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No Bake Cherry Cheesecake Parfaits
These easy Mini Cherry Cheesecake Parfaits come together in minutes with cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, graham crackers, and cherry pie filling. No baking required — just layer, chill, and enjoy this perfectly portioned dessert!
Simple New Year’s Eve Party Appetizers & Desserts — Ready in Minutes!
Need fast New Year’s Eve appetizers or simple desserts? These quick, delicious party foods come together in minutes and are perfect for ringing in the New Year!
Caramel Apple Snickerdoodle Bars
These caramel apple snickerdoodle bars are soft, buttery cookie bars topped with tender cinnamon apples and melty caramel chips. Think classic snickerdoodle flavor meets caramel apples at the county fair — but in bar form, and without any fuss.
No-Bake Banana Cream Pie
This No-Bake Banana Cream Pie is rich, creamy, and perfectly sliceable thanks to a cream cheese and pudding filling layered with fresh bananas and a buttery vanilla wafer crust. An easy, nostalgic dessert that sets up beautifully every time—no oven...
Snowball Cheesecake Cookies (Coconut Golden Girls)
Soft, fluffy Snowball Cheesecake Cookies made with cream cheese, coconut, and cream cheese baking chips. A winter-perfect cookie rolled in powdered sugar and inspired by my Golden Girls Cheesecake Cookies.
Grinch-Themed Christmas Treats (Easy, Festive & Crowd-Pleasing!)
Fun and festive Grinch-themed treats made easy! This Christmas roundup includes Grinch cookies, bars, popcorn, Rice Krispie treats, and more—perfect for parties and last-minute holiday baking.
Sugar Cookie Cupcakes with Marshmallow Fluff Frosting
Soft, buttery, and full of classic sugar cookie flavor, these Sugar Cookie Cupcakes are everything you love about a sugar cookie—only fluffier.
Soft & Gooey Fluffernutter Cookies
Soft, chewy peanut butter cookies filled with gooey marshmallow fluff—because classic nostalgia deserves bakery-level treatment.
Pecan Pie Snickerdoodle Bars
Buttery snickerdoodle cookie bars topped with a rich, maple-sweet pecan pie filling — all the cozy flavors of pecan pie on a soft cookie base.
Peppermint Bark Cookie Bars
Soft, buttery cookie bars topped with swirls of marshmallow buttercream, crushed peppermint, and a drizzle of chocolate—these Peppermint Bark Cookie Bars taste like Christmas in every bite.
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If you love to bake and you’re looking for great hacks that start with a boxed mix, you’ve come to the right place! Out of the Box Baking is the brain-child of Janice Thompson (yours truly), an inspirational author of over 165 books and self-proclaimed cake and cookie expert.
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