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Writer's pictureHeather Hambrick

$5 or Less Desserts!


Introduction

When trying to save money, dessert can be one of the first things cut from meal planning. We understand this and would not encourage you to go into debt to enjoy dessert every night, but if you’re finding you’ve got your meals planned and still have some money leftover in your budget, we have some dessert ideas for you! We are sharing budget friendly dessert ideas for birthdays, weekday dinners or weekend dessert ideas too!

Recipes

These recipe ideas are not our own, but we’ve done some research and found some recipes with limited but yummy ingredients! We have not tried all these recipes, but we have found some of the recipes are very similar to one another and have limited ingredients making them cheaper yet not sacrificing the taste. Dollar Tree has some dessert options as well but often times you can make your own blueberry muffins and chocolate chip cookies or cake at home cheaper than buying their packaged foods, but if you’re in a pinch they’ll work just great. Let us know which recipe below you try!

Taste of Home has 55 Budget-Friendly Cheap Desserts. Eat This, Not That has these recipes 19 of the Cheapest Dessert Recipes Out There. Prudent Penny Pincher has 200 Cheap & Easy Desserts. Six Sister’s Stuff has 10 EASY 3 Ingredient Desserts as well as EASY 4 NO BAKE DESSERTS and 3 Easy DUMP AND GO No Bake Desserts for those busy days when you still want dessert but don’t have the extra time or energy to stay in the kitchen.

Ideas for a birthday party: Store-bought ice cream, homemade cake and cupcakes, brownies and maybe some cookies too. Here’s our favorite homemade birthday recipes: Reese’s Peanut Butter Poke Cake Recipe (it requires a few more ingredients and can get a bit pricey but we wanted to include it for our Reese’s lovers), Simple White Cake Recipe (which you can use to make cake and cupcakes; also, side note if you have little bits of cake leftover you could make cake pops if you wanted). This brownie recipe from All Recipes has been rated by over 14 thousand people with an overall rating of 4.5 stars Best Brownies Recipe. All recipes yet again has the highest number of reviews with over 14 thousand reviews on their chocolate chip cookie recipe (Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe). If you need or want a healthier dessert for the birthday party, try this fruit salad recipe from All Recipes rated 4.5 stars from over 500 reviews Perfect Summer Fruit Salad Recipe.

Conclusion

Something sweet for dessert doesn’t have to break the bank. Let us know your favorite dessert recipe you’ve made in the comments below. In our next blog, this Tuesday, we will be sharing our favorite cheap dinner recipes. If you have a favorite cheap dinner recipe you’ve created yourself, share it below and you may be featured in an upcoming blog! Leave a comment for what you found the most helpful and Subscribe so you never miss a blog! Stay saucy!

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