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Quick and Easy Desserts With Few Ingredients To Make For a Party or Potluck Crowd


21 Quick and Easy Desserts For a Crowd Recipes… my all-time favorite super quick and easy potluck desserts with few ingredients that all travel well, low prep AND are real crowd-pleasers.

Let’s jump in and take a look at crowd-pleasing desserts that will feed a large group but require minimal prep and effort. That’s MY kind of baking!!!

Whether you need an easy no bake dessert to make in 10 minutes or a simple and amazing dessert for a potluck or party, you WILL find the perfect delicious and SIMPLE dessert recipe with minimal ingredients here from my personal favorites.

super simple potluck desserts with few ingredients

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super simple potluck desserts with few ingredients

Easy desserts for a crowd!

Must Make Desserts With Few ingredients

Easy Desserts With Few Ingredients

When it comes to easy desserts to make with few ingredients, these are my go-to recipes for any party, potluck, Holiday or just because I want to make something sweet and EASY at home for the family.

For example, these SUPER SIMPLE lemon bars.

3 ingredient lemon bars dessert recipe

Only 3 ingredients and they’re ready in a snap!

Perfect to make ahead for your next party or potluck at work.

I also LOVE making this super simple Strawberry Banana Cheesecake Dessert Salad – it is SO good! Never any leftovers!

Strawberry Banana Cheesecake Potluck No Bake Dessert

And this Ambrosia Fruit Salad is quick to throw together and really good!

Potluck-Style Ambrosia Fruit Salad No Bake Dessert

And the ultimate crowd pleaser – Grandma’s No Bake Cherry Cheesecake!

No Bake Cherry Cheesecake

Let’s look at more quick desserts for a crowd that only have a few simple ingredients.

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Easy Quick Desserts

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No Bake Nutella Cheesecake

This No Bake Nutella Cheesecake has a rich and creamy Nutella and cream cheese filling, and a simple graham cracker crust. It comes together quickly and is the perfect dessert for any occasion.

No Bake Oreo Dessert

Layers of creamy cheesecake-flavored whipped cream and Oreos make for a deliciously decadent no-bake dessert.

You can toss this easy Oreo dessert together in 15 minutes using just 3 simple ingredients, then enjoy the all the oohs and aahs when you serve it!

Healthier Chocolate Peanut Butter Sheet Cake

If you love chocolate and peanut butter together (who doesn’t) you will LOVE this healthier chocolate peanut butter sheet cake with zero refined sugars and a low calorie frosting!

Bonus Points: NO ONE can tell it's low calorie or healthy!

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Red Velvet Brownies

Red Velvet Brownies are the perfect combination of fudgy brownies and red velvet cake.

With a striking red crumb and a thick layer of luxurious cream cheese frosting on top, they are a delicious and SIMPLE dessert to make!

Mini Oreo Cheesecakes

Simply putting the words “Oreos” and “Cheesecake” in the same sentence makes these Oreo Cheesecake mini desserts at the top of my list.

They are an absolute crowd-pleaser – and... they CAN be made ahead of time and frozen!

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9x13 Casserole Desserts

Need dessert ideas to make and take (that travel well) to bring something sweet for the crowd at your party or potluck?

These 15 large batch dessert ideas are easy, quick and CHEAP to make and are the perfect recipes to make or take for any large group.

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Lemon Cream Cheese Dump Cake

This Lemon Cream Cheese Dump Cake is one of the easiest and most scrumptious desserts you’ll ever make!

With its bright lemon flavor and rich cream cheese filling, this dump cake is sure to satisfy even the strongest sweet tooth.

But heads up - if you make it ONCE, you will ALWAYS be asked to make it from then on out!

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No Bake Twix Cookie Bars

If you want to make something simple, but EASY - try these no bake Twix cookie bars!

These are SO SO delicious! Crispy, crunchy and full of caramel and chocolate flavor.

Just YUM!

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Grandma's Soda Cake

There is literally NO dessert easier to make than one of Grandma's Soda Cakes.

Mix and match your cake mix and soda flavor for ALL kinds of yummy variations to make and take!

Cinnamon Sugar Blondies

Ohhhhhh my – these Cinnamon Sugar Blondies are the yummiest dessert bars ever!

**Few ingredients – one bowl – no mixer – ready in 30 minutes.

It gets no easier than that!

Cinnamon Sugar Blondies

3-Ingredient Desserts

When it comes to quick and EASY desserts, nothing is easier than 3-ingredient Dump Cakes.

Totally recommended – especially if you need a FAST last minute dessert idea for a crowd or for company.

Easy super quick desserts with few ingredients

Having a party or potluck?

These are some easy desserts for a crowd…

potluck desserts - easy desserts for a crowd

Want something really sweet and FAST to make?

3-ingredient fudge is THE answer (and it’s perfect to take to a Holiday party too!)

easy 3 ingredient fudge

Speaking of OREO cookies…

You have GOT to try these OREO stuffed Chocolate Fudge Cookies recipe from My Messy Kitchen – oh myyyyyy – they are SO good it’s almost sinful haha!

oreo stuffed chocolate fudge cookies

Speaking of cookies – these are quick and easy cookie recipes with only 3 ingredients (and you do NOT have to bake them!)

3 ingredient no bake cookies

No Bake Desserts

Speaking of NO BAKE desserts, these are my FAVORITE super quick and easy no bake desserts for a crowd or party…

super quick No Bake Desserts

Love chocolate?

Oh me too!

These are my favorite no bake recipes I make ALL the time…

No Bake Chocolate Desserts easy recipes for a super quick no bake dessert for a crowd, party or potluck

My mom loves ANY dessert that has lemon as one of the few ingredients… these are her favorites that I make…

No Bake Lemon Desserts

MY favorite fruit for desserts?

Blueberry Desserts!

Holiday Desserts

For St Patrick’s Day my favorite easy dessert with few ingredients are these unique St Patrick’s Day cookies – I take them to work every year!

Quick and easy desserts for St Patrick's Day

We do a brunch every Easter for our LARGE church crowd, these are the desserts I make…

Easter Potluck Ideas

On my Mother’s Day dessert table I always have one of these quick and easy no bake desserts…

lemon desserts- quick and easy dessert recipes

For a quick and easy dessert for July 4th, I like to make “sweet treat platters” like these…

4th of July Potluck Ideas

These are the 4th of July desserts I’m making (and yes, there are NO BAKE dessert recipes too!)

easy potluck desserts for a party crowd

Need some quick and easy desserts for Thanksgiving?

Here’s my favorite ideas to make…

Thanksgiving Dessert Ideas

✅ Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes Are Here

My favorite quick and easy dessert for the Holidays is this 3-ingredient Christmas fudge…

You have to try it… it is SO good…and it sure looks festive, right??

Christmas Desserts

Here’s more quick and easy desserts for Christmas…

creative christmas desserts - easy Christmas desserts with few ingredients

Healthy Options

If you want to make something sweet that’s quick, easy AND remotely healthy, these healthy chocolate chip cookies are my personal favorite (and no one ever noticed they’re healthy lol!)

21 day fix desserts - healthy chocolate chip cookies make the perfect snack

Need some healthy desserts for the kids?

These are my kid’s favorite desserts – but don’t you DARE tell them they’re eating something healthy!

healthy snacks for kids

Quick Desserts For One

Not cooking for a crowd, but instead need a quick dessert for ONE you can make super fast?

Try these super simple recipes:

Quick desserts to make for ONE - mug cakes, chocolate sweet treats and easy recipes with healthy desserts too

More Ideas

Here’s another idea for something sweet… and trust me, these unique waffles are NOT just for breakfast.

Make the quick and easy recipe and top with ice cream for a super simple dessert idea that is truly unique!

cinnamon toast waffles - quick and easy desserts with few ingredients - just top with ice cream!

Other Party Food Ideas…

easy cold appetizers

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