Dessert Recipes

Make your own truffles, they are super smooth, creamy and loaded with chocolate flavor.

Peach blackberry compote tossed in a basil and orange-zest wine syrup. A no-cook summer dessert that lets ripe stone fruit and berries do the talking, with an herbal edge from fresh basil.

No-bake peach pie with a raw almond-date crust, fresh sliced peaches tossed in maple syrup and almond extract, topped with shredded coconut. Naturally sweetened and gluten-free.

Low-fat no-bake cheesecake built on cottage cheese and gelatin, topped with fresh strawberries and raspberries. Heart-shaped Valentine's-ready dessert that skips the cream cheese and the oven.

Poke-style chocolate brownies soaked with condensed milk and chocolate syrup, topped with crushed walnuts and chocolate whipped cream. A fudgy, no-fuss crowd pleaser.

Fudgy brownie-style cookies packed with mint chocolate chips: melted into the batter for intensity and folded in whole for gooey pockets. Soft centers, set edges, total mint chocolate bliss.

Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie with Hot Fudge Sauce recipe

Coffee death by chocolate trifle layers Kahlua-soaked brownies, chocolate pudding, crushed toffee candy bars and whipped topping in a glass bowl. A showstopper potluck dessert with five ingredients.

Tart rhubarb and sweet apple pie filling spiced with cinnamon in a flaky double crust, thickened with tapioca for a perfectly sliceable filling. This apple rhubarb pie is a springtime classic.

Lightened almond macaroons with wheat germ replacing almond paste, baked at ultra-low temperature. Only 30 calories per cookie with crisp, airy texture.

Easy cherries jubilee ice cream pie folds chopped maraschino cherries into vanilla ice cream and freezes it in a chocolate crumb crust. Three-ingredient frozen dessert, no baking required.

This lighter chocolate dessert has a bonus because it is also easy to prepare. Plan to make this recipe one day ahead to let the yogurt drain in your refrigerator.

Granny's Christmas punch: grape and strawberry soda blended with pineapple, sugar, and lemon, frozen, then thawed to a slushy chill. A fizzy, fruity, kid-friendly party punch that's a holiday-table tradition.

Banana caramel pie with a brown sugar custard cooked on the stovetop, sliced ripe bananas, and a whipped cream or meringue topping. A retro butterscotch-banana pie that beats anything from a box.

Maple-pecan pralines cook sugar, evaporated milk, and corn syrup to soft-ball stage with toasted pecans and maple extract. Creamy, melt-in-your-mouth Southern candy with a New England twist.

A streusel-swirled pound cake baked entirely in your slow cooker. Brown sugar, cinnamon, and chopped nuts layered through a box mix for a warm, hands-off dessert.