These 20 Retro Desserts Will Make You Feel Like a Kid Again—Guaranteed!
Take a trip down memory lane with these retro desserts that bring back the best parts of childhood. Think of grandma’s apple pie or those classic chocolate chip cookies that always made you smile. These treats aren’t just delicious—they’re a sweet reminder of simpler times, where every bite was filled with joy and nostalgia.
Southern Peach Cake Cobbler
Add sweet peaches to a buttery cake and create a scrumptious peach cobbler cake. A thin layer of butter on the bottom transforms a simple batter into a peach dessert you’ll be making over and over again.
Get the recipe: Southern Peach Cake Cobbler
Classic Gooey Butter Cake
This classic gooey butter cake recipe is a dessert that has ingredients of a cake but is served up like a brownie. With it’s buttery crust and flaky, gooey, cream cheese-based top, it’s one of the best dessert recipes out there!
Get the recipe: Classic Gooey Butter Cake
Drumstick Pie
A sugar cone crust piled high with layers of chocolate syrup, vanilla ice cream and caramel, topped with peanuts and tastes just like the iconic originial.
Get the recipe: Drumstick Pie
Cosmic Brownies
These classic Cosmic Brownies are nostalgic, fun, rich, and decadent! This copycat recipe will remind you of your childhood. These brownies are quick and easy to make at home. You will love the dense, fudgy brownies, smooth chocolate frosting, and fun rainbow sprinkles!
Get the recipe: Cosmic Brownies
Old Fashioned Banana Pudding
Homemade vanilla pudding layered with vanilla cookies and fresh bananas make this the ultimate old fashioned banana pudding recipe.
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Red Velvet Cake with Ermine Frosting
Red velvet cake with ermine frosting is the red velvet cake of the good old days. It’s not weighed down with heavy cream cheese but paired with the most delicate whipped ermine frosting. The combination is delicious!
Get the recipe: Red Velvet Cake with Ermine Frosting
Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
This chocolate mayonnaise cake is a not-too-sweet, moist chocolate cake that’s made from scratch! This dense chocolate cake is perfect with a sweet chocolate or vanilla frosting.
Get the recipe: Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
Homemade Nutter Butters
Remember the iconic Nutter Butters? Crispy, crunchy cookies sandwiched with creamy peanut butter goodness – a classic childhood treat. We created these homemade Nutter Butters so you can enjoy them with real food ingredients!
Get the recipe: Homemade Nutter Butters
Iced Oatmeal Cookies
These classic iced oatmeal cookies are the best dessert! They are chewy, soft, and sweet. This easy cookie dough will become a go-to for holidays, birthdays, celebrations, and more. Only 20 minutes in total. They are cozy, warmly spiced, and so flavorful.
Get the recipe: Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Old-Fashioned Date Bar
They’re a special, old-fashioned cookie for the holidays – but honestly, we love them so much that we make them all year ’round. They’re super-easy and freezable, too, so you can always keep a stash on hand!
Get the recipe: Old-Fashioned Date Bar
Chocolate Depression Cake
Chocolate Depression Cake, or Wacky Cake is a unique retro cake recipe that uses basic pantry ingredients, but no eggs! This chocolate cake recipe was made to use what you had on hand. It is a simply delicious chocolate cake!
Get the recipe: Chocolate Depression Cake
Easy Cornflake Tart
Are you looking for a quick and easy dessert that will impress your family and friends? Look no further than this delicious cornflake tart! Made with shop-bought shortcrust pastry, sweet strawberry jam, and golden syrup, this golden brown beauty is topped with crunchy cornflakes – the ultimate breakfast cereal turned into a mouthwatering dessert.
Get the recipe: Easy Cornflake Tart
Texas Sheet Cake
The best chocolate cake recipe is also one of the easiest! Texas Sheet Cake is a rich, buttery chocolate cake, baked in a sheet pan or jelly roll pan, and covered with a thick layer of chocolate frosting.
Get the recipe: Texas Sheet Cake
Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
Soft and chewy peanut butter cookies with a chocolate center, these cookies are easy to make and loved by everyone. They’re perfect for Christmas, bake sales, potlucks, and picnics. Also known as peanut butter kisses or Hershey’s peanut butter blossoms.
Get the recipe: Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
Pistachio Fluff Recipe (Watergate Salad)
Pistachio Fluff Salad is a delicious combination of rich creaminess and fruity sweetness. This dish is a family favorite and features pistachio pudding, whipped topping, pineapple, mandarin oranges and mini marshmallows. Everyone at your next potluck, cookout, or holiday celebration will be going back for seconds of this light and refreshing dessert or side dish recipe!
Get the recipe: Pistachio Fluff Recipe (Watergate Salad)
Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Bars
With a chewy peanut butter oat base, creamy peanut butter center, and rich chocolate buttercream topping, these cafeteria-style peanut butter chocolate bars are the best, and so simple to bake.
Get the recipe: Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Bars
Pineapple Cream Cheese Pie
Meet the mouthwatering pineapple cheesecake pie – a dessert that’s as easy to make as it is to devour. It’s incredibly delicious. The cookie crust encases a 5-ingredient, no-bake filling in minutes. It can be made ahead and kept refrigerated or frozen.
Get the recipe: Pineapple Cream Cheese Pie
Old-Fashioned Butter Cookies
These soft butter cookies are full of rich-buttery goodness. They have a delightful crumbly texture that just melts in your mouth. This easy one-bowl recipe is made with only 6 ingredients.
Get the recipe: Old-Fashioned Butter Cookies
Pound Cake
Southern pound cake is dense, yet soft, buttery, full of incredible flavor and just like grandma’s recipe. This pound cake recipe uses basic pantry ingredients, the perfect easy to make dessert and ready in about an hour!
Get the recipe: Pound Cake
Old Fashioned Banana Cream Pie
Simple ingredients and a special method make this Old Fashioned Banana Cream Pie easy to make at home. It’s a creamy, delicious, nostalgic dessert choice.
Get the recipe: Old Fashioned Banana Cream Pie
