20 Crowd-Pleasing Dessert Bars You Might Want to Hide Before Serving
Dessert bars are the perfect combination of easy to make, easy to serve, and impossible to resist. These crowd-pleasing recipes are packed with rich flavors, chewy textures, and sweet layers that disappear quickly whenever they’re shared. Whether you’re baking for a party, potluck, or simply satisfying a sweet craving, there’s something here for every dessert lover. Just be warned—you may want to set a few aside before everyone else finds them.
Blueberry Lemon Bars
Blueberry Lemon Bars are the ultimate dessert for all your spring and summer gatherings. Bursting with juicy sweet blueberries and the perfect amount of tangy lemon, it’s hard to eat just one!
Sweet and Salty Trail Mix Bars
Sweet and Salty Trail Mix Bars are a cross between an oatmeal cookie and a granola bar, featuring fun trail mix inspired ingredients like pretzels, chocolate chips, raisins and nuts.
Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars with Banana Filling
Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars with Banana Filling are inspired by a few recipes I found online credited to the country Burundi. The batter is a snickerdoodle cookie dough batter, which is placed in a baking pan with layers of bananas and dates in between. The entire dessert is then sprinkled with butter, cinnamon, and sugar to create a rich and delicious dessert for anyone to enjoy!
Healthier Carrot Cake Bars
Enjoy the deliciously sweet and spicy taste of carrot cake this holiday season with these Healthier Carrot Cake Bars. Just 30 minutes in the oven is all you need for this tasty dessert!
Best S’mores Cookie Bars
I’ve made a lot of s’mores in my life: classic over the fire, chewy s’mores cookies with marshmallow centers, even rolled into gooey s’mores cinnamon buns with graham cracker crust. But these s’mores cookie bars? They’re what I throw together when I’m (as usual) on dessert duty.
Cookie Dough Crunch Bars
Cookie dough bars are every cookie dough lover’s dream! This no-bake edible cookie dough recipe has a rich and creamy texture, is packed with chocolate chips, and has a crunchy Chocolate Krispie topping that everyone will love!
Peach Crumb Bars
Fresh Peach Crumb Bars are perfect for peach season, combining a buttery crust with a juicy peach filling, topped with a delicious crumble! It’s a delicious recipe that’s sure to impress at any gathering!
Oreo Cheesecake Bars
Our Oreo Cheesecake Bars combine the crunchy, classic flavor of Oreo cookies with a rich, creamy cheesecake filling! They’re a hit for parties, special occasions, or just a cozy night in, and they’re easy enough for even novice bakers to whip up with ease!
Hello Dolly Bars
A chewy combination of nuts, graham crackers, chocolate and coconut, Hello Dolly bars have it all and they are surprisingly easy to make. No matter the occasion or the crowd, these bars are a hit!
Pear Oatmeal Bars
These Pear Oatmeal Bars are vegan, gluten-free, and 100% fruit sweetened, with no added sugar.
Salted Caramel Apple Bars
Tender apples, chewy caramel, and a buttery shortbread crust come together in these salted caramel apple bars! The perfect combination of sweet and salty, these bars are a must-bake for fall.
Banana Oatmeal Bars
Try these quick, easy, soft-baked banana oatmeal bars to enjoy a delicious snack, breakfast, or even a healthy treat!
No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
Peanut butter and chocolate are back for another award winning dessert. These peanut butter bars are fire, without ever turning on your oven.
Grasshopper Cheesecake Bars
This cheesecake bars recipe is perfect for any occasion, but also work great as a festive dessert! Everyone will love these cute grasshopper cheesecake bars!
S’mores Cookie Bars
When we go camping, I think I’m as excited as my kiddos for the main event — roasting marshmallows and then slapping the gooey goodness between chocolate and graham crackers. That’s what inspired this delicious S’mores Cookie Bars recipe.
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are soft, chewy, super decadent, and so easy to make. The addition of brown butter makes these cookie bars extra special!
Cherry Pie Bars
Cherry pie bars are a delicious fruit dessert that is perfect for serving a crowd at any get-together. The sweet vanilla glaze requires only 3 ingredients and is perfect for topping off the golden buttery crust stuffed with cherry pie filling. Bring these cherry pie squares to a party, gathering, or potluck, and all of your guests will want to know the recipe!
Double Chocolate Cranberry Magic Bars
Behold the gooey perfection of these Double Chocolate Cranberry Magic Bars! These bars feature a layer of sweet shortbread crust topped with white and semi-sweet chocolate, chewy cranberries, shredded coconut, and crunchy pecans that are then covered with sweetened condensed milk and baked to gooey perfection.
Chocolate Chip Bars
Chocolate Chip Bars are chewy, delicious, super easy to make, and not overly sweet. Perfect for a quick, chocolatey snack!
Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars
Not a cookie, not a brownie: these Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars are the softest, chewiest, gooey-est best of both worlds!
