40 Easy Dessert Recipes Straight From Grandma's Recipe Box

Grandmas always know how to make the best desserts. Somehow, all of their recipes seem to take simple, basic ingredients and transform them into sweet treats that are the best we've ever had. That's what this collection of easy dessert recipes is all about. These favorites straight from Grandma's recipe box include flavors like lemon brownies, blueberry pie bars, chocolate chip cookie cake, and much more.

Pistachio Fluff

Three glass bowls filled with Grinch Fluff salad, topped with red heart-shaped sprinkles, red round sprinkles, and a cherry, are placed on a wooden surface. — Pistachio Fluff. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

This is the best recipe for Pistachio Fluff! It's a tasty dessert that’s not overly sweet with a delightful combination of pineapple and pistachio pudding.
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The Best Grasshopper Brownies

Close-up of chocolate brownies topped with a layer of green frosting, stacked on a cooling rack—perfect 9X9 desserts for any special occasion. — The Best Grasshopper Brownies. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

The Best Grasshopper Brownies are decadent, fudgy, chocolate mint brownies with a minty cream cheese buttercream frosting! Just like a grasshopper cocktail!
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Lemon Cream Cheese Pie

A lemon pie garnished with whipped cream and blueberries, paired with crunchy cookies on the side and two halves of a lemon placed in the background. — Lemon Cream Cheese Pie. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

This lemon cream cheese pie is rich and creamy with bright citrus flavor. It's the perfect lemonade cream cheese pie recipe!
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Pineapple Cream Cheese Pie

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This pineapple cream cheese pie is luscious, decadent, and full of tropical pineapple flavor paired with a graham cracker crust.
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Lazy Cookie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Soft, chewy lazy cookie bars or cake mix cookie bars make a delightful dessert when you have no time to bake from scratch!
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

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This soft Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake is bursting with chocolate flavor with a layer of creamy peanut butter in the middle. It’s a tasty and creative dessert!
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Easy Creamy Peach Squares

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Creamy Peach Squares are so easy and the perfect layered dessert, with cream cheese, a graham cracker crust, and canned peaches in every bite!
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Close-up of red velvet brownies, perfectly baked in a 9X9 pan, topped with white frosting and red and brown sprinkles, stacked on a cooling rack. — Red Velvet Cookie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Red Velvet Cookie Bars are easy and quick to make. Perfect when you need an amazing, decadent, chocolate dessert in a hurry, covered in cream cheese icing!
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Slices of vanilla frosted cake with golden sprinkles on a cooling rack displaying easy cookie recipes. — Eggnog Cookie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Eggnog Cookie Bars are the ultimate creamy, eggnog lovers dessert bar. The perfect cookie bottom covered with the best creamy eggnog icing!
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Chocolate Loaf Cake

If you love chocolate, you've got to try this moist and decadent chocolate loaf cake. It's super easy to make, customizable, and an absolute family favorite!
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Reese's Peanut Butter Cupcakes

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These Reese’s Cupcakes are a peanut butter lover’s dream! The cupcakes are moist, filled with creamy peanut butter, and then topped with peanut butter frosting.
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Easy Chocolate Fudge Brownies

A close-up of a hand holding a fudgy dessert brownie with visible chunks of cream cheese swirls. — Easy Chocolate Fudge Brownies. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Easy Chocolate Fudge Brownies are simple, moist and tasty! Add your favorite nuts or treats and your chocolate cravings will be satisfied, every time!
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Peanut Butter Banana Brownies

Peanut butter banana brownies are super-moist and tender and loaded with chocolate, peanut butter, banana, and nuts. Delicious!
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Lemon Brownies

These rich and chewy Lemon Brownies are an easy and tasty lemon dessert idea. They have the texture of a fudgy brownie but with a fresh and tart lemon flavor.
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Grandma's Old Fashioned Caramel Sticky Buns

A batch of sticky buns topped with a caramel glaze and chopped nuts. — Grandma's Old Fashioned Caramel Sticky Buns. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Old fashioned sticky buns are caramel pecan rolls, with or without nuts. These cinnamon caramel sticky buns are perfect for any occasion!
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Easy Blueberry Pie Bars

A hand holding a blueberry-filled bar with a crumbly topping, with more bars visible in the background. — Easy Blueberry Pie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

These Blueberry Pie Bars are a delicious combination of sweet blueberry filling nestled between a buttery crust and crumble topping.
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Brownies With Sprinkles

A chocolate brownie with a bite taken out, topped with chocolate frosting and multicolored sprinkles, being held between two fingers—one of the delectable 8X8 desserts perfect for any sweet tooth. — Brownies With Sprinkles. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Brownies with Sprinkles are a festive spin on the classic brownie recipe! They combine the rich, chocolatey taste of classic brownies with the fun and vibrant touch of colored sprinkles.
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Peanut Butter Cup Brownies

A hand holding a plate with a slice of chocolate and peanut butter layered brownies, topped with whipped cream and colorful candies, drizzled with chocolate syrup. — Peanut Butter Cup Brownies. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Peanut butter cup brownies with peanut butter frosting for brownies are delicious. This peanut butter brownie recipe is so rich and decadent.
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Ozark Pudding Recipe

A close-up of a fork holding a bite of crispy, golden macaroni and cheese with white sauce, paired with a slice of apple. — Ozark Pudding Recipe. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

This Ozark pudding recipe is a delicious slice of Americana. This dry custard dish is filled with apples, nuts, and so much flavor.
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Caramel Cookie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

These Caramel Cookie Bars are a deliciously soft and chewy cookie with a gooey chocolate and caramel center. They are the perfect treat for caramel and chocolate lovers!
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Lemon Cheesecake Bars

A stack of Lemon Bar Cheesecake squares on a plate, garnished with lemon slices and lemon zest. — Lemon Cheesecake Bars. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

Planning to host a house party or a get-together? Make these creamy and tangy lemon cheesecake bars for dessert, and you're sure to get lots of compliments!
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Easy No Bake Peanut Butter Bars Recipe

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My grandma's Easy No Bake Peanut Butter Bars recipe is amazing with a peanut butter base topped with melted chocolate chips and more!
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No Bake Peanut Butter Fudge

A pile of fudge pieces with top piece missing bite. — No Bake Peanut Butter Fudge. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

This easy no bake chocolate peanut butter fudge recipe is full of rich peanut butter and chocolate flavors, NOT a lot of work!
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Orange Fluff Salad

A close-up of fruit salad with marshmallows and mandarin oranges on a wooden spoon, showcasing its creamy texture. — Orange Fluff Salad. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Orange Fluff Salad tastes like a creamsicle in a bowl! It has a dreamy, creamy orange-vanilla flavor that is super addicting!
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No Bake Pretzel Cookies

Close-up of a hand holding an easy cookie recipe featuring a peanut butter pretzel cluster sprinkled with sea salt. — No Bake Pretzel Cookies. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

No bake pretzel cookies are a sweet and salty treat you'll love. These butterscotch pretzel haystack cookies are so easy to make!
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Peanut Butter Cup Rice Krispie Treats

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These peanut butter cup Rice Krispies treats are so good! These Reese's Rice Krispies treats combine two of our favorite sweets into one.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats

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If you love chocolate, peanut butter and Rice Krispies you will love this easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats recipe. This NO marshmallow recipe is sweetened with honey.
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How To Make Broken Glass Jello

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This easy broken glass Jello recipe is simple, delicious, and beautiful. Sea glass Jello is the perfect broken glass dessert for any occasion
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M&M Rice Krispie Treats

M&M Rice Krispie Treats are a gooey, crunchy no-bake treat. The recipe combines two classics, M&M's and Rice Krispies, for a treat everyone will love.
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Old Fashioned Apple Turnover Recipe

Freshly baked apple turnovers in a rustic woven basket lined with a green cloth, accompanied by fresh apples and an Old Fashioned whiskey cocktail. — Old Fashioned Apple Turnover Recipe. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

This old fashioned apple turnover recipe is easy to make and it includes crispy puff pastry and sweet apple middle.
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Kit Kat Cookie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Kit Kat Cookie Bars are mouth-watering, soft, chewy, easy to make treats, perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth and impressing your friends and family.
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Easy Layered S'mores Brownies

Two chocolate brownies stacked on a piece of brown parchment paper. The desserts are topped with various chunks of chocolate and a lightly golden crust. — Easy Layered S'Mores Brownies. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Easy Layered S'mores Brownies are a homemade dessert, made from scratch, with marshmallows, chocolate, graham crackers, and more on a rich brownie base.
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The combo of butter and cream cheese makes this easy sugar cookie bars recipe so soft. Make these easy bar cookies as Christmas cookie bars!
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Easy Carrot Cake Bars

Two delicious carrot cake bars stacked on a plate, topped with cream cheese frosting and chopped walnuts, showcasing one of the best vegetable recipes that also makes for delightful side dishes. — Easy Carrot Cake Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Easy Carrot Cake Bars are moist and covered in a wonderful cream cheese buttercream frosting. These cake bars are just like the full cake!
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Easy No Bake Banana Pudding Cups

A bowl of banana pudding topped with whipped cream and vanilla wafers, displayed on a wooden table. — Easy No Bake Banana Pudding Cups. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

This easy no bake banana pudding cheesecake dessert is so easy and so good. Essentially a mini banana pudding trifle in each dish.
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Fruity Pebbles Rice Krispies Treats

A person pulls apart a colorful marshmallow cereal treat, revealing its sticky and gooey texture with visible marshmallow chunks—perfect for fans of delightful 9X9 desserts. — Fruity Pebbles Rice Krispies Treats. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas

Fruity Pebbles Rice Krispies treats are a fruit-flavored take on a classic. Fruity Pebble Rice Crispy treats are so easy and so good.
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Butterscotch Caramel Cashew Bars

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These butterscotch caramel cashew bars are loaded with sweet and salty goodness. Everyone always loves them!
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Banana Pudding Lasagna

This banana pudding lasagna is a quick and easy dessert combining classic banana pudding flavor with a fun new twist.
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Stack of festive chocolate chip cookie bars, perfect for 9x9 desserts, topped with chocolate and red, green, and white sprinkles. — Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bars are easy, no bake, eggless, with edible peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough and chocolate chip ganache.
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Grandma's Old Fashioned Fudge Recipe

A close-up view of square-shaped, creamy fudge pieces topped with festive red, green, and white sprinkles inspired by an old fashioned recipe. — Grandma's Old Fashioned Fudge Recipe. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Grandma's old fashioned fudge recipe combines delicious flavors, nostalgia, and ease in equal measure. Get all the flavor without all the work
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