Desserts
Dessert can be a slice of pie, a spoonful of custard, a crisp cookie, or a small confection. Cakes, fruit desserts, pastries, frozen preparations, and sauces give this collection its range of textures and serving styles. Browse by the kind of finish you want for the meal, then choose a recipe with the flavors and preparation you have in mind.
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Brownies & Bars
Brownies and bars gather a dessert into a bake that can be cut into portions. Pumpkin latte bars, blueberry squares, and coconut-cherry preparations offer different layers, fillings, and textures.
Cakes
Cinnamon roll cake, hot fudge cake, and other bakes bring different crumb textures and finishes to this collection. Browse cakes for slicing, layering, or serving warm with a suitable accompaniment.
Candy
Peanut brittle, chocolate truffles, and other candies turn sugar, chocolate, or nuts into small portions. Browse confections with different textures, from crisp pieces to a softer sweet center.
Cheesecakes
Cheesecake can be served as a whole cake, a square, or part of another dessert. Bacon-bourbon caramel and salted caramel variations show different flavors within a creamy cheese-based preparation.
Chocolate
Chocolate gives hot fudge sauce, cakes, and other desserts a common flavor while allowing very different textures. Browse this collection for a chocolate-focused component or a finished sweet dish.
Cobblers, Crisps & Crumbles
Fruit, crumbs, and batter combine in different ways in cobblers, crisps, and crumbles. Apple crisp and cream cheese cobblers offer contrasting approaches to a dessert served in spooned or cut portions.
Cookies
Lemon oatmeal cookies, biscotti, and savory pimiento cheese cookies show the variety of this collection. Browse for a cookie’s texture and flavor, whether you want a small sweet bake or a savory bite.
Dessert Pastries
Apple fritters, cream puffs, and other dessert pastries bring dough and fillings together in different forms. Browse pastries for a crisp shell, a tender center, or a layered sweet serving.
Frozen Desserts
Frozen desserts bring temperature into the texture of a sweet serving. Affogato, frozen yogurt, ice cream, and other preparations offer different bases and flavors for a chilled finish to the meal.
Fruit Desserts
Fruit gives these desserts their flavor, moisture, or contrasting texture. Blueberry squares, cherry cream squares, and apple crisp offer different ways to bring fruit into a sweet serving.
Mousses, Possets & No-Bake Desserts
Mousses, possets, and chilled desserts offer soft textures without relying on a baked cake structure. Lemon posset and chocolate mousse provide contrasting starting points for a spooned dessert.
Parfaits, Trifles & Layered Desserts
A trifle or layered dessert combines several textures in one serving. Chocolate-peach trifle, coffee carlota, and pecan pie layers offer different arrangements of cream, fruit, and other components.
Pies & Tarts
Apple squares, peach cream pie, and orange cream pie offer different fillings within the pie and tart collection. Pastry and crumb bases provide structure while fruit, cream, or other ingredients shape the finished slice.
Puddings & Custards
Lemon posset, rice pudding, and bread pudding bring different ingredients into a soft dessert. These puddings and custards invite attention to the texture of a serving eaten with a spoon.
In this collection
No-Bake Hummingbird Icebox Cake
Hummingbird Cake is a Southern classic known for its moist layers with pineapple, pecans, and cream cheese frosting. This no-bake version is rich and creamy, with a hint of…
Sweet and Crunchy Cinnamon-Sugar Pizza
Ingredients For the Sugar Crumb Crispies 1/4 cup cold butter 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon Dash of salt 1/2 cup flour 1…

Company’s Coming Pie
Company’s Coming Pie is pretty great if you’ve got guests on their way. It requires just a few staple ingredients and you can keep canned crushed pineapple on…
Cinnamon Roll Gooey Butter Cake with Cream Cheese Drizzle
Ingredients For the Cake Base 1 box yellow cake mix 1 large egg 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted 1 teaspoon vanilla extract For the Cinnamon Roll Gooey Filling…

White Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Clusters
These festive snowy bites make a delightful treat for the holiday season or any special occasion! Enjoy! Ingredients 16 ounces white chocolate chips 1 cup dried cranberries 1…
Fluffy Key Lime Pie
For a taste of paradise, try this light and creamy confection. It’s low in fat, sugar and fuss. Dessert doesn’t get any easier! Its light green color evokes…
Junk Yard Salad
Junk Yard Salad is a really sweet salad recipe with sweetened condensed milk, pineapple, and cherry pie filling. Have this salad in your recipe box ready, when you only…
Creamy Orange Cheesecake
Ingredients Crust 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs 1/3 cup granulated sugar 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted Orange Cream Cheese Layer 16 ounces cream cheese, softened 1 cup…
