Divine Slow-Cooker Desserts

No one will believe you baked this beautiful, moist cake in your slow cooker! The homemade cream cheese frosting is lusciously delicious, but you can substitute canned frosting in a pinch.

Carrot Pineapple Cake

This rich bread pudding made in the slow cooker has deep chocolate flavor, thanks to a combo of chocolate chips and cocoa powder. The simple strawberry sauce has just two ingredients.

Double-Chocolate Bread Pudding with Strawberry Sauce

This creative slow-cooker recipe takes advantage of several shortcut ingredients, including muffin mix and canned cherry pie filling, for an easy dessert.

Cherry-Nut Cobbler

This crazy-simple slow-cooker chocolate fondue has just three ingredients (plus the dippers, of course). We especially love it with strawberries.

Spiked Chocolate Fondue

Nuts and cranberries fill these simple baked apples that cook in your slow cooker. Top them with Sea Salt Caramel Sauce and, if you like, a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Cider-Baked Stuffed Apples with Salty Caramel Sauce

Store-bought gingerbread mix makes this warm, gooey dessert extra easy to assemble. 

Gingerbread Pudding Cake

Bubbling blueberries, raspberries and blackberries cook along with a batter flavored by cinnamon and nutmeg. Top with ice cream or whipped cream if you like.

Triple-Berry Cobbler

Just three ingredients go into this quick dessert: sweetened condensed milk, caramel ice cream topping and chocolate. Vary your dippers to match the mood of your party.

Chocolate-Caramel Fondue

Pears, pineapple, apricots and orange juice concentrate in your slow cooker with brown sugar and ginger. Top with toasted nuts and coconut for a bit of crunch.

Fruit Compote with Ginger

Dulce de leche is lusciously thick Latin American caramel that's traditionally made by boiling an unopened can of sweetened condensed milk. Our slow-cooker method allows you to monitor the caramel's color, plus the end result is an instant gift.

Slow Cooker Dulce de Leche

This rich potluck dessert is made in the slow cooker for a unique twist on classic s'mores. With graham crackers, chocolate pieces and marshmallow creme, it's messy and fun and great for kids.

S'more Cake

With apple pie filling on the bottom and a moist walnut cake layer on top, this dessert makes the perfect ending to a fall or winter meal.

Dutch Apple Pudding Cake

Peanut butter cup candy fans love this decadent steamed pudding cake. For a more intense chocolate flavor, use dark chocolate pieces instead of semisweet chocolate ones.

Triple Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake

Crispy treats from the slow cooker? Absolutely! Peanut butter, marshmallows and butter melt together beautifully under low heat. 

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Crispy Treats

Juicy pears cook in a just-sweet-enough sauce of chocolate, coconut milk and coffee. 

Coconut-Mocha Poached Pears

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