These 40+ Decadent Desserts are just what you need for a luxurious treat! From rich chocolate recipes to drizzles of salted caramel and tarts with velvety pastry cream, these decadent desserts celebrate flavor and the joy of indulging in dessert!
Indulgence takes many forms, but few are as beloved as decadent desserts! This roundup has 40+ Decadent Desserts that are luxurious, indulgent, and delicious! They don’t have to be difficult to make, it’s all about flavor and the joy of eating dessert!
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Decadent Cookies & Bars
Maybe cookies aren’t the first thing you think of when you hear the word “decadent,” but these babies have indulgent buttercreams and luxurious flavor combinations!
These Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies are cream cheese sugar cookies sandwiched with swirls of strawberry cream cheese frosting!
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These Dark Chocolate Madeleines are tender and suuuuper chocolatey thanks to bittersweet chocolate and black cocoa powder! I should have called them Midnight Madeleines!
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These Strawberry Thyme Blondies are a dream combination oftextures and flavors! The browned-butter blondies are topped with astrawberry-thyme mascarpone mousse that is *almost* too pretty to eat!
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These Blondie Brownies are two desserts in one! The browned butter blondie layer is topped with a fudgy brownie layer for the ultimate treat! I drizzled a few of mine with homemade salted caramel sauce for a truly decadent dessert, but these are so rich and delicious they don’t really need it!
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These soft, chewy Bailey’s Chocolate Chip Cookies have homemade Bailey’s Irish cream in both the cookies and the buttercream!
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These Cinnamon Roll Bars taste just like your favorite cinnamon roll slathered in vanilla-cinnamon cream cheese frosting, but bake up in a fraction of the time!
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These Honey Lavender Latte Cookies are espresso sugar cookies frosted with honey lavender buttercream! Your favorite drink in cookie form!
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Decadent Cakes & Cupcakes
This section includes layer cakes, pound cakes, cupcakes, and more! Nothing beats the “oooh!” from your guests when you present one of these decadent cakes!
This Blueberry Chocolate Cake is a decadent dark chocolate cake topped with blueberry buttercream! This one-layer cake is simple, delicious, and you can’t beat the color of that blueberry frosting!
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The classic flavors of vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate combine in this Neapolitan Cake! This three-layer beauty is a celebration cake!
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This Chocolate Ganache Cake is one layer of soft chocolate cake drenched in dark chocolate ganache! The cake mixes up easily (no mixer required!), and the ganache takes about five minutes. So easy and delicious!
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This Caramel Apple Angel Food Cake is a light, fluffy apple angel food cake drizzled with a caramel glaze and homemade salted caramel sauce, then topped with cinnamon apple chips!
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This Chocolate Champagne Cake has super chocolatey champagne cake with champagne Italian meringue buttercream and dark chocolate ganache! For your next celebration, or anytime!
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This Raspberry White Chocolate Loaf Cake is a tender white chocolate pound cake topped with a scrumptious raspberry glaze! The flavors are so amazing you’ll find yourself taking seconds!
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These Black Velvet Cupcakes are dark chocolate cakes filled with dark chocolate ganache, topped with the deepest, darkest chocolate cream cheese frosting you’ve ever seen!
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This Peach Cobbler Pound Cake is a delicious cinnamon-peach pound cake with a gooey brown sugar top, drizzled with a vanilla bourbon glaze! This cake is serious comfort food!
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This Chocolate Orange Cake is a single layer of moist, fluffy chocolate orange cake topped with chocolate orange buttercream! You will love this cake’s depth of flavor!
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This Lavender Lemon Cake is two layers of light, moist lemon cake with a smooth and silky lavender buttercream! The textures and flavors of this beauty are a masterpiece!
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Decadent Cream Puffs
I’ve made so many cream puff recipes that they get their own section! These cream puffs are sure to impress with each luxurious bite!
These Pecan Pie Cream Puffs are brown sugar craquelin cream puffs filled with pecan pie filling and bourbon whipped cream!
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These Root Beer Float Cream Puffs are filled with root beer pastry cream and topped with vanilla bean whipped cream! They have all the flavors of the classic soda shop treat, right down to the cherry on top!
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These Caramel Apple Cream Puffs are a classic cream puff filled with caramel pastry cream and apple preserves, then drizzled with homemade salted caramel sauce!
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These Cookie Dough Cream Puffs are filled with a smooth, fluffy, safe-to-eat chocolate chip cookie dough, then drizzled with dark chocolate ganache!
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These gorgeous Dulce de Leche Cream Puffs are filled with dulce de leche cream, dipped in thick, shiny dark chocolate glaze, then drizzled with more dulce de leche!
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Decadent Pies
I’m as big a fan of a classic pie as the next person, but sometimes it’s nice to level up a bit for a truly decadent treat!
The crust of this beauty is a fudgy brownie swirled with blackberry jam. The filling is a lavender-infused dark chocolate icebox pie, all topped with blackberry meringue. The flavors and textures are outstanding!
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This Turtle Pie has an Oreo crust filled with a dulce de leche cream cheese filling, and topped with vanilla bean whipped cream, chocolate, more dulce de leche, and toasted pecans!
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A decadent dark chocolate Kahlua icebox pie with brownie crust, topped with three flavors of whipped cream!
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This Chocolate Cherry Pie has juicy, fresh cherries and chopped dark chocolate in a crisp, flaky chocolate pie crust! I think the two-tone lattice gives it a little pizazz, too! 🙂
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This dreamy Pumpkin Coconut Pie puts a Fall spin on a classic! The filling is a coconut cream/pumpkin spice custard, topped with cinnamon-vanilla whipped cream, toasted coconut, and candied pumpkin seeds!
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This Chocolate Coconut Pie has a toasted coconut pastry crust filled with dark chocolate custard, topped with dalgona coffee swirled with whipped coconut cream! It’s toasted coconut meets a mochaccino and I am HERE for it!!
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This Cinnamon Pie has a flaky pastry crust filled with a cinnamon cream cheese filling, piled high with apple cider meringue, then topped with homemade apple chips! This unique pie is perfect all Fall long!
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Decadent Tarts
One of my favorite things to make, these tarts have lots of flavors of curds, custards, and pastry creams that make each one feel sooo indulgent!
This summery Mango Tart has a chocolate pastry crust that’s brushed with melted chocolate before being filled with mango curd and topped with fresh whipped cream and cocoa nibs! Oh, and the prettiest chocolate leaves ever!
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This Apricot Tart is a sweet pastry crust filled with apricot preserves and a no-bake cheesecake filling, topped with fresh apricots! Cool, creamy, and delicious, it’s a fantastic Summer treat!
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These Cereal Milk Tartlets have a funfetti blondie crust filled with pastry cream made with Lucky Charms cereal milk! Topped with homemade vanilla bean whipped cream and Lucky Charms marshmalows, these little cuties are magic!
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This Strawberry Peach Tart has a sweet pastry crust filled with strawberry pastry cream, topped with fresh strawberries and peaches! It’s a cool, creamy dessert with amazing summer flavor!
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Grapefruit rarely get the spotlight, but it’s all about the sweet-tart grapefruit in this Ginger Grapefruit Tart! A sweet, grapefruit-and-ginger pastry crust filled with grapefruit curd and topped with toasted honey meringue and crystallized ginger!
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These Raspberry Pistachio Tartlets have a pistachio tart crust filled with homemade honey-raspberry jam, topped with toasted honey meringue!
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This Champagne Citrus Tart has an orange-scented sweet pastry crust filled with champagne pastry cream and topped with champagne-glazed citrus! A mimosa in dessert form!
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Decadent Cheesecakes
I think cheesecakes lend a little indulgence to an occasion! Here are my most decadent cheesecake recipes! They’re sure to please a crowd!
This No Bake Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake is layers of strawberry and vanilla bean cheesecake in a graham cracker crust, topped with strawberry crunch topping! Completely no bake and delicious, you’ll want this beauty on repeat in your kitchen!
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This Vanilla Bean Blondie Cheesecake is a creamy, no-bake vanilla bean cheesecake with a funfetti blondie crust and whipped cream!
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This Raspberry Lemon Cheesecake is a dream of textures and flavors! The lemon cheesecake is swirled with a homemade raspberry sauce, all in a classic graham cracker crust!
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This Cookie Dough Cheesecake with Brownie Crust is three desserts in one! A fudgy brownie is topped with (eggless!) chocolate chip cookie dough, then with a layer of no-bake vanilla bean cheesecake!
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More Decadent Desserts
Last but *definitely* not least, here are all the recipes that didn’t quite fit into a category. My personal favorite are my rustic-but-decadent Caramel Apple Shortcakes made with cornmeal biscuits!!
This Apple Shortcake is cornmeal buttermilk biscuits with caramel baked apples, cinnamon-cardamom whipped cream, and homemade salted caramel sauce!
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Dark chocolate, hazelnuts, and espresso combine into a decadent treat! Beautiful and delicious!
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This Strawberry Pastry Cream is a delicious twist on a classic! The rich flavor, creamy texture, and beautiful color will make you swoon!
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Dark chocolate truffles flavored with champagne! Simple ingredients combine for a decadent treat!
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So there you have it! This roundup has over FORTY decadent dessert recipes, but you know that I’ll have more to add in no time! Let me know what you think, I’d love to hear from you! Reach out in a comment below or reach out to me on Instagram. Happy Baking!
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Updated 3/17/2024