Navigating the challenge of satisfying sweet cravings without leftovers, these recipes promise the perfect balance between indulgence and moderation. From microwave mug cakes to single scoop sorbets, discover a treasure trove of quick and easy recipes designed to cater to your sweet tooth on demand. Let’s embark on a culinary journey that transforms solo dining into a celebration of flavor, one single serve dessert at a time.
In A Rush? Key Takeaways:
- Embrace the joy of perfectly portioned treats with recipes that cater specifically to solo indulgences.
- Discover a variety of desserts—from gooey chocolate mug cakes to refreshing fruit sorbets—that are quick, easy, and require minimal ingredients.
- Learn how single serve desserts can help manage portion control while still satisfying your dessert cravings.
1. Lemon Cheesecake Mousse For One
This light and airy Lemon Cheesecake Mousse For One from One Dish Kitchen is a perfect single-serve dessert when you’re craving something sweet but don’t want to make a whole cheesecake.
The recipe only requires a few simple ingredients that you likely have on hand, including cream cheese, lemon juice, vanilla, and whipped cream. Serve it up in a cute little jar, glass or ramekin for the perfect single-serving dessert when just a small sweet treat is what you need.
2. Small Batch Microwave Fudge
Satisfying a chocolate craving has never been easier thanks to this simple Microwave Fudge For One recipe. It delivers a rich, fudgy treat with just a few ingredients you likely have on hand – chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, and salt.
The easy no-bake method means you can have chocolate fudge ready in just a couple of minutes right in the microwave. Simply combine sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips in a mug or small bowl and microwave until melted and smooth.
3. Small Batch Fried Apples
When you want just a touch of sweetness, this easy Fried Apples recipe is a simple fruit dessert for one. Made with just apples, butter, brown sugar and cinnamon, it’s ready in under 15 minutes stovetop.
Thinly sliced apples are sautéed in butter until tender and caramelized with brown sugar and warm cinnamon spices. As the apples cook down, the natural juices combine with the melted brown sugar and butter to create an addictive, syrupy sauce that perfectly coats each tender chunk of apple.
4. Small Batch Cowboy Cookies
These miniature Cowboy Cookies are a single-serve version of the classic oversized cookie loaded with oats, coconut, chocolate chips and nuts. Thanks to this simple recipe from Dessert for Two, you can enjoy these addictive cookie flavors in just one or two portions.
It whips up a small batch of cookie dough with just a handful of ingredients you likely have on hand – butter, sugar, eggs, flour, oats, shredder coconut, chocolate chips and chopped walnuts.
5. Two Ingredient Chocolate Mousse For One
This Easy Chocolate Mousse from I Am Baker proves that chocolate decadence can be a simple, single-serve delight. Whipped together in just 10 minutes, it makes an elegant yet easy no-bake dessert for one or two.
Only requiring heavy cream, chocolate and a sprinkle of sugar, it whips up airy, rich chocolate mousse with just a few stirs. To make it, heavy cream is whipped into fluffy peaks then gently folded together with melted semi-sweet chocolate morsels.
6. Ladyfingers – Small Batch
These miniature Ladyfingers are an elegant yet easy single-serving dessert for one or two. The petite sponge cakes are perfect for creating a decadent little tiramisu or trifle without leftover ladyfingers going stale.
The simple recipe whips up a small batch of light, tender ladyfingers with just egg whites, sugar, flour and vanilla. They bake up in under 10 minutes into cute bite-sized cookies ready to use in assembling a sweet final dessert.
7. Tiramisu For One
This Petite Tiramisu for One is a single-serve twist on the classic Italian dessert made in a cute little jar or glass. It layers all the flavors of coffee-spiked tiramisu – fluffy mascarpone cream, boozy ladyfingers, cocoa powder – into the perfect tiny package for one.
The easy assembly starts with brushing miniature ladyfingers with a mixture of coffee and rum to soak up the delicious flavors. A light and airy mascarpone filling is whipped together, then used to layer the tiramisu.
8. Peppermint Bark – Small Batch
This easy Peppermint Bark is a festive, single-serve sweet perfect for gifting or indulging your own holiday chocolate craving. With just white chocolate, candy canes and a little holiday sprinkles, you can whip up this gourmet-looking treat in just 10 minutes.
To start, melt white chocolate chips either in the microwave or a double boiler until smooth. Line a small pan or baking sheet with parchment paper, then spread out the white chocolate. Next, gently press crushed candy canes into the melted chocolate to create that iconic peppermint candy stripe design that makes this treat so merry and bright.
9. Mini Mango Lemon Pie
These delightful Mini Lemon Meringue Tarts are a sunny citrus dessert shrunken down to single bite sizes. The petite tarts are filled with a tangy lemon curd and topped fluffy, torched meringue for a little dessert with big flavors.
Each cute tartlette begins with a graham cracker crust baked into mini muffin cups for an easy vessel to hold the lemony filling. Sweet and puckery lemon curd is pipetted inside, then mounded with billowy meringue and toasted to golden perfection with a kitchen torch.
10. Mini Flourless Chocolate Cake
Made without flour, it’s perfect for gluten-free diets while still being indulgent and oozing molten chocolate.
The easy bake starts by melting chocolate and butter together into a smooth, thick batter. Eggs get whipped into the mixture along with sugar and vanilla until silky. It pours into small ramekins and bakes up fudgy yet fluffy, almost like a molten lava cake.