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Dessert Recipes

Dinner isn't complete without dessert! Impress your guests and satisfy their sweet tooth with this collection of both modern and nostalgic desserts.

Special K Bars are no-bake and always a hit. Around the holidays, Grandma's Rum Balls and Grandma's Cocoa Drops will garner adoration from old-fashioned cookie lovers. And Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies are a fun weekend baking project.

red jell-o poke cake topped with whipped cream and raspberry on a white china plate.

Jell-O Poke Cake

three biscuit donuts rolled in sugar and stacked on top of one another.

Biscuit Donuts

slice of rhubarb cake on a white plate topped with whipped cream.

Rhubarb Cake

slice of orange cake with coconut on a blue and white plate.

Orange Cake

slice of ding dong cake in a cake pan with more ding dong cake in the pan.

Ding Dong Cake

piece of chocolate delight layered dessert on a white plate on top of a blue napkin.

Chocolate Delight

hand holding a graham cracker and dipping it into a bowl of chocolate chip dip.

Chocolate Chip Dip

7 layer bars stacked up on a white marble tray.

7 Layer Bars

chocolate cookies on a wire rack with colorful ball garland and yellow christmas balls.

Mint Chocolate Chunk Cookies

caramels topped with chopped walnuts on white parchment paper.

Walnut Caramels

slice of cookie pie topped with ice cream with an entire cookie pie behind it.

Cookie Pie

banana cake on a white plate, topped with cream cheese icing with a metal pan of more cake in the background.

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

corn flake cookies on a white table with a glass of milk and a blue tea towel.

Corn Flake Cookies

5 cup salad in a glass parfait dish with a blue tea towel nearby.

5 Cup Salad (Ambrosia Salad)

hand lifting an apple slice out of caramel dip, surrounded by apple slices on a white platter.

Caramel Apple Dip

glass parfait dishes filled with pistachio salad, topped with chopped walnuts

Pistachio Salad

Taffy apple salad in a small white dish with a large glass serving dish in the background

Taffy Apple Salad

hand pouring hot fudge on a glass dish of vanilla ice cream

Homemade Hot Fudge

white chocolate cookies stacked up next to a glass of milk and half an orange.

White Chocolate Cookies with Orange Zest

pumpkin spice cookie cake with buttercream rosettes on a white marble board.

Pumpkin Spice Cookie Cake with Salted Maple Buttercream

No bake chocolate cookies on a white plate

Boiled Cookies (No Bake Chocolate Cookies)

grilled pound cake with berries and whipped cream on a blue plate

Patriotic Dessert: Grilled Pound Cake with Berries and Cream

grilled peaches with whipped cream and mint on a white platter

Grilled Peaches with Honey Whipped Cream

single brownie on a wooden board, topped with frosting and coconut curls.

How to Make Boxed Brownies Better

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Spring Recipes

slice of rhubarb cake on a white plate topped with whipped cream.

Rhubarb Cake

5 cup salad in a glass parfait dish with a blue tea towel nearby.

5 Cup Salad (Ambrosia Salad)

glass parfait dishes filled with pistachio salad, topped with chopped walnuts

Pistachio Salad

asparagus quiche sitting on a blue tea towel.

Asparagus, Ham, and Gruyere Quiche

deviled eggs on a white marble tray with a green bowl filled with flaky sea salt.

Deviled Egg Bar

rhubarb muffin on a square of white parchment, with a muffin tin and more muffins in the background.

Rhubarb Muffins with Pecan Streusel

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marinated vegetable salad in a low decorative bowl.

Overnight Vegetable Salad

puff pastry appetizers with goat cheese and jam on a wooden board

Puff Pastry Appetizers with Goat Cheese and Jam

ritz cracker sandwiches stacked on a white platter

RITZ® Crackers Party Sandwiches

pepperoni rolls on a white platter.

Easy Pepperoni Rolls

special k bars on a green glass serving platter

Special K Bars

slices of bacon cheddar meatloaf on a white serving platter

Bacon Cheddar Meatloaf

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