Desserts from the Slow Cooker

Updated September 29, 2017
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From cakes and candy to fruit and fondue, slow cookers make preparing luscious desserts a snap.

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Slow Cooker Cardamom Rice Pudding with Fresh Peaches

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Slow Cooker Cardamom Rice Pudding with Fresh Peaches Recipe

We love the slight tartness of ripe, juicy peaches with this fuss-free, no-stir pudding, but a blend of plump summer berries would be equally delicious.

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Tiramisu Bread Pudding

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Tiramisu Bread Pudding Recipe

Drizzled with a rich mascarpone sauce, this moist, coffee and Kahlúa-flavored bread pudding features the flavors of tiramisu, a favorite Italian dessert.

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Amaretti Cheesecake

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Amaretti Cheesecake Recipe

Cheesecake in a slow cooker is a brilliant idea for a heavenly fall dessert. Top with fresh raspberries to complete your sweet treat.

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Tropical Bananas Foster

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Tropical Bananas Foster Recipe

Freshly sliced bananas and pineapple meet soft vanilla ice cream and a savory cinnamon-flavored sauce to give you one decadent dessert. Fresh fruit is always best, but for the sake of convenience, the precut variety works well too.

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Brownie Pudding Cake

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Brownie Pudding Cake Recipe

Dutch process cocoa and bittersweet chocolate give this dessert - part cake and part pudding - its rich and decadent character. Top with light vanilla ice cream, if desired.

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Brandied Plum-Vanilla Bread Pudding

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Brandied Plum-Vanilla Bread Pudding Recipe

Brandy-spiked dried plums bejewel this delicious vanilla-infused bread pudding, putting a decadent spin on comfort food.

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Double Apple Cake

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Double Apple Cake Recipe

If you’re an apple lover, look no further for dessert than this tasty cake recipe. With only 1 to 1/2 hours in the slow cooker, this apple cake is the perfect, mouth-watering treat.

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Vanilla Bean Baked Custard

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Vanilla Bean Baked Custard Recipe

This creamy custard is about as simply delicious as it gets. Using evaporated milk helps the custard stabilize and not curdle.

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Spiced Poached Pears

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Spiced Poached Pears Recipe

This elegant but yummy sweet treat is a slow cooker sensation that is sure to be one of your all-time favorite desserts. Top with crème fraiche and cinnamon, if desired.

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Angel Food Cake with Mixed Berry Compote

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Angel Food Cake with Mixed Berry Compote Recipe

Slow-cooked sauce made from three types of berries dresses up store-bought pound cake.

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Rum-Raisin Arborio Pudding

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Rum-Raisin Arborio Pudding Recipe

Soaking the raisins in rum allows them to absorb the flavor and plump up before you stir them into the pudding.

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Pineapple-Coconut Tapioca

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Pineapple-Coconut Tapioca Recipe

Small pearl tapioca combined with coconut milk and fresh pineapple makes a simple tropics-inspired treat. The key to success is using small pearl tapioca, not instant or minute tapioca. Fresh mango or papaya works equally well as a substitute for the fresh pineapple.

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Fudgy Pudding Cake

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Fudgy Pudding Cake Recipe

Warm, gooey and chocolate are the words that best describe this sensational dessert made in a slow cooker! Ice cream is a favorite topping, but the cake stands by itself just as well.

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Peppermint-Coated Pretzels

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Peppermint-Coated Pretzels Recipe

Low-and-slow cooking lends itself well to whipping up homemade candies, such as these festive coated pretzels. Since very little prep work is required, this recipe is a great way to get little ones involved in the kitchen.

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Caramel Fondue

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Caramel Fondue Recipe

No fondue pot? No problem. Slow cookers are a great way to prepare fondue and keep it warm throughout the party. Just combine caramels and condensed milk and cook on LOW for 3 1/2 hours, then serve with apple slices and pound cake squares.

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Walnut-Stuffed Slow-Cooked Apples

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Walnut-Stuffed Slow-Cooked Apples Recipe

Fill apples with a mixture of walnuts, brown sugar and currants, the drizzle with an apple cider glaze before serving.

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Triple Chocolate-Covered Peanut Clusters

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Triple Chocolate-Covered Peanut Clusters Recipe

Satisfy your craving for sweet-and-savory treats with this super easy candy recipe. The combination of chocolate bark coating, semisweet chocolate morsels, and German chocolate baking squares will delight even the most demanding chocoholic!

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Cinnamon-Raisin Bread Pudding

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Cinnamon-Raisin Bread Pudding Recipe

Bread pudding is to dessert what French toast is to breakfast: A delicious concoction that starts with bread soaked in eggs, milk, cream, butter, and sugar. This dish gets even richer flavor by calling for cinnamon-raisin bread instead of white, and features cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, and chopped pecans as well.

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Rocky Road Chocolate Cake

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Rocky Road Chocolate Cake Recipe

Chopped pecans, miniature marshmallows, and semisweet chocolate chips take plain chocolate cake from ordinary to extraordinary. This dessert is a great choice when you need a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.

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Peaches 'n' Cream Tapioca

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Peaches 'n' Cream Tapioca Recipe

Savor the sweetness of fresh or frozen peaches with this easy 7-ingredient dessert. Fresh peaches will yield the best flavor, but there's no need to thaw frozen ones if you're making this out of season.

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Mocha Pudding Cake

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Mocha Pudding Cake Recipe

Treat your family to this ooey-gooey cake featuring chocolate, coffee, cinnamon, and vanilla. Toasted pecans add savory crunch and make this an irresistible treat! Serve with a scoop of creamy vanilla ice cream.

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Slow-Cooker Lemon Poppy-Seed Cake

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Slow-Cooker Lemon Poppy-Seed Cake Recipe

Try a no-fuss version of this classic sweet-and-tart flavor combination. A dusting of confectioner's sugar and a dollop of whipped cream complete the dish.

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Cinnamon Apples

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Cinnamon Apples Recipe

The incredible smells wafting from your slow cooker while preparing these apples will make it hard to wait the full 6 hours to try a bite! The sweetened dried cranberries keep the dessert from being overwhelmingly sweet, while cinnamon and maple syrup lend plenty of autumn-inspired flavor.

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Hot Fudge Spoon Cake

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Hot Fudge Spoon Cake Recipe

This rich fudge cake is meant to be so soft and gooey that you have to eat it with a spoon, just like would a hot fudge sundae.

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