Quick and Easy Dessert Recipes

There is an alternative to this chocolate cherry bark.

Double the chocolate chips and do everything the same but instead of cherry candy, cut into chunky pieces dried cherries. Stir into the chocolate and then spread out onto the prepared pan and put into freezer for about an hour. Then pour onto more parchment paper and break into bite size pieces. Very nice texture and great flavor. And EASY!

A lot of folks just love cheesecake, basically any kind of cheesecake, but they are intimidated by the stories of difficulty that go along with fixing a cheesecake at home.

NONSENSE!

This cheesecake recipe is delicious and certainly not intimidating. You can make this at home tonight!

For one whole cheesecake /serves about 8 when cut

1 egg

1 cup sour cream or yogurt (It doesn't seem to make any difference in flavor whichever you choose)

1 pakage of cream cheese (I prefer the philly brand)

1/2 cup sugar

1 tbsp lemon juice or or 1/4 tbsp of vanilla extract (I like the lemon juice, it keeps it fresh tasting, but the vanilla is good too. Try both!!)

1 pie /graham crust (you can buy already made/frozen )

preheat oven to 400 degrees

take all of the ingredients except the pie crust and cream it together until smooth
Pour it in the pie crust and bake for 30 minutes until springs back when touched in the middle or toothpick comes out clean

So simple! So delicious.

And don't forget to top it with fresh blueberries, or cherry sauce or whatever suits your fancy. The easiest is to just get a can of pie filling, and spoon it over the top. Just wonderful !!

There is nothing like a baked Cheese Cake, Nothing compares!

Still want more chocolate desserts? Well here is another and this one is called Peppermint Bark. This is very similar to the cherry chocolate bark and the only difference is that you will be adding peppermint candies and white chocolate to the recipe.

You start by lightly greasing a 9x13 inch pan and covering it with waxed paper, smoothing out wrinkles then setting it aside.

For this recipe, take two bags of semisweet or milk chocolate or dark chocolate, chocolate chips. Melt in the microwave for about 45 seconds and then remove and allowing the heat of the melted chocolate to continue melting the remaining chips, stir until smooth.

Pour into the prepared pan, smooth it out to the edges.

Place in the freezer for about 30 minutes

While this is cooling, get your peppermint candies ready. Just like in the very first recipe, crush them in your food processor and sift out the dust and set aside.

Next melt, in the same way two bags of white chocolate or vanilla chips, using the same technique as above and stir until smooth and then pour over the now cooled chocolate mixture, spreading it over the top of the chocolate.

Now sprinkle the peppermint candy pieces over the white or vanilla chocolate and gently pat them into the top chocolate with a clean spatula.

Return to the freezer for 30-60 minutes, turn onto a piece of parchment paper, and break into bite size pieces.

This is a very beautiful dessert and really fun to eat, It is delicious.

Variations:

Sprinkle your nut of choice into the dark chocolate lower layer before putting the white chocolate layer on top. Lots of texture and flavor.

Also you can try 1 tsp of peppermint extract in your chocolate as well for an extra kick.

Enjoy!!

These are just a very few of the recipes that I have come up with on short notice and long flavor.

I frequently get caught trying to come up with something quick and yummy so experimenting with ingredients and ideas is something I enjoy.

I hope you enjoy these recipes, when you are short on time but still want something wonderful. They are all delicious!