Quick and easy summer desserts recipes with 400 or fewer calories

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Good Stuff Dessert (a chocolate pudding trifle)

Good Stuff Dessert (a chocolate pudding trifle)

Years ago a friend gave me this recipe saying it is as the name says, truly “Good Stuff.” Layers start with a…

Salad Foodie
Jun 2012
Professional
5 votes
19721 views
Waffle

Waffle

A lot of debate went into discovering the origins of waffles. For all we know, the answer has yet to be discovered. But we do know where it will end…

MyWeekend Plan
Sep 2021
Intermediate
2 votes
Chocolate Chiffon Cake

Chocolate Chiffon Cake

Chocolate chiffon cake is a light and spongy cake. Goes well with a heavy chocolate ganaché coating.

Robyn Savoie
Feb 2014
Advanced
1 vote
25263 views
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Cupcakes

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Cupcakes

A decadent brownie cupcake with a Reese's Peanut Butter cup baked inside!

Margarita Wyld
Apr 2010
Intermediate
7 votes
26333 views
Creole Pralines

Creole Pralines

Better than a cookie (sorry bakers, but this is a Creole group) and with the true taste of New Orleans, Creole Pralines are one of the signature…

Amos Miller
Feb 2011
Professional
5 votes
10219 views
Italian Red Wine Cookies

Italian Red Wine Cookies

These are so quick and easy you can bake them anytime, and people will think you spent all day just baking for them !!

Evelyn Scott
Jan 2011
Advanced
3 votes
8410 views
Pão de Ló - Portuguese Sponge Cake

Pão de Ló - Portuguese Sponge Cake

I have always loved this recipe, especially when one is able to cook in in such a way that the middle part is…

Sofia Reino
Apr 2010
Advanced
1 vote
6955 views
Celestial Pie

Celestial Pie

Why limit a great dessert like lemon meringue pie to just one kind of citrus fruit? Thanks to orange and lemon, this lovely pie packs a bold…

Robyn Savoie
Feb 2014
Advanced
1 vote
5665 views
No-Bake Mango Pie

No-Bake Mango Pie

No-Bake Mango Pie is an easy recipe for a takeoff on the popular Cuban Mojito drink. It combines the flavors of lime and rum, using fresh squeezed…

RecipeKing
Feb 2015
Intermediate
1 vote
5685 views
Glorified Rice

Glorified Rice

This is an Amish dessert sometimes called Heavenly rice. It light and popular with all ages. Great potluck dessert.

Denise Sherin
Mar 2014
Advanced
1 vote
4077 views
Japanese “Rare” Cheesecake

Japanese “Rare” Cheesecake

No bake cheesecakes are called “rare cheesecakes” in Japan. It is a soft type of cheesecake and usually gelatin is used to harden the filling. Rare…

Henry Moline
Oct 2011
Professional
1 vote
13470 views
Carrots & Orange Wholewheat Muffin's/Cup Cakes..;)

Carrots & Orange Wholewheat Muffin's/Cup Cakes..;)

Let them eat cup cakes...Put the carrot's on Top..;) When it comes to getting your toddler to eat healthy…

shruthisingh4
Jun 2010
Intermediate
2 votes
8787 views
Calypso Blondies

Calypso Blondies

I so love blondies! Blondies are basically brownies without the cocoa and contain brown sugar instead of white sugar. Brownies seem so “old hat”…

Adam Janowski
Apr 2011
Intermediate
1 vote
13489 views
Granny Smith's Apple Pandowdy

Granny Smith's Apple Pandowdy

Makes your eyes bug out & your stomach say "Howdy!" Fusion can be confusin', so let's get back to an ol' timey American dessert, not found on menus…

Amos Miller
Apr 2011
Professional
2 votes
8428 views
Death by Chocolate Trifle

Death by Chocolate Trifle

This dessert should be called Suicide is Painless! I amde this in a trifle bowl as shown, but I think I would use a glass 9x11 dish nest time.…

Marilyn Lesniak
Dec 2013
Intermediate
1 vote
7753 views