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Dessert Recipes - Recipes for Quick Desserts

These simple and delicious recipes for quick and easy desserts are the perfect ending to any meal. Find recipes for cheesecakes, chilled and frozen desserts, grilled desserts, cobblers, trifles, sundaes, pies, and tarts.

Peanut Caramel Kabobs

Peanut Caramel Kabobs are an easy grilled dessert recipe perfect for summer cookouts. Grill pound cake and fruit on kabobs for a simple dessert.

Mini Chocolate Raspberry Tartlets

Mini Chocolate Raspberry Tartlets are a quick and easy dessert recipe using a chocolate cream and raspberries. Quick Mini Chocolate Raspberry Tartlets are an easy dessert.

Mini Pecan Tartlets

Mini Pecan Tartlets are a super simple dessert made with frozen mini filo shells and a pecan filling. Quick and easy recipe for tiny pecan tartlets.

Peach Creme Brulee

Peach Creme Brulee is a quick and easy dessert recipe. Only three ingredients, including canned peaches and sour cream, combine for a fabulous super quick dessert recipe.

Layered Fudge Brownie Torte

Layered Fudge Brownie Torte is a decadent and rich dessert recipe. Layer brownies with a chocolate fudge mixture and peanut butter frosting in an easy dessert recipe.

Chocolate Orange Marshmallow Parfaits

Chocolate Orange Marshmallow Parfaits are a quick and easy, last-minute dessert recipe. A fudge sauce is layered with marshmallows and oranges in this simple parfait recipe.

Instant Flaky Apple Croustade

Instant Flaky Apple Croutades are ready to serve in about 30 minutes, using convenience foods to make a delicious recipe. Last minute dessert recipe using puff pastry shells and pie filling.

Brownie Flag

Brownie Flag is a quick and easy patriotic recipe perfect for the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, or Labor Day.

Quick Apple Strudel

Quick Apple Strudel is a simple German dessert recipe. Quick Apple Strudel recipe is made with filo dough, apple pie filling, walnuts, and cinnamon.

Strawberries with Chocolate Dip Recipes

This delicious and super easy romantic dessert is perfect for Valentine's Day. Fresh strawberries are dipped into a creamy chocolate mixture made with chocolate chips and cream.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Fondue

Peanut butter and chocolate combine to make a rich and creamy dessert fondue.

Blueberry Cobbler

Blueberry cobbler recipe, with fresh blueberries, lemon juice, cinnamon, flour, and butter, is rich, delicious and nutritious.

Pear Apricot Cobbler

This delicious fruit cobbler recipe uses three kinds of fruit, including pears, cranberries, and apricots for flavor, color and nutrition.

Baked Peaches

Fresh, sweet peaches are baked to caramelize the sugars, then topped with buttery crunchy topping in this easy three ingredient recipe.

Champagne Sorbet

For an easy and very elegant dessert recipe for adults, make this champagne sorbet and serve it with tuiles or pirouettes cookies.

Peach Creme Brulee

Only three ingredients, including canned peaches and sour cream, combine for a fabulous super quick dessert recipe.

Flag Cookie Tart

Kids will love this cute fruit tart recipe that looks just like an American flag.

Baked Custard

This smooth and creamy traditional baked custard recipe has only four ingredients.

Caramelized Peach and Raspberry Shortcakes

When fresh peaches and raspberries are in season, try this wonderful, easy, elegant dessert recipe.

Grilled Angel Food Cake with Fruit Salsa

Combine grilled angel food cake with a succulent fruit salsa for a quick and easy low fat dessert recipe special enough for company.

No Bake Peach Crisp Recipe - Dessert Recipes

On the next hot day, make this easy no bake peach dessert recipe.

Grilled Pineapple Dessert

Pineapple slices are coated with juices and brown sugar and grilled on a George Foreman grill in a simple and elegant dessert recipe.

Butter Pecan Pound Cake

Frozen pound cake is coated with pecans and grilled to perfection on the George Foreman two sided grill.

Angel S'Mores

Marshmallows and chocolate chips are placed inside angel food cake and grilled for a great dessert recipe.

Tortilla Sundaes

Make this delicious sundae recipe to celebrate Cinco de Mayo or for any special occasion.

Mrs. Coverlet's Bread Pudding

The ultimate comfort food, bread pudding, is updated using chocolate chips.

Rice Pudding

Rice Pudding is the ultimate comfort food. This recipe is rich, delicious and soothing, yet very simple and easy to make.

Grilled Pineapple

The next time you grill, try making this easy pineapple dessert recipe on the grill.

Sweet Crisps

This super simple recipe for Hanukkah is very fun to make and is so delicious.

Pecan Tartlets

These tiny little filled tartlets are like individual bites of pecan pie, except they're drizzled with chocolate!

Easy Strawberry Shortcake

Five ingredients, including a frozen pound cake, combine to make an unconventional, fabulous strawberry shortcake dessert recipe.

Chocolate Crepes with Caramel Sauce

This delicious, spectacular, and elegant dessert recipe looks complicated, but you make every part ahead and just assemble before serving.

Apple Crisp Recipe

This delicious apple crisp recipe is a perfect fall dessert. Tart and juicy apples are topped with a crumbly brown sugar and oatmeal crumble for a wonderful fruit dessert.

Apple Pie Pizza Recipe

This quick and easy dessert pizza recipe is made using apple pie filling and a spice cake mix.

Baked Apple Dessert

Using leftover (or purchased) oatmeal cookies and canned apple pie filling, this delicious home style dessert recipe can be made in minutes.

Baked Apples

This simple recipe for comforting baked apples will make your house smell like a bakery.

Blueberry Boy Bait

This tender dessert cake recipe uses fresh or frozen blueberries for color and flavor.

Minute Apple Tart

This apple tart recipe assembles in minutes using frozen puff pastry, apricot jam, and fresh sliced apples.

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