2,768 desert recipes

Homemade maple cherry syrup with brown sugar, honey, fresh orange and lemon juice, cinnamon, and tart dried cherries. A rich, fruity topping for pancakes and waffles.

Light and airy fruit whip dessert made with fruit cocktail, orange gelatin, and whipped egg whites. A no-bake retro treat with bright citrus flavor and a creamy, mousse-like texture.

Fat-free chocolate cake leans on whipped egg whites and marshmallow creme instead of butter or oil for a light, fudgy crumb. No-fat dessert with cocoa, flour, and vanilla.

Plum-almond tart on puff pastry with toasted almonds, fresh sliced plums, lemon zest, and a built-up pastry border. Uses store-bought puff pastry for an elegant dessert in 40 minutes.

Creamy homemade coffee fudge topped with a glossy layer of melted chocolate and chopped nuts. Old-fashioned candy-making that yields about 49 squares of pure indulgence.

Downeast blueberry bread pudding bakes wild Maine blueberries with stale white bread cubes and evaporated skim milk for a low-fat, low-sugar New England dessert.

Mock apple pie made with soda crackers instead of real apples, using cream of tartar, cinnamon, and nutmeg to mimic apple flavor. A Depression-era classic that fools almost everyone.

This delicious cookies made from cream cheese make an excellent treat after a meal.

Butter ball cookies (Russian tea cakes) with ground walnuts, cake flour, butter, and vanilla rolled in powdered sugar twice. A melt-in-your-mouth holiday cookie with just five ingredients.

A fat-free marbled sponge cake with swirled vanilla white and lemon-yellow batters baked in a tube pan. Feather-light and elegant for any occasion.

Cranberry-raspberry meringue pie with a tart juice concentrate filling, buttery egg yolk custard, and golden toasted meringue. A vibrant twist on classic meringue pie.

Simple apple dessert bars with cinnamon-spiced apple slices beneath a thick oatmeal-brown sugar crumble topping that bakes into chewy, buttery goodness.

No-bake fresh peach pie with glossy gelatin filling that sets up firm and sliceable, perfect for hot summer days when turning on the oven feels criminal.

Traditional German Dampfnudeln: soft steamed yeast dumplings stuffed with prunes, drizzled with buttery poppy seed sauce. A cozy Bavarian dessert that's surprisingly simple to make.

No-bake peach ice cream cake layered with gingersnap crumbs, toasted almonds, crystallized ginger, peach frozen yogurt, vanilla ice cream, and caramel sauce. Frozen overnight and sliced like a loaf.

Mud and Snow Tire Cake: a German chocolate poke cake soaked with sweetened condensed milk and caramel, topped with whipped topping and crushed Heath bars. The famous five-ingredient potluck winner.