Desserts

Strawberry Whipped Cream Cream Cheese Frosting is an easy to make, not too sweet frosting naturally flavored with freeze dried strawberries!

Peppermint Cookie Clusters are a delicious, easy to make chocolate candy that’s a combination of peppermint, cookies and cream, and a chocolate candy cluster. It’s …

Peanut Butter Pretzel Rice Krispies Treats are a delicious and addictive mix of texture and flavor. They are sweet and salty, soft and chewy, but …

Spicy Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes get a kick of spice with just enough cinnamon and cayenne to keep the deep, dark chocolate flavor lingering deliciously on your palette. Top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a sprinkling of cinnamon for the most delicious chocolate dessert. Perfect for Valentine’s Day or whenever you want to warm somebody’s heart!

This Cherry Cheese Danish Cake was inspired by delicious cherry cheese Danish pastries. Instead of a flaky pastry, this cake boasts a delicious layer of almond scented cake and a creamy layer of cheesecake. Lightly sweetened cherries and spoonfuls of reserved cake batter create a cobblestone like surface that is then drizzled with a simple icing.

Chewy Peppermint Cookies and Cream Cookies are deliciously thin and satisfyingly chewy. They get a double dose of peppermint from Candy Cane Joe-Joe’s and Andes …

If you’re a fan of 7 layer bars or Magic bars, have I got a cookie for you! Treasure cookies are like 7 layer or …

Chocolate Chip Pie takes all the flavors you love in a chocolate chip cookie and bakes them in a buttery, flaky, pie crust. Great for any holiday!

This Crazy Pumpkin Olive Oil Cake is naturally dairy free, no eggs, milk or butter necessary! It’s based on a Depression era type of cake …

Peppermint Chocolate Cookie Bark is an easy way to get your peppermint bark fix in the form of a cookie! Just bake a thin chocolate …

Butter Nut Horns are more pastry than cookie, but we’ve been making them as part of our Christmas cookie trays for years. Each horn is …

Pumpkin Pie Gingerbread Cake is a perfect mash up of two delicious fall desserts. Homemade pumpkin pie filling is baked right on top of gingerbread …

Make Chocolate Cream Pie from scratch using an easy homemade chocolate custard. Pour that rich, deep chocolate filling into a pre-baked pastry crust and then …

Blind baking a pie crust shouldn’t be intimidating nor require any special equipment. Today, I’m sharing how to blind bake a pie crust with items …

Celebrate fall with this Apple Pie Bundt Cake. Pound cake batter, rich with butter and cream, is layered with an easy stove top apple pie …

Cherry Crumb Bars are filled with an easy, stove top cherry pie filling. A tender cookie crust serves as the base of the bar. Then, …

Irish Cream Cheesecake Brownies. Deep dark chocolate brownies are studded with chocolate chips, then topped with creamy Irish Cream cheesecake, mini chocolate chips and more …

These Chocolate Sugar Cookies are deliciously soft, fudgy, and full of deep, dark chocolate flavor. Roll them thicker for a softer cookie, or roll them …

Lime Meltaway Cookies are a buttery, tender, shortbread type of cookie that seem to melt in your mouth. They pack a citrus punch due to …

Easy lace cookie bark is a wafer thin, crispy, buttery toffee cookie that’s baked into large slabs instead of individual cookies. The batter mixes up …

This Pumpkin Ale Cake is moist, tender and nicely spiced. It’s a great cake for the fall and a perfect choice for Thanksgiving dessert. It’s …

Brown Sugar Cinnamon Whipped Cream Cream Cheese Frosting is a blend of cinnamon-spiced cream cheese frosting and whipped cream. It’s perfect for those who love …

Peanut Butter Blondie Brownies. Bake a rich chocolatey brownie on top of a chewy peanut butter blondie and find a new way to love this …

This sweet, sticky, chewy walnut syrup is easy to make and a perfect topping for ice cream, cake, brownies, pancakes and even oatmeal!  This Walnut …

Make your own Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Topping with just three ingredients! This quick and easy dessert topping is a strawberry shortcake crumble that will …

In just a few minutes, and with just a few ingredients, you can make your own Chocolate Hard Shell Ice Cream Topping. What is chocolate …

I’ve created a new favorite pie for you! Chocolate Chip Cannoli Pie! The filling is rich and creamy with plenty of mini chocolate chips to …

Chai Spiced Pear Bundt Cake is filled with fresh ripe pears and gently spiced with cinnamon, cardamom and cloves. A spiced icing is accented with …

What’s better than a typical ole’ toaster tart? A Jumbo Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Toaster Tart! A delicious brown sugar cinnamon filling is baked between …

This Fresh Blueberry Cheesecake Pie is like getting two pies in one. It starts with creamy classic cheesecake base that’s baked on a graham and …

How do you make the most delicious home made blueberry pie filling? Use fresh berries! This Fresh Blueberry Pie Filling is so easy to make. …

Easy Mini Key Lime Pies come together quickly with just five ingredients and one bowl. The pies are creamy and full of fresh lime flavor, …

Very Berry Marshmallow Crispy Treats are a triple flavor treat. There are three delicious layers, all naturally flavored and naturally colored using freeze dried fruit …

Mermaid Birthday Sugar Cookie Bars. Birthday cake flavored sugar cookie bars are topped with colorful swirls of frosting and festive sprinkles. I thought we could …

I thought these One Bite Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies would be an exercise in portion control. Turns out…that was not the case at all. Let’s …

For those of you who read last week’s post on how to make Caramelized White Chocolate, it will probably come as no surprise that I …

Did you know you can make Caramelized White Chocolate? I’ve been wanting to try it for the longest time. It’s really pretty easy because it …

Mandarin Orange Pineapple Cream Cake. Layers of mandarin orange cake, filled with pineapple coconut pastry cream and covered in pineapple whipped cream and coconut chips. …

You’ve gotta love when a recipe idea comes out even better than expected. Such is the case with these Iced Lemon Pillow Cookies. It’s not …

Here in the northeast, we’re facing the second major storm in less than a week. Schools are closed and we’re all stuck at home. Seems …

Consider these Mint Chocolate Pudding Parfaits my “green” offering for St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t think I’ve posted anything green yet for that holiday. My …

And just like that, Valentine’s Day is just one week away. I often make brownies around Valentine’s, but this year I thought, why not a …

Hey, are you ready for some cookies? How about some Hazelnut Mocha Coffee and Cream Cookies? Yeah. That’s right. Hazelnut. Mocha. Coffee. Cream. Cookies. That’s …

This Healthy Winter Fruit Crisp is perfect for dessert. But guess what? It can also be a great choice for breakfast! It’s like a homemade …

Rustic Caramel Iced Brown Sugar Cookies are a sweet twist on a sugar cookie. Brown sugar brings a hint of warm caramel notes and a …

I developed these Pistachio Bark Oatmeal Cookies last year at the tail end of my Christmas cookie baking extravaganza. Unfortunately, it was an idea I …

We’re going to take a quick break from gift guides and start the wheels turning on cookie baking. I’m rounding up a list of favorites …

This post for Whipped Cream Cream Cheese Frosting was originally published on February 7th, 2015. It has been updated with additional photos, text and a …