64 mud recipes

Mud Hens are chewy brown sugar pecan bars made with just four ingredients: Bisquick, eggs, brown sugar, and chopped pecans. A quick vintage bar cookie recipe.

No-bake mud pie with coffee ice cream in a chocolate wafer cookie crust, drizzled with fudge sauce and topped with whipped cream and toasted almonds. Frozen and foolproof.

Chocolate mud frosting made by melting chocolate chips with milk in the microwave, then blending with corn syrup and vanilla. A glossy, fudgy four-ingredient frosting with no butter or powdered sugar.

Oreo mud pie with layered chocolate and coffee ice cream on a chocolate wafer crust, topped with whipped cream, fudge, and toasted walnuts. The 1970s diner classic frozen dessert.

Boozy frozen pie with an Oreo crust, coffee-spiked chocolate ice cream filling, and hot fudge topping. An adults-only dessert named after a beautiful barrier island.

Coffee mud pie with a crushed chocolate wafer crust, softened coffee ice cream, and cold fudge sauce. The classic frozen Mississippi mud pie copycat that slices like a dream after a 10-hour freeze.

Two-meat Sunday chili with cubed sirloin tip and ground beef, three cans of tomatoes, chili beans, wine, and a generous spice rub. Cook, cool, reheat for deep flavor.

Maritime Madness is a retro East Coast ground beef casserole bound with oatmeal, cream of mushroom soup, ketchup, and sage. Mix, bake, brown. No browning the meat first.

Sweet and tangy pickled day lily buds spiced with allspice, cinnamon, and cloves. A unique foraging recipe that turns backyard flowers into 8 jars of crunchy, spiced preserves.

Bright, citrusy California-style carrots tossed with fresh orange sections and zest. A fat-free vegetarian side dish that brings sunshine to any plate in just 30 minutes.

Chocolate pudding brownies use cook-and-serve pudding mix as the cocoa base, giving fudgy bars with a tender crumb and deep chocolate flavor. Topped with powdered sugar.

Three-ingredient mousse made with instant pudding mix, milk, and Cool Whip folded together. Light, fluffy, and ready in 5 minutes with any Jello pudding flavor you like.

Pudding is always a great dessert, and on the top, spread some pistachio, really great!

Pistachio pudding cake made with white cake mix and soda water, baked in the microwave and topped with a fluffy pistachio whipped icing. A retro green dessert in 30 minutes.

Pineapple butterscotch cake doctored from pound cake mix and instant butterscotch pudding, topped with crushed pineapple and butterscotch chips. The shortcut potluck cake that always disappears.

Overnight cinnamon buns made with frozen rolls, brown sugar, vanilla pudding mix, and butter in a Bundt pan. Prep before bed, bake in the morning for a gooey, no-knead breakfast.