Tasty Tuesday.... Favorite "Cheater" Dessert!

bridalmomma · June 2012

AHHH Dessert, whats not to love!!!

My all time favorite dessert is lemon meringue pie, but I hate to make meringue. No matter how hard I try it always gets runny! A good friend of mine gave me a great "cheater" tip and now I can make my favorite dessert any time without having to worry how it will turn out.

Cheater Lemon Pie

1 pre made sugar cookie crust

1 can lemon pie filling

1 tub cool whip

Fill pre-made pie shell with entire can of lemon filling. Spread entire tub of cool whip over filling, making sure to cover to edges of pie shell. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

There you have it, no muss no fuss!! Now you go!

smartlypretty · June 2012

My favorite "cheat" is chocolate dipped anything and chocolate fondue. If I'm having people over, and I really don't have time to bake a dessert, I just grab a big hunk of chocolate from whole foods. People go crazy over chocolate dipped anything. Just melt the chocolate- (boil water in a pot and place the choclate in a pot over top of it to make a double boiler). Then pour the chocolate into a fondue pot (I bought one cheap at Macy's a few years ago and it came with the fork things too but I think you could use a crockpot or really anything that heats up). Serve with anything that's amazing to drizzle chocolate over- marshmellows, strawberries, pretzels, cherries, brownie bites, pound cake, etc. Feel free to add to the choclate- cookie crumbs, bailys, etc.

SCogs18 · June 2012

FI and I are currently on a diet and he wants to keep his carb intake low. For the healthy minded we have Low Carb Cheesecake Muffins and Crustless Low Carb Pumpkin Pie. I'm not sure if they are "cheats" but they are yummy!

Crustless Low Carb Pumpkin Pie
15 oz pure pumpkin
2 eggs
1/2 cup Splenda
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup heavy cream
1 tsp cinnamon
1 3/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Mix all ingredients (add egg one at a time) w/electric mixer. Pour into buttered 9" pie pan. Bake at 350 for 45-55 minutes, until knife inserted comes out clean. Serve with whipped cream (heavy cream w/splenda and vanilla extract).

Low Carb Cheesecake Muffins

2-8oz cream cheese (softened)
1/2 cup Splenda (or 1/4 cup Davinci of Torani vanilla SF syrup)
2 eggs
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp vanilla (if you use the vanilla syrup, no need for this)

Nuke cheese for 30 seconds. Mix all ingredients with electric mixer (add eggs one at a time) until smooth. Pour batter into 12 muffin cups. Bake on 350 for 20 minutes. Place in fridge overnight. You MUST let them cool or they will taste egg-y.

sparent2010 · June 2012

I like the Skinny Cow white mint truffle bars. So yummy. That and frozen yogurt.

em105 · June 2012

My favorite cheater dessert isalso one of my favorite things for company-

Take coffee cups (I actually use glass cups that are more teacup shaped- bought at Goodwill for .25 each.)

Put in a scoop of vanilla ice cream/Gelato.

Pour a shot of espresso over the top.

You get coffee AND ice cream with this amazing hot/cold thing- people love it and it's disgustingly easy.

KBSK12 · June 2012

Late to the party... but I recently made brownies with (you'll never guess) a can of black beans. You just blend the beans and mix as usual without the oil/water/egg. Now, I didn't tell FI what I did because he wouldn't eat it if he knew, but he said they were amazing. I thought they tasted kind of bean-ish but it was probably all in my head. They were very dense and moist, though!