Grandma's 25 Favorite Potluck Desserts That'll Be Your Favorite Too

There are two categories of desserts that are always satisfying - Grandma's desserts and potluck desserts. This collection of 25 of Granmda's favorite potluck desserts combines those two into one collection of the ultimate sweet treats. Enjoy a variety of flavors like Oreo poke cake, rhubarb custard bars, hummingbird cake, and so many more.

Grandma's Old-Fashioned Hummingbird Cake

A slice of cake on a white plate. — Grandma's Old-Fashioned Hummingbird Cake. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

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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Chocolate Peanut Butter Poke Cake

This chocolate peanut butter poke cake combines tender chocolate cake with chocolate pudding, peanut butter frosting, and peanut butter candy.
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Nutella Brookies

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Indulge in the irresistible combination of rich, fudgy brownies, soft, chewy chocolate chip cookies and silky-smooth Nutella ribbons with our Nutella brookies.
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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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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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Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

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These rich, buttery, and creamy no-bake Blueberry Cheesecake Bars are the perfect easy and refreshing dessert for serving at all your summer get-togethers!
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Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls

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These Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls are the perfect blend of sweet apple filling and soft cinnamon rolls. They're easy to make with or without icing.
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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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The Best Strawberry Banana Cake

A slice of banana cake topped with fresh strawberries and frosting, garnished with nuts on a white plate, with a fork on the side. — The Best Strawberry Banana Cake. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

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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Swiss Roll Lush Cake

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This Swiss Roll lush cake is one of the easiest, tastiest icebox cake recipes you'll ever make. It's always a hit, so give it a try!
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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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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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Ozark Pudding Recipe

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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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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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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 slice of cookie bar from easy cookie recipes, topped with cream, crushed cookies, and red and green candies on a white plate. — Easy Sugar Cookie Bars. Photo credit: Kitchen Divas.

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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How To Make Funfetti Cake

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This homemade funfetti Patriotic Cake recipe from scratch is the best dessert for Memorial Day, Independence Day, or just a fun summer treat.
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Oreo Poke Cake

Just when you thought your love of Oreo couldn't get any better, along comes this amazing Oreo Poke Cake. Oreo flavor in a cake? Yes, please!
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S'mores Blondies Recipe

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This S'mores blondies recipe is rich, sweet, gooey, and delicious. An easy blondie bars recipe that's always a winner!
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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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Perfect Bar Pumpkin Pie

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Perfect Bar Pumpkin Pie sweet pumpkin pie bars that have a soft doughy crust. This delicious pumpkin bars make for a great fall dessert.
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How To Make A Poke Cake

How to Make a Poke Cake recipe shows how to make a jello poke cake with fun colors and flavors, perfect for a rainbow-themed celebration.
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Chocolate Mint Poke Cake

A close-up of a 13 x 9 inch chocolate dessert with a layer of mint frosting and chocolate chips on top, served on a white plate. — Chocolate Mint Poke Cake. Photo Credit: Kitchen Divas.

This Chocolate Mint Poke Cake recipe is so easy, with or without mint, this Jello instant pudding cake is full of chocolate, caramel or whatever you desire!
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Gingerbread Cake With Caramel Sauce

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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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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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