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Dessert Recipes

If you’re looking for easy dessert recipes that are perfect for your next gathering, holiday feast, or movie night, you’re in luck! This page is loaded with the yummiest (gluten-free) desserts – flourless chocolate cake, no-bake cheesecake bars, and chewy chocolate chip cookies are a few of our very favorites! Find the full collection below.

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Two small white plates, each with a piece of strawberry cake and a fork.

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Cakes & Cupcakes

The Best Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

A large reusable bag of chocolate chip oatmeal lactation cookies next to a wire cooling rack of lactation cookies.

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Homemade Oatmeal Lactation Cookies

Cooling rack with 4 rows of 6 cookies each. There are three different types of cookies on the rack.

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Slice and Bake Paleo Cookies (8 Variations!)

Toffee squares on a white and black marble surface.

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How to Make Delicious Homemade Toffee Bars

Sheet pan with 6, large oatmeal cookies on the pan.

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Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookies with Walnuts

Top down view of three holiday cookie boxes on a grey surface. Two of the cookie boxes are packed and closed and tied with red twine. The third box has the lid open and you can see a variety of cookies in the parchment lined box. There are pine cones, scissors, cookies, and red twine on the surface as well.

The Perfect Cookie Box Formula

Top down view of cookies in an air fryer basket lined with parchment paper.

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Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies

Top down view of seven layer magic bars cut into square pieces on a rectangle, wooden cutting board sitting on a royal blue surface. There is a blue linen, blue rimmed plates with a floral design in the center, and serving dishes with chocolate chips, coconut flakes, and pecans surrounding the cutting board.

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Magic Cookie Bar Recipe

Classic gingerbread sprinkled with powdered sugar cut into nine square slices on a dark wooden cutting board. There is a dark red, rimmed plate in the top corner with gold silverware and two cups of tea in decorated tea cups.

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Gluten Free Gingerbread Loaf

Side view of millionaire shortbread on a wooden cutting board. You can see the three layers of shortbread, caramel, and chocolate ganache that is topped with a flaky sea sat.

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Millionaire’s Shortbread

Small squares of chocolate fudge on a brown piece of parchment paper.

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Homemade Chocolate Walnut Fudge

Candied pecans on white parchment paper.

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Appetizers & Snacks

Easy Candied Pecans

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Two small white plates, each with a piece of strawberry cake and a fork.

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Cakes & Cupcakes

The Best Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

A large reusable bag of chocolate chip oatmeal lactation cookies next to a wire cooling rack of lactation cookies.

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Homemade Oatmeal Lactation Cookies

Cooling rack with 4 rows of 6 cookies each. There are three different types of cookies on the rack.

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Slice and Bake Paleo Cookies (8 Variations!)

Toffee squares on a white and black marble surface.

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How to Make Delicious Homemade Toffee Bars

Sheet pan with 6, large oatmeal cookies on the pan.

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Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookies with Walnuts

Top down view of three holiday cookie boxes on a grey surface. Two of the cookie boxes are packed and closed and tied with red twine. The third box has the lid open and you can see a variety of cookies in the parchment lined box. There are pine cones, scissors, cookies, and red twine on the surface as well.

The Perfect Cookie Box Formula

Top down view of cookies in an air fryer basket lined with parchment paper.

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Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies

Top down view of seven layer magic bars cut into square pieces on a rectangle, wooden cutting board sitting on a royal blue surface. There is a blue linen, blue rimmed plates with a floral design in the center, and serving dishes with chocolate chips, coconut flakes, and pecans surrounding the cutting board.

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Magic Cookie Bar Recipe

Classic gingerbread sprinkled with powdered sugar cut into nine square slices on a dark wooden cutting board. There is a dark red, rimmed plate in the top corner with gold silverware and two cups of tea in decorated tea cups.

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Gluten Free Gingerbread Loaf

Side view of millionaire shortbread on a wooden cutting board. You can see the three layers of shortbread, caramel, and chocolate ganache that is topped with a flaky sea sat.

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Millionaire’s Shortbread

Small squares of chocolate fudge on a brown piece of parchment paper.

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Homemade Chocolate Walnut Fudge

Candied pecans on white parchment paper.

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Appetizers & Snacks

Easy Candied Pecans

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Pretzel rolo candies on a parchment lined sheet pan.

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Rolo Pretzels (2 Ingredients!)

Top down view of black plate of bourbon balls on a blue surface with a bowl of pecans in the top left corner.

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No Bake Desserts

Kentucky Bourbon Balls

Brownie cookie split in half with other cookies around it on a white piece of parchment paper and flaky sea salt sprinkled on top.

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The Best Chocolate Brownie Cookies

Top down view of rum raisin cookies on a dark slate surface, one cookie with a bite taken out of it, next to a bowl of raisins with a few raisins sprinkled on the table and a shiny, black plate with cookies on the plate.

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Rum Raisin Cookies