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Potluck parties are a fun opportunity to get together with family and friends—and a chance for everyone to share a dish they love. Whether you're hosting a dessert potluck or have been asked to bring something sweet, our potluck desserts collection will provide plenty of inspiration. Importantly, these crowd-friendly desserts, like cupcakes, cookies, and sheet cakes, also travel well.
We favor desserts that can be portioned ahead of time, such as bar cookies or Bundt cakes, so there is less to fuss over at the last minute. With that said, we have included a few treats, like fruit crisps, that you would scoop and serve at the party. Regardless, most of our recipes are easy to make—and will surely be the star of the potluck's dessert table.
Everything Cookies
Chock-full of crunchy extras like cereal flakes, pretzels, and toffee bits, these over-the-top chocolate-chip cookies will be the first dessert to disappear from the potluck table.
Black-Bottom Cupcakes
These chocolate cupcakes (the recipe yields 24) have a marbled cream-cheese filling that's also their topping—no decoration necessary. They're sure to go fast at any potluck.
Coconut-Pecan Tart
It tastes like the best candy bar you ever ate and it's easy to make. Those are just two reasons you'll want to make this elegant gluten-free tart for a potluck. It has a no-bake, press-in crust made with coconut and almond flour so you don't need to roll out or blind bake. And the filling is an irresistible combination of butter, sugar, cream, and condensed milk with semisweet chocolate and pecans.
Chocolate-Zucchini Sheet Cake with Cream-Cheese Frosting
Sheet cakes are easy to make, travel well, and feed a crowd, so they're one of our favorite potluck desserts. This moist sheet cake has a chocolate base enhanced with grated zucchini and it's topped with a luscious cream-cheese frosting.
Orange-Cardamom Bundt Cake
The warmth of cardamom—a traditional spice found in chai tea—combined with the brightness of fresh orange zest and juice are an inspired flavor combination in this stunning Bundt cake. It's sure to wow potluck party-goers.
Hummingbird Carrot Cake
No matter where your potluck is being held, guests will enjoy this classic southern spice cake made with pineapple, coconut, and bananas. We've added shredded carrots to the batter for extra moisture and even more texture.
Crispy Cereal Treats
Prep these crowd-pleasing treats in just 15 minutes. They're also easy to transport to your potluck party. We have four sweet variations on the classic Rice Krispies treat—cocoa nutty, trail mix, tropical breeze, and berries and cream.
Lemon-Glazed Sheet Cake
A potluck dessert that looks and tastes like pure sunshine, everyone will want a slice of this lemon cake. Because it's just a single layer with a lemony glaze on top, it's easy to transport and can be served at room temperature.
Fig-and-Plum Cake
Rich, plump figs and plums peek out of the top of this almond cake that's easy to bake and even easier to love. Making it requires less than half an hour of hands-on prep work.
S'mores Bars
Guests will feel like they're sitting around the campfire when they take a bite of one of these s'mores-inspired treats. Broken graham crackers and chopped chocolate are folded into the puffed-rice cereal and melted marshmallow mixture, then everything is pressed into a pan to set. Cut the bars into fun shapes for an irresistible potluck dessert.
Strawberry Biscuit Sheet Cake
Inspired by one of the most classic summertime desserts—strawberry shortcakes—this sheet cake is perfect for a crowd. The biscuit base is topped with sweet cream and macerated strawberries.
Triple-Chocolate Brownie Cups
Just as moist and fudgy as ever, these individual brownie cups are perfect for grabbing one by one. We bet you can't resist the combination of milk chocolate and white chocolate chips in a decadent dark chocolate batter.
Raspberry-Almond Crisp
Make the most of fresh raspberries when they're at their peak in summer with this juicy and crunchy dessert. The crumble is made with melted butter, rolled oats, sliced raw almonds, and light brown sugar.
Fudgy Turtle Brownies
As if brownies aren't delicious enough, these decadent bar cookies are made with pecans and a caramel cream sauce. The finishing touch is a sprinkling of flaky sea salt, which adds crunch and contrast..
Vanilla-Rhubarb Tart
Rhubarb is arranged in a geometric patterns atop a buttery pastry crust for this spectacular potluck dessert.
Butter-Pecan Blondies
Dark rum is the secret ingredient that takes these rich, caramel blondies to a whole new level. The recipe yields 24 blondies and they'd make a perfect addition to any potluck.
Buckwheat Chocolate-Chip Cookies with Sea Salt
These nutty, salted cookies take chocolate chip to a new level. A combination of all-purpose flour and buckwheat flour come together for a unique base that will have all the guests talking.
Lemon Curd Soufflé Tart
When life gives you lemons, make this light-as-air tart with a four-ingredient filling made with eggs, granulated sugar, lemon juice and zest, and butter.
Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
Gently pressing a Hershey kiss into each peanut butter cookie creates the signature cracked finish to these popular treats.
Key Lime Whoopie Pies
This recipe takes the graham-cracker crust and bright, tart filling of a traditional key lime pie and reimagines it as a potluck-friendly cookie.
Three-Layer Pound Cake
This multi-layered dessert is rich, fudgy, and sweet as can be. Cocoa powder and melted semisweet chocolate are added to the batter for the chocolate layers.
Vegan Blueberry Crisp
Whether they are vegan or not, everyone will enjoy this dairy-free delight. The filling of juicy blueberries is beneath a crunchy oat and almond topping—and the whole dessert takes just 15 minutes to prepare.
Pull-Apart Vanilla-Wafer Cupcake Cake with Berries
Hosting a Fourth of July or Labor Day potluck party? There's no more suitable dessert than these vanilla cupcakes topped with blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. They're patriotic, pretty, and perfect for a large number of guests.
Lime Sandwich Cookies
A bright, zesty lime cream filling is sandwiched between sugar cookies. Dust the tops with powdered sugar for a sweet finish.
Rhubarb Crumb Cake
Rhubarb stars in this buttery, crumbly cake made for a crowd.
Dark Chocolate-Walnut Date Bar
It looks and tastes decadent, but this gluten-free, vegan dessert is made with healthy ingredients including coconut oil, walnuts, dates, peanut butter, and semisweet chocolate.
Big Almond-Orange-Ginger Cookie
Bake-and-slice potluck dessert is flavored with orange zest and orange marmalade, ground cardamom, and fresh ginger. It's a warm, inviting treat to serve family and friends.
Marshmallow Fudge
Cut into bite-sized pieces, this six-ingredient fudge recipe is perfect for a potluck party. The one-pot base is made with mini marshmallows, evaporated milk, bittersweet chocolate, sugar, and vanilla.
Snickerdoodle Crumb Bars
Anyone who likes coffee cake and snickerdoodle cookies will love this spiced dessert. Cinnamon and sugar flavor the streusel filling and are mixed into the topping for irresistible flavor.
Caramel-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
A caramel is stuffed into each chocolate-chip cookie for this ooey-gooey recipe. These treats are sure to be a hit at your potluck.
Apricot Cobbler
This potluck dessert is pure sunshine. Hidden beneath an oat drop-biscuit topping is a juicy combination of apricots and strawberries.
Bourbon-and-Brown-Sugar Cake with Berries
Bourbon complements brown sugar in this berry-studded cake that looks enticing and tastes delicious. We like a combination of raspberries and blueberries for a festive finish, but feel free to use whatever kind of berries you have.
No-Bake Blueberry Cheesecake for a Crowd
Consider this your easiest-ever cheesecake—no fussy water bath needed! It's made in a large baking pan, which makes it easy to transport.
Margarita Cupcakes
These lime-infused cupcakes are filled with a Tequila-Lime Curd and topped with our classic cream cheese frosting.
Strawberry-Swirl Bundt Cake
Freeze-dried strawberries, pink gel-paste food coloring, and sliced fresh strawberries creat the pretty pink swirls in give this Bundt.
Vanilla Pound Cake
Guaranteed to please one and all, pound cake is the perfect easy potluck dessert. We've elevated the recipe a bit from the classic version, but there's still nearly a pound each of butter, eggs, sugar, and flour.
Blueberry Crumble
Juicy blueberries are exactly what we want to eat in the middle of summer. So, why not turn them into this casual, crunchy dessert that pairs well with vanilla ice cream? Everyone at the potluck will be asking for seconds.
Chocolate-Chip Streusel Brownies
Can't decide between chocolate chip cookies and brownies? Now you don't have to thanks to this genius potluck dessert recipe. Chocolate chip cookie dough is sprinkled on top of chewy brownie batter for the ultimate two-in-one dessert.
Cowboy Cookie S'mores
Take the classic campfire treat to the next level by sandwiching jumbo toasted marshmallows between cookies. But not just any cookies—these are loaded with shredded coconut, pecans, chopped chocolate, and oats.
Chocolate Sheet Cake with Vanilla Buttercream
Nothing is more crowd-pleasing than a sheet cake, especially one made from the ultimate flavor duo that is chocolate and vanilla. The finishing touch is a shaving of chocolate, so everyone knows that there's a bit of both in this fudgy treat.
Coconut Cake with Berries and Cream
A riff on tres leches, this coconut-spiked sponge cake is soaked in condensed milk, heavy cream, and coconut milk, which stands in for the usual evaporated milk. Serve it with mixed berries and whipped cream.
Strawberry Cupcakes
These moist white cupcakes—crowned by a meringue buttercream and made with strawberry jam—will be the hit of any summer potluck. Top each cupcake with a fresh strawberry just before serving.
Cherry-Cheese Strudel Pie
This gorgeous tart is surprisingly easy to perfect. Instead of making your own pie crust, use store-bought puff pastry. From here, it's all a matter of filling it with cream cheese and ricotta and topping it with macerated sour cherries.
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