I was watching Dora the other day.
Well, my daughter was watching while I held her and the infamous chocolate song came on, “Bat-ay, Bat-ay, choc-o-lat-ay, mix your chocolate all around!” And then they proceed to lick the bowl.
That’s it. That’s the treat.
Really, it’s genius.
Dessert shouldn’t take a long time, require more than 5 steps or give you major frustration, it’s supposed to be a ‘treat.’
I mentioned these easy peasy doughnut holes in my Week 1 Get Happy for FREE challenge.
A treat shouldn’t take more then five steps. Cut the biscuits in half and press them down a little before dropping in the oil. Soak them on paper towels or brown paper bags. That’s it! All add-ons are optional: sugar, cinnamon, chocolate or caramel for dipping.
I made these for my son’s First Grade Class. When I went to pick him up the kids were asking for the recipe! First graders! They really are so good.
After making them, I was inspired to keep a list of two ingredient desserts handy.No need to end a meal without a little something sweet.
Here are forty more dessert recipes that only require two ingredients!
Enjoy!
1.Flourless Nutella Cake
Nutella and eggs
2.Coconut Cookie Dough Balls
Dates and coconut butter
3.Cookies ‘n Cream Oreo Bark
White chocolate chips and oreos
4.Strawberry Fudge
Strawberry frosting and white chocolate chips
5.Magic Shell
Chocolate chips and coconut oil
6.Banana Peanut Butter Ice Cream
Bananas and peanut butter
7.Frozen Yogurt
Yogurt and Sweetener
8.Pumpkin Cake
Spice cake mix and can of pumpkin puree
9.Apple Cake
Angel food cake mix and can of apple filling
10.Soda Can Cupcakes
Cake mix box and can of soda
11.Eggnog muffins
Flour and eggnog
12.Palmiers
Sugar and puff pastry sheets
13.Lemon Mousse
Lemon curd and whipped cream
14.Soda Pop Sherbet
Lemon lime soda and condensed milk
15.Pineapple Cake
Angel food cake and a can of pineapple
16.Ice Cream Muffins
Vanilla ice cream and self-rising flour
17.Cranberry Apple Cupcakes
White cake mix and cranberry apple juice
18.Banana Flax Cookie Crackers
Bananas and flax seed
19.Truffles
Cream cheese and chocolate
20.White Thin Mints
Vanilla wafers and mint white chocolate candy melts
21.Chocolate Kiwi Popsicles
Kiwis and chocolate
22.Nutella Hot Chocolate
Nutella and milk
23.Coconut Macaroons
Coconut and condensed milk
24.Maple Souffle
Eggs and maple syrup
25.Banana Cookies
Bananas and oats
26.Date Squares
Dates and oats
27.Pineapple Mint Ice
Pineapple and mint
28.Pumpkin Brownies
Brownie mix and a can of pumpkin
29.Pancakes
Instant oatmeal and eggs
30.Peanut Butter Fudge
Vanilla frosting and peanut butter
31.Pumpkin Cookies
Spice cake mix and a can of pumpkin
32.Chocolate Mousse
Chocolate and water
33.Reeses Cookies
Reeses peanut butter cups and eggs
34.Chocolate Fudge
Chocolate chips and frosting
35.Raspberry Yogurt Pie
Greek yogurt and Jell-O
36.Strawberry Cake
Strawberry cake mix and 7-Up
37.Lemon Cake
Angel food cake mix and lemon pie filling
38.Chocolate Pop-Tarts
Pie crusts and chocolate bars
39.White Chocolate Mousse
Baker’s white chocolate and whipping cream
40.Cherry Fudge
Cherry chips and white frosting
Ingredients
- 1 can Pillsbury biscuits
- Oil for frying
- Optional Add-Ons:
- sugar
- cinnamon
- chocolate fudge for dipping
- caramel for dipping
Instructions
- Open can and cut biscuits in half pieces and press gently to make a small patty. Heat oil on medium-high and slowly drop biscuits inside.
- Fry until light golden brown and puffed up.
- Remove and dry on paper towels or paper bags.
- Add any topping: dredge in cinnamon-sugar or dip in melted chocolate.
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I had no idea there were so many 2 ingredient recipes! Thanks for including my ice cream muffins!
I know right! So many of them, and your muffins sound so yummy!
Thanks for including my lemon mousse on your list! I am going to have to try some of these other yummy looking EASY desserts!! Just like I like ‘em!
Thanks Patti! I love lemon curd so I was excited to find your dessert!
Wow, thanks so much for sharing! I have a friend that I know will LOVE this post because the fewer ingredients, the better! I will be passing this along.
Thanks Shelly! I love simple! The easier the better, especially when it comes to dessert.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I love this post!
I’m bookmarking it for future reference. I don’t often do deserts because most just seem to need too many ingredients and take a lot of time and I’m not much of a cook. But these! Easy enough for me…and lots of choices….we could have a different one every day for weeks.
I was thinking the same thing, it’s like a different one every week for the whole year!
What a great list! I’m saving this for a quick treat later!
Oh my goodness, I never thought about half of these. They are creative, simple and cheap?! Thank you so much for sharing these!!
Enjoy! Yes, super cheap!
Love, love love this post! I am intimidated by recipes with more than three ingredients. I can definitely handle just two though!
Desserts should be easy right?! Hope you try some!
These look so delicious, I can’t wait to work some into our meal plan!
Thanks for including mine! I love easy dessert
This is the most genius idea for a dessert post ever! I’ll be keeping this around for easy desserts to make with and for my boy.
So funny, thanks Janet!
What a great list. The pumpkin brownies are right up my aisle for sure. I have a ton of pumpkin frozen and will be adding this to the menu. Thank you for the list.
I wish I had kept more pumpkin from the Fall!
Oh my! These all sound amazing. My desserts are so elaborate and exhausting! Now I know where to come!
These are fun for quick in the middle of the week.
I love this recipe list! I always have a terrible time thinking of simple sweets for my kids and I bookmarked this list to remember. They love you to bits now.
Haha, thanks Manda! No excuses anymore for dessert right?
I can’t believe how many two ingredient desserts there are! I never would have thought about some of these combinations. Your donuts look especially delicious!
I was pretty surprised too when I started looking them up!
I can’t wait to try this! Thanks for gathering them all together! Pinning this so I can find it later.
This looks like one yummy list..already eying the peanut butter fudge one! (my favorite)
I want to try the fudge ones, they look so easy!
Thanks for the great list! I love anything that is easy to make and doesn’t take a lot of ingredients!
This is a brilliant list! And those doughnuts are by far my favorite!
What an awesome list! I always think I can’t make a dessert because I don’t have all the ingredients… I’m sure I can find one on this list!