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Desserts

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

Chocolate Eclair Cake or Peanut Butter Pie are always a hit. Around the holidays, Grandma’s Rum Balls and Grandma’s Cocoa Drops will garner adoration from old-fashioned cookie lovers.

And don’t miss the reader favorites: Punch Bowl Cake, Ding Dong Cake, Pistachio Cake, and Chocolate Wacky Cake are some of the most popular desserts here!

slice of butterscotch cake topped with butterscotch chips and pecans.

Easy Butterscotch Cake

cherry delight, cherry cheesecake, cherry cake, and cherry coffee cake.

8 Classic Desserts with Cherry Pie Filling

slice of red, white, and blue layered jello dessert on a white plate.

Red, White, and Blue Jello Dessert

slice of honey bun cake with cinnamon swirl on a white plate.

Honey Bun Cake

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

Old Fashioned Orange Cake

slice of strawberry jello pie topped with whipped topping on a white plate.

Strawberry Pie with Jello

rhubarb crumble topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in a dish.

Old Fashioned Rhubarb Crumble

stack of peanut butter cookies on a wooden board.

Old Fashioned Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

slice of hawaiian cake with cream cheese frosting and coconut on a white plate.

Homemade Hawaiian Cake

slice of a layered dessert with a pretzel crust, cream cheese filling, and strawberry gelatin on top.

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

orange dreamsicle salad in glass parfait dishes, topped with mandarin oranges.

Orange Dreamsicle Salad

two slices of ooey gooey butter cake stacked on top of each other.

Easy Gooey Butter Cake

slice of twinkie cake on a white plate, next to a whole twinkie.

Twinkie Cake

coconut poke cake slice on a white plate.

Coconut Poke Cake

slice of creamy old fashioned peanut butter pie on a white plate, topped with chopped peanuts.

Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie

slice of pistachio cake topped with pistachio frosting and chopped pistachios on a white plate.

Pistachio Cake with Pudding Mix

20 Rhubarb Desserts for Spring

20 Rhubarb Desserts for Spring

old fashioned gingersnaps with a bottle of molasses.

Old Fashioned Gingersnaps

old fashioned peanut brittle in a white dish.

Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle

pecan tassies on a green pedestal platter.

Pecan Tassies

toffee squares topped with nuts on a wooden board.

Toffee Squares

glorified rice in a shallow dish topped with a maraschino cherry.

Glorified Rice

slice of peach blueberry pie on a white plate.

Peach Blueberry Pie

peach shortcake topped with whipped cream.

Peach Shortcake

slice of cherry delight with cherry pie filling on top.

Cherry Delight

strawberry crunch topping in a white bowl.

Strawberry Crunch Recipe

pay day bars stacked on a wooden board.

Pay Day Bars

icebox cake with strawberries on a white platter with a whole strawberry.

Strawberry Icebox Cake

strawberry pies, ice cream, and trifle.

15 Old Fashioned Strawberry Desserts

hot fudge pudding cake in a glass pan.

Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

mini cheesecake topped with cherries in a white muffin cup liner.

Mini Cherry Cheesecakes

stack of three lemon bars on a small green cake stand.

Classic Lemon Bars

3 carrot cake whoopie pies stacked on a wire rack.

Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies

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

Jell-O Poke Cake

large pieces of saltine cracker candy on a light green tray.

Saltine Cracker Candy

Close up of 3 overripe pears on a gray surface.

37 Recipes for Overripe Pears

layered buster bar ice cream dessert on a blue and white plate, topped with chopped peanuts.

Buster Bar Dessert

vanilla wacky cake slice on a white plate with a bite taken out and a fork in front.

Vanilla Wacky Cake with Sprinkles

homemade orange julius in a decorative glass, garnished with fresh mint.

Homemade Orange Julius

slice of 7up cake topped with a coconut frosting next to a can of 7up.

7Up Cake

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