Food and Recipes Desserts Dessert Recipes You Can Make in 30 Minutes—Or Less By Jenna Sims Jenna Sims Jenna Sims is a Digital Editor for Southern Living and joined the team in 2014. She writes, produces, and ideates content with a focus on email growth and commerce content. She covers a range of topics in the lifestyle space from holiday gift guides to new product launches to tips for cooking with your air fryer. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on June 11, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling; Kathleen Varner; Food Styling: Torie Cox While we love when we get that chance to spend a day in the kitchen whipping up a homemade dessert like a beautiful layer cake or intricate pie, we understand that there are times when that's not doable. For instance, you may need a dessert recipe that's a little quicker when that after dinner sweet tooth hits or when you need to pull together a dessert to take to tomorrow's potluck. Lucky for you, each of these easy dessert recipes requires just 30 minutes or less of hands-on time in the kitchen to pull together. Even though these desserts come together quickly, they still yield delicious results and no one will be able to guess how little time you spent in the kitchen. From no-bake cookies to icebox cakes to chilled pies and more, there are plenty of crowd-pleasing dessert recipes in this collection. So read on to find your new favorite dessert recipes that can come together in as little as 10 minutes. 01 of 16 No-Bake Chocolate-Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies Greg DuPree; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Prissy Lee Montiel Recipe: No-Bake Chocolate-Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies Yes, it's possible to make cookies without turning on the oven. 02 of 16 Strawberry Cheesecake Salad Photographer: Jennifer Causey Food Stylist: Melissa Gray Prop Stylist: Heather Chadduck Hillegas Recipes: Strawberry Cheesecake Salad Enjoy the flavor of cheesecake in just 15 minutes with this easy dessert. 03 of 16 Two-Ingredient Pineapple Angel Food Cake Jessica Furniss/Southern Living Recipe: Two-Ingredient Pineapple Angel Food Cake The two ingredients of this cake, angel food cake mix and crushed pineapple, are combined in just minutes. It bakes quickly, and you need only let it cool before you add a whipped topping, fruit, or other optional topping. 04 of 16 Creamy Peach Icebox Cake Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling; Kathleen Varner; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Creamy Peach Icebox Cake You can pull this cake together in just 20 minutes the day before you'd like to serve. Then let it freeze overnight. 05 of 16 Lemon Tiramisu Photographer Victor Protasio, Food Stylist Ruth Blackburn, Prop Stylist Heather Chadduck Recipe: Lemon Tiramisu Using packaged ladyfinger biscotti helps this cheerful dessert come together in just 15 minutes. Let it chill in the refrigerator while you enjoy a meal and bring it out to wow your guests with dessert. 06 of 16 Cookie Dough Fudge Photography and Food Styling: Karen Rankin Recipe: Cookie Dough Fudge You may be surprised to learn that the only appliance you need to pull together this safe-to-eat cookie dough treat is your microwave. 07 of 16 No-Bake Strawberry Pie Joy Howard Recipe: No-Bake Strawberry Pie The homemade crust and filling for this pie come together in just 30-minutes. The refrigerator will do the rest of the work while it chills. 08 of 16 Triple Chocolate Milkshake Antonis Achilleos Recipe: Triple Chocolate Milkshake Not just one, but three types of chocolate come together in this milkshake that is sure to satisfy any post-dinner sweet tooth. 09 of 16 Salted Caramel Fudge Photographer: Frederick Hardy II, Food Stylist: Margaret Dickey, Prop Stylist: Christina Daley Recipe: Salted Caramel Fudge This fudge will be great on its own, but can me made even better by serving it alongside vanilla ice cream. 10 of 16 Heavenly Key Lime Pie Jennifer Davick; Styling: Leigh Anne Montgomery Recipe: Heavenly Key Lime Pie Once you see how easy it is to make homemade Key Lime pie, you'll be tempted to make one even if you don't have a reason to. 11 of 16 Caramel Pecan Icebox Cake Joy Howard Recipe: Caramel Pecan Icebox Cake You'll spend just 25 minutes assembling this decadent icebox cake. 12 of 16 Rum Balls Hector Manuel Sanchez Recipe: Rum Balls Only six ingredients are needed to pull together this classic boozy treat. 13 of 16 Grandma's Chocolate Drop Cookies Katie Strasberg Rousso Recipe: Grandma's Chocolate Drop Cookies Using a cookie scoop to drop your cookies on the baking sheet will help keep them uniform in size. 14 of 16 Butterscotch Fudge Photographer: Isaac Nunn, Prop Stylist: Julia Bayless, Food Stylist: Ruth Blackburn Recipe: Butterscotch Fudge This fudge comes together in just 15 minutes. The hardest part will be waiting for it to set before taking the first bite. 15 of 16 No-Bake Fudgy Toffee Bars Iain Bagwell Recipe: No-Bake Fudgy Toffee Bars Allowing parchment paper to hang over the sides of the pan will allow you to easily remove the toffee bars when you're ready to cut them. 16 of 16 Pecan Pralines Southern Living Recipe: Pecan Pralines The secret to mastering homemade pralines is using a candy thermometer. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit