Food & Drink
When it comes to desserts, there’s nothing compared to all-American delicacies. Whether you prefer the classics or are looking for healthier contemporary variants and simple no-bake options, there’s something for everyone! So skip the store-bought options the next time you want to treat yourself, and hop aboard the sweet train with these delectable homemade desserts (with as little as one ingredient!) to indulge your senses. Read on to find out more.
Popular desserts
Comforting, familiar, and a treat for your taste buds, these are some of the most popular desserts across the country.
Cheesecake
While there are seemingly unlimited versions of cheesecakes, the most popular is the New York-style baked cheesecake with a graham cracker crust. Based on your preference, it can be fluffy or dense and topped with fruits, nuts, or your favorite syrups and sauces.
Boston Cream Pie
A combination of vanilla custard, light and fluffy vanilla cake, and chocolate ganache, the Boston Cream Pie was first made by Parker House Hotel in Boston. Delectable in every sense, the Boston Cream Pie is an easy choice for a more traditional dessert.
Brownies
Probably one of the most versatile desserts, brownies can be served piping hot or at room temperature. Easy to put together, you can also make an eggless variant. Make them fancy by adding chocolate chips, peanut butter, coffee, cream cheese, or white chocolate.
Easy-to-prepare desserts
Don’t like spending too much time in the kitchen? These easy-to-prepare desserts are the answer to your worries.
Cookies
When talking about desserts, who can gloss over the beloved choco-chip cookie? Warm chocolate chip cookies are unbeatable, especially when eaten right out of the oven. Make them with store-bought dough, or prepare your own from scratch.
Carrot Cake
Baking a cake doesn’t have to be a tough job! For a delectable carrot cake, combine some grated carrots with flour, sugar, salt, oil, eggs, baking soda, and cinnamon. Serve it with a simple cream cheese frosting for an easy weeknight bake.
Pumpkin Pie
Running short on time to prepare your Thanksgiving dinner? Prepare a bakery-worthy pumpkin pie with just five ingredients – store-bought pie crust, pumpkin puree, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, and pumpkin pie spice. After lining your baking sheet with the pie crust, mix the other ingredients together, pour them into the crust, and bake until set.
No-bake desserts
Have a sweet tooth but don’t want to bother with the oven? These no-bake desserts are for you.
S’mores
Popularized by the Girl Scouts Camping Guide, S’mores or “Some Mores” are a simple campfire dessert made with roasted marshmallows sandwiched between chocolate and graham crackers.
Peanut Butter Bars
A no-bake dessert using pantry staples, these homemade peanut butter bars are a great after-school snack. Mix peanut butter, regular butter, powdered sugar, vanilla wafer crumbs, and chocolate chips and spread it evenly in a pan. Layer with some molten chocolate and peanut butter mixture, and freeze to set. Cut them into bars or squares, and they’re ready to be served!
Oreo Truffles
Truffles don’t have to be an expensive affair. Make Oreo truffles at home by adding the chocolate biscuits to a food processor to make a fine crumb. Add in your cream cheese and mix. Roll out this paste into little balls and cover with white and semi-sweet chocolate and top with sprinkles.
Desserts for diabetics
Some days just call for a sweet treat; ditch the fondant and try these delectable alternatives with natural sugars instead.
Raspberry Banana Soft-Serve
Add natural, unsweetened yogurt to frozen berries and bananas and pulse them in a food processor to turn it into an instant, healthy, and fruity soft serve. Use maple syrup for extra sweetness.
Chili-Lime Grilled Pineapple
Marinate cubes of pineapple in a lime-chili-honey glaze with some olive oil, and grill over medium heat until lightly browned on both sides.
One-ingredient Sorbet
Want to skip extra steps and added sugars? Freeze your favorite fruit overnight, and pulse it in the food processor until smooth for a simple, personalized one-ingredient sorbet.
2-ingredient desserts
Running low on time and can’t run to the store? Try these easy two-ingredient dessert recipes!
Healthy Banana Chocolate “Ice Cream”
With frozen ripe bananas and cocoa powder, you can whip up a healthy ice-cream-like treat in the comfort of your home. Serve with berries or sprinkles, or enjoy it as is!
Instant Rice Krispy Treat
Melt some marshmallows and add some crisp rice cereal to it to make yourself an instant sweet treat! If you enjoy chocolate, add some white chocolate chips to the mix before setting the mixture and cutting it into bars.
Soda Cake
To a box of cake mix, add a carbonated beverage like soda or carbonated water, and bake to perfection. Try cakes or cupcakes with this recipe that you can serve plain or with a buttercream frosting.
