If you are looking for a delicious dessert to serve your family or guests but you’re not too great at baking, not to worry. Here are some amazing recipes that you can try with just a few basic ingredients.

Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches

Ingredients:

  • 4 scoops ice cream of your choice
  • 8 chocolate-coated biscuits
  • 3 ounces of bittersweet chocolate (finely chopped)

Directions:

  • Place 8 chocolate-coated biscuits on your work surface.
  • Place a scoop of your favourite ice cream on 4 of these biscuits.
  • Place the other 4 biscuits on top of the ice cream to make sandwiches.
  • Place these ice cream sandwiches on a tray lined with parchment paper and freeze until firm.
  • Melt the chocolate.
  • Dip half of each of your sandwiches in the melted chocolate and freeze again for about 5 minutes or until set before serving this delicious dessert.

Frozen S’mores

Ingredients:

  • 6 – 8 graham crackers
  • 1 1/3 cup of heavy cream
  • 4 ounces of bittersweet chocolate (chopped) plus chocolate shavings to garnish
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar
  • 3 egg whites
  • ½ cup of cream of coconut

Directions:

  • To prepare making this delicious dessert, you will need to line a 9-inch square baking pan with parchment paper. Allow the paper to hang over the edges.
  • Place your crackers at the bottom of the pan and, if necessary, cut them to fit.
  • Heat up 1/3 cup of the cream until it simmers before you remove from heat.
  • Add the chopped chocolate to the cream and stir until the mixture is smooth.
  • Spread this chocolate mixture over the crackers and freeze for 10 minutes.
  • With an electric mixer, beat the egg whites until they are frothy.
  • Add the sugar slowly to the egg whites and beat until you notice stiff peaks form.
  • Set the egg mixture aside.
  • In another bowl, beat the cream of coconut together with the rest of the cream until stiff peaks form.
  • Now fold the egg white mixture into the cream of coconut mixture.
  • Spread this egg white and coconut-cream mixture on top of the chocolate-coated crackers.
  • Cover and freeze for a minimum of 6 hours.
  • To remove from the dish, simply lift the pieces of parchment paper before placing it on a chopping board and cut into pieces.
  • Sprinkle chocolate shavings over the top and enjoy!

Peach Ice Pops

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup and 2 tablespoons of vanilla yogurt
  • 1/8 teaspoon of almond extract
  • 1 cup of raspberries
  • 1 ½ cup of peeled peach chunks

Directions:

  • This is a really easy and delicious dessert that requires only 4 ingredients. To begin, combine the yogurt and almond extract in a bowl.
  • With your blender, puree the raspberries until they are smooth.
  • Clean the blender and, in a separate bowl, puree the peaches.
  • Create layers of raspberry, peach and yogurt in your popsicle moulds before placing them in the freezer.
  • Wait until they set before serving.

As you can see, these delicious desserts are easy to make and require no baking. So, not only will you avoid the use of your oven, but you also won’t warm up your home in the summer. These recipes can be multiplied based on the number of guests you are planning on serving. You can also make them in advance so you can focus on your starter and main course just before the event.