Dessert Recipes

Bring a bit of Italian heritage into your home this Christmas with these scrumptious cookies that contain a hint of orange.

Homemade chocolate sandwich cookies filled with a fluffy marshmallow cream filling. Think whoopie pies with a cocoa twist. Soft, cakey cookies meet sweet, pillowy filling. Makes 2 dozen sandwiches.

The cake is so moist and buttery, with the creamy cream cheese topping, absolutely stunning. And it is so easy to make, everyone loves it.

A traditional Hungarian birthday cake from my grandmother.

A self-saucing chocolate pudding cake that bakes up with fudgy cake on top and warm chocolate pudding underneath. Made with Bisquick, cocoa, chocolate chips, and chocolate topping for triple chocolate bliss.

Giant chocolate chip cookies baked in pizza pans with cream cheese in the dough for extra-chewy centers and crispy edges. Loaded with semi-sweet chips and walnuts, then cut into wedges like a cookie pizza.

Soft, springy steamed cake made without an oven, a brown sugar and honey batter poured into cups and steamed into fluffy little sponges. A simple no-bake-style treat from Sri Lanka.

Avocado ice cream blends ripe Hass with whipped evaporated skim milk, citrus juices, and sugar into a creamy, naturally green frozen dessert. No-egg, no-churn-friendly tropical treat with Mexican and Filipino roots.

Creepy crawly Halloween chocolate spider cupcakes that are easy to make and a thrill to eat.

Light and fluffy kinda like a mousee :) A bit of bisquick mix avoids making a pie crust.

I always have the ingredients on hand to make these. Plus, they are "healthy" because they have oatmeal!

Classic maple pecan pie with a hot syrup technique that creates silky filling and perfectly suspended pecans in every slice.

Idiot's Delight: a layered no-fuss dessert with pecan shortbread crust, cream cheese filling, butter pecan pudding, whipped topping, and praline pecans. Potluck royalty.

Midori cheesecake with melon liqueur in the filling, sour cream topping, and a Midori-gelatin glaze studded with fresh honeydew melon balls. A stunning green-tinted dessert for melon lovers.

Crustless low-calorie pumpkin pie made with skim evaporated milk, Bisquick, and sugar substitute. Diabetic-friendly and blender-easy with just 10 minutes of prep.

Old-fashioned 1850 blackberry pie with five ingredients. Berries baked into a single crust under a flour, sugar, and milk custard for a rustic 19th-century farmhouse pie that sets into a soft, jammy slice.