Crockpot Dessert Recipes

One of the things I most love about my crockpots is that you can make breakfast, lunch, dinner and even dessert in them.

I'd like to share a few dessert recipes with you. This first recipe is a chocolate cake that uses a boxed cake mix. I find them on sale and then buy them for later use.

1 box of chocolate cake mix
1 small box of chocolate sugar free pudding
4 eggs
1 cup water
¾ cup oil
12 ounce container of low fat or fat free sour cream

Mix all ingredients together and pour into the crockpot. Cook on low about 6 hours. Allow to cool about 2 hours before removing from crockpot.

We love peanut butter and chocolate. You can add either chocolate chips or peanut butter chips to this recipe for a great added taste. Mix them in at the end and mix just enough to distribute them in the batter.

This next recipe is very similar. It's a blueberry cake, which also begins with a cake mix.

1 box yellow cake mix
1 can - 21 ounces blueberry pie filling
½ cup butter, softened

Pour the pie filling in the crockpot. Mix together the butter and cake mix. Pour this on top of the blueberry pie filling. Cover and cook on low for 2-3 hours.

Try this recipe using a chocolate cake mix and a can of cherry pie filling.

In both cases, serve the cake warm and put a bit of Cool Whip on top.

I happen to love Crème Brulee. Imagine my delight when I discovered this wonderful recipe could be made in the crockpot and that it was hard to mess it up.

You'll need ramekin dishes and a crockpot for this dish. I found Ramekin dishes at our local bed and bath store. They had sets of four on sale for under $10. They are basically single serving casserole dishes that can go into your oven. So for this recipe, you'll need 4 ramekin dishes and a crockpot large enough to hold all 4 of them. My 6 quart crockpot works great. Place the ramekin dishes in the crockpot and then add enough hot water that the water comes about ¾ of the way up the side of the dishes.

Now, create the crème brulee:

5 egg yolks
2 cups heavy cream
½ cup white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla

Whip these ingredients together and pout into the ramekins. You'll cook on high 2-4 hours. Check your brulee after 2 hours. The edges should be set, the center will still be a little soft. What's very nice is that it's hard to overcook these in the crockpot.

Once done, remove from crockpot and allow to cool completely on the countertop. Once they are cool, place the dishes in the refrigerator about four hours.

Sprinkle raw sugar on top of each dish and then place dishes in oven on broil. Get the dishes as close to the broiler as possible. Brown for 3-5 minutes. Allow to cool and then refrigerate until ready to serve. When serving, place a strawberry half on top of each dish.

Crockpots are amazing. You truly can make just about anything in them.

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