Dessert Recipes

My neighbor across the hall, a guy named Marcus who I’d only ever seen eating protein bars, asked why I couldn’t just use pumpkin puree … Read more

The neighborhood cookie exchange was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, three-day projects—you know the ones, with … Read more

My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just use a regular muffin tin and freeze the extras. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work — … Read more

Halloween was in three hours and I had completely forgotten about the class party. Every other parent was probably dropping off elaborate graveyard cakes or … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Thursday in October, and I had a ridiculous, almost aggressive craving for pumpkin bread. Not just any pumpkin … Read more

I’m not supposed to play favorites with recipes, but let me tell you, I have a problem. For years, I claimed to hate pumpkin spice. … Read more

This was supposed to be a completely different project. I had all these ambitious plans for a layered Halloween bark—you know, the kind with perfectly … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of our local grocery store last Tuesday, staring at a bag of dark chocolate chips, when the smell … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I was wide awake with a very specific, very weird craving. I didn’t want … Read more

My brother swore he hated Halloween candy. For years. Every October, he’d watch the rest of us tear into our trick-or-treat hauls with this look … Read more