20 Quick and Easy Desserts to Lick Your Hands!

Quick and easy dessert ideas

Save these recipes for the next time you have guests at home and you want to look great or simply for when you want to finish a meal with a treat.

Watermelon with chocolate and nuts

To make this dessert, on the one hand, cut the watermelon into triangles and chop pistachios and almonds. And on the other, melt 150 g of chocolate fondant in a double boiler and add a teaspoon of ground cinnamon. Dip the watermelon triangles into the warm chocolate, covering only half of it. Immediately sprinkle with the mixture of nuts on all sides, so that they adhere well to the chocolate. And let it cool.

Yogurt with fruit compote

A very easy preparation: place in each glass a layer of fruit compote, one of yogurt, another of compote and complete with a little whipped cream and some fresh mint leaves. If you don't have compote on hand, you can also make it with pieces of peach in syrup or pineapple. Easy, fast and attractive, right?

Chocolate lollipops and nuts

Melt chocolate fondant in a double boiler. Put it in a pastry bag (or failing that, in a freezer bag to which you will cut one of the corners when you are going to use it). On a tray with parchment paper, distribute skewer sticks. With the pastry bag, draw shapes around them and touching the stick so that they are then attached to them. Sprinkle with chopped nuts and chill until the chocolate hardens.

Fruit balls

With the help of a scoop, make fruit balls (in this case, melon, watermelon and papaya) and serve them in individual bowls or skewered in bochettes. Besides being an easy dessert, it is very light and refreshing. You can also use this idea to cover a cake like our blogger Delicious Martha does with her tricks to make the fruit attractive and irresistible.

Chocolate and cream glasses

To make the ultra-fast version of this easy dessert, you just have to have the foresight to have some chocolate custard and a bottle of whipped cream at home. In individual cups, place the choco custard underneath. Fill with whipped cream. And top with nuts. To make it even more festive, you can serve the glasses on coffee saucers with a nice napkin or a pastry lace.

Fruit tartare

Cut kiwi, apple, pear, pineapple and peach into very small cubes. Mix them well in a bowl. Heat over low heat until three tablespoons of orange marmalade are integrated together with two tablespoons of honey and a half of powdered ginger. With the help of a kitchen ring (you can improvise one by cutting a section of a plastic bottle), make the piles of fruit on each plate, pour the sauce and decorate with raspberries and strips or choco shavings.

Chocolate bites with nuts

It is one of the easiest recipes that exists on the face of the earth, and it is no less sophisticated or delicious for that. Its only complication, melting the chocolate. And its only danger, that it can lead to addiction. But luckily, since it is a dessert without a puff pastry base, sponge cake or any type of tart, it is much lighter than others. Find out how to do them step by step.

Chocolate ice cream "sandwiches"

Between two chocolate chip cookies, place a circle of ice cream and repeat until you get one ice cream "sandwich" per person. Cover them with plastic wrap and reserve in the freezer. While melting chocolate fondant in a double boiler and chopping nuts. Remove the "sandwiches" from the freezer and place them, only halfway, in the chocolate. Remove them and sprinkle this part with the chopped nuts. Put them back in the freezer for a while until they solidify and serve them. More desserts with ice cream, here.

Oatmeal, yogurt and fruit delicacies

This oatmeal breakfast also fits as a dessert. In a glass jar, layer the crushed oat flakes with some hazelnuts and some sunflower seeds. On top, add a layer of raspberries whipped with a little honey. Then a layer of 0% soy yogurt. And finally, some whole raspberries with papaya cubes. You have it ready in a quarter of an hour.

Apricot and banana fruit skewers

If you choose the recipe well, like these apricot and banana skewers with yogurt cream that we propose, you don't have to give up a sweet treat for dessert. Combining the fiber of the fruit with the fat burning power of yogurt, lemon and cinnamon there is nothing to fear. See recipe step by step.

Towers of fresh cheese on muesli

It's as easy as making mounds of muesli or cereal flakes, putting a block of low-calorie fresh cheese on top, and top it off with a bit of whipped cream, a few slices of lime, and a string of honey or agave syrup. If you want to make it more sophisticated, instead of the cheese you can put a mousse or a flan on top.

Chocolate ice cream with jam

A lifelong classic when looking for a quick and easy dessert is ice cream. In Clara, to give it a more festive touch, we have served it on a bed of jam, and we have put chopped nuts and a string of agave syrup on top. If you also want it to be lighter and healthier, you can try making this chocolate ice cream, which does not contain lactose or sugar. Discover how to do it in our healthy desserts.

Grilled fruit skewers

Cut pineapple, papaya, and watermelon tacos. Water them with a mixture of honey and lemon. Spread them on skewers and brown them on the grill or in a nonstick skillet with a little butter. To accompany it, you can sprinkle nuts and grated coconut on top, and decorate with fresh mint leaves.

Whipped cheese with crackers and jam

To complete a light meal, you can finish with this delicious filling dessert, which also fits as a quick, easy and delicious breakfast. As a base, put some crushed whole grain oatmeal cookies. And on top, add smoothie cheese or skimmed yogurt and unsweetened jam or fruit compote. And if you want to give it a more festive touch, you can put a little whipped cream on top.

Citrus Macedonia

A very refreshing alternative to the typical fruit salad is to make it only with citrus fruits, in this case an orange and grapefruit salad, accompanied by yogurt. See recipe step by step.

Tablet of chocolates with nuts

Melt a bar of dark chocolate in a double boiler. Once melted, pass it to an elongated mold and previously lined with parchment paper. Gently tap the base on the counter to set it up. Sprinkle a variety of fruits and nuts on top (peeled almonds, pistachios, currants …). Let it sit at room temperature until it solidifies. And now you can unmold the tablet. Discover the benefits of nuts.

Caramelized fruit with yogurt ice cream

Another delicious easy yogurt and ice cream dessert is this caramelized fruit with yogurt ice cream. In our step by step to do it you will see how easy it is, and we will also tell you how to make your own homemade yogurt ice cream without added sugar or fat.

Orange millefeuille with chocolate cream

For the ultra-easy version of this dessert, cut orange slices and bake them at 100º for 10-15 minutes with a little sugar on top. Then, you just have to mount them interspersed with cocoa cream or a chocolate dairy dessert that you have on hand. And to top it off, you can put a ball of ice cream and choco shavings.

Torrijas in light version

Take slices of bread and dip them with milk. Then, place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, sprinkle a little brown sugar on top and bake them for 15-20 minutes at 180º so that they are toasted and drier.

Apples in the oven with nuts

In this dessert we wanted to make a remake of the classic baked apple recipe. How? Filling the apples with nuts and dried fruits. A formula suitable for vegetarians and vegans, which also helps us to incorporate the benefits of nuts. Its only complication is that it requires about 20 minutes of oven. See recipe.

Tricks to make easy, fast and delicious desserts

Save time and effort. One of the main keys to easy desserts is to substitute some of the preparations for products that they sell already prepared, such as pre-cooked doughs, cocoa creams, whipped cream, fresh cheese and smoothies, yogurts, custards, ice cream …
Fall in love with fruits. Combined with melted chocolate, yogurt, ice cream or cream, and cooked on the grill or in the oven, fruits can go from being a boring dessert to one that is as healthy as it is delicious.
Cook the bare minimum. Avoid recipes that require long baking, and those that have to be baked a little and do not require rest or cooling, you can do them while you eat the other dishes.
Give it imagination. Sometimes, it is only necessary to combine things that you have on hand in the pantry and the refrigerator (cookies, cereals, fruit, yogurt, ice cream …) to get a good improvised dessert in a few minutes.
Give them another air. By cutting the fruit into balls or tacos and inserting it on skewers, for example, you can make a daily dessert party. To do so, play with the kitchenware (plates, glasses, cups, spoons, doilies …) and with the decorations (nuts, aromatic herbs …).