Category: Other Desserts
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Pumpkin-Maple Bread Pudding
Pumpkin bread pudding just sounds like fall, doesn’t it? Especially if you bring in the flavor of maple syrup! I had made this dessert a few years ago, and thought it was okay, but I really wanted to see if I could improve upon it. I do like this new version so much better! It’s dense…
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Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Fudge
If you have some extra candy canes, here’s a yummy sweet treat you can make! This Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Fudge is super-easy and the dark chocolate-candy cane combination tastes really great! Part of the recipe calls for heating sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan and this works best with a nonstick saucepan (it helps prevent…
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Caramel Apple Oat Squares
Caramel apples are a favorite fall treat of mine. That’s probably why I tried making these Caramel Apple Oat Squares years ago when I clipped the recipe from a magazine—how could I resist a recipe with that wonderful caramel apple flavor? These dessert squares are kind of like having a caramel apple pie, but a little easier…
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Summer Berry Shake
One of my favorite things to eat in the summer is fruit, especially berries…all kinds of berries! And I also like making recipes with berries. This particular recipe for a Summer Berry Shake is super easy and tastes great on a hot day–it makes a nice dessert or
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Donut Bread Pudding
I like donuts (especially chocolate-iced and cream-filled donuts) but I rarely buy them, since I try not to keep sweets like that around my house—it’s just way too tempting! But I made this Donut Bread Pudding and thought it was a great recipe—I love how you can take all those extra donuts you don’t want laying…
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Yogurt with Mixed Berries, Walnuts, and Dark Chocolate
This is such an easy and healthy recipe for breakfast, a snack, or dessert! it’s from a new book called The SirtFood Diet. Before I received my review copy, I had never heart of “Sirtfoods.” In a nutshell, what I read in this book was that polyphenol nutrients from certain plants are good for us. And plants that have…
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Marieli’s Brigadeiro (Brazilian-Style Truffles)
I’d never heard of Brigadeiro until Marieli, one of my readers, told me about this Brazilian-style truffle some time ago. I also read that it’s a popular candy in Brazil, was created in the 1940s, and is thought to have been named after Brigadier Eduardo Gomes. As Marieli says, “The ingredients are always the same: condensed milk, butter,…
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Mini Cannoli Cups
Here’s an easy recipe I made with Nasoya® Won Ton Wraps. I had never used these wraps before, so I was interested in trying them out when I was offered some complimentary product from Nasoya®. I decided to try a dessert-like recipe from their site called Cannoli Cups and I also created my own recipe for an appetizer, which I’ll…
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Avocado Chocolate Mousse
Sometimes I get the greatest recipes when I’m in the lunchroom at work! Like this Avocado Chocolate Mousse. I got the recipe from another gal while we were making our lunches, She was telling me about a health and nutrition event she went to where they were preparing recipes with healthy ingredients and this Avocado Chocolate Mousse…
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Dark Chocolate-Cinnamon Pecan Coffee Cake
The title read, “A Cake You Can Eat for Breakfast and Dessert.” Well, that got my attention! The Yahoo Food article also said “A cup of coffee will disguise this treat as breakfast, and a scoop of ice cream transforms it into dessert.” Perfect! I always love recipes that give you that kind of flexibility!…
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