Desserts Archives - A Side of Sweet

No-Bake Créme Brûlée Cheesecake

Your holidays will be LIT (literally) with this no-bake créme brûlée cheesecake recipe. This dessert is perfect for parties as it can be made in advance.

I gave my classic no-bake cheesecake recipe a fun and decadent upgrade just in time for the holidays with this créme brûlée version. It has the crispy sweet crust of créme brûlée, but with the firm and creamy texture of cheesecake. It’s also incredibly easy and it’s such a crowd pleaser to light food on fire (intentionally of course!) before serving.

Read on for the recipe and what I’ll be drinking with it!
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Best Strawberry Cupcakes EVER

Tried and tested, this is the best strawberry cupcakes recipe! Banish mushy cupcakes and read on for the secret to perfect strawberry buttercream frosting.

The internet is full of bad recipes for strawberry cupcakes. This watery fruit is a tricky one to bake with as it releases all that water into your cake or cupcake making it totally mushy. Most of the recipes out there are either soggy because of this or they skip the real strawberries altogether and use some variation of strawberry extract or flavoring…. Read More »

How to Make an Affogato with Homemade Honeycomb Candy

Coffee poured over ice cream? I’m not making this up! Here’s how to make an affogato – your new favorite dessert + drink in one. This one’s extra special because it’s topped with homemade honeycomb candy.

Food is an important part of turning the moments I experience into memories. When I think of important occasions, like our wedding and meeting Pat’s parents for the first time, I remember what I was eating in detail.

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Homemade Waffle Ice Cream Sandwiches

These Homemade Waffle Ice Cream Sandwiches Recipe are the perfect summer treat! This halfway homemade version is so easy and totally Instagrammable.

When I think about these waffle ice cream sandwiches, all sorts of annoying made up foodie words come to mind like NOMTASTIC and FOODGASM.

Cringeworthy right?

Yet those words come to mind as I bite into a heavenly mix of all my favorite foods – ice cream, waffles, chocolate, sprinkles, pistachios…

Read on for the waffle ice cream sandwich recipe with step-by-step photo instructions!

Homemade Dulce de Leche Ice Cream

This Dulce de Leche Ice Cream recipe is like caramel ice cream but BETTER. Includes recipe for how to make homemade dulce de leche in the oven.

Here in San Francisco, we’re experiencing some of our best weather of the year, so I’ve been inspired even more than usual to make and eat ice cream (let’s be serious, it doesn’t take much inspiration). To be completely honest, even in our coldest, foggiest months, we always have a batch or two of homemade ice cream on hand. Making your own ice cream is something that defies weather patterns!… Read More »

Blue Cotton Candy Ice Cream with Caramel Corn

A pastel blue cotton candy ice cream recipe that tastes just like the real thing! This is the ultimate summer treat and is a great circus themed party idea. Totally no fuss with no stove top prep required.

Every summer growing up in rural Wisconsin, the county fair was the most important event of the summer.

I was in 4-H for 10 years and the opportunity to showcase all my projects at the fair was a big deal. I participated in everything from cooking demonstrations to sharing a carefully pressed wildflower collection. We lived on a farm and I also showed horses and rabbits. I practiced for hours to get ready.

Don’t believe me? Here I am with showing my Quarter horse, Goldie, holding the grand champion award obviously.

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