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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}

A white polka dotted dark blue plate of square-cut monster cookie bars with m&ms and chocolate chips surrounding the plate.

Monster Cookie Bars

6-photo picture collage of a slice of peach dessert, a slice of rice Krispy ice cream dessert, a strawberry rhubarb galette, a slice of brownie Oreo ice cream cake, a fruit pizza, and a slice of magnolia bakery blueberry jamboree with the text of the title centered and overlaying the photos.

Desserts to Sweeten your Summer

5-photo picture collage of sliced zucchini bread, a serving of zucchini skillet on a blue plate, lasagna, lemon zucchini bundt cake, and chocolate zucchini muffins with the text of the title overlaying in the middle.

30+ Zucchini Season Recipes

A raspberry cheesecake brownie on a small white plate with a metal fork inserted downward into a corner of the brownie. In the upper left is a fork head a part of another small plate.

Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies

Cut peanut butter Rice Krispie treats stacked on each other on a round dark blue with white polka dots Polish pottery plate. In the bottom left corner are several mini marshmallows. In the upper right corner is a metal spoon with peanut butter and mini marshmallows surrounding it.

Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats

Two small plates stacked with a piece of fresh raspberry almond cake with a raspberry on top and raspberries scattered around the plates. In the upper left corner is a serving spatula. In the upper right corner is a corner of a glass 9x13 baking dish missing a piece of cake.

Fresh Raspberry Almond Cake

Faded in the background is a serving spatula, a whole strawberry and a glass 9x13 dish of strawberry rhubarb crumb bars with a piece cut out of the corner. In front of the baking dish is a square piece of strawberry rhubarb bar on a dessert plate with a fork handle in front and a whole strawberry in the left corner.

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Bars

A piece of grandma's pineapple cake on the top of three small stacked plates. Whole pecans are in the upper left-hand corner with the corner of the 9x13 glass baking dish of granny cake on the right and three fork heads in the bottom right corner.

Classic Granny Cake

A lemon blueberry ricotta bundt cake dusted with powder sugar sitting on a round Polish pottery plate.

Blueberry Lemon Ricotta Bundt Cake

A plate salted caramel crush squares with the squares stacked on top of each other.

Salted Caramel Crush Bars

A plate full of brown butter oatmeal raisin cookies.

Chewy Brown Butter Oatmeal Raisin Cookies