20 Amazing Recipes That Use a Can of Sweetened Condensed Milk

The ultimate no-bake, make-ahead dessert. Sweetened condensed milk adds a concentrated creamy flavor that makes this the most decadent banana pudding.

This classic Key lime pie is sweet, creamy, and perfectly tart. Make a simple graham cracker crust, then bake it with a filling of sweet-tart Key lime juice, creamy sweetened condensed milk, and egg yolks. Plan on making it ahead so that the pie is thoroughly chilled before topping it with swirls of fluffy whipped cream.

Tres leches is a sponge cake that’s soaked in a combination of three milks — whole milk, condensed milk, and evaporated milk. It’s so light and fluffy, you’ll want all of the leftovers for yourself.

This silky-smooth, deliciously eggy custard dessert – made with eggs, heavy cream, and sweetened condensed milk – topped with caramel sauce is always a showstopper.

Part cookie and part candy, these old-school treat bars have seven layers, including a graham cracker crust, chocolate and butterscotch chips, shredded coconut, and pecans, which are magically bound together with sweetened condensed milk.

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A simple, two-ingredient filling made from juicy fresh lemons and sweetened condensed milk goes on top of the crust and is finished with the crunchy crumbles. These bars are so easy to make. You mix everything together in a single bowl — no stand mixer or food processor required!

Chocolate cake and caramel flan get baked together in a Bundt pan to become chocoflan, an impossibly delicious hybrid dessert.

Give tiramisu the tres leches treatment. The filling is impossibly airy and creamy, and the lady fingers are dunked in a cinnamon- and rum-spiked mixture of evaporated and sweetened condensed milk.

Half cookie, half bar, this decadent treat is composed of distinct layers of buttery shortbread, chewy milk caramel, and a thick chocolate topping.

Spiked with limoncello liqueur, this twist on classic lemon bars is packed with bright, citrusy flavor.

Stuffed with peanut butter, deep-fried, then drizzled with sweetened condensed milk, this is the best French toast you’ll ever have.

This no-bake treat is a cheesecake version of classic banana pudding. Most modern banana puddings use condensed milk, which makes it a must to achieve a firm, sliceable texture.

If you love Key lime pie, or just lime-flavored desserts in general, you’ve got to try these triple-layer bars. They're everything you love about the classic in bar form.

If you’ve never made rocky road ice cream before, now’s the best time to make this easy no-churn version.

This classic Mexican-style cheesecake is perfect as is or with a drizzle of dulce de leche.

A no-churn ice cream base rippled with fudgy, vibrant purple swirls made from white chocolate and fragrant ube extract.

This version of magic cookie bars pack all your favorite snacks into one salty-sweet treat with a pretzel crust, three different kinds of chocolate, Cheez-Its, and potato chips!

Made with cocoa powder and sweetened condensed milk, then rolled in chocolate sprinkles, Brigadeiros are irresistibly chocolaty.

No Filipino gathering is complete without this version of fruit salad — a creamy, luscious concoction that’s brimming with juicy fruit and drenched in sweetened condensed milk.