Trusted recipes for big-batch cookies, bar cookies, mini cheesecakes, and candy make choosing a dessert for your next big gathering easy. These recipes, rated and reviewed, are all crowd favorites.
Cranberry Pumpkin Cookies
431 Ratings
The Best Lemon Bars garnished with powdered sugar on top of parchment paper
The Best Lemon Bars
3,696 Ratings
A large serving plate of The Original Fantasy Fudge, cut into squares and stacked
The Original Fantasy Fudge
435 Ratings
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Chocolate no bake cookies on crumbled parchment paper
No-Bake Cookies
1,297 Ratings
A green plate with iced pumpkin cookies
Iced Pumpkin Cookies
4,560 Ratings
beautifully decorated Christmas sugar cookies shaped like gingerbread men, candy canes and Christmas trees on a plate
Best Soft Christmas Cookies
1,611 Ratings
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Apple Pie Filling
464 Ratings
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
4,268 Ratings
a low angle view of a big pile of the best toffee ever
Best Toffee Ever - Super Easy
1,410 Ratings
close up view of chocolate cookies on a baking sheet
Chocolate Cookies
705 Ratings
white chocolate chip and macadamia nut cookies
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
1,150 Ratings
Pieces of saltine cracker toffee.
Saltine Cracker Toffee
1,668 Ratings
close up view of a stack of Seven Layer Bars on a plate
Seven Layer Bars
676 Ratings
mid angle looking into a bunch of peanut butter cup cookies resting on a cooling rack with one bit into
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
4,529 Ratings
Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
203 Ratings
A blue plate with stacked no-bake peanut butter cookies
No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
485 Ratings
mini cheesecakes served on a white platter
Mini Cheesecakes
1,187 Ratings
a bunch of biscottis served on a white platter
Biscotti
1,103 Ratings
A plate of stacked lactation cookies
Lactation Cookies
360 Ratings
A plate of Italian wedding cookies, coated in powder sugar
Italian Wedding Cookies
365 Ratings
Three open jars of canned apple pie filling
Canned Apple Pie Filling
390 Ratings
looking down at a tray of orange hard candy lightly dusted with confectioners' sugar
Hard Candy
204 Ratings
Mom's ginger snaps on a plate.
Mom's Ginger Snaps
1,226 Ratings
high angle looking at a bunch of caramel squares
Chewy Caramel
537 Ratings
Homemade Lady Fingers
262 Ratings
Six pecan pie bars on a crumbled piece of white parchment paper
Pecan Pie Bars
643 Ratings
an overhead view of colorful M&M cookies cooking on a wire rack placed on a pink surface.
Robbi's M&Ms Cookies
1,539 Ratings
close up view of caramel squares with wrappers
Caramels
921 Ratings
Jam Filled Butter Cookies on a plate.
Jam Filled Butter Cookies
1,305 Ratings
Golden pignoli cookies on a green plate with red napkin.
Pignoli Cookies
193 Ratings
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Grandma's Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake
58 Ratings
Irish Potato Candy
294 Ratings
Lemon cookies on a green plate with powdered sugar topping.
Easy Lemon Cookies
1,852 Ratings
close up on a tall stack of chocolate oatmeal cookies with a side of milk
Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
526 Ratings
looking at a plate full of oatmeal butterscotch cookies
Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies
686 Ratings
close up on a stack of oatmeal peanut butter cookies
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies
3,143 Ratings
close up view of a stack of Rainbow Cookies on a paper towel
Rainbow Cookies
330 Ratings
a bunch of peanut butter cookies on a wire cooling rack
Joey's Peanut Butter Cookies
1,847 Ratings
pieces of golden-brown peanut brittle on a white plate
Microwave Peanut Brittle
610 Ratings
High angle, looking at a few cream-filled cupcakes with one cut in half to see inside filling.
Cream-Filled Cupcakes
466 Ratings
Grandma Ruth's Snickerdoodles on plate.
Grandma Ruth's Easy Snickerdoodle Cookies
490 Ratings
A plate of chocolate truffles coated in shredded coconut and cocoa powder
Easy Decadent Truffles
1,055 Ratings
Homemade Rock Candy
151 Ratings
Grandma's Gingersnaps
482 Ratings
close up view of High Altitude Chocolate Chip Cookies on a white platter
Ultimate High-Altitude Chocolate Chip Cookies
359 Ratings
close up view of a stack of Zucchini Cookies
Zucchini Cookies
220 Ratings
Meringue Mushrooms
177 Ratings
World's Best Peanut Butter Fudge
613 Ratings
A stack of coyboy cookies on a plate
Cowboy Cookies
506 Ratings
close up view of Peppermint Meringues garnished with green and red sprinkles
Peppermint Meringues
669 Ratings
Filipino rice cakes stacked on top of each other
Chewy Coconut Bibingka (Filipino Rice Cake)
7 Ratings
rugelach with nut filling on cutting board
Rugelach
294 Ratings
Classic Ghirardelli Chocolate Brownies
9 Ratings
White Chocolate Macadamia Cranberry Dreams
461 Ratings
close up view of Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies on a platter
Beth's Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
5,273 Ratings
Peach Ice Cream
295 Ratings
Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake
67 Ratings
close up view of Apple Crisp Cups on a platter
Apple Crisp Cups
261 Ratings
Easy Lemon-Blueberry Bundt Cake
25 Ratings
Easy Vanilla Ice Cream
386 Ratings
Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting
Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting
325 Ratings
Chocolate Mint Candies Cookies
852 Ratings
Mom's Peanut Butter Blossoms
130 Ratings
round sugar cookies decorated to look like melting snowmen with blue fondant scarves
Sugar Cookie Cutouts
362 Ratings
close up view of Chocolate Covered Caramels on a white platter
Chocolate Covered Caramels
127 Ratings
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Frosted Banana Bars
991 Ratings
WWII Oatmeal Molasses Cookies
274 Ratings

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