Dessert Recipes

Fudgy chocolate cookie bonbons wrapped around Hershey's kisses (or caramel, Reese's, peanut butter, or mint centers) and drizzled with white chocolate. A classic Pillsbury bake-off cookie with surprise centers.

A fantasitc recipe, I made this recipe for my kids, and my husband he loves it too.

What can I say but delicious. Made this Jewish cookie the first time in my life, and I was impressed! Definitely a sweet cake. If you have a sweet tooth like I do, you will love it.

New Hampshire maple syrup pie with a silky maple custard filling and a maple-sweetened meringue topping browned until golden. A classic New England dessert that lets real maple syrup shine.

Nusskipferl are Austrian yeast-leavened crescent cookies filled with sweet ground nut meringue. A traditional Viennese coffeehouse pastry rolled jelly-roll style and curved into delicate horns.

Loaded drop cookies packed with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, coconut, oatmeal, nuts, and candy-coated chocolates on top. These kitchen sink cookies have everything but the sink.

Hot fudge sundae ice cream pie layered with vanilla wafers, vanilla ice cream, and a rich homemade fudge sauce of chocolate chips, marshmallows, and evaporated milk. A crowd-pleasing freezer dessert.

No-bake French mint cupcakes with melted semi-sweet chocolate, butter, powdered sugar, and peppermint extract frozen in paper cups. Rich, fudgy, and truffle-like with a nutty crunch.

Ice cream crunch bars layered with vanilla ice cream between a crunchy mix of crisp rice cereal, toasted coconut, nuts, brown sugar, and melted butter. A no-bake frozen dessert.

Pinto bean fudge blends strained beans with chocolate chips, marshmallows, and nuts for a surprisingly creamy candy. No one will guess the secret ingredient.

Farfel pudding made with matzah farfel, eggs, apple or banana, and chopped nuts, baked until golden. A traditional Passover side dish or dessert that's simple and satisfying.

Lemon blossom cookies are buttery thumbprint cookies made with lemon juice and powdered sugar, rolled in chopped nuts, and filled with fruit preserves or pecans. A classic holiday cookie tray staple.

Old-fashioned molasses cookies with candied citron, chopped nuts, cloves, and cinnamon. Rolled thin, cut out, and baked crisp. A heritage holiday cookie.

Strawberry-shaped cookies made from a stovetop date and Rice Krispies mixture, rolled in red sugar with green icing stems. A fun no-bake candy-cookie for kids and parties.

Cherry divinity is the pink church-cookbook candy: hard-ball sugar syrup whipped into beaten egg whites with cherry Jello, then loaded with chopped nuts and coconut. Old-fashioned, fluffy, festive.

Boozy bundt cake soaked in an apricot-rum glaze that seeps into every crumb. A showstopper dessert that tastes fancy but starts with a box mix.