22 Easy Desserts That Don't Require a Single Egg
Don't let an empty carton stop your sweet tooth.
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So, you're in the mood to make dessert but realize you're out of eggs. Or maybe you're tasked with making a dessert for your friend with allergies or dietary restrictions. Or maybe you just got hit by an egg shortage or surging prices at your local store. Whatever the reason is, don't let your lack of eggs prevent you from satisfying your sweet tooth. Try one of these eggless desserts!
While you can absolutely use your favorite recipe and try reliable egg substitutes, there are also plenty of dessert recipes without eggs. Many no-bake desserts avoid eggs to ensure safety if cooking isn't involved and, of course, vegan recipes will avoid eggs all together. And you may be quite surprised just how many egg-free desserts exist out there. Included here are delicious cakes, cookies, pies, and even ice cream. Without getting too much into the science, each of these recipes relies on other ingredients to recreate what eggs do in recipes like thicken, bind, and leaven.
Here, you'll find some tried-and-true cake recipes like chocolate wacky cake from the Great Depression (talk about a food shortage!) to fun microwavable mug cake recipes that make single servings. Jazz up store-bought cookies like Oreos and Nilla Wafers to create chocolate truffles and no-bake peanut butter bars for every day delights. No matter which one of these sweet treats you decide to make, you'll certainly never miss the eggs.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
Anyone who loves the classic combo of chocolate and peanut butter will find this pie irresistible. It's so rich, you'll only need a little slice! And there are no eggs in it at all.
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Quick and Easy Apple Tart
Using store-bought puff pastry means you skip any eggs needed for the dough, and you also skip a ton of prep time. The hardest part is slicing the apples!
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Eclair Cake
Because this no-bake dessert uses store-bought graham crackers and boxed vanilla pudding mix, no eggs are needed! Plus, it only takes 15 minutes of prep.
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Panna Cotta
Making this creamy classic dessert is easier than you think. If you can make Jell-O, you can absolutely make this. And because it has gelatin in it, there are no eggs needed to stabilize it.
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Oreo Truffles
Good news: Oreos do not contain eggs! Even better news: You can turn them into truffles! This recipe looks impressive but is actually quite simple to assemble. Plus, anything tastes better with sprinkles on top, right?
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Millionaire's Shortbread
Did you know that most traditional shortbread recipes don't have eggs? And this one will make you feel extra rich with a layer of caramel and chocolate ganache on top.
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No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
You only need 20 minutes to make these cookies! Well, technically need to wait a half hour more for them to set up, but it goes quickly. No oven or eggs required.
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Butterscotch-Pecan Mug Cake
In a mere ten minutes, you can make a rich, single-serving cake in your microwave. As Ree says, butterscotch and pecans are a match made in dessert heaven, and we can't argue with that!
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Chocolate Wacky Cake
What's so wacky about this cake? It's made without eggs, butter, or milk! And perhaps the wackiest thing of all? It's so delicious, you wouldn't even know. Make a frosting like Ree's famous sheet cake recipe, and you'll fool everyone!
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Easy No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake
Not only do you not have to worry about eggs, you don't have to worry about the complicated water bath that most cheesecake recipes require in this recipe. The result is an easy, creamy dessert with a zesty twist.
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No-Churn Ice Cream
Instead of eggs, no-churn ice creams rely on sweetened condensed milk to thicken the mixture. No only does this take on cookies-and-cream taste just as delicious as traditional ice cream, but it's made in a fraction of the time!
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No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
A delicious cookie recipe that doesn't require eggs or the oven? Sign us up! These old-fashioned treats rely on boiling the ingredients on the stovetop to create the structure of the cookie. They only take five minutes of prep time.
Edible Cookie Dough
Admit it: You like to sneak a sample of raw dough when you're making cookies. But if you want to eat a lot, you need a recipe that omits the eggs just to be safe. Enter: this edible cookie dough recipe! You're welcome.
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Cherry Sherbet
Who needs an eggy ice cream when you can make refreshing eggless sherbet? Add some sugar, milk, and cream to fresh seasonal cherries, and you've got a delicious dessert with less prep time.
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Mocha Mug Cake
What do you like best in your mug: coffee or hot chocolate? How about cake that combines both flavors instead? You can make it in ten minutes in the microwave without a single egg.
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No-Bake Key Lime Pie
Using bottled key lime juice, sweetened condensed milk, and cream cheese makes a dreamy dessert that doesn't require eggs or the oven. It just takes some time to rest in the fridge to set, then slice and enjoy. Easy peasy, limy squeezy.
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No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars
Peanut butter, chocolate, crushed vanilla wafer cookies―just the ingredient list alone makes you want to eat every last one of these simple no-bake bars. They are the perfect any day treat.
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Strawberry Sorbet
The best thing about strawberries is that they don't need much to make a dessert. Add a little bit of sugar and lemon juice, whiz in a food processor, and churn in an ice cream maker. The result is simple, sweet, and so berry tasty.
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Oreo Pie
The secret to this pie? Sour cream! It adds a bit of tang to balance out the sweetness of the cookies. There's no oven required either, so it comes together in less than 20 minutes.
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Chai-Spiced Doughnuts
These delicious baked breakfast treats are filled with warm spices like cinnamon and cardamom but definitely not filled with eggs. They take less than a half hour to make from start to finish, so you could bake them practically any morning.
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