dessert

Recipes

• Soft-Centred Chocolate Pudding
  Individual servings of rich chocolate goodness
• Tiramisu
  Tirami su
• Chocolate Mousse with Olive Oil and Flaky Salt
  A Spanish take on chocolate mousse that's salty, sweet, and delicious
• Australian Lemon Myrtle and Yogurt Panna Cotta
  No eggs but plenty creamy
• Candied Angelica
  No, not candied Angelina!
• Crystallized Blue Borage Blossoms
  Easy-to-make, impressive candied flowers
• Caramel Sauce
  Creamy, gooey, and sweetens up almost anything
• Chocolate Pecan Pie
  Downright decadent
• Chocolate Ding-a-Lings
  An improvement on an old favorite
• Mahmoul
  Syrian cookies filled with an orangy, nutty paste
• Amaretto Chocolate Mousse
  Mexican chocolate and amaretto add a surprising twist
• Vanilla Bean–Ricotta Cheesecake
  Creamy-rich and decadent
• Lavender and Wildflower Honey Crème Brûleé
  Classic crème brûleé takes on a southern French flavor
• Mango and Rose Dessert Salad
  A simple, exotic fruit salad
• Apple Pie Spice
  A comforting spice mixture...
• Cinnamon-Walnut Bundt Cake
  Makes a great hostess gift
• Icebox Sugar Cookies
  Make a big batch and keep it in the freezer
• Coffee Pots
  Creamy pots of coffee custard
• Baked Apples with Almonds, Mascarpone, and Honey
  A light, sweet treat
• Chocolate-Pecan Pudding Pie with Nut Crust
  A healthier, vegan version
• Dixon Apple Pie Tamales
  Sweet tamales for dessert
• Sweet Yogurt Sundae with Saffron and Pistachios
  A rich dessert or indulgent treat
• Apple Ice
  Refreshing, tart, green apple sweetness
• Microwave Crème Brûlée
  The dessert classic goes for a spin in the microwave
• Super-Sized Ginger Chewies
  A thick, chewy spice cookie
• Chinese Almond Cookies
  A popular Chinese treat
• Key Lime Pie
  This is a favorite of a lot of people around here...
• Charles Chocolates Graham Crackers
  From one of our favorite local chocolatiers
• Charles Chocolates Marshmallows
  From one of our favorite local chocolatiers
• Charles Chocolates S’mores
  A recipe that's become a staff favorite
• Charles Chocolates Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles
  Rich treats in cocoa packages
• Sour Cherry and Green Tea Granité
  Tart marries sweet in this summertime refresher
• Ginger Syrup
  Spices up anything and everything
• Ginger Macadamia Coconut Carrot Cake
  Vegan dessert that's so good you'll never guess it's vegan
• Mint Syrup
  Adds a cooling nip to drinks
• Thai Coconut Cream in Kabocha Squash (Sangkaya)
  Squash and coconut cream combine to make a playful custard cake
• Spiced French Toast with Roasted Pineapple
  An ultrarich version spiked with rum
• Roasted Pineapple with Rum
  Great with French toast or over ice cream
• Christmas Compote with Spiced Rioja
  Red wine mixes lusciously with dried and fresh fruit
• Pecan and Salt Caramel Cheesecake
  Sweet, salty and a bit of crunch
• Red Bean Ice Cream
  It's even better homemade
• Simple Syrup
  A bar staple
• Apple Tarts with Apple Ice
  A marriage of sweet, sour, warm, and cold
• Peppercorn Ice Cream
  A silky base with a pleasant, peppery punch
• Black Forest “Strata”
  A luscious take on the classic German dessert
• Hot Cocoa
  Creamy, chocolaty, and sinfully rich
• Brown Butterscotch Pie
  A toasty-sweet dessert
• Chocolate Rum Pudding Cake
  Vegan one-bowl dessert
• Candied Pumpkinseeds
  A sweet seasonal snack
• Buzzing Bran Muffins
  Honey and buttermilk keep these moist
• Double Lavender Honey Ice Cream
  A creamy perfumed treat
• Basic Pie Dough
  3-2-1 dough that's as easy as A-B-C
• Monte Bianco
  An airy, snowcapped mountain of chestnuts and chocolate
• Eggnog Cheesecake
  Rich cheesecake, enlivened with eggnog
• Eggnog Frosting
  A festive frosting for holiday cookies
• Vanilla Poached Pears
  A basic recipe to riff on
• Eggnog Crème Brûlée
  Rich custard with a slug of nog and crisp brown-sugar crust
• Coconut-Date Icebox Cookies
  Make a big batch and keep it in the freezer
• Meyer Lemon and Black Pepper Cookies
  Icebox cookies for the subtle sophisticate
• Mexican Chocolate Icebox Cookies
  Mexican chocolate and cayenne lend exotic spice
• Double Chocolate–Caramel Cookies
  Thumbprint cookies filled with caramel candies
• Molten Walnut Cake
  Nutty, with a hint of spice and a puddinglike center
• Upside-Down Banana-Coffee Tart
  Kind of like a tarte Tatin
• Charles Chocolates Pecan Brownies
  If you like nuts, this recipe is for you
• Blood Orange Crème Anglaise
  The classic dessert sauce gets a citrus twist
• Lavender-Thyme Syrup
  Herbed syrup for anything from iced tea to cocktails
• Blackberry Syrup
  Add a splash of summer flavor
• Croissant and Prune Bread Pudding
  Custardy and rich, with a hint of Armagnac
• Mini Éclairs with Meyer Lemon Filling
  Tiny pastries laced with tart lemon cream
• Vanilla-Buttermilk Pastry Cream
  Tangy buttermilk updates a classic
• Raspberry Sorbet
  Fruity frozen treat with a dash of Kirsch
• Fruit and Buttermilk Tartlets
  Tiny, tangy, and sweet
• Roasted Rhubarb Compote
  Orange juice lends a citrusy, floral note
• Strawberry “Shortcake on a Stick”
  Baked over the fire and topped with cream
• Baklava Sundae with Grilled Peaches
  Top with ouzo for a grown-up version
• Almond and Walnut Baklava
  With fennel seed and lemon-honey syrup
• Lime Pound Cake
  Rich, buttery cake with a hint of citrus
• Lime Pound Cake
  Rich, buttery cake with a hint of citrus
• Grilled Lime Pound Cake with Raspberry Sorbet
  A delicious finish to an alfresco meal
• Spiced Fruit Syrup with Grains of Paradise
  A unique topping for fresh fruit
• Buttermilk and Brown Butter Waffles
  Nutty and indulgent—the perfect breakfast treat
• Lavender-Scented Fruit Parfait
  Simple yet elegant
• Baked Stone Fruit with Sweetened Ricotta and Crushed Amaretti Cookies (Frutte al Forno con Ricotta Dolce e Biscotti Rotti)
  A nice addition to a dessert buffet
• Blackberry-Peach Cobbler with Sour Cream Biscuits
  Make it extraindulgent with a drizzle of cream
• Plum Buckle with Pecan Topping
  A twist on this classic
• Leftover Chinese Takeout Rice Pudding
  Lowbrow but good chow
• Saffron Ice Cream (Bastani-e gol-o bolbol)
  Studded with pistachios and frozen cream
• Amaretto Hot Chocolate
  Nutty and chocolaty all at once
• Mexican Chocolate Ice Cream
  Tequila, canela, and milk chocolate share the spotlight
• Coconut Hot Chocolate
  Simply decadent, simply delicious
• Double Anise Hot Chocolate
  Star anise and anise seed turn hot chocolate on its head
• Five-Spice Hot Chocolate
  Spiked with orange liqueur
• Royal Icing
  The ultimate icing for decorating cookies
• Peanut Butta Cups
  Crunchy peanut filling covered in milk chocolate
• Almond Jay
  Coconut and almond filling dipped in milk chocolate
• Twixt
  Cookie crust and gooey caramel covered in milk chocolate
• Snickles
  Nougat and peanut caramel covered in milk chocolate
• Twinks
  Our vanilla cream filling makes it even better
• Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
  Creamy, rich, and packed with vanilla
• Little Ditsy Cream Pies
  Oatmeal cookies are paired with creamy vanilla filling
• Vanilla Cream
  A rich take on a basic snackie-cake filling
• Spiked Apple Galette
  Calvados doubles the apple flavor
• Pumpkin Pie with Spiced Crust
  Taking the quintessential Thanksgiving pie to a new level
• Buttermilk Icing
  A tangy topper to your favorite cupcake
• Boozy Persimmon Pudding
  Silky pudding cake laced with brandy and orange zest
• Peppermint Hot Chocolate
  Crushed-up candies lend a minty note
• Pecan and Sweet Potato Bread
  Tasty for breakfast, a coffee break, or dessert
• Crisp Chocolate Chip Cookies
  Thin, buttery cookies loaded with chocolate chips
• Whole Wheat Sablés
  Buttery cookies with the nutty flavor of whole wheat
• Gingerbread Cookies
  Soft, chewy, spicy, and full-flavored
• Port Poached Pears
  Easy, light, and elegant
• Pan de Muertos (Day of the Dead Bread)
  A yeasty sweet bread from Mexico
• Chocolate Pudding
  Creamy, cool, and chocolaty
• Apple Crisp
  
• Chocolate Toffee Pumpkin Seed Bark
  With a pinch of cayenne
• Chocolate Almond Nut Jobs
  Dark chocolate with shards of toasty almonds
• Pistachio Mexican Wedding Cakes
  A buttery, melt-in-your mouth cookie
• Honey Fritters with Blood Oranges
  Airy fritters tinged with orange
• Adzuki Bean Porridge (Zensai)
  A Japanese dessert of adzuki beans and mochi
• Basic Sweet Mochi (An Mochi)
  Perfect for wrapping around ice cream
• Almond Butter Hot Chocolate
  You won't need dessert after this
• Caramel Hot Chocolate
  Like drinking a sundae sans ice cream
• Banana Hot Chocolate
  A favorite childhood food combo grows up (a bit)
• Bubbe’s Sugar Cookies
  Great for rolled and cut cookies
• Chocolate Mousse Cake
  
• Covered Apple cake
  
• Spiced Pumpkin Ice Cream
  
• Plum Cake
  
• Salty Hazelnut Brittle
  Shards of crackly caramel and toasted hazelnuts
• Easy Pain au Chocolat
  A quick take on the French classic
• Cinnamon-Sugar Chips
  Fried flour tortilla chips sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar
• Toasted Pound Cake with Coffee Sauce
  An addictive pairing
• Salted Caramel Sauce
  Tasty enough to eat on its own
• Hazelnut-Anise Cookies
  Crisp, buttery cookies with a hint of anise
• Sour Cream–Banana Bread
  Moist, tangy bread full of banana flavor
• Honey-Vanilla Syrup
  Combine with fruit for a quick dessert topping
• Apple Crisp with Oatmeal Streusel
  Crunchy topping and tender apples
• Caramelized Pears
  Delicious as a topping or on their own
• Guinness–Milk Chocolate Ice Cream
  An unexpected scoop
• Gingerbread with Stout
  The old-fashioned treat gets boozy
• Orange Hard Sauce
  A buttery dessert topping
• Blueberry Soup with Yogurt Panna Cotta
  
• Mississippi Praline Macaroons
  A favorite dessert of Southern Passover seders
• Rhubarb Syrup
  Sip up spring with this floral syrup
• Sticky Steamed Pumpkin Pudding
  Irresistible, moist, cake-like spiced pudding
• Spirited Butterscotch Sauce
  Butter and scotch with brown sugar for good measure
• Drunken Watermelon Pops
  An adult version of a college favorite
• Juniper and Bay Leaf Syrup
  Add some gin, without adding the sin
• Caramel Ice Cream
  Creamy, rich, caramelly
• Couscous and Orange-Caramel Pudding
  An impressive and easy dessert
• Lemon-Blueberry Trifle
  Layers of fruit, lemon curd, cream, and cake are a sure crowd pleaser
• Asian Sweet Red Bean Paste
  
• Metropolitan Granola Cookies
  From Philadelphia's Metropolitan Bakery
• Fudgy Toffee Pecan Cookies
  Buttery toffee and toasted pecans meet chocolate cookie
• A Healthy Gluten-Free Carrot Cake for Memorial Day
  
• Choco-bananas
  
• Creamy Rice Pudding with Broiled Plums
  Tangy plums nestled in rich pudding
• Outrageous Chocolate Brownies with Caramel
  
• Vanilla Orange Strawberry Shortcake
  
• Rhubarb Compote with Vanilla Sauce
  
• Fig and Raisin Bread Pudding
  
• Nectarine Plum Crostada
  
• Roasted Pistachio Ice Cream
  Packed with nut flavor
• Sugar-Free Strawberry Sorbet
  

Grinders

• Dessert Deniers
  A recent trade-mag article teaching servers how to break the dessert taboo makes us appreciate dining partners who refuse sweets.
• An Insider's Dessert Guide
  Pastry chef Michael Laiskonis of New York City's Le Bernardin has joined the ranks of culinary bloggers.

Picks

• Skip to Lou
  It's darlin'.
• A Classic on the Classics
  One cookbook containing every dessert you can think of.
• Dessert Downsized
  Recipes to bake for two.
• Three Cheers for Three Twins
  Even I can't resist this ice cream.
• Minidesserts for Big Dessert Appetites
  Size doesn't matter, at least not with dessert.

Stories

• Yellow Cottage Bakery Brownies
  Satisfy your chocolust
• S’mores Maker
  Because you can’t have a campfire at a cocktail party
• Dessert Cuisine
  A cookbook for the most important course
• The Myth of the Pie Crust
  A conversation with baking expert Dorie Greenspan
• The Rise of the Salt Tooth
  The craze for salted sweets
• Candy’s Black Sheep
  Black licorice won’t satisfy your sweet tooth, but you might like it anyway
• Sweet or Salty?
  Black licorice can go both ways
• Frozen Summer Treats
  These are worth running after the ice cream truck for
• Slump, Buckle, Pandowdy, Cobbler
  Cook up your summer fruits and give them funny names
• The Scoop
  Better ways to present ice cream
• Oreo Cakesters and Yoplait Go-Gurt Fizzix
  America’s favorite cookie fails as a snack cake
• Holiday Central
  Recipes, menus, and gift guides for all your celebratory needs
• Oreo Dessert Pizza and Cereal Straws
  Resist ordering while in a cannabis haze
• The Minimalist’s Dessert
  Confectioner Alice Medrich talks about simple, artisanal sweets
• Injectable Marinades and 100-Calorie Snacks
  Giant needle delivers thrills and marinade
• From Tub to Mouth
  Ready-to-Eat Cheesecake Filling and Campbell’s Select Soups
• Another Bad Attempt at a Diet Dessert
  Smart Ones Sundae and Organic Orchard Juice
• Italian Ice Cream Trance State
  Bistro Deluxe dinners and Talenti gelato
• Crispiness Jihad
  Ben & Jerry’s Cinnamon Buns ice cream, and Nestlé Crunch Crisp bar
• Cookies, Crazy-Ass and Classic
  Cranberry Omega 3 Flax Seed and Raspberry Milanos