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    Grits and Pinecones » Recipes » Recipes

    Dessert Recipes

    Check out my collection of over 80 top-rated quick and easy dessert recipes. No meal is complete without dessert and these sweet treats are perfect for any occasion from simple weeknight meals to fancy holiday dinners.

    From my most popular dessert, Southern Pecan Praline Cake, to desserts with fresh fruit like Southern Peach Cobbler, Pear Pie, and Strawberry Pie, to roundups like 45 Dazzling and Delicious Easter Desserts and 31 Best Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes, I've got you covered.

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    Chocolate Ganache Tart with a slice cut out.

    Chocolate Ganache Tart & Raspberry Sauce

    Collage of five different Valentine's Day desserts including a heart shaped cake, chocolate tart and panna cotta.

    33 Romantic Desserts for Valentine’s Day

    A heart-shapped chocolate cake topped with cherries.

    Heart-Shaped Chocolate Cake with Cherries

    A stack of Charleston Chewies on a white plate.

    Charleston Chewies with Brown Butter

    Five Christmas desserts including a cranberry cheesecake, gingerbread cookies and a gingerbread cake.

    30+ Best Christmas Dessert Recipes 2022

    Pineapple cheese casserole topped with crushed Ritz crackers in a white baking dish.

    Baked Pineapple Cheese Casserole

    Thanksgiving dessert collage including pumpkin flan and eggnog cake.

    40 Non-Traditional Thanksgiving Desserts

    A collage of Thanksgiving desserts including two pies and a bundt cake.

    40 Best Desserts for Thanksgiving – 2022

    Sliced apple bread with pecans on a wooden butting board.

    Easy Sour Cream Apple Bread with Pecans

    A trifle bowl with a black forest Halloween trifle.

    Easy Halloween Black Forest Trifle Dessert

    Apple Dapple Cake baked in a bundt pan.

    Easy Apple Dapple Cake with Caramel Glaze

    A scoop of strawberry sherbet on a container of ice cream.

    Easy Homemade Strawberry Sherbet

    Five different ice cream flavors in cones and dishes.

    35 Different Ice Cream Flavors With Recipes

    Scoops of mixed berry sherbet in glass dessert dishes.

    Easy Homemade Mixed Berry Sherbet

    A icebox cake decorated to look like the American flag.

    Red White and Blue No-Bake Icebox Cake

    A glass dish full of a mixed fruit salad.

    Breakfast Fruit Salad with Orange Syrup

    A bowl of peach cobbler topped with ice cream.

    Easy Old-Fashioned Southern Peach Cobbler

    Grape salad topped with pecans and brown sugar in a white bowl.

    Southern Grape Salad with Pecans

    Seven pictures of Easter desserts including two cakes.

    50+ Easy Easter Dessert Recipes and Treats for 2022

    Fresh strawberry pie topped with whipped cream on a white plate.

    Old-Fashioned Strawberry Pie with Jello

    Vanilla Panna Cotta with sliced strawberries in dessert dishes.

    Vanilla Panna Cotta with Strawberry Sauce

    Pecan praline candy on a plate.

    Old-Fashioned Pecan Pralines

    A Meyer Lemon Tart on a white serving dish.

    Lemon Tart with Gingersnap Crust

    Cranberry upside down cake on a white cake platter.

    Quick & Easy Cranberry Upside-Down Cake

    A slice of pecan pie on a plate topped with whipped cream.

    Old-Fashioned Southern Pecan Pie

    A slice of blueberry upside-down cake topped with a dollop of whipped cream.

    Blueberry Upside-Down Cake

    A slice of sweet potato pie topped with whipped cream on a plate.

    Sweet Potato Pie with Condensed Milk

    A slice of blackberry pie on a white plate topped with ice cream.

    Old-Fashioned Blackberry Pie

    A whole banana pudding pie with plates and a cup of coffee.

    Banana Pudding Pie

    A piece of Frozen Lemonade Pie with Berries on a small white plate.

    Frozen Lemonade Pie – It’s as Easy as Pie

    A square of frozen fruit salad on a plate.

    Easy Old-Fashioned Frozen Fruit Salad

    Four key lime mousses garnished with a lime wedge in parfait glasses.

    Easy Key Lime Mousse

    Three scoops of bourbon ice cream in a glass dessert dish.

    Bourbon Ice Cream

    Cranberry cookies piled high on a white plate.

    Cranberry Cookies

    Classic Southern Strawberry Shortcake with fresh strawberries and whipped cream

    Old-Fashioned Southern Strawberry Shortcakes

    A piece of Banana Pudding Poke Cake on a white plate with a fork.

    The Best Banana Pudding Poke Cake

    Pecan Pralines and Cream Ice Cream in a glass bowl on red and white napkins

    Pecan Pralines and Ice Cream

    Easy No-Bake-Cranberry Cheesecake ready to enjoy for a holiday meal

    No-Bake Cranberry Cheesecake Recipe

    An apple dumpling in a bowl with a scoop of ice cream.

    The Best Apple Dumplings Recipe

    Pistachio pudding topped with a cherry in a glass dish.

    The Best Pistachio Pudding Dessert Recipe

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    Celebrate Mardi Gras with these easy recipes:

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