Let’s get started with some great Labor Day Desserts for a crowd! Here are a list of 25 ideas for sweets that are perfect for the host to offer or to take with you to the block party or family function.
As the hot months creep to maybe just a few warm days, it’s the perfect time to gather up your nearest and dearest to celebrate and reminisce about what a great summer it’s been!
Nothing says “take a load off” like passing around a plate of your favorite homemade sweets! Like any cookout, get-together, picnic or party, the host should be able to make quick work of setting out the goodies and being able to enjoy life with less fuss.
From my favorite Apple Dapple Cake to no-bake Banana Pudding Cups to Rocky Road Brownies and NEW Campfire Cupcakes to fluff salads, cookies, cobbler, pie bars, and more! All perfect for Labor Day celebrations, potlucks, cookouts or however you want to share dessert.
There is something so nostalgic about this potluck dessert, and we sure do love our fluffy “salads” here at CookingChew. Here’s an easy sweetie that magically disappears from every potluck table.
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While I can eat OREOs by the fistful completely on their own, sometimes my guilt gets the better of me and I decide to share them. Which means I have to make the rest of the package stretch. Enter, no-bake OREO cheesecake, with all the chocolate cookie crunch.
I will admit that I’m a fan of boxed brownie mixes, and adding your own special touch can really put dessert over the top. This beautiful melty, gooey browned marshmallow top is thanks to just a little time under the oven’s broiler. Serve warm to s’mores fans everywhere.
These lemony, bright cookies have just the right balance of pucker and sweetness. I love the ease and versatility of cake mixes, and this one just shines.
These individual but hearty servings of banana pudding a great way to make sure everyone gets their own. Start with plastic cups, and build your way to a layered, no-bake southern traditional dessert where you end up with exactly the right amount.
It’s always a good time for peach cobbler, and Labor Day is no different. If you’re looking at the last of the season’s beautiful ripe peaches with nowhere to go, this recipe is for you. This is one of those homemade easy summer desserts that feeds a crowd beautifully.
One of our most popular dessert recipes on the site, this luscious, apple-filled moist cake is topped with a rich, sweet caramel-like glaze that turns heads every time. Hosts, make sure you save yourself a slice before setting it out for the crowd.
If you’re in the south like I am, Labor Day may just be another summer weekend of 100F outside. If you’re in the mood for s’mores but not for sweltering by a campfire, feed the whole gang with a baking sheet full of these sandwiches made with graham crackers, Hershey bars, and marshmallows — the nostalgic treat perfect for an after-grill dessert.
What makes it “crazy”? No eggs or butter in the batter — the cake rises with the reaction from baking soda and vinegar (but you don’t taste either one). So if you’ve got some colorful jimmies, here’s a snack cake that just might be the perfect easy cake for a few folks after dinner (especially the kids).
By now you might be thinking this is a list of “salads” and “fluffs” and “crazy cakes” and you’d be at least partially right. This one is a delightful creamy-salty-sweet combination of crushed pretzels for the crust, a cream cheese filling, strawberry jello topping and fresh berries. One of our best end of summer dessert ideas.
Oh, look – more fluffy side dishes slash desserts! This one is a light and creamy cheesecake-style fluff salad that’s got all the makings of your favorite fruit salad but with the added richness of cream cheese, marshmallows, and lots of berries. Because of all the fresh fruit, serve it the same day you make it.
Here’s another of our favorite no-bake strawberry desserts — an ice cream cake made from strawberry cheesecake ice cream sandwiches, cool whip, strawberry sundae topping and some fresh berries. Layer it all together and freeze so it slices up easily. Some assembly required, but that’s it!
I just love how cute these little beachy cupcakes are! With their blue frosting, peach rings, Froot by the Foot, graham cracker sand, all on your favorite cupcake flavor. What a great way to sail away from summer.
This lemon sherbet no bake pie uses a can of frozen lemonade concentrate, a can of sweetened condensed milk, a premade graham cracker crust and lots of fresh berries. It’s cool, refreshing and slices up easily after a few minutes out to thaw before plating.
Cool and creamy and packed with goodies like pineapple inside and on top, vanilla pudding, lots of coconut, and garnished with pecans and maraschino cherries. Sweet and delicious, it’s just a combination of our favorite piña colada flavors folded into a store-bought graham crust.
Toffee lovers in your midst? This rich cake combines a chocolate base with caramel drizzle, whipped topping and crushed Heath Bars. It’s a unique combination of flavors that will have everyone coming back for more.
Another one of our faves, this is one of the best homemade sheet pan dessert recipes out there. From-scratch but easy enough for the beginners, this has the chocolate/peanut butter flavor that 99.999% of the party will be thrilled to snack on! Better set yourself a slice or may not get any.
Desserts for a crowd? I got you. Starts with that box of cake mix you have in the pantry and adds a handful of other ingredients so you end up with easy sheet pan slices of chocolate chip cookie bars. Want a make ahead dessert? Bake, cut and freeze into tightly sealed baggies then thaw 30 minutes before adding to the dessert table.
19. Pink Fluff
This is easily Renee’s favorite recipe, so simple and easy to throw together but with a powerful strawberry flavor. It’s got a remarkable amount of protein, too, because it uses blended cottage cheese in the base.
Need another individual serving option? Cherry pie filling, pudding and cream cheese, graham cracker filling layered in and you’ve got hearty portions of cherry cheesecake cups guests will rave over.
These fragrant orange zest sprinkle cookies are as tasty as they are cutesie. Use any color of nonpareils, but they kind of remind me of those trendy sprinkle cake cups going around now. They just scream summer to me, between the citrus glaze and pastel sprinkles, they will enchant kids of all ages, especially the orange flavor lovers out there.
22. Easy OREO Dip
If you have most of a package of OREOs left and you want to use them up or make them stretch, this creamy, luscious OREO dip is everything you ever wanted in no bake desserts for a crowd. There’s some. kind of magic in cream cheese and whipped topping together—add OREOs and you’ve got a sweet treat handled.
This cookie is reminiscent of the famous Texas Sheet Cake: Deep chocolate with a buttery cocoa glaze. Just the right amount of chew without a lot of fuss, I think you’ll love putting these out for friends and family.
Only need a small pan of dessert? These cherry pie bars combine all the good stuff from a cherry pie: Rich, golden dough, sweet vanilla glaze, simple cherry pie filling — all baked in a 9×9 then cut into handy squares, ready to serve. An excellent make-ahead option.
With just a handful of simple ingredients, these delicate, soft cookies melt in your mouth and are simple to make. If you are looking for something homemade but not extravagant, these soft cream cheese cookies will be a great addition on a cookie tray for Labor Day or any holiday, really.
The bottom line
There you have it! I hope that these roundups of our favorite summer desserts for Labor Day will be a great help to make your get-together the talk of the group chat and your holiday extra special.
If you need more ideas for easy desserts, here are a few more:
