24 Easy Labor Day Desserts

“What I cook my family when the sweet tooth is calling and my pantry echos back! Everyone loves these and they can be altered to hold your favorite fruit.” – Karen

“I just wanted a simple blueberry pie recipe. I looked high and low, but I couldn’t find what I was looking for. So I went back to my grandmother’s recipe box from the 1940s and ’50s and found exactly what I wanted. The result was a blueberry pie that made my mouth SING! Sometimes the best recipes are the older ones.” – Catherine

“Super simple and a hit. My mom now requires me to make these for her birthday while the kids ask for them all the time. The butter, lemon curd, juice, and sugar can all be tweaked to your liking.” – Amber

“These key lime ricotta cookies are cake-like and melt-in-your-mouth good. The tangy glaze brings these up a notch and is bursting with citrus flavor.” – Debbie

“I had bought a carton of Minute Maid peach drink and was surprised how good it tasted. I thought it would be great in a peach cobbler. So… I started making a Peachy Peach Cobbler.” – Bobby

“This is my mother’s recipe for Key Lime Pound Cake which was a staple in our house every Easter and throughout the summer. Moist, dense, and delicious!” – Gayle

“This makes a great summer dessert. I originally modified this dessert to include shortbread cake instead of angel food cake. It’s much better this way and gives it a true strawberry shortcake taste.” – Michael

“This was an invention based on a friend’s request for both brownies and s’mores. It is very rich and gooey, but oh so yummy.” – Crystal

“Made with a cake mix and canned peaches, I created this original recipe out of what I happened to have on hand back in 2010.” – Paula

“Every time I bake a cheesecake recipe in the oven, the top cracks open and the recipe never works out for me. This is the easiest recipe and it DOES work! Fabulously delicious!” – Robyn

“Moist and tender double chocolate brownies with a hidden secret ingredient, zucchini!” – Kevin

“I’ve been baking lots of banana bread lately and while I love it, I wanted something different to do with my ripe bananas. I found this recipe and tweaked it some to make it mine. They have a very soft, cake-like texture.” – Marianne

“This is a fast and easy dessert! Everyone thinks I spent all day putting it together. Little do they know how easy it is and, of course, I will never tell.” – Debbie

“I love chocolate and peanut butter together, who doesn’t? right? Well, I made plain chocolate pies for years and I thought I’d upgrade it a little.” – Phyllis

“A refreshing dessert for those summer barbecues.” – Billy

“I love the combined flavors of pineapple, toasted coconut, and macadamia nuts. I combined these flavors with angel food cake and coconut cream pudding for a light tropical dessert.” – Susan

“I make these in the summer for my grandsons. They love them because the cookie is not all soggy like the store-bought ones.” – Gaynel

“This coconut cream pie recipe was my husband’s great-grandmother, Mrs. Cecil Walston’s pie recipe.” – Beverley

“Oh my gosh, these are good and so easy. Use your imagination.” – Sherry

“What an awesome cookie this is! They do taste like orange creamsicles. Very easy to make, When baking, leave them in a rounded form, don’t pat them down.” – Angela

“It’s blueberry time. I got some this week at the store and was thinking about muffins, bread, and jam. Then it popped into my head what about a cake? So here is my recipe I made for a blueberry cake with a vanilla butter sauce… Mmmm tasty.” – Cheryl

“Angel food cake, candy, and pudding. This dessert is just sooooo good.” – Verlene

“My mom made this recipe hundreds of times while growing up. It is so moist and good. Her secret was in the bananas.” – Angela

“In my effort to find an orange Dream Whip pie for my sister which didn’t have cream cheese, I came up with this. You could change pineapple pudding for vanilla. It is cool, creamy, and just right for a light summer dessert.” – Molly