing Cookies + Bars Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie slice on plate Ice Cream a homemade cherry pie with a scoop of ice cream on top. Pies + Tarts chocolate pots de creme Pudding + Parfaits red velvet cupcate in front of twinkle lights Cakes + Cupcakes

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Strawberry Pound Cake

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