Dessert Recipes

No-bake energy balls made with dried apricots, walnuts, coconut, and wheat germ, bound with orange juice and rolled in chopped nuts.

Sugar-free strawberry-pineapple-orange ice cream churned in a home freezer with light milk and a sugar substitute. Diabetic-friendly summer dessert sweetened by fresh and canned fruit.

Chewy apricot-coconut centers dipped in white chocolate create bite-sized treats that taste like vacation in a bonbon.

Homemade fortune cookies cooked on a griddle, folded around a hand-written paper fortune, and cooled in muffin tins until crisp. A fun kids' project and a charming party favor for Chinese New Year.

A light, airy cherry souffle made with just pureed sour cherries, egg whites, lemon juice, and sugar. Only five ingredients stand between you and French pastry glory.

No-bake chocolate truffles made with cream cheese, vanilla wafers, and a secret splash of raspberry preserves, then rolled in chopped almonds or cocoa for an elegant candy that looks fancy but takes minutes.

Sparkle cookies rolled in red and green sugar for a festive Christmas look. Made with cookie mix, almond extract, and cream of tartar for a soft, tender bite. Makes 4 dozen.

Homemade pepper jelly with sweet bell peppers, banana peppers, and apple cider vinegar. Colorful marmalade-style slices suspended in a sweet, tangy jelly.

Cognac cookies, no-bake bourbon-ball cousins made with melted semisweet chocolate, crushed vanilla wafers, finely chopped pecans, and a generous splash of cognac. Roll in sugar and let them mellow.

Chewy oatmeal slice with desiccated coconut and golden syrup baked until golden on the edges and soft in the middle. Just 7 ingredients and one bowl. Proper Aussie baking at its finest.

Cream cheese Snickers candy bar pie folds melted Snickers and peanut butter into a light cream cheese mousse, lifted with whipped cream and egg whites and set in a pastry shell. A chilled chocolate-caramel-peanut showstopper.

Oat bran cookies with chopped dates, whole wheat flour, wheat germ, and brown sugar. A wholesome drop cookie with natural sweetness that bakes in just 10 minutes. Makes three dozen.

Six-ingredient butterscotch blondies with a chewy, caramelized center and crackly top. Brown sugar and melted butter boiled together give these bars their rich toffee-like flavor.

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A festive red velvet cake made with German chocolate cake mix and sour cream, topped with a cooked flour frosting and handmade marzipan holly leaf decorations.

No-bake peanut butter rocky road bars made in the microwave with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, peanut butter, marshmallows, and salted peanuts. Ready in 10 minutes, chilled in 1 hour.