Make these easy, fast recipes, sure to please and impress guests or family as party food or terrific everyday desserts. Choose from four simple recipes and ideas, then experiment with flavors and make them unique.
3-Ingredient Easy Dessert: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Parfaits
This is a super easy gourmet parfait dessert.
Serves 8
3 Ingredients:
- 1 cup heavy (whipping) cream
- 3/4 cup peanut butter chips
- 1 1/2 cups prepared chocolate pudding
Optional Garnish for parfait desserts:
- Whipped cream and peanut butter chips
Directions:
- Heat 1/2 cup cream in a medium glass bowl in microwave until steaming hot
- Add chips; stir with a whisk until melted and smooth
- Whisk in remaining cream
- Refrigerate until cold
- Beat with mixer just until soft peaks form
- Spread 1 heaping tablespoon peanut butter mixture into each of 8 small (about 1/2 cup capacity) dessert cups
- Spread with 1 heaping tablespoon pudding
- Repeat layers once
- Garnish and serve, or cover and refrigerate (without garnish) up to 1 day ahead
Other Optional Ideas:
- Replace chips or pudding with another flavor.
- Rather than layering, spoon alternating layers into small bowls, then swirl mixtures together lightly.
- Sprinkle crumbled chocolate wafer cookies between layers and on top.
3-Ingredient Fast Chewy Coconut Macaroons Cookies
Makes 24 cookies (Easy-to-double recipe)
3 Ingredients:
- 5 1/3 cups long shredded sweetened coconut
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- Line cookie sheet with parchment paper (or cookies will stick to pan)
- Mix all ingredients together until well combined
- Bake for 10 - 12 minutes
- When very lightly browned, transfer to cooling racks
Note: These freeze very well and this is a good make-ahead recipe.
3-Ingredient Simple No-Cook Butterfinger Candy Bar Pudding
This delicious and easy pudding is great for winter holidays or hot summer days alike.
3 Ingredients:
- 1 12 oz. tub of Cool Whip type topping
- 1 small box instant chocolate pudding mix powder
- 1 full size Butterfinger candy bar
Directions:
- The day before making, thaw topping per instructions
- The next day, mix topping with the instant pudding powder
- Crumble the Butterfinger bar and gently fold into mixed ingredients
3-Ingredient Easy Dessert Recipe - No-Cook Ice Cream Sandwich Cake
Makes a delicious, simple, and pretty ice cream cake. Just 5 fast minutes preparation time and 6 hours freeze time.
Serves 10
3 Ingredients:
- 12 ice cream sandwiches, unwrapped
- 1 (6½ ounce) can chocolate whipped cream
- 1 cup chopped Oreo cookies or chopped malted milk balls
Directions:
- Arrange 4 ice cream sandwiches (long sides touching) on serving plate.
- Put an even layer of whipped cream over the ice cream sandwiches.
- Next, layer 1/3 cup crushed Oreo cookies or malted milk balls.
- Repeat layers 2 times, garnishing top with chunks of Oreos or malt balls.
- Freeze 6 hours.
- Slice to serve.
Note: May be frozen up to a week, so this is an easy make-ahead dessert recipe.
Other articles of possible interest: Best Delicious Party Punch Recipes, Old-Fashioned Ginger Snaps Recipe, and Fast Easy and Yummy 3 Ingredient Cookies.
Also see the websites: Amazing Star Wars Birthday Cakes and Panini Sandwich Grills, Recipes and Ideas.
Eating well is a pleasure. Enjoy!
Janienne Jennrich - Janienne Jennrich, Topic Editor for Kids & Teen Parties and for Hair, is an award-winning freelance writer & webmaster.
