5 easy no-bake dessert recipes to satisfy all cravings

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Cakes, pastries, and pies can definitely make a dessert-lover drool in delight. Unfortunately, if baking is not your forte, then you'll probably end up doing a bakeshop run, costing you time, energy, effort and not to mention, money. Thankfully, there are new and fun ways you can create your favorite desserts without the need of a degree in baking, how to operate an oven, and heck, even an oven! Here is a list of the three of the easiest no-bake dessert recipes you can do to satisfy all your sweet-tooth fantasies.

Healthy No-bake Salted Dark Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookie Bars

The Huffington Post recommends this easy no-bake oatmeal cookie bars from Half-Baked Harvest. What's good about this sweet is it's rich in superfoods like quinoa, walnuts and almond milk but it tastes as if it carries a thousand calories like any dessert should be. Intrigued? Get the recipe here.

No-Bake Fresh Strawberry Pie

Thought pies only come from the oven? Think again as Cooking Light suggests this wonderfully fresh, no-bake pie that focuses on delicious strawberries or any wild berries in season. This layer after layer of creamy goodness, using an ingenious cookie crust and heavy cream filling, will definitely make dessert-lovers beg for more. It's so good you'll think twice about baking another pie. Check out the recipe from My Recipes here.

No-Bake Nutella Truffles

Real Simple definitely knows how to make the simplest yet delicious things. Made only from four ingredients, one of them being the world's favorite hazelnut spread, this dessert will make professional pastry chefs out of newbies. You can even store it in the fridge to prolong it's shelf life so you can have ready-to-eat desserts for a week. Get the recipe here.

Banana Split Icebox Cake

The Huffington Post adds this incredible no-bake, icebox cake from The Girl Who Ate Everything. Besides being too easy to make, you can mix and match other fruits that are in season or better yet, make it a healthier choice for kids by changing the cream to yogurt and removing the pudding mix. Bring back childhood memories by visiting the recipe here.

Zuccotto

Don't be intimidated by the name of this dessert as it is truly simple to make. Real Simple shares that besides featuring less than ten ingredients, this delicious Italian pound cake will not only make you dream of Italy but it will make you feel like a baker. Using techniques like buying store-bought ingredients really helps in making things easier. Check out what you are missing here.