22 Tea Time Desserts

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Looking for something to satisfy your sweet tooth? We’ve got you covered with more than 20 easy, frugal desserts that pair perfectly with tea time!

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22 Easy Tea Time Dessert Recipes

If you love drinking tea, then you’ll love these delicious dessert recipes that pair well with tea!

tea time scones

1. Cinnamon Scones

These scones are perfect for tea time as they look a little fancy and taste amazing.

Thankfully, they are super easy to throw together — and the leftovers taste great too!

patriotic muffins

2. Patriotic Muffins

Of course, these patriotic muffins are delicious any time of the year — but they are an especially fun tea time treat for Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day!

angel sugar cookies

3. Simple Sugar Cookies

These light and airy cookies are the perfect addition to any coffee or tea. You could brighten them up a bit by rolling them in colorful sugar to coordinate with colors for a baby shower, wedding shower, or end-of-school class treat.

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4. Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins

Part doughnut + part muffin = a perfect tea time treat!

chocolate chip muffins

5. Chocolate Chip Muffins

These muffins are so delicious — the are perfect for any occasion, at any time of the year.

biscuits for afternoon tea party

6. Homemade Biscuits

Biscuits are a wonderful tea time treat — especially served with a variety of jams, jellies, and honey.

homemade english muffin bread

7. Easy English Muffin Bread

English muffin bread is another great way to elevate your tea time — serve it with a variety of fruit spreads or put out a platter of meat and cheese for a savory treat.

chocolate banana bread

8. Chocolate Banana Bread

Chocolate banana bread is a great way to use up over-ripe bananas and wow your tea time guests at the same time! You could also make this recipe as muffins if desired.

 brown sugar biscuit twists

9. Brown Sugar Biscuit Twists

These biscuit twists are a fun “twist” (pun intended) on homemade biscuits and a very pretty tea time treat.

banana bread

10. Banana Bread

Classic banana bread is quick and easy to whip up… and everyone loves it!

 Baked oatmeal muffins

11. Baked Oatmeal Muffins

These oatmeal muffins are a wonderful breakfast-turned-dessert and make a fantastic (and healthier) tea time treat!

cinnamon doughnut muffins -- perfect tea time desserts

12. Cinnamon Doughnut Muffins

These Jam-Filled Cinnamon Doughnut Muffins are perfect for your tea time dessert, and they’re oh-so-tasty!

gluten-free muffins

13. Gluten-Free Oatmeal Spice Muffins

An easy, delicious, gluten-free recipe for any tea time guests with food allergies.

blueberry muffins

14. Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins

This recipe is super-simple, (practically) fool-proof, and makes you the “muffin hero” in less than a half-an-hour!

apple muffins

15. Apple Butter Muffins

These apple butter muffins would be an extra delicious tea time dessert in cooler fall months, but they are so delicious that you could make them any time of year.

praline pie

16. Upside Down Praline Apple Pie

You’ll wow your tea time guests with this delicious upside down apple pie — so gooey and delicious, and really easy to whip up!

cinnamon rolls

17. Cinnamon Rolls

Fresh-from-the-oven cinnamon rolls are quite possibly the perfect tea time dessert. This recipe is SO delicious and the bread machine makes them super simple to make!

double apple scones tea time dessert

18. Double Apple Scones with Caramel Glaze

This recipe is basically like mixing a caramel apple into tender, flaky scones — yup, it’s good!

These scones are perfect with a mug of hot tea or coffee. They’re delicious for breakfast, snack, dessert… pretty much any time of day.

pumpkin muffins

19. Pumpkin Carrot Cake Muffins

These muffins are so yummy, and another great way to add some seasonal flavors to your tea time dessert table.

honey truffles

20. Honey Sweetened Truffles

Truffles are the perfect bite-size treat to add to your tea time desserts. They are also nice energy boosters for quick snacks throughout the day.

healthy cookies as tea time desserts

21. Healthy Cookies

Your tea guests will be shocked that these delicious cookies are actually fairly healthy — packed with dried fruits and nuts!

cinnamon swirl bread

22. Cinnamon Swirl Bread

You and your tea time guests can enjoy delicious, homemade cinnamon swirl bread with almost no hands-on effort, thanks to this impossibly easy bread machine recipe!

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