8 Desserts in 1 Pan
Serves 20 Time 2 hours Difficulty 4/5 Ingredients 41 Steps 30
This one-pan recipe merges eight desserts together on a single baking sheet. The original recipe by Buzzfeed Tasty went viral on YouTube in 2018, with the video amassing over 50 million views. This recipe takes inspiration from the original, combining multiple recipes for cakes, pies, and cookies into one.
Ingredients
Cookie dough
- 1¼ sticks (150 g) butter, softened
- ½ cup (90 g) light brown sugar
- ½ cup (90 g) golden superfine sugar
- 1 US large / UK standard egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour, more if needed
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups (180 g) chocolate chips
- 1 small bag (approximately ⅓ cup / 40 g) M&Ms
S'mores
- 115 g chocolate
- 1 cup (60 g) mini marshmallows
Brownie batter
- 1 package (15 oz / 425 g) brownie mix
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons (40 ml) vegetable oil
- 2½ tablespoons (37.5 ml) water
Apple pie filling
- 1 ea. (approximately 260 g) Bramley or green cooking apple
- 4 tablespoons golden superfine sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
Pumpkin pie filling
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup (55 g) superfine sugar
- ¼ cup (45 g) light brown sugar
- 1 cup (250 g) pumpkin purée
- ⅓ cup (80 ml) heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 heaped teaspoon mixed spice
Banana bread batter
- ½ stick (60 g) butter, softened
- ⅓ cup (70 g) sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ cup (70 g) self-rising flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 banana, mashed
Cheesecake filling
- 125 g mascarpone
- 1¼ cup (300 g) cream cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (110 g) superfine sugar
Assembly
- 8 graham crackers
- 2 sheets shortcrust pastry
Steps
Cookie dough
- Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl until fluffy and very light.
- Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Fold in flour, salt and baking soda to form a soft dough that is not sticky.
- Fold in chocolate chips to distribute.
- Divide dough equally into two bowls. Mix M&Ms into one. Set both aside.
Brownie batter
- Combine brownie mix with egg, oil and water to form a very thick batter, slightly softer than cookie dough. Set aside.
Apple pie filling
- Line a baking sheet with paper towels.
- Core and roughly chop apple. Transfer to prepared sheet and fold towel in half. Set aside 1 hour.
- Combine sugar, cinnamon and flour in a bowl.
- Add apple. Mix by hand to coat. Set aside.
Pumpkin pie filling
- Whisk egg and sugar in mixing bowl until smooth.
- Mix in other ingredients until smooth. Set aside.
Banana bread batter
- Cream butter and sugar until soft and fluffy.
- Combine in other ingredients until smooth. Set aside.
Cheesecake filling
- Combine all ingredients until smooth. Set aside.
Assembly
- Preheat oven to 150°C (302°F).
- Cut baking paper to the size of the baking pan. Pencil and ruler: divide into 8 equal sections, halved length-wise and quartered width-wise, as in the layout diagram. Annotate sections as in the diagram.
- Grease baking pan. Line with annotated paper.
- Shape both cookie doughs into rectangles 4½×6½ inches (11.5×16.5 cm). Align with their sections.
- Break graham crackers into smaller rectangles. Stand them on edge along the borders of the s'mores section, pressed against the cookie doughs, to form walls.
- Place two graham crackers on the bottom of the s'mores section as base. Distribute chocolate on top, then sprinkle with marshmallows.
- Spread brownie batter over its section; it should hold its shape. With wet hands or a spatula, gently press the right wall of batter to align with the right wall of the M&Ms cookie dough.
- If necessary, press pastry dough sheets together to cover both the pumpkin pie and apple pie sections. Press dough over the right side of the pan, up three walls. Trim any overhang.
- Stand a long strip of dough on edge as a wall between the pie section and the rest of the pan. Press to seal with existing dough.
- Use another strip as a wall between the pumpkin and apple sections. Press to seal.
- Spread apple pie and pumpkin pie fillings in their sections.
- Make graham cracker walls around the cheesecake section and line the bottom with graham crackers. Spread cheesecake filling over top.
- Spread banana bread batter in the last section.
- Bake 1 hour in preheated oven. Transfer to wire rack. Cool completely.
- Slice into 32 squares (4 along the longer sides, 8 along the smaller sides).
Notes from the original
- If the cookie dough is too sticky to handle, knead in additional flour, 1 tablespoon at a time.
- You can decorate the cheesecake section with some raspberries.
- Slices can have up to 4 flavors depending on how you cut it.
Source. Adapted from “Cookbook:8 Desserts in 1 Pan” by Wikibooks contributors, revision of 2026-04-08, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Changes. Steps rewritten into short commands. Introduction shortened. Wiki formatting removed. This adapted recipe is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo. 8-desserts-1-pan-layout.png by Kittycataclysm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia. Resized; otherwise unchanged.