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6-photo picture collage of strawberry rhubarb crisp with vanilla ice cream, several soft and fluffy sugar cookies with pink icing and sprinkles, a slice of magnolia bakery blueberry jamboree, Reese's no-bake peanut butter pie with a slice taken out, a square of strawberry jam sheet cake, and a slice of chocolate zucchini sheet cake. In the center and overlaid are the words "30+ Sunday Desserts" on top of the photo collage.

30+ Sunday Desserts

6-photo picture collage of granola bar bites, s'more granola bars, amish banana muffins, snickerdoodle bars, white chocolate chip cranberry oatmeal cookies, and Samoa Rice Krispies. Overlaid on the collage are the words "50+ After School Snacks.

50+ After School Snacks

A few cut sweet and salty rice Krispy treats stacked in the middle with single squares of sweet and salty rice Krispy treats surrounding the stack.

Sweet and Salty Rice Krispies

The corner of a glass 9x13 baking dish of no-bake peach cheesecake with a slice cut out of the corner.

No-Bake Peach Cheesecake

Stacks of soft and chewy toffee cookies on a wire cooling rack.

Soft and Chewy Toffee Cookies

A cooling rack with soft and fluffy sugar cookies.

Soft and Fluffy Sugar Cookies

A dark blue Polish Pottery plate with white polka dots filled with cranberry orange oatmeal cookies and dried cranberries scattered around the plate. A half of an orange is in the upper right corner and bottom left corner.

The Best Cranberry Orange Oatmeal Cookies

A plate with small swirling dark blue pattern filled with Classic Peanut Butter Cookies.

Classic Peanut Butter Cookies

A stack of three white chocolate peppermint pretzel cookie bars surrounded by twist pretzels and small candy canes.

White Chocolate Peppermint Pretzel Cookie Bars

A dark blue white polka dotted Polish pottery plate of peppermint bark crunch popcorn.

Peppermint Bark Crunch Popcorn

8 pieces of peanut butter fudge on a small plate. Faded in the background are more pieces of fudge and the leftover slab of fudge.

Easy Peanut Butter Fudge

Several Saint Clement Squares on a light blue plate with a dark blue rim. A lime is in the left bottom corner, two forks in the upper left corner, and an orange in the upper right corner and an orange on the right of the plate.

Saint Clement Squares

A white bowl of churro muddy buddies.

Churro Muddy Buddies

A large metal bowl full of homemade whipped cream with a spoon of whipped cream held above from the left.

Homemade Whipping Cream

Two slices of pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting sitting on small plates with two forks crisscross on each other between the plates. In the upper right corner is a pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting on a round platter with a couple slices cut out.

Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

6-photo picture collage of carrot cake, chocolate zucchini muffins, Samoa Rice Krispie treats, raspberry cheesecake brownies, tres leches cake, and magnolia bakery blueberry jamboree with the text of the title overlayed on the collage.

2023 Readers’ Favorite Dessert Recipes

Cut Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting in a large cookie sheet with a piece missing from a corner.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

A whole chocolate zucchini spice bundt cake with chocolate ganache drizzled down the sides and in the middle sitting on a round Polish pottery plate with white polka dots and a dark blue background.

Spiced Chocolate Zucchini Bundt Cake

A round upside down apple cake sitting on top of a lattice and bubble-patterned Polish pottery plate with a red and green apple in the left corner.

Upside Down Apple Cake

A horizontally placed oval dish of Apple Crisp.

Apple Crisp

Picture collage of Milka candy bars, Ritter Sport candy bars, Haribo gummies, and Katjes candy.

10 Favorite Desserts to Celebrate 10 Years of Blogging {Giveaway}