Dessert & Sweet Treat Recipes

Strawberry Shortcake

This strawberry shortcake features a biscuit-style shortcake layered with sweet strawberries and topped with cream for a sensational summertime treat.

⏱️ 60 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 8

Easy Moist Chocolate Cupcakes

This chocolate cupcake recipe makes moist, rich, chocolaty cupcakes from scratch with simple baking ingredients. Frost with chocolate buttercream for the perfect party treat!

⏱️ 30 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 16

Mocha Chocolate Chip Icebox Cake

This mocha chocolate chip icebox cake recipe uses mascarpone for richness and espresso powder to add mocha-like richness to this no-bake icebox cake.

⏱️ 255 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 10

Easy Pecan Pie

This pecan pie recipe makes an easy corn syrup, egg, and sugar filling to pour over whole pecans in an unbaked crust for a favorite holiday dessert.

⏱️ 75 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 8

Homemade Peach Ice Cream

Homemade peach ice cream is easy to make with fresh juicy peaches, sugar, cream, and three types of milk for a superb summertime frozen treat.

⏱️ 275 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 32

Prickly Pear Candy

This prickly pear candy recipe is made with prickly pear juice that's sweetened and baked into chewy, sticky candy — a perfect treat for fruit lovers.

⏱️ 50 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 8

Soft Sugar Cookies

This soft sugar cookie recipe is quick and easy to make. Use any color sugar to make these for holidays, birthdays, or other special occasions.

⏱️ 25 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 24

German Chocolate Cake Frosting

This German chocolate cake frosting is made from scratch with coconut and pecans for a thick and creamy topping perfect on German chocolate cake.

⏱️ 20 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 12

Strawberry Rhubarb Custard Pie

The rhubarb custard pie from Chef John has the perfect combo of tart rhubarb sweetened with fresh strawberries and rich custard in a buttery crust.

⏱️ 140 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 8

Pumpkin Spice Cake

This moist pumpkin spice cake with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice is packed with pecans. Perfect for the holidays or a delicious fall dessert.

⏱️ 70 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 16

Ginny's Mini Cheesecakes

Muffin tins are lined with paper baking cups and a vanilla wafer "crust," then filled with a lemony cheesecake batter and baked. Top with your favorite fruit pie filling, if desired.

⏱️ 100 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 12

Make-Ahead Rhubarb Yogurt Parfaits

A quick honey-sweetened rhubarb compote is the base of this make-ahead breakfast parfait recipe laced with graham cracker crumbs and crushed walnuts.

⏱️ 35 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 5

All-Time Favorite Sweet Potato Pudding

This sweet potato pudding is made with brown sugar, butter, and warm spices for a sweet and savory side dish that tastes just like sweet potato pie.

⏱️ 40 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 4

White Almond Wedding Cake

A wonderful white wedding cake recipe. Start with a white cake mix, and add sour cream and almond flavoring to make a cake that's ready to decorate.

⏱️ 35 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 20

Pineapple Rhubarb Pie

This pineapple rhubarb pie recipe is an easy double-crust pie, featuring a sweet filling of fresh rhubarb, canned pineapple chunks, sugar, and tapioca.

⏱️ 65 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 8

Caramel Shortbread Squares

Caramel squares (aka millionaire's shortbread) are made with three layers of utter decadence: buttery shortbread, rich caramel, and melted chocolate.

⏱️ 195 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 32

Black Forest Bundt Cake

This easy Black Forest cake, made in a Bundt pan with cake mix and cherry pie filling, is a showstopping dessert in both appearance and taste.

⏱️ 110 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 14

Macarons

This French macaron recipe makes crisp meringue cookies with almond flour and egg whites that you can fill with buttercream for the perfect sweet treat!

⏱️ 690 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 15

Trinidad Black Cake

This spiced black cake is made with cherry brandy and rum-soaked dried fruit for a classic Caribbean holiday dessert. This cake tastes better as it ages.

⏱️ 20810 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 16

My Grandma's Fruitcake Cookies

These fruitcake cookies have lots of nuts, dates, candied pineapple and cherries, and sherry. The perfect holiday gift for all fruitcake lovers!

⏱️ 60 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 144

Sweet Washington Cherry Pie

This sweet cherry Washington pie recipe is best when made with fresh, seasonal cherries from eastern Washington — home to the best cherries in the U.S.

⏱️ 90 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 6

Chef John's Pumpkin Pie

The best pumpkin pie recipe is made with a rich, custard-like filling that's easy to make with sweetened condensed milk, egg yolks, and spices.

⏱️ 60 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 8

Strawberry Tarts

These sensational strawberry tarts are easy to make with mini tart shells and fresh strawberries topped with a sweet glaze. Delicious with cream!

⏱️ 135 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 12

Sour Cream Pumpkin Bundt® Cake

This lovely moist sour cream Bundt® pumpkin cake is reminiscent of a pumpkin loaf. It's not overly sweet but if you want to amp up the sweetness you can add a glaze.

⏱️ 85 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 12