Dessert Ideas

[regentlion]

We are having friends over this weekend for the fourth weekend in a row.  I'm getting tapped out of dinner/dessert ideas and since it's the same couple (they're helping us with some projects), I don't want to repeat

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[spikesgirl58]

Strawberry shortcake is fast and easy and it's the season for strawberries. Or make your own banana splits is also fun.

[tisiphone]

DIY sundaes are good. So is chocolate fondue (seems complicated, but it's basically warm chocolate sauce and a bunch of stuff you just cut into the right size, like sponge cake, marshmallows, and fruit). You can give the kids a little bowl of sauce and they can go to it.

[faerieflings]

I double this recipe and make it in a cake or pie pan for our family of 6. So delicious, and it literally only takes the 15 minutes stated in the description. I crush my graham crackers in a ziploc bag by rolling a heavy can or rolling pin over it, but that's the method my mom taught me and it saves dirtying the pastry cutter or food processor! I've also successfully used chocolate chips and decreased the sugar slightly to avoid going out to the store to get baking chocolate.

http://www.dessertfortwo.com/2010/07/no-bake-chocolate-peanut-butter-bars/

[a_boleyn]

Panna cotta ... it's a fast make ahead and you can fancy it up by making a chocolate, caramel or dulce de leche version or add a fruit coulis/puree layer or just add fresh berries to the panna cotta before it sets. The basic recipe I use is here.

http://a-boleyn.livejournal.com/87815.html

For the gelee version/recipe, go here.

http://a-boleyn.livejournal.com/156049.html

I also liked a crunchy accompaniment like a biscuit or a cookie. For a fancy cookie, I made florentines.

http://a-boleyn.livejournal.com/155566.html

[a_boleyn]

I totally forgot about those. As long as you save filling them until just before serving, you shouldn't have any problems. I have an easy recipe posted here.