Brownies
Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies
Cream Cheese SwirlmediumCleanup score 2 of 5
Cheap eats
184 recipes that come to about $2 a serving or less, worked out from each recipe's own ingredient list and U.S. average grocery prices. Cheapest first.
Estimate; prices vary by store and region. U.S. average prices for September 2026 from BLS Average Price Data and USDA ERS Purchase to Plate prices updated with the BLS Consumer Price Index. A recipe shows a figure only when we can price at least 85% of its ingredients by weight; salt, spices and anything we can't match aren't in the total.
43 recipes in Desserts, page 2 of 2
Recipes
About $0.40 a serving (estimate)
Pound Cake
Lemon Cream Cheese Bundt Pound Cake
Lemon Bundt with GlazemediumCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.40 a serving (estimate)
Chocolate Cupcakes
Chocolate Cupcakes with Fudge Frosting
Cocoa with Fudge FrostingeasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.45 a serving (estimate)
Vanilla Cupcakes
Fluffy Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream
ClassiceasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.45 a serving (estimate)
Chocolate Sheet Cake
One-Bowl Chocolate Sheet Cake with Fudgy Frosting
One-BowleasyCleanup score 3 of 5
About $0.50 a serving (estimate)
Fruit Crumble Bars
Raspberry Oat Crumble Bars
Raspberry OateasyCleanup score 4 of 5
About $0.50 a serving (estimate)
Fruit Galette
Cinnamon Apple Galette
Cinnamon AppleeasyCleanup score 4 of 5
About $0.55 a serving (estimate)
Chocolate Pudding
Silky Homemade Chocolate Pudding
StovetopeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
About $0.65 a serving (estimate)
Fruit Galette
Easy Summer Berry Galette
Summer BerryeasyCleanup score 4 of 5
About $0.65 a serving (estimate)
No-Churn Ice Cream
No-Churn Vanilla Ice Cream
VanillaeasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.70 a serving (estimate)
Pumpkin Pie
Silky Classic Pumpkin Pie
ClassicmediumCleanup score 3 of 5
About $0.70 a serving (estimate)
Carrot Cake
Two-Layer Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Two-Layer with Cream Cheese FrostingmediumCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.75 a serving (estimate)
Yellow Cake
Yellow Birthday Layer Cake with Chocolate Frosting
Birthday Layer with Chocolate FrostingmediumCleanup score 3 of 5
About $0.80 a serving (estimate)
Sufganiyot
Jelly-Filled Sufganiyot (Hanukkah Doughnuts)
Jelly-FilledhardCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.90 a serving (estimate)
Skillet Cinnamon Apples
Skillet Cinnamon Apples
ClassiceasyCleanup score 4 of 5
About $1.05 a serving (estimate)
Apple Pie
Crumb-Topped Apple Pie
Crumb-ToppedmediumCleanup score 2 of 5
About $1.20 a serving (estimate)
Cheesecake
New York-Style Cheesecake
New York StylemediumCleanup score 2 of 5
About $1.20 a serving (estimate)
Apple Pie
Classic Double-Crust Apple Pie
Classic Double-CrusthardCleanup score 3 of 5
About $1.20 a serving (estimate)
Pecan Pie
Classic Pecan Pie
ClassicmediumCleanup score 3 of 5
About $1.25 a serving (estimate)
How we work it out
Every measured ingredient is weighed the way our nutrition estimate weighs it, then priced with an official U.S. average: the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average price for the month where BLS publishes that food (flour, eggs, milk, butter, chicken, ground beef...), and otherwise the USDA Economic Research Service's Purchase to Plate national average price for 2017-18, raised to September 2026 with the BLS Consumer Price Index for that food group. Bone-in cuts are priced with the bone. Tap water is free.
No store's prices and no affiliate prices. You'll pay for whole packages, and store brands, sales, stores and regions all change the real cost, so treat each figure as a ballpark for comparing recipes.
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