13 Easy Desserts You Can Make With a Can of Biscuit Dough

Updated on 6/20/2018 at 5:40 PM

When you pick up a can of refrigerated biscuit dough, you might not plan on using it for dessert — but these recipes prove you should be. We're considering this an ode to the versatile recipes you can make with biscuit dough and highlighting all the sweet treats you could imagine: easy monkey bread, quick beignets, cinnamon-sugar doughnut holes, and much more. The recipes couldn't be easier, and no one has to know your secret ingredient!

3-Minute Doughnut Holes

Besides optional toppings like crushed Oreos and caramel sauce, these fast and easy doughnut holes only require biscuit dough, vegetable oil, and sugar.

Get the recipe: three-minute doughnut holes

Easy Monkey Bread

Cinnamon-sugar monkey bread is a pull-apart dessert ideal for sharing, and you can make things easy on yourself by using refrigerated biscuit dough as a shortcut.

Get the recipe: easy monkey bread

Ice Cream Churro Cones

You'll forget all about waffle cones once you try these soft and sugary ice cream cones that taste exactly like churros.

Get the recipe: ice cream churro cones

Homemade Cronuts

Hack one of the most popular bakery desserts — the Cronut — with this doable recipe that calls for refrigerated dinner rolls as a shortcut.

Get the recipe: easy homemade Cronuts

Hedgehog Doughnut Holes

If this isn't the cutest dessert that's ever existed, we don't know what is.

Get the recipe: hedgehog doughnut holes

Chocolate Red Wine Biscuit Doughnuts

Yes, there is actual red wine in the chocolate sauce for these homemade doughnuts, which gives them a rich, smooth flavor.

Get the recipe: chocolate red wine biscuit doughnuts

Crispy Cinnamon Sugar Biscuit Bites

Sort of like doughnut holes, these crispy cinnamon sugar biscuit bites are so good, you'll be popping them one by one into your mouth.

Get the recipe: crispy cinnamon sugar biscuit bites

Biscuit Beignets

These three-ingredient beignets will have you saying, "Why didn't I think of this sooner?"

Get the recipe: biscuit beignets

Skillet Apple Biscuits

After softening apples in a pan with butter and heavy cream, all you have to do is add biscuit dough, a cinnamon-sugar topping, and the apples to a cast-iron skillet until everything is bubbly and browned.

Get the recipe: skillet apple biscuits

Deep-Fried Cadbury Creme Eggs

These deep-fried Cadbury Creme Eggs are what state-fair food dreams are made of.

Get the recipe: deep-fried Cadbury Creme Eggs

Apple Dumpling Monkey Bread

This irresistible dessert has buttermilk biscuits, brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon — what could be bad about that?

Get the recipe: apple dumpling monkey bread

Cinnamon Peach Bread Pudding

Put fresh peaches to good use with this incredibly easy cinnamon peach bread pudding — just don't forget the ice cream.

Get the recipe: cinnamon peach bread pudding

Chocolate Caramel Monkey Bread

This biscuit-based monkey bread is completely overloaded with chocolate and caramel (in a good way).

Get the recipe: chocolate caramel monkey bread