Finer Things Friday: Dessert

by Amy on December 4, 2009

** My apologies for the tardiness of this post. My internet went out yesterday. Needless to say, Century Link is not on Santa’s good list right now.**

finer things friday Finer Things Friday: Dessert

I have to admit that my sweet tooth doesn’t pack quite the punch that it used to. It was nothing for me to down both a full-size Snickers bar and a can of Dr. Pepper after school as a teenager. Now? Blech. Can’t do it. Doesn’t even sound good.

But a little dessert every now and again, especially during the holidays… I can go for that. So can my kids. And my chocolate-loving hubby. Because I don’t fix it often, we consider dessert a Finer Thing around here.

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I’m pleased to offer up some of my favorite holiday dessert recipes for the last stop on our Bloggy Progressive Dinner. I’ll even pour you a cup of coffee if you wish (but someone else will have to make it; I don’t have a coffee pot).

If you missed out on the other Bloggy Progressive Dinner courses, be sure to head back to the following blogs for some delicious recipes:

Parenting the Tiniest of Miracles (beverages)
Balancing Beauty and Bedlam (appetizers)
The Happy Housewife (salads and sides)
Cooking During Stolen Moments (main dish)

And just because I think you’re so sweet, I have quite the giveaway for you today! The Delectable Desserts gift pack from Tastefully Simple. This collection includes Absolutely Almond Pound Cake, Creamy Caramel Sauce (perfect for Caramel Pecan Cheesecake!) and Truffle Brownie mix.

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You can enter this giveaway multiple times.

Link up with a Finer Thing or your favorite holiday dessert recipe. Be sure to leave a link back here and link to your post page!
Leave a comment telling me your favorite dessert.
Participate in all 5 days of the Bloggy Progressive Dinner, and leave a separate comment telling me you did.

Provided I have internet service (grrrrr), I’ll let random.org pick a winner Sunday evening, 12/6, around 8pm central time. Good luck!

1. Sherry @ Lamp Unto My Feet (Butterscotch Caramel Cheesecake)
2. Kari @ Eating Simply – All-Natural Sweet Potato Spice Muffins
3. Valarie Hodges
4. Myra @ Happy Housewife Living Life (Warm Chocolate Bread Pudding)
5. Family Balance Sheet (Apple Gingerbread Cake with Homemade Whipped Cream)
6. HoosierHomemade(Christmas Cookies)
7. Parenting Miracles (Butter Cookies)
8. It Feels Like Chaos
9. Kate @ Stolen Moments (snickerdoodles & ice cream sandwiches)
10. The Cozy Country Home (Thrifty Christmas Finds)
11. Sarah at SmallWorld (Chocolate Peppermint Bark)
12. Audra @ Rediscovering Domesticity (baby snuggles and oreo truffles)
13. Newlyweds (Cranberry Caramelized Onion Cheese Spread)
14. Stephanie (Chocolate Chip Dessert Pizza)
15. Kitchen Stewardship (Shortbread Fruit Pizza w/kiwi, pineapple, banana)
16. Life with a Dairy-Free Toddler (No-Bake Chocolate Crunchies)
17. Hannah @ Mulberry Spot (Cranberry Zucchini Bread)
18. Adoption Changes Lives
19. Hallee the Homemaker – Heavenly Red Velvet Cake
20. Amy @ SS&GF (Raw Date Truffles)
21. The Prudent Homemaker (The most delicious Carrot Cake!)
22. Mary @ Giving Up on Perfect (chocolate eclair dessert)

23. The Frugal Girls! {Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cupcakes ~ DELISH!!}
24. The Frugal Girls! {How to make a Decorated Clipboard ~ Thrifty Gift Idea!}
25. Two Girls and An Appetite (Best Chocolate Chip Cookies)
26. Becca (the best (and easiest) apple pie. ever.)
27. Becca at Lovely In Pink (the best (and easiest) apple pie. ever.)
28. Mandy @ Counting My Pennies and My Blessings
29. Jill @ Love from the Kitchen (Cake Mix Cookies)
30. Geri
31. Geri@heartnsoulcooking(raspberry royal bars)
32. Joy in My Kitchen (Mint Chocolate Cookie Crunch)
33. Jenny @ The Zepf Life (Frugal chocolate dessert)
34. Simply Sweet Home (Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies)
35. Breastfeeding Moms Unite! (Lentil Burgers and Rosemary Baked Fries)
36. Once A Month Mom (Pumpkin Pie)
37. Once A Month Mom (Caramel Apple Pie Trifle)
38. UnfinishedMom (Nests)
39. Olivia@Of Such is the Kingdom (What God Wants for Christmas)
40. Lisa @ Simplified Saving (Adoption & Caring for Orphans)
41. Jen @ Happy Little Homemaker (Dessert Squares)
42. SUGARPLUM(AN INTENSELY CHOCOLATEY GOOEY BROWNIE)
43. Tara @ Feels like home (gift ideas for preschoolers)
44. Keli @ Feeding Four [whole-wheat-chocolate-chip-cookies]

Photo from Tastefully Simple.

{ 3 trackbacks }

Chocolate Chip Dessert Pizza | A High And Noble Calling: December 4, 2009 at 8:43 am
Raw Date Truffles : Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free: December 4, 2009 at 9:38 am
Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cupcakes Recipe: February 3, 2010 at 12:38 pm

{ 49 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Sherry December 4, 2009 at 7:34 am

What? No coffee pot? LOL! C’mon over and I’ll pour the coffee. You bring dessert! LOL!

2 Myra December 4, 2009 at 7:35 am

My favorite dessert is my mom’s apple pie. It’s SO yummy!

3 Myra December 4, 2009 at 7:36 am

I participated in every day of the progressive dinner! Thanks such a fun week!

4 Liz@HoosierHomemade December 4, 2009 at 8:29 am

I’m sorry you had computer issues. That can be so frustrating. I was wondering where you were. Thanks for hosting! And for the giveaway!
~Liz

5 The Cozy Country Home December 4, 2009 at 8:31 am

Duh! I didn’t read the contest until after I posted my link…and my link wasn’t to a dessert!! Sorry!
My favorite holiday dessert has to be Christmas Fudge. I make a ton of them as gifts for the holidays. I’ll be posting the recipe next week on my blog!!

6 Amy December 4, 2009 at 1:10 pm: No worries! Any Finer Thing is welcome here.

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7 Eunice B December 4, 2009 at 8:35 am

My favorite dessert?!?!? Which one isn’t. I would vote for carrot cake and cream cheese icing…my mother’s recipe of course!

8 Amy December 4, 2009 at 1:09 pm: Oh, yum! I never make that, but my chocolate-loving hubby just the other day said it sounded good. Go figure!

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9 Sarah Beth December 4, 2009 at 8:58 am

My favorite dessert right now is bakerella’s mini cherry cheesecakes! Oh yum!

10 Amber December 4, 2009 at 8:59 am

Love Heath Bar Cake and pretty much anything chocolatey!

11 Tracey December 4, 2009 at 9:16 am

Ahhh….my favorite dessert…..what a toughie!! Coconut cream pie would be the choice for today!

12 Amy December 4, 2009 at 1:08 pm: I rarely get to indulge in coconut because hubby is not a fan, but my mom makes a delicious coconut cream pie!

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13 Amy @ Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free December 4, 2009 at 9:37 am

I’ve missed the last couple of weeks here but I do have a holiday dessert to share – raw date truffles. It’s simple to make – the kids can even help. The best part is that they look like you spent hours slaving over them. Thanks for hosting! My favorite dessert – right now it’s a make-shift german chocolate cupcake with ice cream. Yum.

14 Lucky December 4, 2009 at 9:57 am

I think my favorite dessert would be plain old apple pie — with ice cream of course

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15 Becca December 4, 2009 at 10:20 am

One of my favorite deserts is regular old cherry cheesecake. I love it! I also love apple pie. Yum. I’m going to do a post on the apple pie that I make and will link up to your post!

16 Becca December 4, 2009 at 10:38 am

I just posted about another one of my favorite holiday dessert recipes!

17 Heather December 4, 2009 at 10:53 am

My favorite dessert is creme brulee. But, my favorite “homemade” dessert is mixed berry cobbler with vanilla ice cream. I will try to post the recipe on my blog and link it later today!

Now I’m hungry!

18 Mandy December 4, 2009 at 11:07 am

I left a link above to one of my favorite sweet treats (a drink rather than a dessert, per say). Also, one of my favorite Christmas time desserts is my aunt’s strawberry pretzel dessert! Their family makes it for me every year!

19 Amy December 4, 2009 at 1:06 pm: Oh, yes. The strawberry pretzel dessert. My recipe says “salad” but we know better!

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20 Jill December 4, 2009 at 11:10 am

I can’t peg down just one favorite dessert….I love them ALL!!! Chocoalte desserts, fruity pies, ice cream desserts…yuuummmm!!! I guess if I HAD to pick I’d chooose good ‘ol fashioned cookies

21 susan December 4, 2009 at 12:04 pm

My favorite dessert is whatever is being served! I pretty much love all desserts!

22 Melodie December 4, 2009 at 12:24 pm

Just wanted to apologize for posting a non-dessert recipe. I didn’t read it through very well! Please feel free to delete the entry.
As far as my favorite dessert goes, a moist traditional chocolate cake is my fave. Served warm with ice cream…Mmm!

23 Amy December 4, 2009 at 1:05 pm: No apology necessary. Any “Finer Thing” is welcome here!

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24 Michelle Baesler December 4, 2009 at 12:27 pm

I am hoping to try the Layered Choc pie dessert. I know it will be a favorite. I also love cheesecake. Thank you!

25 Mrs. Pear December 4, 2009 at 1:16 pm

I am making one of my favorites tonight for supper – apple pear crisp!

For Christmas I adore Buche de Noel and make 2 different kinds 3 times for a total of 6 by the time we change the calendars (2 for Christmas Eve/Day, 2 for Boxing Day, and 2 for New Year’s Eve/Day)

26 Amanda December 4, 2009 at 1:57 pm

My favorite dessert is red velvet cake with chocolate frosting…so good! Thanks!

27 Lou December 4, 2009 at 2:02 pm

I’m not much of a dessert person anymore either. Use to I could live off the stuff. My all time favorite would have to be Pecan Pie. I know it is really rich but I love the stuff. One piece is all I can eat.

28 Olivia December 4, 2009 at 2:02 pm

My fave dessert is the J. Alexander’s “Very Best Chocolate Cake Ever.” It’s a warm, layered chocolate cake served with ice cream and hot chocolate sauce. And did I mention it was HUGE? Anything warm, bready, and chocolate will pretty much satisfy me, though!

29 Bev P. December 4, 2009 at 2:25 pm

My favorite dessert is cookies & cream ice cream. Yum!

30 Sheryl F. December 4, 2009 at 2:25 pm

My current favorite is an Apple Dapple Cake. I found the recipe on Southerplate.com? My husband thinks it is the best cake I have ever made.

31 JessieLeigh December 4, 2009 at 2:58 pm

My favorite dessert is probably a good brownie! But I love many others too… (just no pie or cheesecake- I can say no to those any day. )

32 JessieLeigh December 4, 2009 at 2:58 pm

I, of course, participated in all 5 days!

33 Amanda December 4, 2009 at 3:19 pm

My favorite dessert of all is coconut creme pie.

34 Jennifer Swanson December 4, 2009 at 3:34 pm

Top on my list of favorite desserts ~ My grandmother’s apple pie.

35 Suzanne December 4, 2009 at 4:43 pm

It’s too hard to choose just one, but my favorites involve chocolate. One of my favorite non-chocolate desserts, though is Pioneer Woman’s Apple Dumplings. Yuuuuum!!

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/02/apple_dumplings/

36 Jenni Rom December 4, 2009 at 5:08 pm

My favorite dessert would have to be a dark chocolate and caramel pie. I found the recipe in one of my King Arthur cookbooks. YUM it’s dangerously delicious!

37 Crystal December 4, 2009 at 5:44 pm

Pecan pie!!!!

38 Kelly December 4, 2009 at 6:10 pm

I love chocolate mousse.

39 Jenny December 4, 2009 at 9:13 pm

My favorite dessert is hot fudge sundaes.

40 keli December 4, 2009 at 10:59 pm

i love brownies! LOL plain and simple.

41 thi December 5, 2009 at 1:04 am

I loooooooooove carrot cake! YUMMY!

42 Maria December 5, 2009 at 10:43 am

Learning to live without sugar, finding alternative treats and ways of fixing favorite foods without sugar, and feeling better the more nutritiously I eat–these are finer things!
(But I’d love to feed my prayer group this stuff, anyway. They’re not sugar sensitive. : )

43 Judy December 5, 2009 at 10:55 am

I love (just about) anything chocolate.

44 Steph December 5, 2009 at 3:19 pm

Mmm…brownies with chocolate chips are the best!

45 Amy December 6, 2009 at 4:34 pm

My favorite dessert is a brownie with vanilla icecream!

46 Allison Zirkle December 6, 2009 at 6:26 pm

Pumpkin pie from Costco is just simply my fav dessert that I’ve been able to get my hands on, both in San Diego & Phoenix! Athens again, if Im cooking it, I LOVE cheesecake with mini chocolate chips and crushed peppermint mixed in, all with an Oreo crust. Now that’s just delicious!

47 Heather Silver December 6, 2009 at 8:18 pm