31 Desserts You Didn't Know You Could Make in a Slow Cooker

There is simplicity in throwing in your ingredients and forgetting about them for the rest of the day, then having a delicious meal at your fingertips. But did you ever imagine that you can make really amazing desserts in there too? Neither did I until I started experimenting a few years back. Now I’m here to tell you that slow cooker desserts are the way to go! I’ve made so many fun things over the past years in my slow cooker—from cakes, to brownies, to mason jar treats, to melted chocolate. If you name your favorite dessert, there’s probably an easy way to make it in your slow cooker.

Here are my favorite tried and true recipes for over-the-top delicious desserts you can make in a slow cooker. Check them out in the slideshow.

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31 Desserts You Didn't Know You Could Make in a Slow Cooker

Crockpot Turtles Candy

This Crockpot Turtles Candy is absolutely luscious and amazing. Pecans are roasted in a slow cooker while the chocolate melts, and then the caramel is added at the last minute. All of these things combined give these candies a smooth and creamy texture that makes them irresistible.

Recipe found at The Slow Roasted Italian
Slow Cooker Triple Chocolate Pudding Cake

This is truly a chocoholic’s dream dessert. Then add in the extra peanut butter flavor and this dessert is crazy good.

Recipe found at Taste and Tell
Slow Cooker Oatmeal Banana Bread

This banana bread is so moist and delicious. I loved the addition of oatmeal. Such a fun twist. I have learned that making banana bread in the slow cooker helps the bread cook more evenly.

Recipe found at 365 Days of Slow Cooking
Slow Cooker Nutella Crunch Cheesecakes

Slow cooker Nutella crunch cheesecakes are an easy homemade treat with Nutella and chocolate, made in individual mason jars in your Crockpot.

Recipe found at Snappy Gourmet
Slow Cooker Dark Chocolate Cake

This might just be the best low carb chocolate cake I've ever made. It's so rich and moist, it doesn't need any frosting. And there's no need to heat up the kitchen when you cook it in your slow cooker.

Recipe found at All Day I Dream About Food
Slow Cooker Dulce de Leche

The slow cooker dulce de leche is thick and velvety smooth right out of the jar you cooked it in. There's no need for whisking. That means it can be served or given as gifts, just as it is.

Recipe found at The Yummy Life
Crockpot Apple Dump Cake

Just a few ingredients and a Crockpot make this one of the easiest apple desserts. Set it and forget it...until dessert!

Recipe found at Crazy for Crust
Slow Cooker Chex Mix

Did you know that your favorite homemade Chex Mix recipe can be made in the slow cooker? Give it a try!

Recipe found at Gimme Some Oven
Slow Cooker Pumpkin Pie Cake

This slow cooker pumpkin pie cake is sure to quickly become a family favorite. It's moist, delicious, and so wonderfully easy to prepare.

Recipe found at Mom on Time Out
Skinny Slow Cooker Chocolate Fudge Cake

Here's an easy recipe for chocolate fudge cake made from scratch in the slow cooker. It's seriously rich & decadent—no one ever guesses it’s lightened up!

Recipe found at Amy's Healthy Baking
Slow Cooker Caramel Cake

This slow cooker caramel cake is for sure a fan favorite. It's easy to make, smells amazing, and tastes like the perfect cake.

Recipe found at Crazy for Crust
Spiced Pear Bread Pudding

This one is individual bread puddings made in mason jars in a slow cooker.

Recipe found at Snappy Gourmet
Melting Chocolate Slow Cooker

Find out how to melt chocolate chips with a slow cooker for drizzling, dipping, or candy making with step-by-step DIY instructions.

Recipe found at The Yummy Life
Slow Cooker Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler

This slow cooker strawberry rhubarb cobbler will knock your socks off, it is that good! Be sure to add a huge dollop of ice cream on top.

Recipe found at 365 Days of Slow Cooking
Slow Cooker S’mores Brownies

Let the slow cooker do all the work when it comes to making these ooey, gooey s'mores brownies.

Recipe found at Something Swanky
Slow Cooker Blueberry Coconut Cobbler

Fresh blueberries and a little cake mix are covered in oats, cinnamon, spice, and sweetened coconut to make this slow cooker blueberry coconut cobbler. It’s a great dessert to serve to a crowd that you can easily make ahead.

Recipe found at Sugar Dish Me
Light Crockpot Baked Apples Recipe

Delicious apples get stuffed with oatmeal, brown sugar, and walnuts, then baked to perfection in the slow cooker. Be sure to drizzle them with caramel!

Recipe found at Julie's Eats and Treats
Slow Cooker Brownie Pudding

This easy recipe is so gooey and chocolatey! It's just like a Crockpot lava cake but made with brownies.

Recipe found at Crazy for Crust
Slow Cooker Caramel Blondies

Gooey slow cooker caramel blondies are soft, rich blondies that are slow cooked, creating a gooey caramel sauce for a killer dessert with minimal effort.

Recipe found at Taste and Tell
Slow Cooker Berry Cobbler

Here's an easy recipe that is perfect for that sweet tooth craving.

Recipe found at Chef in Training
Slow Cooker Caramel Peanut Butter Hot Fudge Cake

This peanut butter hot fudge cake is filled with Rolos and is baked in the slow cooker. There's nothing better than a bowl of this topped with ice cream for a warm and gooey dessert.

Recipe found at Crazy for Crust
Crockpot Candy

Honestly, it couldn’t be easier…just chop up a few different types of chocolate and throw them in the Crockpot to make this delicious Crockpot candy.

Recipe found at Cookies & Cups
Slow Cooker Peach Cobbler

Slow cooker peach cobbler is cooked right in the Crockpot and has few ingredients, making it a super simple and easy dessert.

Recipe found at Yummy Healthy Easy
Slow Cooker Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Frosting in a Jar

Everyone will love this slow cooker carrot cake topped with delicious cream cheese frosting. Package them up in a cute little jar; it's so simple and easy! And look at ya, you didn’t even turn the oven on.

Recipe found at Crunchy Creamy Sweet
Slow Cooker Chocolate Cake

This cake is super easy to make and takes just a few minutes to put together. I love that it separates into two delicious layers: a moist cakey top and a gooey, fudgy pudding bottom.

Recipe found at I Heart Naptime
Slow Cooker Chocolate Fondue

This slow cooker chocolate fondue recipe is perfect for a romantic night or celebration. Get your dippers ready!

Recipe found at Honey & Birch
Slow Cooker Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread

This slow cooker cinnamon roll monkey bread is monkey bread that's made with cinnamon rolls in a Crockpot.

Recipe found at Crazy for Crust
Slow Cooker Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

Make rich, decadent, and fudgy chocolate cake, right in your Crockpot! It's totally doable (downright easy, actually)—and totally irresistible.

Recipe found at Kitchen Treaty
Crockpot Maple Pumpkin Spice Chex Mix

This version of Chex Mix is loaded with fall flavors and made in a Crockpot. It's wayyy too easy and totally irresistible.

Recipe found at Averie Cooks
Crockpot Pumpkin Chocolate Lava Cake

Crockpot pumpkin chocolate lava cake is a moist pumpkin cake with the chocolate lava underneath...so yummy!

Recipe found at I Wash You Dry
Pina Colada Lava Cake

This pina colada lava cake is AMAZING. The key ingredient, cream of coconut, is soooo good. Imagine sweetened condensed milk with coconut flavor...yum!

Recipe found at 365 Days of Slow Cooking