23 No-Bake Holiday Desserts to Make While Your Turkey Is in the Oven

No oven, no problem

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By Lindsay Champion

Published Oct 25, 2016

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Photo: Liz Andrew/Styling: Erin McDowell

T-minus four hours until dinner and your oven is at capacity. We’re talking turkey, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes—the works. But what about dessert? Whip up one of these out-of-this-world no-bake desserts and let your oven focus on the main event.

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Photo: Liz Andrew/Styling: Erin McDowell

1.

Pumpkin Spice Icebox Cake

Like a PSL on steroids. (Really good steroids.)

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2.

Dessert Lasagna

Who said a lasagna needs to be savory?

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3.

Chocolate Peanut-Butter Pretzel Bars

The trifecta of flavors.

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Love Bakes Good Cakes

4.

No-Bake Caramel Apple Cheesecake

Way easier to eat than actual caramel apples.

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Sugar and Soul

5.

Milk Chocolate Tart

No frills, all smiles.

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6.

Easy Nutella Mousse

Because we're fancy.

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Gluten-Free Palate

7.

Caramel Pretzel Pecan Bars

Salty, sweet, crunchy, chewy. Yes to all four.

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Food in Pixels

8.

Caramel Cheesecake Shooters

Our kind of shooters.

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Running to the Kitchen

9.

Chocolate Coconut Pumpkin Bars

Coconut and pumpkin: Surprisingly great together.

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Green Evi

10.

Sweet Potato Cake

We love sweet potato desserts.

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Pure Ella

11.

Cinnamon & Spice Almond Truffles

Like doughnut holes, but a touch healthier.

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Recipe Runner

12.

Apple Pie Bites

Cuuuuute.

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Paleo Running Momma

13.

Apple Cinnamon Cookies

These little guys are paleo and vegan.

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Just Add Sprinkles

14.

Marshmallow Pumpkin Pie

Fluffy perfection.

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A Treats Affair

15.

Chocolate Pecan Pie

Dreaming about that hard chocolate shell.

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Plaid and Paleo

16.

Pumpkin Cookies

We’ll have four, please.

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Sweet & Savory by Shinee

17.

Mini Chai Latte Cheesecakes

Drink your chai and eat it too.

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Dessert for Two

18.

Pumpkin Tiramisu

Just don’t eat this too close to bedtime. (Because… coffee.)

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White on Rice Couple

19.

Fluffy Cranberry Pie

Almost too pretty to eat. Almost.

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Oh, Lady Cakes

20.

Raw Fig Cheesecake

Oh man, same here…but someone’s gotta make the first cut.

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Belle Vie

21.

Caramel Apple Cookie Dough Bars

Caramel on top not required but highly recommended.

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Calm Mind Busy Body

22.

Pumpkin Pecan Butter Tarts

Bite-size desserts are the best desserts.

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Delishhh

23.

Nutella Cheesecake

Beats eating it by the spoonful out of the jar. (And if you’re super Nutella-obsessed, you’re welcome.)

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Lindsay Champion

Freelance Editor

From 2015-2020 Lindsay Champion held the role of Food and Wellness Director. She continues to write for PureWow as a Freelance Editor.

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