Dessert Recipes

Chocolate drop cookies are soft, cake-like buttermilk cookies made with melted unsweetened chocolate and chopped walnuts. An old-fashioned drop cookie recipe that yields 3 dozen.

A decadent chocolate fudge cake will make everyone who tastes it give you a big "wow"!

Crisp, cloud-light meringue cookies loaded with chocolate chips and walnuts. Pop them in a hot oven, turn it off, and walk away. They bake themselves overnight.

Buttery chocolate shortbread with cocoa, melted unsweetened chocolate, and chopped walnuts baked low and slow into crisp, snappy wedges with a sugar-sprinkled top.

Chocolate pixie cookies rolled in powdered sugar with a fudgy center, crackled crust, and chopped walnuts. Made with melted unsweetened chocolate for intense cocoa flavor.

Rich chocolate walnut cookies with melted semi-sweet chocolate, espresso, and chocolate chips. Shiny, crackle-topped, and fudgy inside like a brownie in cookie form.

Homemade chocolate walnut cream candies with marshmallow cream, fondant, and heavy cream cooked to the soft ball stage. Old-fashioned candy shop fudge you can make at home.

Chocolate bourbon balls are no-bake holiday treats made with crushed vanilla wafers, walnuts, honey-sweetened melted chocolate, and a splash of bourbon. A Southern Kentucky tradition.

Chocolate chip walnut pie with a gooey corn syrup and egg filling loaded with semi-sweet chocolate and walnuts. Like pecan pie's chocolate-studded cousin, baked low and slow.

A marbled vanilla cake layered with chocolate sauce and chopped walnuts, baked in a ring pan and served warm with a dusting of powdered sugar. Feeds 4 to 6 in under an hour.

Apple pie with a coconut walnut crunch topping that bakes up golden and crispy. Cinnamon-spiced apples nestled in a flaky crust with a buttery streusel loaded with shredded coconut and chopped walnuts.

These are delicious. And no one ever guesses how easy they are.

This co-winner in the filled-cookie category from Gerry Cofta of Milwaukee has a great, rich flavor in the filling.

Dense, jewel-toned fruit cake packed with whole dates, walnuts, and candied cherries held together by just enough batter. A showstopper for holiday giving.

Moist date cake with chocolate chips and walnuts scattered on top. Chopped dates soaked in boiling water keep the crumb incredibly soft. A vintage sheet cake that's easy to love.

Pumpkin pie layered with a sticky brown-sugar date and walnut base, then spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. A holiday upgrade on the classic that tastes like pecan pie had a baby with pumpkin.