558 pecan icing recipes

Mississippi mud cake with cocoa pecan brownie base, melted marshmallow layer, and chocolate frosting. The triple-layer Southern Delta classic.

Classic pecan melt away cookies made with cake flour and unsalted butter for an ultra-tender, powdered-sugar-dusted shortbread. Drop cookies that dissolve on the tongue in seconds.

Fruit and chocolate dream squares with a buttery shortbread crust, raspberry jam, milk chocolate chips, and a pecan streusel topping. Layered bar cookies baked until golden and crumbly.

No-cook tropical stuffed pears filled with a sour cream, crushed pineapple, coconut, marshmallow, and pecan mixture. A retro fruit salad side dish ready in 15 minutes.

Irish cream balls combine crushed vanilla wafers, toasted pecans, cocoa, and Irish cream liqueur into no-bake boozy bites rolled in powdered sugar. The grown-up holiday cookie tray staple.

Cornflake macaroons made with whipped egg whites, coconut, pecans, and crispy corn flakes. Light, crunchy, and naturally gluten-free with no flour at all.

No-bake rum balls made with crushed vanilla wafers, pecans, cocoa, powdered sugar, and real rum. A classic Christmas cookie tin staple rolled in powdered sugar.

Apple Cinnamon Pudding is a dairy-free rice pudding cooked in apple juice with cinnamon and pecans, then chilled until firm and cut into squares. A simple vegan dessert.

Caramel popcorn crunch with pecans and almonds, coated in homemade caramel and optionally dipped in chocolate. Crispy, crunchy, and impossible to stop eating.

Red pear sorbet grates ripe red pears with their skins on for a delicately pink, naturally textured frozen dessert. Simple syrup and lemon juice amplify the pear flavor. No peeling required.

Red snapper in a macadamia and pecan crust, pan-seared in olive oil and finished in the oven. A crispy, nutty-crusted fish dinner ready in 25 minutes.

Rich and creamy squares with a buttery yellow cake mix base topped with sweetened cream cheese and pecans. An easy two-layer bar cookie that feeds a crowd.

No-bake Twinkie pie layered with chocolate mousse, chopped pecans, and whipped cream in a buttered casserole. A retro icebox dessert that turns store-bought snack cakes into something spectacular.

Cajun-style fish seared in a fiery pecan butter sauce with three kinds of pepper, garlic, and hot sauce. Inspired by K-Paul's in New Orleans, this works best with firm fish like swordfish, tuna, or sturgeon.

Lots of apples and nuts make a filling rich snacking cake.

Crunchy chocolate chip cookies loaded with pecans and crisp rice cereal, flavored with almond extract and brown sugar. Makes 5 dozen crispy-edged treats in 30 minutes.