35 Of Grandma’s Best Pies, Bars and Cakes That Warm the Heart

Pies, bars, and cakes are on the menu with this collection of some of the best recipes to ever come out of Grandma's recipe box! Pies, bars, and cakes are all on the tasty menu, with sweet treats like cream cheese brownies, mini lemon bundt cakes, no-bake cherry cheesecake icebox cake, and more of Grandma's best desserts that make everyone full and happy.

Cranberry Pretzel Salad

This Cranberry Pretzel Salad has wonderfully balanced flavors and textures. It has a crispy pretzel crust and luscious filling, and is finished with Jello.
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Pumpkin Pie With Graham Cracker Crust

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This pumpkin pie with graham cracker crust recipe is a new, delicious twist on a classic. The graham cracker and pumpkin are the perfect pair.
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Butterscotch Cinnamon Pie

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This butterscotch cinnamon pie recipe is so rich and sweet. It might look complicated, but it's actually very simple, so get baking!
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Grandma Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

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This grandma old fashioned sweet potato pie recipe really is just like grandma used to make. Every bite is sweet nostalgia!
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Gingerbread Cake With Caramel Sauce

Gingerbread Cake with Caramel Sauce is the best dessert to satisfy cravings and impress guests. Warm spices and rich caramel create a treat hard to resist.
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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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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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Chewy Cream Cheese Brownies

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These Chewy Cream Cheese Brownies are so soft and totally chewy. A little bit of the cream cheese mixture in every chocolaty bite!
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Easy No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

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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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The Best Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

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The cookie bars are soft, chewy and thick with a chocolate layer on top covered with a sprinkling of M & M's.
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A close-up of stacked peanut butter and chocolate chip cookie bars, showcasing visible chunks of chocolate chips and swirls of peanut butter – a delightful treat perfect for any sweet recipes. — 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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Can't Get Enough Of That Golden Crisp Squares

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Golden Crisp squares are a tasty cereal treat bar and a twist on classic Rice Krispies treats made with Golden Crisp cereal.
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Rice Krispie Hay Bales

This Rice Krispie hay bales recipe is a fun, fall take on the classic treat, with a melted peanut butter coating and licorice hay bale ties.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Poke Cake

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This chocolate peanut butter poke cake combines tender chocolate cake with chocolate pudding, peanut butter frosting, and peanut butter candy.
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Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes

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These Mini Lemon Bundt Cakes are the best combination of tangy and sweet! The lemon glaze pairs perfectly with the moist cake. It’s a match made in heaven!
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Layered Carrot Cake From Scratch

This layered carrot cake recipe is absolutely delicious. This 2 layer carrot cake is one of the best carrot cake layer cake recipes out there
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Reese's Peanut Butter Pie

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This Reese’s Pie is the ultimate peanut butter dessert. It has a rich and creamy peanut butter filling and then is topped with peanut butter cups and chocolate!
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Cherry Cream Cheese Pie (No Bake)

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This Cherry Cream Cheese Pie is the ultimate dessert for cherry lovers. It is a sweet and tart no-bake cherry cheesecake pie recipe made with cherry pie filling.
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Easy Chocolate Cream Cheese Pie

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This Chocolate Cream Cheese Pie with graham cracker crust is so indulgent! It has the flavor of a chocolate cheesecake and the texture of a chocolate icebox pie.
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No Bake Cherry Cheesecake Icebox Cake

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This no bake cherry cheesecake icebox cake is as simple as it is tasty. It's filled with delicious, creamy goodness that everyone loves.
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The Best Old Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake

A slice of sticky toffee apple pudding with vanilla ice cream on top, drizzled with caramel sauce, on a plate. — The Best Old Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

The Best Old Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake recipe is so easy, moist, full of fresh apples, nuts, raisins, cinnamon and is the best recipe ever!
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Drakes Coffee Cake

A bundt cake with a slice cut out, showcasing its moist yellow crumb and coffee bean-infused crunchy topping, on a white cake stand against a light background. — Drakes Coffee Cake. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

Drake's Coffee Cake is the best cinnamon coffee cake made with sweet cinnamon flavored streusel and pecans, the perfect cake with coffee.
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No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie With Oreos

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This No bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie recipe is the best. The flavors of chocolate, peanut butter, and Oreos make this one pie you'll love
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Buttermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cake

A close-up of a slice of blueberry cake on a white plate, displaying its moist texture and plentiful blueberries. — Buttermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cake. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

This buttermilk blueberry breakfast cake is the best way to start the day. It's sweet, loaded with blueberries, and so easy to make!
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Lemon Bar Cheesecake

This Lemon Bar Cheesecake is the perfect combination of sweet and tangy. You'll love the creamy texture and added lemon zest!
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Chocolate Fudge Brownie Cake

A bundt cake with rich chocolate glaze on a white plate, showing a moist, dense texture, perfect as a decadent dessert. — Chocolate Fudge Brownie Cake. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

This chocolate fudge brownie cake is loaded with rich chocolate flavor in a tender, moist bundt cake and a delicious chocolate glaze.
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Grandma's Rhubarb Custard Bars

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Grandma's recipe for rhubarb custard bars are melt in your mouth delicious especially warm, right out of the oven. These are the best custard rhubarb bars around!
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Grandma's Old-Fashioned Hummingbird Cake

Indulge in the most incredibly moist, delicate, and crunchy Grandma’s old-fashioned Hummingbird cake. Try this easy and fail-proof recipe that you'll love.
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Upside Down Fruit Cocktail Cake With Coconut

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This Upside Down Fruit Cocktail Cake with Coconut Topping recipe makes a light, fluffy cake that is filled with tender fruit.
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Raspberry Buttermilk Cake

This Raspberry Buttermilk Cake Recipe is a simple yet delicious cake made with fresh, tart raspberries. The cake is moist and sweet, and it bakes in 30 minutes!
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Drumstick Cake (Drumstick Ice Cream Cake)

A dessert recipe featuring homemade ice cream, topped with chocolate syrup, crushed nuts, and a side of multicolored sprinkles. — Drumstick Cake (Drumstick Ice Cream Cake. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

Drumstick Cake (Drumstick Ice Cream Cake) is an easy frozen dessert with a cone like crust and creamy filling that satisfies Drumstick ice cream cone cravings!
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Chocolate Pumpkin Mousse Cake

Chocolate Pumpkin Mousse Cake is a decadent fall dessert made with chocolate cake, creamy pumpkin mousse, cream cheese mousse, and a rich chocolate ganache.
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Fruity Pebbles Cheesecake

This no bake Fruity Pebbles cheesecake recipe is so easy to make and explodes with the classic, fruity childhood cereal we all love.
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Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

A slice of homemade ice cream cake with rainbow sprinkles on a white plate, showing layers of cake and ice cream. — Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

Ice Cream Sandwich Cake recipe is creamy and filled with sweet ice cream and chocolate flavors. This kid-friendly dessert is so easy to make!
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The Best Strawberry Banana Cake

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The Best Strawberry Banana Cake recipe is an easy, super moist cake with strawberries, bananas, walnuts or pecans and the best cream cheese frosting!
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