There is nothing like a sweet treat at the end of meal or with a cuppa in the afternoon. These delicious air fryer dessert recipes are sure to impress the whole family.

From cookies to muffins and cakes to shortbread you’ll be spoiled for choice. We even have a Keto Brownie recipe on the list! And yes, air fryers actually do a good job of baking things!

Who doesn’t love a lemon drizzle cake? Best of all this lemon drizzle cake recipe from Super Gold Bakes has just 5 ingredients.

The result is a small but perfectly formed Lemon drizzle loaf. I also tried it with oranges and it was delicious!

These gooey, chewy, crumbly treats will be gobbled up in no time. It’s just as well that these air fryer chocolate chip cookies from Kitchen at Hoskins, only take 15 minutes to bake!

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Perfect for a healthy dessert or breakfast or even as a lunchbox treat! These air fryer blueberry muffins from Stay Snatched, are quick and easy to make. Ready in just 15 minutes, this a great recipe for the kids to help with too.

With just 3 ingredients, these air fryer donuts from The Big Mans World are sure to become a firm favourite.

Grab your melted chocolate or powdered sugar and sprinkles and let the kids have fun decorating!

These air fryer Keto chocolate brownies from Butter Together taste amazing!

With an oozy fudgey centre and a crunch from the nuts, you can whip them up in just 20 minutes. The only problem is the adults will love them just as much as the kids!

This has quickly become my go to air fryer banana bread recipe when I have bananas that are too ripe for fussy kids to eat!

It comes from Scrummy Lane and you can double up the ingredients to make a 2nd loaf if you have a larger air fryer.

If you’ve never tried air fryer scones, then this recipe from Cooking Perfected is the one to start with.

You should be able to make enough scones to feed roughly six people without needing to adjust the recipe. Then try lots of different toppings from jam to curd to smoked salmon!

This traditional Scottish shortbread recipe comes from Taste Of Home and works just as well in a regular oven as it does in the air fryer.

With just 3 ingredients, it is a good recipe to get little ones started on their baking journey and makes a wonderful gift for family and friends too.

You can make it in usual way or try out cookie cutters to make interesting shapes!

I have a glut of apples every Autumn and this recipe for air fryer apple fritters from Wine a Lot are perfect for using them up.

My daughter loves peanut butter so I was delighted to find (and test) this recipe for air fryer peanut butter cookies from Six Vegan Sisters.

As we are not vegan, we used regular butter and milk, but a vegan friend also tested the recipe for us and give it the thumbs up!

I hope these recipes inspire you to use your air fryer to create some delicious air fryer desserts for the family. Happy baking!

James Martin’s classic rhubarb crumble recipe on BBC Food will take you to comfort food heaven in under an hour! It’s so easy to pull together for a weekend family dessert, with only a few simple steps.

If you’re a crumble fan, try some of these delicious variations:

Give your rhubarb crumble a boost of flavour by adding some grated or chopped ginger to the rhubarb mixture.

Two of my favourite fruits combine here in a great dessert that’s also very easy to make – the ultimate combo! Apple and rhubarb crumble is so comforting, made even better with a scoop of ice cream or a drizzle of custard.

Brighten up the flavour and colour of your crumble by adding some seasonal strawberries. This recipe for strawberry-rhubarb crumble from AllRecipes has more than 1,100 positive reviews and uses an equal split of berries and rhubarb with a crunchy, oaty topping.

If you’re looking for a classic dessert that is widely popular, an easy rhubarb pie is always a winner. This foolproof recipe from The Kitchn has a double-crust, which looks like a showstopper but couldn’t be easier to make. It’s delicately sweet with a melt-in-your-mouth filling, surrounded by a crisp crust that makes the perfect partner for ice cream or whipped cream.

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This rhubarb custard pie from The Creative Bite is a decadent dessert recipe perfect for a sweet summer treat. A flaky pie crust is filled with a rich egg custard and tart rhubarb for a classic pie you will adore!

This recipe for a super simple rhubarb tart from Top with Cinnamon really lets the flavour shine. It’s possibly the simplest a rhubarb tart can get, with only 5 ingredients needed to bake up the prettiest dessert!

With more than 650 5-star reviews, Oma’s rhubarb cake on AllRecipes is definitely one to try! The addition of sour cream really keeps the cake moist, and make sure to add in some cinnamon too.

These rhubarb muffins from Spend With Pennies are the perfect treat for breakfast or brunch, and a great addition to coffee time. Delicious chunks of rhubarb and sponge are topped with a cinnamon-spiced crumble – yum!

Stewed rhubarb is delicious for breakfast, snacks or dessert. I love it over Greek yoghurt with some granola, but it’s also delicious with ice cream….we’re not fussy!

To make your own stewed rhubarb, chop 600g of rhubarb into inch-long pieces and add to a saucepan with 100g caster sugar, and the zest and juice of 1-2 oranges, 2-3 tbsp of water (or more orange juice). Bring to the boil, then leave to simmer on a medium heat for 10 minutes until softened. Once cooled, keep in a sealed container for up to 3 days in the fridge.

Wondering what else to do with your stewed rhubarb? Make the smoothest, simplest and super speedy rhubarb fool for dessert.

Combine your stewed rhubarb with some whipped cream, and either layer them or swirl them together in a glass to serve. Change up the flavours by adding some grated orange zest, white chocolate shavings, or replace a quarter of the whipped cream with Greek yoghurt.

This delightful rhubarb custard cake from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe is a light and deliciously easy dessert – perfect served with a scoop of ice cream or dollop of whipped cream.

Take advantage of rhubarb season with this easy dessert. With more than 2,000 5-star reviews, this rhubarb upside-down cake resembles a pale pink mosaic, which makes it a real showstopper.

A crumbly, biscuity cobbler topping is the perfect accompaniment for a fruity filling. This 5-star reviewed rhubarb cobbler recipe on AllRecipes is simple enough for a family dessert, and ready in less than 30 minutes.

Baking Mad’s recipe for rhubarb crumble bars is perfect for when you don’t want a whole crumble. Instead, try a delicious crumble slice with tangy rhubarb and a crunchy oat base, perfect for afternoon tea.

Whip up a batch of these rhubarb scones from Taste of Home, they’re perfect for a mid-morning treat or an afternoon bite. You can use fresh or frozen rhubarb for the recipe, and a hit of cardamom really rounds out the flavour.

Donal Skehan’s slow-roasted rhubarb is stunning and packed with flavour thanks to star anise, vanilla, honey, orange and ginger. It’s also incredibly versatile – serve it over yoghurt with granola for breakfast, with ice cream for dessert, or just on it’s own!

Sweet and creamy with strong rhubarb flavour, this no-churn rhubarb ice cream from Jo’s Kitchen Larder is refreshing and delicious!

The beauty of this ice cream is that it is also suitable for those on an egg-free diet who cannot eat regular ice cream made with egg yolks.

Doesn’t this look amazing?! Rick Stein’s show-stopping rhubarb galette is a crunchy, sweet, delight that looks as impressive as it tastes. Don’t be put off by making your own pastry – the rustic look and feel is what makes a galette so tempting!

A fruity sorbet is easy to prepare with just a few ingredients. This rhubarb sorbet from Jamie Oliver is sweet yet tart, and he serves it with a salty, crunchy pistachio brittle that provides a delicious contrast alongside.

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This cookie dough can be made in advance and chilled in the fridge until you are ready to bake them. Makes 20-30 cookies depending on size of cutter.

Ingredients:

• 325g plain flour
• 200g unsalted butter softened
• 125g golden caster sugar
• 2 large free range egg yolks
• 1-2 drops of milk (optional)
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• Chocolate tube icing
• White tube icing
• Red smarties or M&Ms

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C / 160C fan / 350F / Gas 4.
2. Combine the flour, sugar and butter until the mixture forms fine crumbs. You can do this in a food processor, or alternatively, rub the butter into the flour using your fingers and then mix in the sugar.
3. Add the egg yolks and vanilla extract and beat using a wooden spoon until a dough forms. At this stage you may need to add a little milk to help bring the dough together.
4. Wrap it in clingfilm and chill in the fridge for half an hour.
5. Roll the cookie dough out on a lightly floured surface.
6. Use a round cookie cutter to cut out your cookies.
7. Line 2-3 baking trays with parchment or baking paper.
8. Place your cookies onto baking trays and bake in the oven for 10-15 mins or until lightly golden.
9. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking tray for 10 mins before you turn them out into a cooling rack.
10. Once your cookies are cool, use a blob of the white icing to stick a red smartie on for Rudolph’s nose, and the chocolate tube icing to paint antlers and dots for eyes.
11. Enjoy!

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It’s always fascinating to see what parents are looking at on Mykidstime.com. Check out this year’s infographic:

These fun and easy to make Thanksgiving turkey cupcakes from Frugal Mom Eh will be a hit with kids of all ages.

Bake your own or use shop-bought cupcakes and decorate with chocolate buttercream. Reece’s Pieces are a great (and delicious!) choice as they come in the perfect colours for those turkey tails.

Decorating these Oreo turkey cupcakes from Kelly Stilwell makes a great family activity, and the kids will love showing off their creations! Just make sure to have a few extra Oreos ready, because they will definitely get munched along the way!

Aren’t these fun?! Cakesicles are the newest dessert trend. Bigger and easier to decorate than cake pops, these fun desserts are sure to be a hit at you next birthday or holiday celebration.

This step-by-step tutorial for Thanksgiving cakesicles from Partylicious will show you how to make any flavour cakesicles with troubleshooting and decorating tips and tricks.

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These little gobblers are a fun treat for kids!

Create your own version of these Thanksgiving turkey cupcakes from Home is Where the Boat Is using Nutter Butter cookies, licorice wattles and candy corn fantails.

If you are looking for the cutest little fall table dessert, you are going to love these scarecrow cupcakes from Enza’s Bargains. Using wafers can create the crosshatch texture that greatly resembles a straw hat, and a candy corn makes the perfect nose.

Have your kids been learning about the Pilgrims and the history of Thanksgiving at school? Tonya Staab’s pilgrim cupcakes would make a great talking point on Thanksgiving so they can tell you what they have learned.

Have you seen these cute little pie cupcakes from The Bearfoot Baker? You can create your own cherry, blueberry or apple ‘pies’ using different colours M&Ms and some piped buttercream. A little white buttercream dotted on top resembles whipped cream for the final touch!

Make your favourite cupcakes and decorate to look like cute little pumpkins. Ashlee Marie’s technique for pumpkin cupcakes is genius, with a simple switch up to raise the piping and look more pumpkin-like.

Pies typically reign supreme at Thanksgiving celebrations, but perhaps you want an alternate after-turkey treat. This adorable scarecrow cupcake cake from She Knows will undoubtedly be the hit at any Thanksgiving celebration, and also a great edible centerpiece or a fun treat for any kid’s November parties. And the best part? It’s actually quite easy to make.

Make (or buy) your favourite cupcakes and assemble them to create a scarecrow figure. Pick your colours for his clothes, then decorate with candy corn, M&Ms, liquorice and more for the finishing touches.

Chocolate leaves are a fun and delicious way to top your festive fall cakes and cupcakes. Domestically Blissful used dark chocolate to create these chocolate leaves, although you could easily use these techniques with white chocolate as well. You could even use food colouring to dye the white chocolate a variety of fall colours to create a colourful display.

You don’t need super cake decorating skills to create a showstopper! We love the simplicity of this turkey cupcake display we found on Pinterest – each cupcake is decorated with just one colour of buttercream or chocolate frosting, which makes it a quick and easy option for your Thanksgiving table.

A little creativity goes a long way to creating a Thanksgiving display your family and guests will love! We found this selection on Pinterest that offers lots of inspiration for your own Thanksgiving cupcakes, from pumpkin pie and turkey to a swirl of autumnal colours. Always have fun with your own baking!

Bake sales are always popular, and a great way to raise funds for schools, clubs, charities and other community groups. If you are planning your contribution and looking for something that is destined to sell out quickly in aid of a great cause, these Christmas bake sale ideas are perfect.

Take inspiration from all the season’s favourite – snowmen, reindeer, Santa, elves, Christmas trees and more!

Transform an ordinary cupcake treat into a festive showstopper with this idea for Christmas lights cupcakes from Baked Brie.

The kids will enjoy decorating these vanilla cupcakes with marshmallows to create fun snowman cupcakes. You can find the recipe and instructions over on Cooking Classy.

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This is the perfect bake sale idea for when you need to whip up a treat in a hurry! These snowman kebabs from Forkly are so easy you won’t even need a recipe.

Start with some skewers (or straws if for young children), then thread on three large marshmallows, and use some food-safe pens to decorate the snowmen’s coal eyes and mouth, carrot nose, and twig arms!

Using a traditional cupcake recipe these super-cute Rudolph Buns are sure to be a hit at your bake sale.

If you are pressed for time and don’t have time to make chocolate icing simply melt your favourite chocolate bar and dip the buns into the melted chocolate before decorating.

Or if you fancy Rice Krispie buns instead, then these Rudolf Reindeer Crispy Cakes from Eats Amazing are also fun to make.

Can you imagine the glee on the children’s faces when they see little bags of reindeer poop?!

This is one that’s more about the presentation, so get our printable reindeer poop tags here – as well as a catchy little rhyme that will provide plenty of giggles!

Is there anything more delicious than the combination of peppermint and chocolate? Particularly when there’s icing and sprinkles involved? These Christmas tree brownies from One Little Project are perfect for packing up as a gift…if you can bear to part with any!

At this time of year, a nice hot mug of cocoa is welcoming and very popular. Make your own DIY chocolate stirrers for the bake sale with these instructions from Darice, You could package them up nicely in individual cellophane bags.

This festive cranberry and white chocolate chip cookies recipe was submitted by parent Deirdre C for our MyKidsTime Christmas Treats Recipe Competition.

I have made them myself and can assure you that they are not just for Christmas, but are delicious year round!

Another finalist in our MyKidsTime Best Christmas Cookie Competition, Rosie’s Melting Snowman Cookies.

These cookies only contain a few ingredients and if you’re stuck for time (or inclination!), you could cheat by using shop bought biscuits and decorating them!

And finally, Christmas bake sales would not be complete without Gingerbread People. They are fun to make, decorate and eat – and they make the house smell fantastic too.

Here is a very easy and tasty gingerbread men recipe that you will enjoy making with your kids!

You’ve gone to all the trouble to make lovely home baked treats, so why not consider packaging them nicely for display? Kin Community has neat ideas in this video.

Makes 12

Ingredients:

For the base:

• 100g crisped rice cereal
• 50g butter
• 400g milk chocolate

For the caramel layer:

• 1 x 397g tin condensed milk
• 75g butter
• 100g brown sugar
• 1 tbsp golden syrup

For the topping:

• 300g milk chocolate
• 100ml cream

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Method:

1. Grease and line a 9 inch/23cm square tin.
2. To make the base, place the crisped rice in a large bowl.
3. Place the chocolate and butter together in another bowl. Microwave for 1 minute, stir, then continue to microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each burst, until melted.
4. Add the melted chocolate to the crisped rice and stir.
5. Spoon the mix into the lined tin, press down into an even layer and refrigerate.
6. To make the caramel layer, place the condensed milk, butter, sugar and golden syrup in a saucepan.
7. Heat on medium, stirring constantly, until bubbling – do not heat on high, as it will burn. Reduce the heat and simmer for around 10 minutes, until it reduces and darkens a bit.
8. Pour the mix over the chilled crisped rice, smooth it out, and stick it in the freezer for 20 minutes.
9. For the topping, add the cream to the chocolate and microwave in short bursts until the chocolate has melted. Stir well to combine.
10. Pour the topping over the caramel layer, and replace in the fridge for at least an hour.
11. When set, remove from the tin, trim the edges and cut into squares.
12. They keep for 3–4 days in an airtight container.

Recipe from Lili’s Family Favourites – Tasty, fuss-free recipes the whole family will love by Lili Forberg. Published by The O’Brien Press (€19.99/£17.99). Images © Lili Forberg

Isn’t this unicorn cake just adorable? Cake Style made this cake for her daughter’s birthday, and has done a full video tutorial to show you how to recreate it at home.

Next up is this unicorn cutie from Cake 2 The Rescue – while this one is made from a kit, you could easily recreate it by using a hand-drawn stencil and cutting the shape from a rectangular cake, just like the cake above.

The signature of a unicorn cake is the magical, glittering unicorn horn. Learn how to make the perfect one for your cakes with this great tutorial from Baker’s Party Shop – just increase the size for larger cakes.

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This fun unicorn cake idea is from Pinterest – all it takes is a plain white cake and strands of multi-coloured fondant ‘hair’ that you can just lay into place. A silver horn, some cute little unicorn ears and a few wired stars finish the magical look.

This is possibly one of the cutest unicorns ever! The Icing Artist uses a dome-shaped cake to create this unicorn cake, embellishing with pastel buttercream hair and some cartoon-inspired eyes – gorgeous!

Whipped Bake Shop made this delightfully simple and eye-catching unicorn cake by laying pieces of fondant on to a plain white cake to create the unicorn features. A glittery gold unicorn horn is the perfect finishing touch.

Make a double-height cake and majestic horn for your unicorn, and you could recreate this rainbow-maned cake. While this one is available as part of Craftsy kit, you can take inspiration from the finished product to make your unicorn cake.

Short on time, or baking skill? Transform a plain sheet cake into a unicorn cake like this version from Cakes.com. A multicoloured buttercream mane, unicorn horn, ears and some fluttering lashes are all that’s needed to make a drastic difference to a plain homemade (or shop-bought) traybake.

We found this unicorn cake on Pinterest, and just love the way the unicorn has been created over two tiers. Rainbow hair, hearts and a sweetie border finish this unicorn off in style!

If you’re looking to recreate the unicorn emoji in cake form, then this is the tutorial you need! Thanks to Zoe’s Fancy Cakes for the great step-by-step video.

Piped roses look fantastic, and are the perfect choice for unicorn ‘hair’ on your cake. You can see how to make them with this great buttercream rose tutorial – you never know when it may come in handy, as it’s particularly impressive for bake sale or birthday party cupcakes.

You could also put it into action with these unicorn cake ideas…

This unicorn cake from Sugar Geek Show features a rounded top, a clean white ganache covering, a marbled candy unicorn horn, and a bright, delicious buttercream mane – and not forgetting those amazing lashes!

Another fantastic example is this one from Rosie’s Dessert Spot which uses multicoloured roses for an enchanting mane.

These showstopping cupcakes, as seen on Party Delights, will go down a treat at any unicorn birthday party – even though they’re almost too good to eat!

Dress up the simplest of cupcakes with this swirled buttercream and unicorn horn, with full instructions from Cupcake Recepten (the page is in Dutch, but translates well into English).

…while The Crumb Canvas shows that different piping tips can create a varied effect for the mane.

Kids (and adults) will love these unicorn cupcake cones from My Heavenly Recipes – they are ideal for parties, bake sales or just a weekend treat!

A pull-apart cupcake cake is a fantastic centrepiece for any party, and we love this one from So Yummy (first up in the video) – they’ll be fighting over all the delicious bite-size treats, so making extra is definitely a good idea!