Dessert Recipes

Fresh quartered strawberries topped with a silky blended sauce of low-fat yogurt, raspberry jam, powdered sugar, and orange zest. A low-fat, 10-minute dessert that feels indulgent without the guilt.

Make-ahead chocolate chip cookie dough that keeps in the fridge for up to 4 weeks. Sour cream keeps them soft and chewy, pecans add crunch, and you can bake a fresh batch whenever the craving hits.

French-style apple pie with sauteed tart apples in a single pastry shell, layered with a cooked vanilla custard filling and finished with an apricot preserve glaze on the crust.

Spice cookies with pumpkin dip: molasses-and-ginger cookies rolled in sugar, served with a creamy cream cheese and pumpkin pie dip. A holiday cookie plate with a dunking twist.

Chocolate mint meltaways are buttery shortbread cookies enriched with melted mint chocolate chips, drizzled with a mint chocolate glaze and topped with toasted almonds. A no-leavener Christmas cookie that melts on contact.

An easy no-bake layered pound cake: store-bought pound cake split and filled with raspberry jam, sliced, and topped with peaches and whipped cream. A quick, semi-homemade dessert in minutes.

Classic Poires Belle Helene with whole pears poached in vanilla syrup, served with vanilla ice cream and warm homemade chocolate sauce. An elegant French dessert.

Easy peanut butter cake from a doctored cake mix, made extra moist with vanilla pudding and studded with peanuts, then frosted with chocolate-peanut butter frosting. The Reese's-lover's layer cake, no fuss required.

A lighter chocolate mousse made with low-calorie pudding mix, skim milk, and whipped egg whites sweetened with fructose. A hint of Grand Marnier adds elegance to this diabetic-friendly dessert that still feels like a treat.

Three-layer chocolate mint cake with a green mint buttercream center and glossy chocolate ganache topping. Rich, fudgy, and seriously refreshing.

Chocolate fleck frozen yogurt creates tiny shards of dark chocolate throughout a tangy vanilla yogurt base. A lighter alternative to chocolate ice cream with the chocolate technique that creates the fleck effect.

Creamy chocolate cheesecake made entirely in the microwave in under 30 minutes. A chocolate wafer crust, silky sour cream filling, and drizzled chocolate topping with zero oven time.

With marshmallows and a hint of mint, this pie is a great way to end off any holiday festivities.

Classic Waldorf red velvet cake with signature cooked flour frosting. Vibrant crimson layers with subtle cocoa flavor topped with fluffy, not-too-sweet buttercream.

Chocolate mocha sponge cake bakes a tender egg-yolk-lifted cocoa cake in a tube pan, then layers it with a coffee-spiked vanilla pudding buttercream. Three-layer mocha tea cake with vintage charm.

Vegan chocolate rum cake made with silken tofu, maple syrup, espresso, and cocoa, layered with rum syrup and a tofu-chocolate frosting. No eggs, no dairy, all decadence.