Great Dessert Ideas

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Looking for some great dessert ideas? I love stumbling across unique, creative, and awesome dessert ideas that are actually do-able (it’s no fun if it’s too hard, right?). Check out all of these neat dessert ideas that are easy, fun, and totally worth saving!

Great Dessert Ideas

Cute Dessert ideas for any occasion or just for fun!

1. Fill plastic martini glasses with cotton candy

Get the plastic wine glass from the $1 store. Place them in a goodie bag, and tie ribbon at the top. Cute! Photography credit: Jen O’Sullivan.com

Fill plastic martini glasses from the $1 store with cotton candy, place them in a goodie bag, and tie ribbon at the top. Cute!

2. Colorful Candy Apples

How to make colorful candy apples for every occasion all year long! Saving this….

How to make colorful candy apples for every occasion all year long!

3. DIY Cupcake Holder

Use plastic cups to make covered cupcake holders – so smart!

Use plastic cups to make covered cupcake holders - so smart!

4. Cupcakes in Champagne Glasses

Use plastic champagne glasses from the $1 store and fill them with candy to make cupcake stands! Great idea! (source unknown)

Use plastic champagne glasses from the $1 store and fill them with candy to make cupcake stands! Great idea!

5. How to Make Glow in the Dark Frosting

Use tonic water and food coloring to make your cupcakes glow in the dark – must try!

Use tonic water and food coloring to make your cupcakes glow in the dark - must try!

6. Hawaiian Wedding Cake Recipe

With whipped cream cheese frosting! Doesn’t this sound and look delicious?

Hawaiian Wedding Cake with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting - no need to wait for a wedding to make this delicious pineapple, coconut, walnut, cinnamon and sugar cake that will have you going back for seconds, maybe thirds!

7. Chocolate Cherry Mice

Little chocolate mice – so cute! Made with chocolate dipped cherries, Hershey’s kisses, and sliced almonds.

Little chocolate mice - so cute! Made with chocolate dipped cherries, Hershey's kisses, and sliced almonds.

8. Queen Elsa Cupcake Cake

Use cupcakes to create the look of a full cake. No cutting necessary and it’s much easier to do. Smart!

Here's another neat cupcake idea (see the previous slide). Use cupcakes to create the look of a full cake. No cutting necessary and it's much easier to do. Smart!

9. Rice Krispie Hay Barrels

Tractor carrying rice krispie treats. Cute idea! Here’s where you can get one of these cute toy tractors: CLICK HERE

Tractor carrying rice krispie treats. Cute idea!

10. Watermelon cupcakes

How creative (and healthy too). Fruit for dessert – saving this idea!

Watermelon cupcakes! How creative (and healthy too). Fruit for dessert - saving this idea!

11. Fruit Loop Butterflies

Make butterfly treat bags using Froot Loops, a plastic baggie, and pipe cleaners. Great idea! (source unknown)

Make butterfly treat bags using Froot Loops, a plastic baggie, and pipe cleaners.

12. Oreo Sunflower Cupcakes

How to make sunflower cupcakes using an Oreo and yellow frosting. Must try!

How to make sunflower cupcakes using an Oreo and yellow frosting. Must try!

13. Reese’s Pieces Basketball Cake

How to make a basketball cake using Reese’s Pieces – so smart!

How to make a basketball cake using Reese's Pieces - so smart!

14. Flower pot cupcakes

So cute! Place little chocolate cupcakes in small terra cotta pots and use frosting to make them look like flowers.

Flower pot cupcakes - so cute! Place little chocolate cupcakes in small terra cotta pots and use frosting to make them look like flowers.

15. Sewing Machine Cake

Complete with fondant buttons, fabric, and sewing machine on top. Amazing! (source unknown)

Sewing machine cake - complete with fondant buttons, fabric, and sewing machine on top. Amazing!

16. Graduation dessert idea

Make little diplomas using swiss cake rolls wrapped with ribbon that matches the school’s colors. So cute and easy and delicious! Source unknown.

Graduation dessert idea - Make little diplomas using swiss cake rolls wrapped with ribbon that matches the school's colors. So cute and easy (and delicious!).

17. Banana Nilla Cakes

These look fun to make AND to eat! Simply slice bananas (as pictured) and the stickiness of the banana slices will hold the mini nilla wafters on. Must try! (via Flickr)

These look fun to make AND to eat! Simply slice bananas (as pictured) and the stickiness of the banana slices will hold the mini nilla wafters on. Must try!

18. Homemade Pineapple Soft Serve Ice Cream

This recipe for homemade pineapple ice cream is so easy to make. Just blend and serve. Make it for a party, your kids or even hide it for yourself.
Homemade Pineapple Soft Serve Ice CreamThis recipe for homemade pineapple ice cream is so easy to make. Just blend and serve. Make it for a party, your kids or even hide it for yourself.

19. Seashell Pearl Cookies

Fun for under the sea parties or summer parties!
Seashell Pearl Cookies - for a beach theme party or mermaid party. Also fun for a quick and easy dessert using Madeline cookies. #UnderTheSea #MermaidParty #BeachTheme #SeashellCookies

20. Circus Animal Cookie Milkshake

Do you know anyone who likes these cookies? Surprise them with this milkshake!
Circus Animal Cookie Milkshake

21. Heart Hot Chocolate Sticks

Homemade hot chocolate on a stick!

Heart Hot Chocolate Sticks #hotchocolate #hotcocoa #hotchocolatesticks #hotchocolatebar #valentinesday #chocolate

22. Chocolate Covered Strawberries Made in an Ice Cube Tray

The quickest and easiest way to make chocolate covered strawberries!
Chocolate Covered Strawberries in an Ice Cube Tray - These cost less than $5 to make! Perfect for entertaining or a night in.

23. Fudgsicle S’mores

Frozen chocolate, marshmallows, and graham cracker s’mores!

Fudgsicle S'mores - FROZEN S'MORES! Fudgsicles mixed with s'mores are such a tasty, quick, and easy cold treat for summer. Perfect for cooling off and curing your chocolate cravings this summer.

24. Kool Aid Candy Dots

Homemade Candy Dot Recipe!

Kool-Aid Candy Dots


Kelly Dixon

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  1. I love the cake with the singer sewing machine on it . I would like to try to make it or have someone make it for me for my mom’s birthday. My mom has been sewing since I was a kid and she made my sisters wedding dress and she use to work in a sewing factors. .