824 dessert recipes

Surprise the kids after dinner with this scrumptious chocolate cake that doesn't take much to make.

Chocolate butter cookie dough adds melted unsweetened and semi-sweet chocolate to a master holiday butter cookie recipe. Roll, cut, and shape it into pinwheels, classic cut-outs, Linzer sandwiches, or sugar-coated crescents.

Poached mangoes in brown sugar and cinnamon syrup served over vanilla ice cream. A warm tropical fruit dessert that comes together in 30 minutes.

Heart cake without a special pan, made by cutting a round layer in half and setting both halves against a square layer to form a heart, then frosting it pink with strawberry frosting. A clever Valentine's trick.

Coconut cookie nests in pastel colors with a chocolate egg in each. A macaroon-style Easter cookie with crisp edges, chewy centers, and room for candy eggs on top.

Chocolate wafer crust is the two-ingredient no-fuss foundation for cream pies, cheesecakes, and icebox desserts. Crushed chocolate wafers bound with melted butter and briefly baked for crisp hold.

Dried figs simmered in orange juice, Grand Marnier, and ground ginger, then dipped in melted chocolate. An elegant no-bake confection for holiday candy trays.

To Do Tarts: small pecan cookies bound with ground stale bread, orange zest, and stiffly beaten egg white. Five-ingredient nut cookies with no flour and no butter, ready in 30 minutes.

Speedy fruit mousse made in a blender with sherbet, fruit juice, whipped cream, and gelatin. Light, airy, and set in just 30 minutes for an easy no-bake dessert.

No-bake coconut mocha drops with toasted coconut, instant coffee, and powdered sugar microwaved into rich little candies. Five-ingredient bite-sized treats ready in 25 minutes.

Cookie ice cream sandwiches made with slice-and-bake chocolate chip cookies and vanilla ice cream. A two-ingredient frozen treat kids can help assemble in 20 minutes.

Easy lemonade pie folds frozen lemonade concentrate and lemon zest into whipped topping for a 3-ingredient no-bake summer dessert. Set in a graham crust or sliced from a baking dish.

Mini brownie cups with a cream cheese pastry shell filled with melted semi-sweet chocolate and chopped walnuts. Bite-sized treats baked in mini muffin tins that combine fudgy brownie with a buttery crust.

Turtle shells are a novelty edible-insect snack: cooked cicadas dipped in warm chocolate glaze and cooled into crunchy, chocolate-topped morsels. A bold entry into entomophagy for the adventurous.

Watermelon cubes with a spicy lime dipping sauce made from lime juice, salt, and hot pepper sauce. A three-ingredient summer snack ready in 10 minutes.

Salted caramel ice-cream and desserts have become standard on many restaurant menus in Singapore – as delicious as they are, they are not always the healthiest and are usually loaded with refined sugar and questionable fats. This very easy dessert will satisfy your sweet tooth, while giving you a boost of antioxidants, and magnesium. And the best part is that it can be ready in under 45 minutes (including freezing time).