3,486 desert recipes

Soft, cakey chocolate drop cookies topped with a rich homemade chocolate icing. Made with real unsweetened chocolate and optional pecans, this bakery-style recipe yields 3 dozen.

Pineapple carob cashew brownies made with whole wheat pastry flour, applesauce, honey, and no butter, eggs, or refined sugar. A naturally sweetened, caffeine-free vegan brownie.

Peach ambrosia dessert made with fresh peaches, vanilla shake mix, unflavored gelatin, and coconut. A light, creamy, low-fat treat that sets up in an hour.

A chocolate cherry fruitcake made easy with quick-bread mix, maraschino cherries, pecans, chocolate chips, and a splash of kirsch. Fruitcake even skeptics will love.

Penny sous are handmade peanut butter ganache truffles dipped in tempered chocolate and topped with a single toasted peanut. Four-ingredient chocolatier-level dessert.

Double chocolate biscotti with wine-plumped dried cherries, melted bittersweet chocolate, and cocoa powder. Crisp, dunkable cookies that stay fresh for a month.

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A rich and delicious cheesecake that's simple to make and easy to enjoy!

A lighter marble cheesecake baked right in a pie pan with nonfat cream cheese and a chocolate wafer crust. Swirls of vanilla and chocolate in every creamy, guilt-free slice.

Sugarplum cookies with dried or candied fruit hidden inside each ball of vanilla sugar cookie dough. Topped with creamy frosting and colored sugar for Christmas cookie trays.

Italian macaroons made from almond paste kneaded with egg whites and sugar, baked into chewy, fragrant amaretti-style cookies. A short rest before baking gives them their crackly top and tender center.

Deep-dish apple pie with six cups of cinnamon-spiced sliced apples under a flaky, nutmeg-scented pastry crust brushed with milk and cinnamon sugar. All fruit, no bottom crust.

Fudgy brownies made with Hershey's chocolate syrup and chocolate chips. A one-bowl brownie recipe with an intensely chocolatey, moist crumb that yields 36 bars.

Just 6 ingredients and 25 minutes to chewy sugarless banana cookies. Mashed bananas, oats, nuts, and raisins make these flourless, egg-free cookies naturally sweet and ready in a flash.

Chocolate malt ice cream sandwiches pair slice-and-bake chocolate cookies with a homemade malted chocolate ice cream lightened with skim milk and egg whites. A nostalgic, from-scratch frozen treat.

Rich chocolate sauce made from unsweetened chocolate, heavy cream, and dry sherry, boiled to a thick, glossy pour. An elegant ice cream topping that stores in the fridge.