Please post recipes for extremely easy desserts. Preferably desserts with few ingredients that one usually already has, and requires little prep time.

cut up a bunch of berries(strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries etc)
buy some store made crepes
whip up some whipped cream and voila!

'course if you have flour, milk and eggs you can make crepes fresh... it's super easy.

mmmmmm! now I want some.

buy/make pudding (pudding is VERY easy to make), and layer pudding with fresh fruits. If you get pre-made pudding, it looks like you made it, if you take it out of it's container.

@erin z, i've seen alton brown's crepe episode. i don't think i'm going to make my own crepes, though. pancakes represent my outter limits in this regard. i'd love to try yours, though!

@booknutdc, anything with coolwhip is a winner.

@mace, i like both these ideas. and i love puddin'.

I like savory crepes the best - with smoked salmon + herbed cream cheese NOM NOM NOM

My quick desert is just a chocolate cake out of a box but instead of the oil and water you add a big can of cherry pie filling and some vanilla extract. Slap on some chocolate frosting and you are in business!

You can make an easy fondue with Nutella. Basically, you melt down some Nutella with a little bit of milk in a saucepan, then dip in strawberries or pretzels or cookies or WHATEVER. Very good.

@ginger: That sounds really tasty.

Once I made a cake simliar to this (except I soaked the cookie or whatever in liqueur/juice mixture and used sliced strawberries and I won THE dessert contest.

Ginger-- legendary! i like the liqueur/juice soaking idea.

@artschooled: mmmmmmmm! cream, berries and caaaaaaaaake is an awesome easy dessert.

Tell the truth - did you make up this topic especially for me?
I'll try to be brief and not duplicate what other people said. Off the top of my head:

Banana pudding is simple - make a box of vanilla pudding (or from scratch is simple too) and layer a pan with vanilla wafers, slices of ripe banana, and pudding a few times. Let sit in the fridge awhile til it's all squishy goodness.

Mix Marscapone cheese with honey to taste, dip figs and cherries in it.

Slice strawberries and pour a tiny bit of balsalmic vinegar over them, mix and let mascerate for an hour or so.

Chocolate chips melt in seconds in a microwave, or you can use a double boiler or fondue pot if you have one. Then dip fresh strawberries, slices of cake, shortbread cookies or anything at all in the chocolate and either eat them immediately or let them cool on waxed paper a few hours. Chocolate makes everything good.

Speaking of shortbread, it's the simplest cookie in the universe, only butter, flour, and sugar. http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/SHORTBREAD-COOKIES-237919

Oh, and my supereasy macaroons: One 16 oz bag shredded coconut, one can condensed milk, 1 tsp vanilla. Mix in bowl, drop in round scoops on a greased cookie sheet, bake about 10 min at 350. Also good dipped in chocolate (see above).

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Dear universe - please provide that when I die, Marscapone and honey are involved in any way possible. Thank you.

this is my favorite kind of shortbread to make
http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/02/green-dreams/

And if you have tons of stale or about to be going stale bread (preferably nice sourdough) take them, cube them and put them in a dish

Add 1 egg, 1 pat of butter, cinnamon, and sugar, and maybe some cloves or raisins

Toss the bread and put into the oven at about 350 and cook until top is golden brown

Make a whiskey sauce and you have some of the best bread pudding dessert ever.

this is so fucking awesome! i can't believe my good luck in coming into this as a topic. this stuff will be super easy to make, and the ingredients are mostly stuff that i usually have, or keeps a long time.

yes, miss oracle, grilled pineapple is delish

@bmanda, go crazy. bust out with all you got.

@mizsarah, erinz, tiff, & everybody else with marscapone suggestions, yeah, i always forget. marscapone makes such effing fabulous desserts, lends an sophistcated flair, and is off the charts tasty. geniuses, you are.

Grilled pineapple is fantastic. Just a pain to cut apart. Also, I always eat too much and rip up the inside of my mouth.

OH! You can also use up old red wine by putting it in a saucepan and adding some sugar and spices (I recommend cloves and cinnamon) and boiling it down until it's kind of thick. Throw some halved pears in and it is super gourmet(ish).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maceelaine/2433527206/

@Fiddlemace, yeeeeaaaah.....so, um...does this make you the pot or the kettle?

Miss Mace Elaine FTW!