10 desserts in cups

If you want an easy, cheap and versatile dessert to show off at any festivity or celebration, here we have what you are looking for: desserts in cups. Sweets in cups allow you to have variety on the table and are an excellent opportunity to let your creativity run wild while they bail you out. These treats are so easy to make that even kids can help. Don’t wait any longer and enjoy this special selection of 10 quick and perfect cup desserts to surprise your guests. Truly irresistible!

Chia and coconut pudding

This easy and healthy mini dessert will captivate you with its flavor and texture. In addition, you will have it ready in a 2×3. The best? The chia and coconut pudding is suitable for all audiences!

Ingredients

• 2 glasses of coconut milk (other milks of animal or vegetable origin also work)
• ½ cup of chia seeds
• 1 tbsp. maple syrup, agave or honey
• 1 splash of vanilla essence (or ½ pod)
• ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch ground cardamom (optional)
• 1 handful of grated coconut
• Mango and/or other fruits (chopped)

Preparation

1. Mix the coconut milk, cinnamon, ground cardamom, vanilla and sweetener in a bowl. Bat with rods.
2. Add the chia seeds and mix again. Wait a few minutes and beat again.
3. Pour the mixture into small glasses, jars or glasses and cover them with plastic wrap.
4. Refrigerate them for at least 8 hours (better 24 hours or more).
5. When serving, place the mango pieces in each glass. Finally, sprinkle with a handful of grated coconut.

Makes 2 servings.

Yogurt cups with natural strawberries

Another of the desserts in fruit cups that need very few ingredients (only 3!) are these yogurt cups with natural strawberries. They are prepared very quickly, they are very cheap and… they are delicious!

Ingredients

• 4 strawberries
• 1 strawberry yogurt (0% fat)
• 2 Chinquapin or Maria cookies (chopped)
• 4 walnuts (chopped)
• 1 tsp. sugar or honey

Preparation

1. Place cookies, nuts, and sweetener in blender. Blend until the ingredients show a fine texture.
2. Empty the crumbs (from cookies and nuts), into the transparent cups.
3. Pour yogurt into each glass.
4. Chop 2 strawberries and distribute them over the yogurt, in both glasses.

Makes about 2 servings.

Fruit and cereal parfait

Among the desserts in a glass without an oven, the parfait is a very versatile one. It is great, whether you prepare it with granola, cereal, cookie or cake. Also, you can choose between doing it with ice cream or yogurt, but yes, fruit is essential!

Ingredients

• 3 green apples
• 3 pears
• 4 kiwis
• 4 peaches (small)
• 10 strawberries (large)
• 500 ml of yogurt (flavor to taste)
• Honey bee (to taste)
• 250g granola
• 5 glass glasses (large)

Preparation

1. Wash all the fruits very well.
2. Chop the peach, apples, and pears into medium cubes, the strawberries into slices, and the kiwi into slices. Book everything separately.
3. Arrange the glasses to assemble the dessert.
4. Add the fruits to the bottom of each glass. First the peaches, then the strawberries and finally the kiwi.
5. Pour a good portion of yogurt over the fruits, until they are completely covered. This is how the first layer is ready.
6. Add the apple and pear squares on top of the yogurt base to form the second layer of the dessert.
7. Finally, add the granola over the fruit and decorate with a strawberry arranged on the edge of the glass.

Yield for approximately 5 servings.

Carrot cake or carrot cake in a glass

Carrot cake is very successful for its sweet and spicy flavor. Now imagine a glass with pieces of this cake dipped in cream cheese frosting and decorated with raisins and crushed walnuts, is there anything more festive?

Ingredients

• 1 carrot cake or carrot cake
• 1 package cream cheese
• 259g icing sugar
• 100g butter (at room temperature)
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

1. Cut the carrot cake into cubes or crumble it (you can make it at home or buy it).
2. Prepare the coverage with this cream cheese bitumen recipe. Reserve in the fridge.
3. Proceed to assemble the dessert. First, arrange the cubes or cake crumbs in a glass.
4. Cover with bitumen.
5. Repeat the process until the glass is full.
6. Give the final touch by decorating with raisins and/or chopped or crushed nuts to taste.

Makes approximately 8-10 servings.

Brownie with cream cheese and cherries in a small glass

Cherry cream cheese brownies? Imagine the intense flavor of chocolate, together with the smoothness of cream cheese and the sweetness of cherries. It really is an unforgettable dessert!

Ingredients

• 6 brownies cut into 2 cm cubes
• 400g cream cheese
• 2 tbsp. cherry jam (40 g)
• 100g whole cherries (candied or fresh)

Preparation

1. Cut the brownies into cubes and reserve.
2. Heat the jam in a saucepan and add 2 tablespoons of water. Let it cool down to room temperature.
3. Beat the cream cheese in a bowl until you get a creamy consistency. Add the cherry jam and beat again until fully incorporated.
4. Put several brownie cubes in each cup.
5. Add the cherry cream cheese on top.
6. Garnish with fresh cherries (whole or halved).
7. Serve at the moment.

Makes approximately 8-10 servings.

Fruit and cookie cups

This recipe is very easy, it contains few ingredients and you will love the result. In addition, you will have twice as much fun if you prepare it with children, since it is an inexpensive dessert in small glasses and without an oven.

Ingredients

• Fresh fruit, assorted and chopped (with firm pulp and not very ripe)
• 1 package of Maria cookies (crushed)
• Crushed nuts of your choice (optional)
• 1 tbsp. unsalted butter (for every 15 cookies)
• Cream cheese bitumen, pastry cream, whipped cream, yogurt or condensed milk

Preparation

1. Chop the fruit, crush the biscuit and crush the nuts. Book everything separately.
2. Add the melted butter to the crushed cookies.
3. Assemble the dessert, divided into several small glasses.
4. Arrange a bed of crumbs inside each glass.
5. Add a layer of crushed nuts.
6. Arrange another layer with chopped fresh fruit.
7. Finally, pour the coverage of your choice (whipped cream, pastry cream, English cream, among others) and decorate to your liking.

Makes approximately 8-10 servings.

Mango dessert

If you want to show off at any celebration, I invite you to prepare this mango dessert recipe. A quick, creamy, tasty, elegant and exotic dessert in small glasses. No one would think that it is so easy to prepare!

Ingredients

• 5 mangoes (ripe)
• 1 can of condensed milk
• 1 can of heavy cream
• 8 tbsp. sugar
• 1 pinch of salt

Preparation

1. Peel and chop the mangoes.
2. Crush the mango pieces in the blender. Once you get the pulp, pour it into a bowl.
3. Add inside the bowl: mango pulp, sugar, condensed milk and a pinch of salt. Reserve this mixture.
4. Assemble the milk cream, using electric rods.
5. Add the whipped cream to the reserved mixture. Do it little by little and using a spatula, adding moderate portions of the cream, while applying enveloping movements. Continue like this until you incorporate it completely.
6. Assemble the desserts in small glasses and refrigerate (minimum two hours) until serving time.

Yield for approximately 5 servings.

White chocolate mousse with almond crumble in small cups

This mousse has the delicate flavor of white chocolate and a very creamy texture that you will love. The crumble gives it contrast, due to its subtly crispy consistency. You will love this dessert in cups!

Ingredients

For the mousse:

• 500 ml of cream
• 200g white chocolate
• 1 sheet of gelatin

For the express crumble:

• 50 g almonds (ground)
• 150g biscuits (crushed)
• 125g brown sugar
• 100 g softened butter
• 1 tbsp. vanilla extract

For decoration:

• 100g dark chocolate
• 12 strawberries
• Mint leaves

Preparation

For the mousse:

1. Hydrate the gelatin with cold water.
2. Prepare a water bath and pour 100 ml of liquid cream into a saucepan. Let it warm up.
3. Add the chopped white chocolate and stir until completely melted.
4. Add the gelatin and continue stirring, until you get a homogeneous cream.
5. Let it cool to room temperature and reserve.
6. Whip the remaining cream (400 ml).
7. Mix the whipped cream with the reserved preparation. Integrate both, using enveloping movements.
8. Let rest, until it acquires body.

For the crumble:

1. Crush the cookies without turning them into powder.
2. Mix them with the crushed almonds, the brown sugar and the butter until you see that they become consistent crumbs. Booking.

For decoration:

1. Melt the dark chocolate in a bain-marie.
2. Cut the strawberries in half, vertically.
3. Dip them in chocolate and let them cool on parchment paper. Booking.

To the presentation:

1. Inside a glass, pour the mousse, add the reserved strawberries and spread the crumbleon top. Give the final touch by decorating with mint or peppermint leaves.

Makes approximately 4-6 servings.

Tip: The traditional crumble is baked and contains: wheat flour, sugar, almond flour, softened butter and vanilla.

Cup of chocolate pancetta with orange reduction

Although pancetta visually reminds us of flan, its taste is milkier and its texture is more similar to jelly. To create this express version, you need few ingredients and spend very little time preparing it. It will definitely be on your list of the best desserts in easy, delicious and fast cups!

Ingredients

• 250ml milk
• 250 ml cream
• 150g milk chocolate
• 2 jellies sheets
• 1 vanilla pod
• 3 oranges
• 80g sugar
• Mint leaves to taste

Preparation

For the pancetta:

1. Add the cream and milk in a saucepan. Preferably in a water bath.
2. Add the open vanilla pod and wait until the preparation is hot.
3. Hydrate the gelatin in cold water, drain it and add it to the saucepan.
4. Stir until the gelatin dissolves.
5. Add the chocolate and stir until melted.
6. Distribute the preparation in glasses and refrigerate.

For the orange reduction:

1. Peel the oranges and remove the white areas (also discard the seeds).
2. Chop them and place them in another saucepan.
3. Add sugar and wait until it boils.
4. Strain and refrigerate.

To the presentation:

1. Pour the orange reduction on top of each chocolate pancetta.
2. Garnish with mint.

Makes approximately 4 servings.

Cups of Pavlov’s

Australian Pavlov is a baked meringue based tart topped with mousse, cream and assorted fruit. This express version in cups will captivate you and your guests.

Ingredients

• 3 meringues or large sighs
• Lemon curd(lemon cream)
• 250g mascarpone cheese
• icing or impalpable sugar to taste

Preparation

1. Mix the mascarpone cheese with sugar to taste and reserve.
2. Crumble the meringues into large pieces and reserve.
3. Assemble the dessert by placing a couple of tablespoons of lemon curdin the bottom of each glass.
4. Add the meringue crumbs.
5. Use a pastry bag to pipe the mascarpone over the meringue pieces.
6. Decorate with red fruits, grated chocolate and a mint.

Lemon dessert

This pastry classic could not be missing from our list. This dessert in a glass is very sweet but not cloying, and is full of refreshing citrus notes. Without a doubt, it is an exquisite proposal that will delight both adults and children.

Ingredients

• 250 ml milk cream
• 250 ml condensed milk
• 4 lemons (large)
• 200 g sweet biscuits (crushed)
• 12 glasses (small)

Preparation

1. Pour the condensed milk and the milk cream into a bowl. Beat until the ingredients are fully integrated.
2. Without stopping to beat, add the lemon juice. You will notice that the mixture acquires a thick texture.
3. Now assemble the candy, start by adding the crushed cookies to the bottom of each glass.
4. Add the lemon cream to fill half of each glass.
5. Place another layer of cookies and more lemon cream.
6. Sprinkle with lemon zest and refrigerate. Wait at least 3 hours or until you get a dessert with a firm texture.

Makes approximately 12 servings.

Three milk cake in glasses

Tress leeches cake is a classic of traditional Venezuelan sweets, as well as other Latin American countries. This sweet is a sponge cake bathed in three types of milk (condensed, evaporated and milk cream). The result is a juicy, soft, very sweet and tasty dessert.

Ingredients

• 1 sponge cake
• 200 ml condensed milk
• 200 ml evaporated milk
• 120 ml of milk cream
• 1 cup of whipped cream
• 2 tbsp. cinnamon

Preparation

1. Cut the simple cake with a cookie cutter (round).
2. Place the circles of the cake inside the glasses. Prick the entire surface of the biscuits.
3. Pour the three milks into a saucepan, stir and wait until hot.
4. Add 5 tablespoons of the milk mixture on the cake, wait until they are absorbed. Next step, add 2 or 3 additional tbsp. and spread them where you see dry or slightly moist spaces.
5. Refrigerate the glasses for 3 hours or overnight.
6. Before serving, decorate with whipped cream and cinnamon powder.

Yield for approximately 5 servings.

Fruit salad with yogurt for children

This fruit salad is a version of the famous bonbon salad or ambrosia fruit salad, traditional in Mexico and the United States (Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama). This version contains a harmonious combination of sweet and healthy ingredients, truly irresistible. An ideal dessert for big occasions: Christmas, New Years, Thanksgiving, birthdays, among others.

Ingredients

• 400 g of forest fruits (fresh or in syrup)
• 1 can of peach or peach in syrup
• 450g yogurt
• 1 can of condensed milk
• 50g grated coconut
• 100 g of almonds (or any dried fruit)
• 400 g of marshmallows (clouds or marshmallow)

Elaboration

• Drain peach in syrup, reserving syrup and fruit separately.
• Pour the yogurt and condensed milk into a bowl. Mix until both ingredients are integrated.
• Add the fresh fruits to the preparation (already washed) and mix carefully (we don’t want to mistreat the fruit).
• Add the reserved drained fruit and mix carefully.
• Finally, add the rest of the ingredients and mix again. If the mixture is too thick, thin it with the reserved syrup.
• Serve it in glasses and enjoy.