Finger food can be dessert, too! Bite-size salted caramel cream puffs are the perfect balance of salty and sweet flavors.
Desserts and Sweets
Loukoumades are light, airy puffs of dough are fried, then coated in a sweet honey syrup. Greeks traditionally served these fritters as dessert, but they're equally delicious at breakfast! In celebration of the release of My Big, Fat Greek Wedding 2, today's Sunday Supper is themed Greek recipes! What a fun challenge! I don't often eat …
Turn your favorite cupcake recipe into these adorable Easter Basket Cupcakes, topped with BUTTERFINGER® NestEggs! Kids of all ages will love them! This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #EggcellentTreats #CollectiveBias
Creme anglaise is a classic French recipe for vanilla sauce. This versatile sauce is an egg yolk-based, stove-top cooked custard. Use it to top any number of desserts, or churn it into ice cream! Happy Sunday, readers! Welcome to this week's Sunday Supper Egg-stravaganza! Yes, today's recipes are all egg-based. My recipe is a stove-top custard thickened with egg …
Italian-style chocolate mint biscotti is the perfect accompaniment for your afternoon cup of coffee! This cookie is flavored with dark chocolate cocoa powder and mint-flavored chocolate morsels.
With these no-spread sugar cookies, you can serve delicious minion-inspired treats at your next family movie night! This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MinionsMovieNight #CollectiveBias
If you like lemon meringue pie, you'll love this holiday cranberry meringue pie, which uses cranberry curd filling instead of lemon, topped with sweetened whipped egg whites.
In this Christmas Wreath Cupcake tutorial, I show you how to turn your favorite cupcake into a festive Christmas wreath with some red and green icing and a few simple tools.
Easy, no-bake five-ingredient peppermint mocha fudge makes a delicious holiday party treat, or a sweet homemade gift.
Eggnog pound cake makes a delicious Christmas dessert, or package it up to give as a homemade gift!
Looking for a change from classic apple or pumpkin pie? Try this delicious spiced pear pie with hazelnut crumb topping. Serve slightly warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
This make-ahead, no-bake cranberry apple charlotte cake will wow your holiday guests with its apple and cranberry flavors, and beautiful presentation.
Need a last-minute, no-bake Halloween treat? Try these 5-ingredient candy corn popcorn balls! They're sweet and salty and perfect for all ages!
Creamy peanut butter cheesecake swirled with fudgy dark chocolate brownies makes for one decadent dessert. For each #OXOGoodCookies post, OXO will donate $100 to Cookies for Kids Cancer, a 501(c)3 organization providing annual research grants to pediatric cancer centers to research more effective treatments for children battling cancer. Is there anything better than rich chocolate fudgy brownies swirled …
Cooler nights call for warm dessert. This honeycrisp apple tart combines sweet-tart apples, cinnamon and pie crust with no special baking dishes required!
Pumpkin Cake with Salted Caramel Icing is a decadent fall treat. Three layers of moist pumpkin cake is layered with satin-smooth salted caramel Swiss buttercream.
Who says pumpkin desserts are just for chilly weather? Blend pumpkin, spices, cream cheese and ice cream for a decadent pumpkin cheesecake milkshake! Welcome to #PumpkinWeek day 2! Hosted by Terri from Love and Confections, 19 Bloggers will be sharing 65 pumpkin-filled recipes over the course of the week. Be sure to come back every day to see …
These aren't your traditional cannoli — pumpkin cannoli combines mascarpone, pumpkin and spices for an easy yet impressive no-bake dessert.
This incredibly rich and creamy white chocolate raspberry cheesecake has swirls of raspberry preserves — it looks difficult, but is to easy to make. It'll be as showstopper whenever it's served!
S'mores turn elegant in the form of mini chocolate cheesecakes with graham cracker crusts, topped with marshmallows toasted under the broiler. Our What's Baking theme this time around, hosted by Joanna of Kosher Kitchen, is a variation on S'mores, the classic summer dessert. Is really almost the end of summer? Did it feel like it flew …
Babies are cute as a button, and so are these adorable little button cookies sandwiched with lemon buttercream! Serve them as a sweet ending to a baby shower. My fellow food blogger, Courtney of NeighborFood, is about to have her first baby, and Nancy of Gotta Get Baked invited several food bloggers to a virtual baby …
Make your version of Friendly's Monster Mash Sundae with homemade mint chocolate chip ice cream, peanut butter cups and chocolate candies. When I was growing up, my parents used to take my brother and I to Friendly's on occasion as a special treat. Sometimes we would go for dinner and dessert; other times, we just went …
Rich chocolate cheesecake ice cream with swirls of roasted cherries with a hint of vanilla — it's easy to make but so hard to stop eating! "More cherries?!? What are you going to do with them all??" At one point earlier in the month, I had about six pounds of cherries in the fridge. I have …
Wow your friends at your next get-together! Learn how to make patriotic cupcakes with this easy Firecracker Cupcakes tutorial. It's nearly the 4th of July, which means Independence Day here in the United States. I live in a very historic area of Philadelphia, so the colors red, white and blue are EVERYWHERE. I'm a history …
Homemade marshmallows are head and shoulders above store-bought. Fresh sweet cherry puree adds beautiful color and flavor to these marshmallows. Marshmallows. Pillowy puffs of sugary deliciousness. Is there any dessert that's as fun as marshmallow? Back in February, I was chatting on Twitter with Betsy from Desserts Required about flavored marshmallows. I was reminiscing about …
Use up an overripe banana in these tender, delicious banana-oatmeal squares. These treats are low-fat, so it's okay to eat two! Now that summer is here, if you were to visit our apartment, you'd probably be amazed at the amount of fruit in our kitchen. Currently, there are bananas on the table, a papaya ripening …
Honor the mothers in your life with this beautiful, decadent cherry cheesecake pastry braid drizzled with chocolate glaze. Happy Mothers Day to all of the moms, moms-to-be, step-moms, pet moms, or anyone who acts as a motherly figure to another person. Whether you choose to spend the day surrounded by your family, or you want them …
Snack on baked churros dipped in dulce de leche this Cinco de Mayo! This pastry is traditionally fried, but this slightly healthier baked version is just as tasty. For Mother's Day two years ago, Dave took me to a Cuban tapas restaurant, and we had a fantastic brunch. The first dish that I ordered was …
With flavors of pineapple, coconut, mango and lime, you'll transport yourself to the Caribbean with this easy tropical fruit salad. My mom and I joke that we were born in the wrong country. We love tropical everything. Tropical flowers, tropical weather, tropical music, and especially tropical flavors. If you walked into my mother's basement, you'd …
Once you taste homemade chocolate pot de crème, you'll never make chocolate pudding from a boxed mix again! So, you just made a triple batch of those cherry chocolate chip meringue cookies, right? And now you have three egg yolks hanging out in the refrigerator. What do you do with them? Do yourself a favor, …
Cherry chocolate chip meringue cookies are sweet and tart, studded with delicious bits of chocolate. If you like the ice cream, you'll LOVE the cookies! It's sometimes hard to come up with recipes to share with you. I get in a rut of cooking at home, and our dinners are pretty much, "throw some herbs …
Bright, colorful Easter candy cookies are sure to bring a smile to anyone's face. White chocolate cookies are loaded with pastel-colored chocolate candies. Easter ranks pretty high on my list of favorite holidays. Not for the traditions; for the candy. You see, Cadbury Caramel Eggs are one of the BEST THINGS EVER. And they're only …
Fool your friends and family with these sweet fake-out sliders and fries! Cupcakes are turned into buns, brownies are the burgers, and pound cake for fries. It's almost April Fools Day, and the Sunday Supper Movement is having fun fooling with food! Food that looks like other food, food that contains hidden ingredients — anything …
Baking cakes puts me in my happy place. I hope the moist, tender crumb of these cupcakes and the bright citrus filling and frosting will put you in a happy place, too. Compensation was provided by Gallo Family Vineyards via Sunday Supper, LLC. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and are not …
It's Pi(e) Day! I teamed up with 20 food bloggers to celebrate. I made a delicious vanilla-scented peach-blueberry pie in a sweet pie crust. Welcome to Pi(e) Day hosted by Terri from Love and Confections! Pi Day is celebrated every March 14 by math fans around the world - and also bakers and pastry chefs. Pi …
Today's #SundaySupper is all about retro foods — dishes that were popular in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Bananas foster is a classic 1950s dessert, with sautéed bananas, caramel rum sauce and vanilla ice cream. Today, the Sunday Supper group is traveling back in time to celebrate dishes popular in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. …
Hosting a red carpet viewing party? Dress up your dessert table in this tuxedo cake: chocolate cake iced with buttercream and drizzled with chocolate ganache. There's an awards show on tonight, and while I watch simply for the fashion (and this particular year, Neil Patrick Harris), many people make a party night out of the show, …
I'm celebrating Galentine's Day with this take on chocolate-covered strawberries: cream puffs filled with strawberry pastry cream and drizzled in chocolate. Happy Galentine's Day! What is Galentine's Day, you ask? It's a fictional celebration from the television show "Parks and Recreation." It's the best day of the year. Celebrated on February 13th, women leave their husbands and their boyfriends …
I've given new flavor to the classic peanut butter blossoms: cocoa powder and espresso plus milk chocolate Hershey's Kisses equal Mocha Blossom Cookies! I got an email from Influenster.com recently, asking about my Christmas baking plans. I was accepted for their upcoming campaign, and received a free bag of Hershey's Kisses in the mail! Always …
Pumpkin butter spread, cinnamon and ginger give these tender shortbread cookies a warm spice flavor. Enjoy these with a cup of hot cider or hot cocoa on a chilly winter night! It’s the 4th Annual Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, hosted by Lindsay of Love & Olive Oil and Julie ofThe Little Kitchen! The swap …