Easy Summer Dessert Recipes That Couldn't Be Simpler

No-bake cheesecake, peach cobbler, strawberry shortcake, lemon meringue pie, fruit pizza and more easy cakes, ice creams, cobblers, crisps and galettes.

Let’s face it, by now you’ve had enough coronavirus-era sourdoughs and banana breads to last you a lifetime. If you want to bake something new ― or better yet, not bake anything at all ― we’ve got 31 super-simple dessert ideas for you.

Not everyone’s definition of an “easy” dessert is the same, we know. For one person, easy means baking a cake from scratch without decorating it, while for others it means popping open a plastic cup of instant pudding and dipping in a spoon. (We endorse both.)

The recipes below range in difficulty level, but all offer an easier version of something that could be a whole lot harder. For instance, you’ll see ice cream cakes that are made with store-bought ice cream, tarts made with frozen puff pastry, cheesecakes that require absolutely no baking and cobblers whose ingredients can all be dumped into one big pot.

Delicious desserts don’t need to be fussy. Go ahead and pick your favorites now, and enjoy all the time and effort you’re about to save.

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Sally's Baking Addiction
Mini No-Bake Cheesecakes
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Half Baked Harvest
Easiest Raspberry Shortcake Ricotta Ice Cream
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Completely Delicious
Neapolitan Ice Cream Pops
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Sally's Baking Addiction
No-Bake S'mores Cake
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How Sweet Eats
No-Bake Cheesecake Triple Berry Star Tart
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Half Baked Harvest
Skillet Brown Sugar Peach Cobbler
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Sally's Baking Addiction
Easy Homemade Strawberry Shortcake
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Completely Delicious
Strawberry Chocolate Fool
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Half Baked Harvest
Cherry Strawberry Streusel Cake
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Brown Eyed Baker
No-Bake Heavenly Oreo Dessert
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Averie Cooks
3-Ingredient Frozen Chocolate Pudding and Wafer Cake
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Half Baked Harvest
Bursting Blueberry Lemon Thyme Tarts
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Completely Delicious
Chocolate Covered Frozen Bananas
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Half Baked Harvest
No Churn Minted White Chocolate Swirled Ice Cream
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Half Baked Harvest
Simple Blueberry Basque Cheesecake
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Sally's Baking Addiction
Easy 5-Layer Ice Cream Cake
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Half Baked Harvest
Buttery Cherry Berry Skillet Crisp
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Half Baked Harvest
Jammy Strawberry Galette
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Completely Delicious
Mint Chocolate Chip Brownie Bars
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Completely Delicious
3-Ingredient Chocolate Oreo Parfaits
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Sally's Baking Addiction
Easy Raspberry Swirl Pound Cake
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Completely Delicious
Easy Dutch Oven Cobbler

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