Dessert Recipes

80+ budget-friendly homemade dessert recipes to satisfy your sweet tooth without killing your budget. We’ve got everything from cakes, pies, muffins, and cookies to mug cakes, dessert dips, and more.

Popular Dessert Recipes

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Easy Lemon Cream Pie

$4.26 recipe / $0.53 per slice

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

$1.65 recipe / $0.14 each

Fudgy Homemade Brownies

$3.93 recipe / $0.44 serving

Raspberry Oatmeal Bars

$2.86 recipe / $0.32 serving

Jello Salad

$7.87 recipe / $1.12 serving

No-Bake Desserts

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Newest Dessert Recipes

Peanut Butter Pie

$9.39 recipe / $1.17 serving

This recipe for Peanut Butter Pie is made from scratch using cream cheese, homemade whipped cream, peanut butter, and an Oreo crust. So easy!

Pumpkin Brownies

$8.56 recipe / $0.95 serving

These easy Pumpkin Brownies are moist, delicious, and made from scratch. Topped with a creamy pumpkin cream cheese swirl and crunchy pecans!

Pumpkin Butter

$4.27 recipe / $0.17 serving

This recipe for Pumpkin Butter is easy, perfectly spiced, and budget-friendly. Spread it on toast, pancakes, or your favorite fall snacks!

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Canadian Butter Tarts

$5.33 recipe / $0.44 serving

This easy Butter Tarts recipe is all you need to make delicious Canadian butter tarts at home. They're buttery, sweet, and perfectly gooey!

Pumpkin Cookies

$4.27 serving / $0.17 serving

Pumpkin Cookies are the only treat you need this fall! They're deliciously chewy, perfectly spiced, and dotted with gooey chocolate chips!

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“Do Nothing” Cake

$9.31 recipe / $0.62 serving

Do Nothing Cake is a one-bowl, one-pan dessert perfect for any occasion. It's a simple, delicious, and budget-friendly treat anyone can make!

S’mores Dip

$5.59 recipe / $0.69 serving

This oven baked S'mores Dip recipe is the cleanest, mess-free way to serve s'mores at home year-round! Zero fuss with just 4 ingredients.

Key Lime Pie Bars

$8.19 recipe / $0.54 serving

These creamy, tart, and perfectly sweet Key Lime Pie Bars are like a slice of paradise and couldn't be any easier to make!

Zucchini Bread

$4.96 recipe / $0.41 slice

This Zucchini Bread recipe is super moist, flavorful, and the best way to use up extra zucchini during the summer or all year round!

Strawberry Sheet Cake

$11.72 recipe / $0.78 serving

This Strawberry Sheet Cake is fluffy, moist, and made with fresh strawberries and a simply irresistible strawberry cream cheese frosting.

Strawberry Cookies

$5.61 recipe / $0.35 each

Strawberry cookies are tender, sweet, and full of fresh strawberry flavor. These cookies are the real deal-- no artificial colors or flavors!

Banana Cake

$10.80 recipe / $0.72 serving

When life hands you overripe bananas about to meet their doom, make this budget-friendly Banana Cake instead!