Dessert Recipes

Cocoa thumbprint cookies rolled in sugar and filled with creamy peanut butter frosting. Loaded with chocolate chips and a sweet PB center. Makes 4 dozen irresistible little buttons.

Microwave pecan pie bars: shortbread base, chewy pecan filling, and a semi-sweet chocolate topping. 28 bars cooked entirely in the microwave, ready in 30 minutes.

Layers of raspberry jam and chocolate give a surprising tang to this dessert.

Triple chocolate cookies with melted semi-sweet and unsweetened chocolate in the batter, chocolate chips folded in, then dipped in more melted chocolate. Fudgy, crackle-topped, and loaded with nuts.

Cookie brittle with chocolate chips and walnuts pressed into one pan, baked, then snapped into snappy shards. Sugar-substitute friendly with crisp, candy-like edges.

No-bake creme de menthe squares with a chocolate graham cracker base, minty buttercream middle, and glossy chocolate top. A classic holiday treat, chilled and sliced.

A buttery spice cake loaded with chocolate chips, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, baked in a Bundt pan and drizzled with a glossy chocolate glaze.

A simple and easy to make fudge recipe using only pantry staples.

These very chocolatey, chewy cookies are a favorite with my young nephews and nieces. When they come to visit we make them together and they have so much fun, just make sure you use an over-sized bowl so the ingredients don't go flying, the boys seem to be overly enthusiastic about stirring. LOL

Double chocolate dipper cookies combine cocoa dough, chocolate chips, and a white chocolate dip for tuxedo-style cookies. Bakery-level treats for cookie trays and gifting.

Easy chocolate mint brownies built on cookie mix, melted semisweet chips, and cream-filled chocolate mints melted right onto the hot pan for a glossy mint frosting. From mixer to platter in under an hour.

Father Time chocolate chip cookies decorated with piped clock face icing for New Year's Eve. Chewy brown sugar cookies with a simple powdered sugar icing design.

Heart-shaped chocolate Valentine cake with glossy sour cream chocolate frosting and a piped buttercream border. Romantic dessert with deep cocoa flavor.

Rich chocolate fudge cake with instant coffee and sour cream, topped with a glossy fudge nut glaze. A single-layer showstopper for holiday dessert tables.

Lemon kiss cookies with a buttery almond dough wrapped around chocolate kisses, dusted in powdered sugar, and drizzled with melted chocolate. A lemon-chocolate surprise cookie.

Lucky chocolate chewies, soft brown sugar cocoa cookies studded with semisweet chips and topped with a vanilla glaze. Two dozen cookies in 30 minutes, the kind that vanish before they cool.