Dessert Recipes

Live it up with these dessert recipes. They're all easy enough to make and, sometimes, even healthy.
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Sticky Toffee Pudding
Skip the fuss of individual servings; this sheet cake sticky toffee pudding is cozier, easier, and, dare we say, far more festive.
Caramelized Honey Pumpkin Pie
Browned butter, honey that's been cooked slightly to intensify its flavor, a measured amount of spice, and few extra eggs make this a pumpkin pie that's truly custardy and wonderfully delicious.
Pumpkin Chiffon Pie
Here the classic chiffon pie gets an autumnal makeover by marrying the flavors of pumpkin pie with chiffon’s cloud-like texture. Topped high with whipped cream and a sprinkling of crushed cookies, the pie houses all of the flavors of traditional pumpkin pie in a dreamier, creamier package—the perfect unexpected pie recipe to serve at Thanksgiving (or any fall get-together).
Classic Double Chocolate Cake Recipe
This Double Chocolate cake is the rich, cocoa-packed cake of your indulgent dreams. Did it earn its name because of the combo of moist chocolate cake and silky chocolate ganache frosting? Or was it because of the duo of natural cocoa and melted semisweet chocolate that get mixed into the batter? Either way, it's delicious.
English Plum Pudding
If you had asked James Beard, the American culinary legend behind this particular recipe, English Plum Pudding tastes best when it’s made days, weeks, or even months ahead of time. So if you want to enjoy this spiced, dried-fruit-filled figgy pudding this holiday season, you probably should start now.
3-Ingredient Seared Dates with Vanilla Ice Cream and Mint
Want to know a secret? Pan-searing dates turns them into an irresistible, warm treat with a crisp, caramelized exterior and a soft, sweet interior. Recipe developer Anna Stockwell pairs them with cold vanilla ice cream and topped with olive oil, mint, and flaky sea salt, turning the fruit into a sophisticated dessert with a fun mix of sweet and savory.
Old Fashioned Fudge
Some things are worth the effort, and in the case of this Old Fashioned Fudge, the effort is, well, significant. Unlike other recipes that use things like marshmallow fluff or sweetened condensed milk as a head start, this recipe asks you to do it all. The result, however, is an almost-too-eatable fudge.
Old Fashioned Fudge
Some things are worth the effort, and in the case of this Old Fashioned Fudge, the effort is, well, significant. Unlike other recipes that use things like marshmallow fluff or sweetened condensed milk as a head start, this recipe asks you to do it all. The result, however, is an almost-too-eatable fudge.
Easy Chocolate Pudding
Wouldn't it be nice if the nostalgia for pudding cups actually made them taste better? The good news is that it's not terribly hard to make homemade chocolate pudding with a luscious texture and deep chocolate flavor. Since chocolate is the star here, splurge for the best bittersweet chocolate you can buy—and look for wafers or bars instead of chips that might have added stabilizers that can mess with the velvety pudding texture.
Chocolate Cherry Cake
This Chocolate Cherry Cake delivers the flavors of Black Forest cake but requires a fraction of the commitment. There’s no days-long prep time or (let’s be honest) fussy icing, and you can use either your fresh summer cherry haul or that stash of frozen cherries you’ve had your eye on.
Lemon Olive-Oil Cake
It's time to break out the fancy olive for this Lemon Olive-Oil Cake. Whether you go for extra virgin or lesser grades is up to you—just make sure it's high-quality oil. Juice and zest of lemon brings out the fruity notes of the olive oil while also creating a final cake bed for fresh blueberries, sliced figs, or any other seasonal fruit.
Our 29 Favorite Recipes With Meringue
In its simplest form meringue is a combination of egg whites and sugar, whipped to an airy fluff. The following meringue recipes take things a step further. Once you've perfected properly whipped meringue, you can enter the world of shatteringly crisp meringue cookies, meringue buttercream, and airy plateaus of meringue-lifted lemon chiffon. Best of all, you can make many of these our favorite meringue dessert recipes in advance.
Classic Thumbprint Cookie Recipe
This simple jam thumbprint cookie recipe combines a buttery shortbread-ish base with whatever fruity flavor you like best. While raspberry jam is standard, feel free to deploy apricot or strawberry jam to turn these into your new favorite cookies. Want to take this year’s holiday cookie tin even further off-tradition? Make pecan thumbprints, peanut butter thumbprints with chocolate ganache, or honey-sweetened cookies filled with pistachio paste or lemon curd.
Dirty Chai Cheesecake Brownie Recipe
These brownies feature a delightful combo of warm spices, black tea, and strong coffee. Every family has its own preferred ratio of spices in their chai masala, and this one is a bit heavier on the cardamom and ginger side. You can make this recipe semi-homemade if you’re short on time by using boxed brownie mix. We won't judge! And we have instructions to make these brownies eggless as well if you need.
Old-Fashioned Fudge Recipe
This old-fashioned fudge recipe has no modern tricks to hide behind—no sweetened condensed milk or marshmallow fluff to make easy work of it. And yes, you will hand-whip it. But the creamy texture and rich flavor will make it worth your while. You should consider this chocolate fudge recipe as a canvas for personal expression—customize it any way you like.