Dessert recipe collection

Chocolate Halloween cupcakes with a hidden orange cream cheese center that oozes out when bitten. Spooky fun for the kids and a riff on the classic Black Bottom cupcake.

Paradise cake layers a yellow box cake with crushed pineapple, sliced bananas, vanilla pudding, chopped pecans, and whipped topping. A tropical no-fuss layered dessert that feeds a crowd from a 9x13 pan.

No-bake paradise peach pie with fresh peach slices layered over a blended pineapple, pecan, and date filling. Vegan, no refined sugar, and ready without ever turning on the oven.

Paradise salad: a molded lemon Jello salad with sour cream, cottage cheese, and crushed pineapple. A retro gelatin dessert-salad that chills into a creamy, tangy mold.

Passover apple cake made with matzo meal and potato starch instead of flour. A fluffy, flourless sponge layered with grated cinnamon apples and lemon.

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.

Light peach Bavarian cream dessert made with pureed peaches, peach yogurt, whipped egg whites, and real cream set with gelatin for an airy, no-bake treat.

A lighter peach brulee: ripe sliced peaches with orange juice, blanketed in tangy Greek yogurt and topped with a crackly broiled-sugar crust. The flavors of creme brulee with a fraction of the work.

Chocolate peanut butter fondue with semi-sweet chocolate and creamy peanut butter, served with fresh fruit, cake cubes, and marshmallows for dipping. Ready in 20 minutes.

Peanut butter pinwheel candy rolls a creamy peanut butter layer inside a sweet powdered-sugar fondant, then slices it into old-fashioned no-bake candy spirals. Just three ingredients.

Peek-A-Bows are lace cookies made with corn syrup, brown sugar, and finely chopped nuts, rolled into cylinders while warm and tied with ribbon for a festive gift cookie.

Persimmon chocolate chip cookies: ripe Hachiya persimmon pulp folded into a spiced cookie dough with chocolate chips, walnuts, and dates. Soft, cake-like cookies with autumn-spice warmth in every bite.

These are very good.I was making my Banana Bread recipe,which I put crushed pineapple in,and I had some left over.I was also making a pan of Brownies and I thought why not add the pineapple here.It is different but oh so good.

Pineapple fudge chill is a 3-ingredient frozen dessert with chocolate milk mix, crushed pineapple, and vanilla. A low-calorie throwback that takes 5 minutes to mix before freezing.

Pineapple orange mousse whips evaporated milk into a light frozen dessert with tropical orange and crushed pineapple. Old-fashioned two-step chill method, no gelatin or ice cream maker needed.

Just in time for summer, this sweet and delicious pie will have everyone crossing their fingers, hoping they can get a second helping.