Here are the best Instant Pot dessert recipes ever! Chocolate, fruit, cake, and brownies in a pressure cooker you’ll love! Whether you want something sweet for brunch or after dinner we have a lot of sweet treats you can make without turning your oven on!
If you just got a pressure cooker and you’re ready to make some quick and delicious desserts. Here’s a big list of easy Instant Pot dessert recipes you can try! This roundup is now included in our long list of favorite Instant Pot recipes. (affiliate links present)
Ninja Foodi Dessert Recipes
You can use your Mealthy, Crockpot Express or make easy Ninja Foodi recipes using these recipes too. They all basically work the same way using the high pressure function for almost all of the creations below.
I will continue to add more when I make them but for now here are 31 quick easy dessert recipes that should keep you busy and licking your lips for a while! 😉
If you are new to pressure cooking we have a lot of easy one pot meal recipes for you here. To begin with let’s start with a few basic tips:
- Make sure to Bookmark our InstaPot recipes page. We add new ones each week!
- Then PRINT this —–> Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet that will help you understand how long meat, vegetables and beans take to cook in your pressure cooker.
- I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot.
- You should know how to deglaze a pressure cooker after sautéing but it won’t have as many issues with this better liner.
For reference, this is the model I have (a 6 quart) and use for all recipe creations.
If you are wondering what all the Instant Pot hype is about, let me tell you how much I love mine! I have this one here which was the most inexpensive and basic model out there. I haven’t needed any more and it works perfectly for breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes.
Instant Pot Desserts
Since then I’ve made those several more times because they’re so easy and just to die for! Here are a few of our favorites. Let us know which ones you love!
Pressure cooker donuts are so good and fun to make…we will start with a peek at those! You can enjoy as is or with melted chocolate dipped on the outside with all the sprinkles and decorations you want. We have even made Dulce de Leche Pressure Cooker and used that as a sweet dip for these.
Pressure Cooker Dessert Recipes
If there is a need for a pan I will mention it in the post itself with a link to where you can order it online too. Cakes often times use a small springform pan which make it easy to lift out without breakage.
- Instant Pot angel food cake
- Decadent Instant Pot chocolate pudding cake
- Lovely Instant Pot lemon poppy seed cake
- Easy Instant Pot cheesecake recipe for beginners
- The best Instant Pot pumpkin apple cake
- Instant Pot cake – we made cherry but you can choose your flavor
So good Instant Pot pineapple upside down cake is my middle daughters’ favorite sweet. Small version or larger bundt cake version available.
What are some really nice IP dessert recipes?
Instant Pot banana french toast is always a winner for a sweet breakfast or served after dinner. You should start with something that you have all of the ingredients for already and has great reviews so you know it is no fail. I will say that something like a rice pudding is a bit more temperamental but so worth it once you have the hang of things.
Any good dessert recipes that don’t require accessories?
Our plain, coconut or sweet Instant Pot chocolate rice pudding needs just the pot itself so that is a good one. Another fave is our 1 minute Instant Pot apple crisp where you just throw it all in there and go.
- and Instant Pot peach cobbler
- Make some Instant Pot bread pudding and you’ll be in heaven
- You’ve gotta’ try this Instant Pot caramel popcorn
Have you tried our Instant Pot brownies yet? (plain or fill with peanut butter…it’s amazing)
Can you bake with an Instant Pot?
Yes, you should try it with our monkey bread which is loaded with caramel bits and is an amazing dessert. Could even be breakfast really! Where we lived in Ca. it would get to 110 degrees regularly in the summertime so this was a great way to “bake” without heating up my house.
Yet another fantastic treat is this great Pressure cooker chocolate lava cake, it is incredibly ooey gooey.
What is the cake function on an Instant Pot?
The cake function on an Instant Pot is specifically designed for baking cakes, particularly cheesecakes, sponge cakes, and other moist cakes. It uses a combination of heat and steam to create a controlled environment similar to a water bath, ensuring a tender and evenly cooked result.
How to use cake function on Instant Pot
- Prepare Instant Pot
- Add 1–2 cups of water to the inner pot.
- Place a trivet inside to keep the cake pan above the water.
- Use a Pan
- Use a 6- or 7-inch springform pan or another Instant Pot-compatible pan that fits inside your pressure cooker.
- Set to Cake Function
- Select the “Cake” function on your Instant Pot and adjust the time according to your recipe (typically 25–40 minutes, depending on the cake).
- Use Natural Pressure Release
- Let the pressure release naturally after cooking to avoid deflating or cracking the cake.
Above is our Instant Pot monkey bread we love and a great pull apart idea that is sticky sweet and to die for. Instant Pot dulce de leche cheesecake is another fave.
Chocolate Instant Pot Desserts
Instant Pot chocolate mousse is oh so amazing as well. One of our favorite silky smooth pudding recipes for the Instant Pot.
- Best Instant Pot chocolate cheesecake
- Amazing Instant Pot chocolate lava cake
- OH MY Instant Pot better than sex chocolate lava cake
- Coconut and chocolate Instant Pot samoa chocolate cake is great with ice cream on top.
How to make pudding in a pressure cooker
Here are a few electric pressure cooker desserts that are sure to make you want more. My Instant Pot rice pudding is one of the most popular desserts on my blog.
You can see our Instant Pot tapioca pudding below. We love it and make several batches a month. Here is our amazing Instant Pot rice pudding. It gets five stars from everyone who makes it. Instant Pot creme brulee is another fave too.
I have people say over and over again how amazing it is! It is warm and really creamy. I have made a dairy free Instant Pot rice pudding (included in the rice pudding link) too.
Pressure cooker cake recipes
Our Instant Pot banana bread can be served as a sweet treat too. It melts in your mouth and certainly could be considered more than breakfast. Pressure cooking makes baking easy and super moist.
- Fall fave Instant Pot pumpkin chocolate chip bundt cake
- Instant Pot mug cakes
- Book full of even more Instant Pot recipes here
- Our favorite apple Instant Pot dump cake
If you’re new to cooking in your Instant Pot don’t be intimidated. I was when I got mine and it stayed in the box for a few months. Our Instant Pot carrot cake is pretty awesome. I love baking when it is way to hot outside for the oven.
Instant Pot Dessert Recipes
Equipment
- 1 pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 2 c cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 c pineapple juice
- 6 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/4 c pineapple tidbits
- 6 cherries
Instructions
- Mix together cake mix, egg, oil, and pineapple juice until smooth. Lay maraschino cherries and pineapple tidbits down in a pattern on the bottom of your mini bundt pan.
- Sprinkle brown sugar on top of that. Pour cake batter on top. Cover with foil. Put trivet at bottom of Instant Pot. Pour 1.5 c. water around it.
- Put pan with cake mix ingredients on top of trivet. Close IP and steam valve. Set to pressure, high, for 25 minutes.
- When done do a natural release for 10 min. Then release rest of steam. Open foil and allow to cool. Flip pan over carefully and serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made the apple crisp in the cake pan recommended by instapot
It was great; however maybe you should only make it if you have company. There are only two of us. I left the apple crisp in the cake pan and refrigerated it The next day the cake was as hard as cement.
Is there any resolution for this?
Serve the leftovers warm. Slightly heat in the microwave and the apple crisp is good to go again. Like you, we only have 2 people, so most of our recipes I cut in half. Funny though, my mom always likes her crisps warm/hot, my husband likes his chilled. Good luck.