Got a sweet tooth, but don’t want to put in much work? Satisfy your tastebuds with these ideas for quick and easy desserts.
Check out these easy 3-ingredient dessert recipes below to get the quick fix you’re desiring! (Some of the recipes are in the pictures.) Enjoy.
Banana With Peanut Butter And Chocolate Chips
A classic sweet something for all the peanut butter lovers. Can’t do peanut butter? Swap it out for your favorite nut butter or sunbutter alternative.
Ingredients
1 Banana – 105 calories
2 Tbsp Peanut butter, unsweetened (Tbsp) – 188 calories
1 Tbsp Chocolate chips, semisweet, Tbsp – 60 calories
Directions
- Slice banana, top with peanut butter and chocolate chips
- No peanuts? Use any other nut or seed butter
3 Ingredient Chocolate Fudge
Premake this tasty treat to satisfy your sweet tooth when you need it most.
Dipped Strawberries In Yogurt
Probably one of the quickest and easiest dessert options on the list today. Just dip your strawberries in yogurt and top with powdered sugar or sprinkles.
3 Ingredient Banana Cookies
293 CALORIES
Ingredients
0.3 Tbsp Cacao powder – 6 calories
1 Banana – 105 calories
½ cup Oatmeal, dry oats (uncooked) – 150 calories
2 tsp Sugar – 32 calories
Directions
- Mash banana with a fork.
- Combine all ingredients and mix evenly.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Spoon mixture evenly onto tray and bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
Air Fried Apples
227 CALORIES
Ingredients
1 Apple, medium – 95 calories
2 tsp Butter (tsp) – 72 calories
½ tsp Cinnamon – 0 calories
8 Tbsp Regular whipped cream – 60 calories
Directions
- Slice apple into 8 or 16 slices.
- Melt butter in the microwave (about 20 seconds).
- In a bowl, mix together apples, butter, cinnamon (or pumpkin pie spice).
- Air fry apples for 10 minutes at 380 degrees F, or bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees F. Flip apple slices midway through (no matter if you’re using the air fryer or oven).
- Serve with whipped cream.
- No butter? Use coconut oil. No whipped cream? Use whipped coconut cream (available at most stores).
Apple “Cookies” with Peanut Butter
359 CALORIES
Ingredients
1 Apple, small – 77 calories
3 Tbsp Peanut butter, unsweetened (Tbsp) – 282 calories
¼ tsp Cinnamon – 0 calories
Directions
- Slice apple as depicted in picture
- Spread peanut butter on each slice
- Top with cinnamon
- No nuts? Use a seed butter e.g. sunflower seed butter
Banana Snickers
274 CALORIES
Ingredients
½ Banana – 53 calories
2 Tbsp Chocolate chips, semisweet, Tbsp – 120 calories
2 Tbsp Peanuts (Tbsp) – 102 calories
¼ tsp Salt – 0 calories
Directions
- Slice banana in half, lengthwise
- Place nuts in a small container (like a baggie) and crush with a hard object (e.g. a hammer, or similar kitchen equipment)
- Place chocolate chips in a small container, microwave for ~30 seconds until melted
- Top banana slices with chocolate and nuts
- Either eat as they are now, or freeze for a few hours
- No nuts? Use pumpkin or sunflower seeds
Candy Corn Trail Mix
310 CALORIES
Ingredients
¼ cup Nuts – 200 calories
15 Candy corn – 110 calories
Directions
- Combine nuts and candy corn in a small bowl.
- Feel free to use any nut/seed you prefer. Roasted & salted nuts are fine.
Blueberry Chocolate Bites
248 CALORIES
Ingredients
⅛ cup Blueberries, fresh – 9 calories
4 Tbsp Chocolate chips, semisweet, Tbsp – 240 calories
¼ tsp Salt – 0 calories
Directions
- Melt chocolate chips in a small bowl in the microwave for ~60 seconds, mix with a spoon and keep heating in 30 second intervals until smooth
- Fill muffin tin with chocolate. Either use a silicone muffin tin, or line a small baking sheet with wax paper and make small circle shapes without a muffin tin.
- Makes 4 “mini muffin” bites; or 2 regular sized “muffin” bites. The picture is using a mini muffin silicone muffin tin.
- Top with fruit and salt.
- Let chill in freezer for at least 10 minutes
- Note: Pomegranate seeds are also shown in the picture – use 1/2 pomegranate seeds and 1/2 blueberries if you like, but sticking with just blueberries is absolutely fine – and cheaper!
Chocolate Pretzel Bites
226 CALORIES
Ingredients
⅓ Serving of pretzels, 110 calories per serving – 36 calories
7 Hershey Kisses – 160 calories
7 M&Ms – 31 calories
Directions
- Note: I’m using square pretzels here – if you can find those, use them! 1/3 a serving of pretzels is about 7 pretzels.
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add pretzels and top with kisses.
- Bake for 2 1/2 minutes.
- Remove from oven and immediately top with m&ms, let cool for at least 10 minutes before eating.
- No m&m’s or kisses? Use the chocolate that you have, e.g. chocolate squares from a chocolate bar, and chocolate chips.
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