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Desserts

Eating dessert should always be a pleasure!  Whether you are looking for a sugary dessert or a healthier dessert with lots of fruit, here you will find lots of family-friendly dessert recipes to please all.

For example, eating a family-friendly dessert is fun with lemon raspberry cookies, sugar cookies, or a delicious berry galette.

Try some international dessert recipes like Thai mango sticky rice, Indian kheer, and Italian affogato.

A healthy fruit salad is always a good option.

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A close up of food on a table, with fried Apple and overnight oats

Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats

Several sliced lemon bars dusted with powdered sugar on a white plate.

Lemon Bars

Close up of thick cinnamon honey butter smeared onto a wooden board and drizzled with sweet honey and cinnamon.

Cinnamon Honey Butter Board

Two white bowls filled with cheesy grits topped with cooked shrimp and garnished with shreddd cheddar cheese and fresh parsley.

Cheese Grits and Blackberry Cobbler

Large white serving bowl filled with red and green grapes mixed with cream cheese, sugar, sour cream, vanilla extract, and chopped pecans.

Grape Salad Recipe

Raspberry Lemon Cookies

Lemon Raspberry Cookies

Glass jar filled with creamy chocolate chia pudding and topped with vanilla Greek yogurt, cocoa nibs, and served with a side of fresh raspberries.

Chocolate Chia Pudding

A close up of a piece of chocolate cake on a plate, with Cheesecake

Chocolate Covered Cheesecake Bites

Chocolate Chunk Cookies

A piece of blueberry crumble bar sitting on top of a wooden cutting board

Blueberry Crumble Bars Recipe

Slice of carrot cake sheet cake with cream cheese frosting topped with chopped pecans and chocolate carrot topper.

Carrot Sheet Cake Recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting

Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting and topped with a chocolate christmas tree topper.

Chocolate Christmas Tree Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

Small mug filled with arroz con leche and garnished with ground cinnamon.

Arroz con Leche Recipe (Mexican Rice Pudding)

Gingerbread caramel corn in a glass mason jar wrapped with twine.

Gingerbread Caramel Corn Recipe

Shallow serving bowl filled with apple crisp and topped with melting scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Easy Apple Crisp Recipe (How to Make Apple Crisp)

Stack of five snickerdoodle cookies.

Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe

Large salad bowl filled with a variety of different fresh fruit including blackberries, ,strawberries, grapes, pineapple, kiwi, and watermelon.

Easy Fruit Salad Recipe

Small white dessert bowl filled with cardamom spiced Indian rice pudding and garnished with crushed pistachios and raisins.

Kheer Recipe (Indian Rice Pudding)

Vanilla ice cream milkshake made with chocolate, espresso, bourbon, cherries, and whipped cream.

Cherry Bourbon Milkshake Recipe with Espresso

Large white bowl filled with creamy rice pudding topped with raisins, almonds, and cinnamon.

Easy Rice Pudding Recipe

Small serving of mango sticky rice topped with coconut cream and sesame seeds and served with sliced mango.

Thai Mango Sticky Rice Recipe (Khao Niaow Ma Muang)

Healthy Banana Pumpkin Muffins

Pumpkin Banana Muffins

Blueberry Lemon Thumbprint Cookies

Lemon Blueberry Thumbprint Cookies

Fluffy baked golden cookies topped with white chocolate chips and dried cranberries.

White Chocolate Cranberry Cookie Recipe

Overhead image of a freshly baked and sliced banana bread loaf.

Banana Bread Recipe: How to Make Banana Bread

Baked muffins filled and topped with raspberries, banana, white chocolate chips, and coconut milk.

Raspberry Banana White Chocolate Chip Coconut Muffins

apple oatmeal cookies

Caramelized Apple Oatmeal Cookies

Cranberry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies cooling on a cooling rack.

Cranberry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

A plate of a browned butter chocolate chip cookie

Best Ever Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

tree-shaped sugar cookies on a cooling rack

Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe (How to Make Sugar Cookies)

Homemade rustic galette made with blackberries and blueberries and topped with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Blackberry and Blueberry Galette Recipe

Slice of Chocolate Sheet Cake on a white plate with chocolate cream cheese frosting

Chocolate Sheet Cake

A bunch of different types of Halloween food

Halloween Monster Mash Party Mix

Toffee Pecan Bars

Toffee Bars

A piece of cherry coffee cake on a plate, with Cherry

Cherry Coffee Cake Recipe

A close up of an apple doughnut on a plate, with Apple

Cinnamon Sugar Baked Apple Donuts

A close up of a plate Halloween cheesecake bites

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bites (Halloween)

Butterfinger Rice Krispy treats

Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats

Affogato overhead image with two glasses

Affogato Recipe (Espresso Ice Cream)

Backyard campout complete with Coca-Cola Ice Cream Floats made with crisp, cold and refreshing Coca-Cola, creamy vanilla ice cream, and smooth chocolate syrup.

Easy Coca-Cola Ice Cream Floats

A passion Fruit and Yogurt popsicle up close

Passion Fruit Yogurt Cereal Pops

Light, fluffy and perfectly crisp around the edges, these Easy Crispy Waffles with Blood Orange Glaze are delicious for breakfast, brunch, dinner, or even dessert!

Crispy Waffles with Blood Orange Glaze

Blood Orange Upside Down Cake

Blood Orange Upside Down Cake

Swirled Red White and Blue Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Sandwiches

Chocolate Covered RITZ Cracker Peanut Butter Sandwich Pops

A piece of chocolate on a plate

Peanut Butter Snickers and M&M’s Candy Truffles (+Video)

A cup ugly sweater sugar cookie with elf

Ugly Sweater Sugar Cookie Bar Cutouts

Persimmon Pumpkin Pudding Cake

Persimmon Pumpkin Pudding Cake

A close up of a piece of chocolate cake on a plate, with Blackberry and Cream

No Churn Blackberry and Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream

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