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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 no-bake raspberry pie topped with whipped cream and a single raspberry on a white plate.

No-Bake Raspberry Pie

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

peanut butter oatmeal cookie with chocolate chips on a silicone baking mat.

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate Chips

coconut bars stacked on parchment paper with a glass of milk

Grandma’s Chewy Coconut Bars

three red velvet brownies stacked on a white plate.

Red Velvet Brownies

corn flake candy clusters on a white marble tray.

Corn Flake Candy

stack of marshmallow fudge squares.

Marshmallow Fudge

snickers salad in a glass parfait cup.

Snickers Salad

no bake chocolate cookies on a plate.

Boiled Cookies (No Bake Chocolate Cookies)

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

Corn Flake Cookies

assortment of white, red, and green spritz cookies on a white cake stand with a red rim.

Old Fashioned Spritz Cookies

poinsettia cookies made with maraschino cherries on a wire rack.

Poinsettia Cookies

a stack of five snickerdoodle cookies, sitting on a white Christmas plate.

Soft and Chewy Snickerdoodles

snowball cookies on a cookie tray with ginger cookies and peppermints in the background.

Snowball Cookies with Pecans

chocolate marshmallow cookies on a wire rack.

Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies

slice of pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting and chopped walnuts on top on a white marble platter.

Easy Pumpkin Bundt Cake

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

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie

pecan brittle stacked in a white dish.

Pecan Brittle

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

Warm Caramel Apple Dip

slice of eggnog pie covered in caramel sauce on a Christmas china plate.

Boozy Caramel Eggnog Pie

7 layer bars stacked up on a white marble tray.

7 Layer Bars

slice of chocolate mayonnaise cake with a bite taken out.

Easy Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

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

3 Ingredient Biscuit Donuts

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

8 Ways to Make Boxed Brownies Better

slice of ice cream sandwich dessert topped with chocolate sauce and chocolate curls on a white and blue plate.

Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Dessert

slice of mississippi mud ice cream pie on a gray plate.

Mississippi Mud Ice Cream Pie

slice of banana split cake drizzled with chocolate sauce and topped with a maraschino cherry.

No-Bake Banana Split Cake

slice of peach pie on a piece of fine china with a fork on the side

Fresh Peach Pie

pavlova decorated with fruit in a flag design

Berry Pavlova (with a flag design!)

grilled peaches with honey whipped cream, pistachios, and fresh mint springs.

Grilled Peaches with Honey Whipped Cream

cherry dump cake topped with vanilla ice cream on a white plate.

Cherry Dump Cake with Pineapple

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

Grilled Pound Cake with Berries and Cream

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

Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce

rhubarb sauce over ice cream in a glass parfait dish.

Easy Rhubarb Sauce

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

Easy Ding Dong Cake

hand dipping a strawberry into a white bowl of fruit dip, surrounded by fruit.

The Best Easy Fruit Dip

slice of banoffee pie on a pink and green china plate.

Easy Banoffee Pie

do re mi cookies on a wire cooling rack sitting on top of a green and black plaid towel.

Grandma’s Do Re Mi Cookies

squares of marshmallow treats made with lucky charms on a white marble table.

Lucky Charms Marshmallow Treats

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