19 Dessert Hacks That Will Win You Mom-of-the-Year in No Time

If you're out of frosting but are baking cupcakes, throw a marshmallow on top of the cupcake when it has a minute left in the oven, and watch the gooeyness melt around the top of the cake like magic.

For a fresh frozen treat, put watermelon slices into the freezer with popsicle sticks in the rind for easy holding.

Use a knife to cut a "slice" of a pint ice cream pint, smash between two cookies of your child's choice, and peel off the the cardboard — boom.

For a fruity dessert treat, serve strawberries with their stems removed — using a drinking straw shoved through from the bottom to save the most fruit (as opposed to chopping off the tops with a knife) — and a sprinkle of sugar.

If you're cutting into a fairly soft cake, slice it perfectly straight across with unflavored dental floss — this also works with other soft solids.

In under two minutes, you can make a mug cake with a lazy mama's best friend — the microwave. Here's a chocolate cake recipe, nutella cake recipe, and a red velvet cake recipe (pictured).

No mixer? No problem. Use a french press and heavy cream to make fresh whipped topping at your kiddo's command — just pump the french press up and down, and violá!

The moisture in bread keeps your kid's favorite treats from getting stale. Use slices tooth-picked to the open edges of a cake, or stick a slice in a plastic bag with fresh cookies — no more stale desserts destined for the garbage in your house!

Never listen to your child's Oreo distress call ever again! Slide the tines of a fork into the Oreo cream center, and let them dunk to their heart's content.

Using the underside of a muffin tin, spread your favorite cookie dough — like this kind —and bake until crisp, then pop them off the tin for DIY ice cream bowls!

After peeling off the wrapper, tear the bottom of the cupcake off and hand your kiddo a cupcake sandwich. Though we're sure they'll still manage to find a way to get filthy — kids . . . — at least they won't be shoving their noses directly into the frosting.

This works for any cake mix — just pour into the waffle maker instead of waiting the better part of an hour for the cake to be ready and cooled off before eating. And the best part? Waffle crevices equal more room for toppings.

Punch the popsicle stick through the liner and there you have it — a mess-free popsicle experience.

If you're not into the above bread slice trick, cut your cakes from the middle outwards, then push the two halves back together to keep all of that moist cake goodness locked inside itself.

If you don't have a popsicle mold, you can use bathroom cups to freeze the popsicles in, then remove them before serving. Another fun way to make popsicles is in a loaf tin. Just let it freeze a bit, shove popsicle sticks inside, then cut slices with a knife. Here are some of our favorite recipes you can try the hacks with.

Instead of the egg, oil, and water that usually gets added to premade cake mixes, use a can of soda and prepare your kids for the most moist and fluffy cake they've ever eaten. Sprite goes well with vanilla, and Coca-Cola goes well with chocolate, but there are tons of other combos you can check out.

If you're going to bake from scratch but forgot to leave the butter out at room temperature — or the process is just taking too long and you can't take it — grate the butter needed into the mix, and it'll seamlessly combine with your other ingredients at any temperature.

Using a plastic knife instead of your good metal knives will cut perfect brownie morsels — the real knives just create a mess because of the sharp edges, whereas the plastic knife will lack the sharp edges that crumbs typically stick to. No more mangled brownie squares in your child's hands (and less crumbs on the carpet, we hope).

Even if you're going the fruity route with dessert, make life a little easier with this mandarin orange hack that will change your life.