1,234 dessert recipes

Golden Wardens are whole pears poached slowly in honey, white grape juice, and lemon until the syrup turns burnished and the fruit collapses to butter-soft. An English heritage dessert built for the hardest, most stubborn pears.

Mexican polvoron cookies rolled in a cinnamon-chocolate-sugar coating while still warm. Tender, crumbly shortbread-style cookies with a hint of cinnamon baked low and slow.

A colorful overnight fruit salad marinated in brandy, brown sugar, and cinnamon with peaches, apples, oranges, strawberries, and kiwi. Gorgeous in a glass bowl for brunch or dessert.

This ice cream like frozen dessert is so creamy, silken and chocolaty. It's definitely a kind of dessert that you can impress your guests.

This scrumptious spicy apple pie is served with a hot brandy sauce.

Refreshing low-calorie watermelon ice made with fresh melon, honey, lime juice, and a touch of gelatin. A frozen summer treat that's naturally light and bursting with fruit flavor.

Old-fashioned pumpkin preserves with lemon and mixed spices, slow-macerated overnight in sugar then boiled until clear and glossy. A heritage canning recipe for fall.

Lemon meringue kisses baked low and slow until crisp and dry. Light-as-air cookies with lemon zest and vanilla from just five ingredients.

Creamy and tangy vanilla yogurt, some good quality cocoa powder, and pure maple syrup make a delicious yet light chocolate cream. Dip it with fresh strawberries. A quick, easy and delicious way to make a guiltless dessert.

Fresh fruit platter with strawberries, bananas, pineapple, and kiwi served with a cinnamon yogurt dipping sauce. A light, no-cook dessert or brunch spread.

Slow cooker chocolate fondue with chocolate almond candy bars, marshmallows, and whipping cream. Stays warm and glossy for hours of dipping without scorching. Five ingredients, no babysitting.

Fresh berries with a blended sweet yogurt sauce made from low-fat yogurt, jam, and citrus zest. A light, 5-minute no-cook dessert that's diet-friendly.

Vegan Amaretto coconut bread with silken tofu, coconut milk, and unsweetened coconut flakes. No eggs, no dairy, and toasted slices with your morning coffee are genuinely something.

Wespennester (wasp nests), a rare traditional German fried pastry from the Oberallgau region. Batter layers are built on wooden spoon handles and filled with honey.

Raspberry souffle: a Chambord-spiked raspberry puree folded into stiff-peak egg whites, baked in a water bath until towering and puffed. Light, no-yolk, dramatic French dessert.

Macaroon is always a delicious and healthy substitution of rich buttery cookies, they are so light and meringue gives the different texture when you bite into it; make some macaroons to delight your guests!