Dessert Recipes

I wasn’t trying to make a Halloween recipe. Honestly, I’d stopped by my neighbor’s house on a random Tuesday in October to return a casserole … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of regular Rice Krispie treats for a classroom Halloween party. I had the marshmallows melting, the butter bubbling, … Read more

My friend Jenna watched me wrestling with a bag of candy melts one October afternoon. I was trying to get them to cooperate for a … Read more

This was supposed to be a pie. A beautiful, lattice-topped apple pie for a friend’s birthday dinner. I had the butter, the flour, and a … Read more

It was 11:15 PM on a drizzly Wednesday in October, and I had a ridiculous, undeniable craving for something warm, spiced, and dunkable. The kind … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last October—you know, the one that somehow stretches on forever—when the smell hit me. Not from the … Read more

My sister claimed she hated pumpkin roll for fifteen years. Fifteen years! Every Thanksgiving, she’d watch the spiral of spiced cake and cream cheese get … Read more

The neighborhood fall block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate desserts—I’d seen the sign-up sheet. There … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a bookstore in Portland—the kind of place with mismatched chairs and a chalkboard menu that changed … Read more

My neighbor, Sarah, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder on a drizzly Tuesday afternoon, and the smell hit me … Read more