If you want to make desserts the lazy way (aka the right way), but can’t find any decent easy recipes, we understand the struggs. When ya want the sweets, but don’t want to bake it with the possibility of burning or under-cooking, it can seem like you’re out of luck. But you’re not, because here is the perfect list just for you.
1. Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
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TGOAT, as far as combos are concerned. Get the recipe here.
2. Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding
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If you can’t make it to NYC to get a taste of the world-renowned banana pudding at Magnolia Bakery, here’s something that’s pretty much the same thing. This pudding is a dessert game changer. Make it like this.
3. Girl Scout Cookie Thin Mint Truffles
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Hope you ordered extra Thin Mints this year, because you’re going to use them on these.
4. Watermelon Cake
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This simple fruit can transform into the perfect summer cake you never knew you wanted. Make yours here.
5. Oreo Cookie Bars
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Super slutty (and that’s a great thing). Get the recipe here.
6. Peanut Butter Banana Cookie Bites
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Easy peasy snack bites. Learn how here.
7. Health Bar & Chocolate Chip Pie
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This pie is a damn good time. Join the party here.
8. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sandwich
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Never. Enough. Cookies. Find out here.
9. Mini Cheesecake Cookie Sandwich
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You don’t need an oven or expensive ingredients to be fancy AF. Recipe here.
10. Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie
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If you love peanut butter and chocolate, you will love this pie. It tastes like a frozen Reese’s peanut butter cup and is even shaped like one. Make your like this.
11. Candy Cane Truffles
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Christmas all year round. Celebrate with the recipe here.
12. Pup-Friendly Peanut Butter Bites
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Just in case your dog makes those sad eyes at you. You know the ones. Get it here.
13. Chocolate Wafer Cake
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Friends will stayfer this wafer. Whip it up like this.
14. Berry Cheesecake Parfait
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Insta-worthy. Make it like this.
15. Oreo Cake Balls
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Yes. Get the recipe here.
16. Salted Caramel Ice Cream Sandwich Cake
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Just buy a box of ice cream sandwiches and a tub of Cool Whip and get your stack on. Recipe here.
17. PB&J Banana Bread
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Peanut butta jelly time. Watch how to git’er done here.
18. Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
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Basic in the best way. Make it here.
19. Two-Ingredient Chocolate Mug Cake
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The secret ingredient? Soda! Learn how here.
20. Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
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Oh my gooey-ness. Get the recipe here.
21. Dark Chocolate Coconut Bars
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You put the chocolate in the coconut and eat it all up. Make it like this.
22. Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake in a Jar
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Minty fresh. Learn how here.
23. Oreo Nutella Icebox Cake
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We all know Oreos are milk’s favorite cookie. We also know that Cool Whip makes everything taste better. Recipe here.
24. Ghiradelli Chocolate Peanut Butter bars
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This is legit. Learn how here.
25. Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
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Sensual. Get the recipe here.
26. Microwave Birthday Cake Truffles
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Momofuk’ya. Learn how here.
27. Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Truffles
Photo by Maggie Gorman
The key to your special someone’s heart might not be gold but instead might be made out of peanut butter, pretzels and chocolate. Recipe here.
28. Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie
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Never met a pie we don’t like. Learn how here.
29. No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars
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With this 5-ingredient no-bake peanut butter bar recipe, your chocolate and peanut butter dreams will come true. Recipe here.
30. Gluten Free No-Bake Chocolate Cookies
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These chewy cookies are based on three principles: no baking, no gluten, and no guilt. Recipe here.
31. Protein Balls
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Not only can you choose your own ingredients, which means you know you are putting healthy nutrients into your body, but you can also fulfill your chocolate cravings with these homemade protein balls. Make it here.
32. Chocolate Donut, Nutella and Coffee Ice Cream Sandwich
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Sometimes you need to satisfy that sweet tooth at a minute’s notice. Make it like this.
33. 3-Ingredient Dunkaroo Dip
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This recipe can be made in less time than it takes for you to Velcro your light-up sneakers and sit down for an episode of That’s So Raven, and it tastes just like the real deal. Make yours here.
34. Peanut Butter “Freezer Fudge”
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What if I told you that you can make your own fudge, in your apartment or dorm, with only 5 ingredients and none of that nasty junk? Make it like this.
35. Dark Chocolate Avocado Truffles
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It’s no secret that dark chocolate and avocado are 2 very nutritious superfoods. So what happens when we join these two super healthy foods? A very happy marriage. Recipe here.