Dessert Recipes

Three bags of popcorn spilled across the counter, a bag of white chocolate melting in a double boiler that I definitely should have cleaned first, … Read more

“Wait — you can freeze pumpkin bars?” My sister-in-law said this last October, eyeing the pan I was about to stash in the freezer. She … Read more

I never meant to make dirt cups for a living. The first time I tried making them for my niece’s Halloween party, I used the … Read more

That first crack of a fresh orange—sharp, bright, and so sudden it almost stings—still takes me straight to my grandmother’s kitchen, circa 2008. She’d be … Read more

My nephew, Leo, is obsessed with two things: dinosaurs and Halloween. Last October, he asked if we could make something “spooky but yummy” for his … Read more

I bought a block of cream cheese, a jar of marshmallow fluff, and a bag of chocolate chips with full confidence I was making a … Read more

Third batch in three days, and I finally figured out why the first two looked like sad, deflated ghosts instead of cute little Halloween spirits. … Read more

The way the steam curls off a slice of this cake is what I made it for. Honestly, everything else—the tender crumb, the warm spice … Read more

Third batch in three days, and I finally stopped browning the butter past the point of no return. The first two times, I was so … Read more

The bananas on my counter had gone from speckled to basically brown in what felt like hours. I had a can of pumpkin puree staring … Read more