Easy Instant Pot dessert recipes like our pressure cooker brownies with chocolate 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!

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If you just got a pressure cooker and you’re ready to make some quick and delicious desserts. Here’s a big list you can try! This roundup is now included in our long list of favorite Instant Pot recipes. (affiliate links present)

Instant Pot Desserts

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! ๐Ÿ˜‰

in Ninja Foodi

You can use your Mealthy, Crockpot Express or make 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.

instant pot chocolate pudding cake

If you are wondering what all the Instant Pot hype is about, let me tell you how much I love mine! I have the most basic model out there to make our peanut butter Instant Pot brownies and all the things. I haven’t needed any more and it works perfectly for breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes.

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

So good Instant Pot pineapple upside down cake is my middle daughters’ favorite sweet. Small version or larger bundt cake version available.

Instant Pot Pineapple Upside Down Cake 2

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.

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.

A brownie with a gooey peanut butter center, elegantly served on a white plate.

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 lava cake recipe with chocolate chips is incredibly ooey gooey.

How to use cake function on Instant Pot

  1. 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.
  2. Use a Pan
    • Use a 6- or 7-inch springform pan or another Instant Pot-compatible pan that fits inside your pressure cooker.
  3. 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).
  4. 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.

A bowl of creamy tapioca pudding with a sprinkle of cinnamon rests on an orange napkin, showcasing one of the finest instant pot dessert recipes.

Chocolate Desserts

Instant Pot chocolate mousse is oh so amazing as well. One of our favorite silky smooth pudding recipes for the Instant Pot.

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.

instant pot rice pudding

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.

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 dump cake
A bowl of creamy rice pudding, effortlessly crafted using instant pot dessert recipes, is topped with shredded coconut and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
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Instant Pot Dessert Recipe

By Justine
Easy Instant Pot Dessert Recipes you can make in any pressure cooker pip or directly in the pot itself. From lava cake to rice pudding to cakes and more.
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 25 minutes
Servings: 6

Equipment

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
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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

Serving: 1oz, Calories: 475kcal, Carbohydrates: 75g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 18g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 10g, Trans Fat: 0.2g, Cholesterol: 55mg, Sodium: 597mg, Potassium: 127mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 43g, Vitamin A: 91IU, Vitamin C: 4mg, Calcium: 184mg, Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Instant Pot Dessert Recipes

About Justine

Justine is the creative mind behind The Typical Mom and The Typical Family on YouTube. She began blogging about easy recipes, budget friendly activities for kids, and fun family travel destinations in September 2012.

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2 Comments

  1. 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?

    1. 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.