Dessert Recipes

I pulled the baking sheet out of the oven and set it on the stovetop, and my husband appeared from the living room like I’d … Read more

My sister did not trust homemade ice cream. “It’s icy,” she’d say, or “it’s just frozen cream with no body.” Every summer, she’d pull out … Read more

That thick, sweet smell of overripe bananas — the kind that hits you before you even open the fruit bowl — still takes me straight … Read more

The slick, dark sheen of the chocolate shell cracking under my thumb—that’s the whole point. I didn’t set out to make these black cat Oreo … Read more

I burned the first batch of this Monster Mash Snack Mix so badly that my kitchen smelled like a chemical plant for three days. Not … Read more

My niece, Lucy, showed up at my door at 8 PM on a Tuesday, two days before Halloween, holding a bag of candy corn and … Read more

My daughter came home from school last October, dropped her backpack by the door, and said, “Mom, can we make that candy corn bark thing … Read more

Third batch in three days, and I finally figured out why the first two looked more like sad little clouds than ghosts. The piping bag … Read more

The first weekend of October, when the air finally gets that crisp bite to it and the grocery store has already shoved the candy corn … Read more

“Wait—are those real spiders?” My neighbor’s kid asked it with his face pressed against the kitchen window, and honestly, I hadn’t even noticed him watching. … Read more