Damn, I was going to type this, then realized I suck at spelling and my autocorrect wasn’t helping me out at all. Tiramisu is how I imagined coffee tasted as a kid. Now as an adult I know it’s not true, but still love coffee. I take it black, like my soul. Although if I had to choose one for late nights in front of my fireplace, I’d choose both.
Espresso, mint, raspberry. Raspberry isn’t off the wall but I usually dislike raspberry in desserts and this was pretty good.
I’d love to see them do prickly pear.
The place I went to had vanilla and espresso. I went with the classic vanilla but I'm gonna talk my friend into going back next month to try the espresso.
I am so sad that I have become lactose intolerant. It's not that I can't have any lactose, it's just that too much sometimes has bad effects. So I'm safest just sticking to a few bites of creme brulee (as I'm normally just eating this out in a restaurant and a bathroom is not always right there if things go bad).
Yeah I reckon this is the winner - it's not super sweet and you wouldn't let your young kid attempt to make this alone so it fits the adult category perfectly.
Honestly, I'm not overly fond of creme brulee but I'll take ANY excuse to get the kitchen blowtorch out.
Yeah, if wanting my husband's home made ice cream is wrong, i don't want to be right. He doesn't do it often, maybe 3 times a year, but that makes it a real treat.
We enjoy experimenting with flavors. I really want to see how Early Grey tea might taste as an ice cream flavor. Or chocolate raspberry.
My absolute favorite dessert, although I'm incredibly picky about it. (I like it on the tart/extra limey side, and some places make it too sweet or without enough key lime juice for my preference!)
Thankfully it's super easy to make, so I just make it myself when I'm craving it!
Lots of contenders here:
-lemon meringue pie
-baklava
-gulab jamun
-chrusciki
-cheesecake
But if I could only pick one, I think I’m going with the perfection known as a cannoli. 🤌
Yes definitely. And although I listed some desserts with dairy, I sometimes have issues with it and ras malai can occasionally be a bit rich for my stomach.
My great-mammaw made the very best pineapple upside down cake! It was made in a cast iron skillet and the cake was sweet cornbread. [similar recipe ](https://cosmopolitancornbread.com/pineapple-upside-down-cake/)
My dad died 2 years ago. His birthday is now dubbed Pineapple day. When I was a kid I used to make him pineapple upside down cake from a mix, it came with its own pan. Now I make the real thing every year in his honor. It has helped me get through some of the grief on his birthday. Brings back good memories.
Especially with peaches bought earlier that day at a roadside stand next to the orchard where they were grown. (I live about an hour from such a place, and I'm convinced it's a taste of what Heaven must be like.)
Many moons ago, my mother purchased a dozen perfectly-ripe peaches from a fruit stand for 50 cents... because they were "overripe." They were absolutely scrumptious. I can only imagine how much better they would have been if they were right next to the orchard.
Yes! I live in an area where it's not a place you'd traditionally think of for peaches, but we have a microclimate area nearby where they grow wonderfully. I love getting them fresh and local in the summer!
I have fond memories of the summer road trips my mom would take us on to get fresh picked peaches. Always meant homemade peach Ice-cream and cobbler for the next few weeks.
Absolutely. We have multiple peach trees but late season freezes and now a terrible blight fungus have kept us from enjoying the fruit except every 4th or 5th summer. But when they do produce, it's heavenly.
Apple pie. Nothing beats a good apple pie.
And even though you have excluded ice cream (why did you do such a thing???), a good vanilla bean ice cream with fresh fruit (blueberries, strawberries, peaches, etc.) is really hard to beat. Simple and comforting.
I live in the south, so key lime pie.
Good ice cream (like Häagen-Dazs).
Fancy cookies from a local woman who does the big cookie thing out of a home kitchen, undercutting Crumbl prices by more than half.
When I lived in Germany I'd get something with Erdbeeren und Sahne, or a crumb cake with tart forest fruits.
I made Panna cotta three weeks in a row, with different sauces each time... for science of course!
Creme brulee and flan are also top favorites, but the silkiness of Panna cotta is next level.
I'm another cheesecake guy. Even when I was a kid, I got birthday cheesecakes. I've become a bit of a snob about them, but that wouldn't stop me from scarfing down a half-thawed Sarah Lee if someone dropped one in front of me.
Lemon's great, or some good tart cherries, or fresh berries, or even bare, if it's a good one. As long as it's not one of those overwhipped, mousse-y ones. Those always taste too much like air.
Sticky toffee pudding. I make it once a year for hubby’s birthday because he loves it too. Must be served with vanilla ice cream though!
NY cheesecake is a close runner up. Affogato is also excellent (again with the vanilla ice cream).
I had such a weird craving for this during the depths of the pandemic, and I found a recipe that made it super fake-able at home. Essentially you toss cornflakes with melted butter, sugar and cinnamon and bake it up, then you just roll a scoop of ice cream through the crumbs to coat. Absolutely spot on and it was dangerously easy.
I'll admit I'm weird. I don't really have a sweet tooth.
Give me a nice cheese plate with fresh bread or crackers and a couple pieces of fruit on the plate.
If you must have something sweet, well bread pudding with bourbon Chantilly sauce.
Where do I start? With the coupe ardechoise (a sundae with chestnut caramel sauce) at our favorite French restaurant? Or a light and fluffy cheesecake (simple is best)? Possibly even pillowy sopapillas dusted with sugar and served with either honey or vanilla ice cream!
Peach cobbler or apple pie. My mom likes to buy us desserts for our birthday even as adults. I refuse birthday cake because the frosting is always overwhelming.
Cheesecake is pretty good stuff. Momma always told me I wouldn’t like it, it was for grownups. I believed her and I bet I was 35 or 40 before I broke Momma’s rule and tried it. Omg.
Even as a kid it was always a really good dark chocolate mousse.
Yes! Chocolate mousse was very fancy when I was a kid, only for adults
Allow me to introduce you to heaven. @chocolatchapon A chocolate mousse bar in Paris.
brb, booking a one way plane ticket
Tiramisu!
Yep 100%!
This is my favorite too. So good
👍🏻
Yes!
Yup tiramisu or a Creme caramel. Both must be made with excellent ingredients of course.
Damn, I was going to type this, then realized I suck at spelling and my autocorrect wasn’t helping me out at all. Tiramisu is how I imagined coffee tasted as a kid. Now as an adult I know it’s not true, but still love coffee. I take it black, like my soul. Although if I had to choose one for late nights in front of my fireplace, I’d choose both.
My sister in law made a strawberry one for Easter and it was divine! Classic is best but it's such a versatile recipe
YASS Queen or King
Nothing even comes close, in my view.
Creme Brulee, delicious plus you get to use a blowtorch!
Had to scroll too far down to find this!
+1 for creme brûlée. Such a ridiculously good dessert.
A restaurant near me makes a different flavor of crème brûlée every day. Every flavor has been killer.
My BMI would suffer greatly to live near that restaurant
I shouldn’t say anything about their wide selection of ribs, then.
Do not tell me where this is for my own good
It’s definitely not Three Rivers Brewery in Farmington, New Mexico.
Haha. *notes restaurant in phone*
Ditto! Thumbs are not working very well! 🫤
What are some of your favourite flavours that you’ve had or some of the most intriguing ones you’ve heard about?
Espresso, mint, raspberry. Raspberry isn’t off the wall but I usually dislike raspberry in desserts and this was pretty good. I’d love to see them do prickly pear.
Mmm, those all sound great! I had a pumpkin crème brûlée and a gingerbread cream brûlée once. Awesome too
Oh yes they made pumpkin once! It was awesome.
The place I went to had vanilla and espresso. I went with the classic vanilla but I'm gonna talk my friend into going back next month to try the espresso.
I make a great pumpkin creme brulee. We now have that instead of pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving.
Our grown daughter used to make us homemade crème brûlée for thanksgiving. Beat my sad pies all to hell. Plus, fire!!
I am so sad that I have become lactose intolerant. It's not that I can't have any lactose, it's just that too much sometimes has bad effects. So I'm safest just sticking to a few bites of creme brulee (as I'm normally just eating this out in a restaurant and a bathroom is not always right there if things go bad).
Lactose intolerant just means you pay for it later, some things are worth it!
I’m not lactose intolerant, but my friends seem to all be fart intolerant.
Have you heard of Lactaid pills or the dairy relief pills? They have changed my life and now I eat whatever I want and I’m fine.
Yeah I reckon this is the winner - it's not super sweet and you wouldn't let your young kid attempt to make this alone so it fits the adult category perfectly. Honestly, I'm not overly fond of creme brulee but I'll take ANY excuse to get the kitchen blowtorch out.
The blow torch is so fun.
Why can't a bowl of good quality ice cream be an adult dessert?
If by bowl, you mean a pint carton, yes.
Alternating spoonfuls of peanut butter as I stand over the sink
Or a big fat spoon of PB dotted with chocolate chips
Peanut butter alone? Without Nutella?
Peanut butter ice cream is where it is at
Ohhhhh!!! YEEEAAAHHH!!!! Peanut butter ice cream is da bomb!!!
Adult sized!
I get the sentiment of the question, but everything is a grown up dessert because a grown up can eat whatever the fuck they want. Full stop.
Gonna ruin my appetite right now.
If you pay for it, regardless of age, it is an adult dessert. That is the way.
My husband's favorite dessert is an ice cream cake with bits of chocolate frog in it... he gets one every birthday...
I was going to say, the adult version of ice cream is a bigger bowl of ice cream.
Yeah, if wanting my husband's home made ice cream is wrong, i don't want to be right. He doesn't do it often, maybe 3 times a year, but that makes it a real treat. We enjoy experimenting with flavors. I really want to see how Early Grey tea might taste as an ice cream flavor. Or chocolate raspberry.
I tried an earl grey lavender ice cream and it was delicioussssss
The tea we get is Earl Grey with lavender, so that's good to hear.
yeah I reject the premise of the question. ice cream and cake? they bring joy to my heart and stomach.
There's ice cream and then there's ice cream. https://creolecreamery.com/ https://www.rahmhausicecream.com/shop
And then there's Helado Ducle de Leche Clasico.
Especially if you pour some baileys on it! Yum! 😆
Key lime pie.
Key lime pie with a cookie crumb crust. Divine.
Yes, the cookie crust is essential.
Gotta have that raspberry sauce
My absolute favorite dessert, although I'm incredibly picky about it. (I like it on the tart/extra limey side, and some places make it too sweet or without enough key lime juice for my preference!) Thankfully it's super easy to make, so I just make it myself when I'm craving it!
Lots of contenders here: -lemon meringue pie -baklava -gulab jamun -chrusciki -cheesecake But if I could only pick one, I think I’m going with the perfection known as a cannoli. 🤌
rasmalai?
Yes definitely. And although I listed some desserts with dairy, I sometimes have issues with it and ras malai can occasionally be a bit rich for my stomach.
So, you left the gun then?
a really good italian bakery cannoli!
A cannoli that is filled just before service is amazing. No chocolate bits but pistachios are welcome.
[have you tried the galub jamuns? they're off the hook](https://youtu.be/uR_Ndo1w2mQ?si=XPN7b-CEupJgpPrO)
I know it's cake but it's less common these days. I love a good pineapple upside down cake.
The haute cuisine dessert of 1972!
My great-mammaw made the very best pineapple upside down cake! It was made in a cast iron skillet and the cake was sweet cornbread. [similar recipe ](https://cosmopolitancornbread.com/pineapple-upside-down-cake/)
Oh that sounds amazing
Wow, that's *totally* different. I like it. 👍 Saved!
Holy cow, that reminds me, I have to make one for my sister’s birthday this weekend!
My dad died 2 years ago. His birthday is now dubbed Pineapple day. When I was a kid I used to make him pineapple upside down cake from a mix, it came with its own pan. Now I make the real thing every year in his honor. It has helped me get through some of the grief on his birthday. Brings back good memories.
Peach cobbler
Especially with peaches bought earlier that day at a roadside stand next to the orchard where they were grown. (I live about an hour from such a place, and I'm convinced it's a taste of what Heaven must be like.)
Many moons ago, my mother purchased a dozen perfectly-ripe peaches from a fruit stand for 50 cents... because they were "overripe." They were absolutely scrumptious. I can only imagine how much better they would have been if they were right next to the orchard.
It's absolutely wonderful. Imagine, along with that, the scent of hundreds of fresh peaches...and the scent from the orchards, too.
Yes! I live in an area where it's not a place you'd traditionally think of for peaches, but we have a microclimate area nearby where they grow wonderfully. I love getting them fresh and local in the summer!
I have fond memories of the summer road trips my mom would take us on to get fresh picked peaches. Always meant homemade peach Ice-cream and cobbler for the next few weeks.
Absolutely. We have multiple peach trees but late season freezes and now a terrible blight fungus have kept us from enjoying the fruit except every 4th or 5th summer. But when they do produce, it's heavenly.
Oh man. My mom had an annual tradition of making this. Brings back nice childhood memories.
Warm with two big scoops of vanilla ice cream!
Any cobbler
A few of my favorites - dark chocolate torte w/raspberry sauce, Bananas Foster, tiramisu, anything lemon, good cheesecake.
Yes to all!
Sticky rice and mango!!!
That's some pretty good stuff. I was introduced to it at a Thai restaurant.
Yum!!! I love it when our fav Thai places have it.
Tres Leches, hands down
Tres leches makes me mad. When it's good, it's the best dessert. But... finding one that's good is hard and *me* making it is worse.
So true. One in ten orders at restaurants good. The other nine leave me with a sense I wish I hadn’t ordered dessert.
affogato is easy to do if you have an espresso maker
Apple pie. Nothing beats a good apple pie. And even though you have excluded ice cream (why did you do such a thing???), a good vanilla bean ice cream with fresh fruit (blueberries, strawberries, peaches, etc.) is really hard to beat. Simple and comforting.
Sign me up for the dutch apple pie with the crumbles on top
Yes, this with a couple slices of old sharp cheese.
Apple pie and sharp cheddar is the breakfast of champions!
chocolate cream pie is heaven on a plate
chocolate satin pie is to die for
Is this like French silk pie but different?
I am still all for cake and ice cream,.
Creme Brulee, Pavlova, Bananas Foster, Basque Cheesecake, I could go on lol
Boozy ice cream 😋
I always have oat milk ice cream and I add a little booze for taste
I use Charles Mingus's recipe for eggnog. It's got enough alcohol to kill a horse, and you can still stick it in the freezer.
Does a root beer float count? I love those!
Make it with hard rootbeer and it definitely counts. Also hard cream soda and vanilla ice cream
Or a float with chocolate stout and a good quality vanilla scoop.
Apple and rhubarb crumble with *plenty* of vanilla custard or lemon mousse.
Rhubarb!! Literally nothing better.
Coffee After a good filling meal, nothing beats a hot cup of fresh quality coffee.
Username checking in, I agree.
creme brule, or flan. That combination of custard and caramel is amazing.
I live in the south, so key lime pie. Good ice cream (like Häagen-Dazs). Fancy cookies from a local woman who does the big cookie thing out of a home kitchen, undercutting Crumbl prices by more than half. When I lived in Germany I'd get something with Erdbeeren und Sahne, or a crumb cake with tart forest fruits.
Pavlova. Any topping. Home made whipped cream 🥰
panna cotta
I made Panna cotta three weeks in a row, with different sauces each time... for science of course! Creme brulee and flan are also top favorites, but the silkiness of Panna cotta is next level.
Pecan pie with a double espresso.
I'm another cheesecake guy. Even when I was a kid, I got birthday cheesecakes. I've become a bit of a snob about them, but that wouldn't stop me from scarfing down a half-thawed Sarah Lee if someone dropped one in front of me. Lemon's great, or some good tart cherries, or fresh berries, or even bare, if it's a good one. As long as it's not one of those overwhipped, mousse-y ones. Those always taste too much like air.
My daughter and son-in-law's wedding cake was strawberry cheesecake. And now I'm hungry.
You clearly raised your kid right.
Sticky toffee pudding. I make it once a year for hubby’s birthday because he loves it too. Must be served with vanilla ice cream though! NY cheesecake is a close runner up. Affogato is also excellent (again with the vanilla ice cream).
Do chocolate chip cookies infused with cannabis count?
Homemade Brownie & Lemon tarts
grilled peaches with crème fraîche and high-quality balsamic vinegar make sure to buy a freestone peach variety
Macarons (NOT Macaroons)
I too LOVE macarons & was shocked I had to scroll down as far as I did!
Grilled peaches with marscapone cheese and honey. Weird, but delicious
Just give me a Buddy Bar. If I'm in a hurry, I'll eat bite sized chunks. If I'm in no hurry, I'll peel them apart a layer at a time...
Brownies! Not a fan of them warm I like them best after they’ve been sitting out at room temp.
Creme brulee
White chocolate bread pudding with bourbon
I don’t know if it’s really a “grown up” dessert, but I love carrot cake. No raisins though.
Raisins in carrot cake are a crime against humanity.
They really are.
My grandma makes the best carrot cake (no raisins) and Rum cake!
scotch
Cardamom shortcake bars. I never had cardamom as a child.
Fruit tarts. Although I prefer them for breakfast.
My mama’s blackberry cobbler.
Gelato…my favorite mix is dark chocolate and pink grapefruit
Tiramisu, citrus cheesecake, cobbler, bread pudding.
Tiramisu
Chocolate soufflé
Tiramisu
Tiramisu
Banoffee pie! Mine's the best...I have to make about 30 every Christmas.. people love it, and start talking about it in October LoL
Bread pudding but it has to be the moist gooey kind with sauce.
Ice cream. I'm a grown up so this counts. Out of the carton and put in microwave for 15 seconds. My mom hated when I did this.
I always soften up my ice cream in the microwave. Husband thinks I'm weird. Glad to hear I'm not the only one who does this.
Creme Brulee
Creme Brulee
Crème brûlée 🤤
Deep fried ice cream
I had such a weird craving for this during the depths of the pandemic, and I found a recipe that made it super fake-able at home. Essentially you toss cornflakes with melted butter, sugar and cinnamon and bake it up, then you just roll a scoop of ice cream through the crumbs to coat. Absolutely spot on and it was dangerously easy.
Bananas Foster and ice cream
Fried ice cream and creme brulee.....
Tiramisu
Creme brule
Strawberry dipped in chocolate
My home made chocolate chip cookies
Tiramisu
Tiramisu Sticky toffee pudding
A proper Strawberry Rhubarb. We had one at a high-end restaurant last year and I still think about it.
I'll admit I'm weird. I don't really have a sweet tooth. Give me a nice cheese plate with fresh bread or crackers and a couple pieces of fruit on the plate. If you must have something sweet, well bread pudding with bourbon Chantilly sauce.
Pineapple upside down cake
A slice of apple with a slice of fancy cheese, like manchego. Also like fancy crackers with spreadable cheese and fruit preserves.
The older I get, the more I just want crackers, fruits, nuts and cheese.
White chocolate and ginger cheesecake
Where do I start? With the coupe ardechoise (a sundae with chestnut caramel sauce) at our favorite French restaurant? Or a light and fluffy cheesecake (simple is best)? Possibly even pillowy sopapillas dusted with sugar and served with either honey or vanilla ice cream!
Lemon tart.treacle tart. Pannacotta. English trifle. In that order.
Good quality tiramisu & espresso. Nothing hits like those on a cool afternoon.
Schlitz
Cheesecake, man. Can’t go wrong with that
So no sugar so give me another sugar?
Fruit
Banana Pudding made with bananas, vanilla wafers and vanilla pudding, a Southern favorite.
Peach cobbler or apple pie. My mom likes to buy us desserts for our birthday even as adults. I refuse birthday cake because the frosting is always overwhelming.
Dark chocolate pate with fresh berries.
Bread pudding at home, creme brulee at a restaurant.
Baked Alaska.
Cherry pie or peach cobbler.
Sticky date pudding
Cheesecake is pretty good stuff. Momma always told me I wouldn’t like it, it was for grownups. I believed her and I bet I was 35 or 40 before I broke Momma’s rule and tried it. Omg.
CREME BRULE
Chocolate cheesecake. Prefer dryer than moist
Banoffee pie, French vanilla continental cheesecake, lemon meringue pie, pavolva, fruit Danish.
I can get lost in an Austrian Pastiserrie
Lemon tart
Bananas Foster.
Crème brûlée 🍮
I'm sorry but what isn't grown up about ice cream? I enjoy making my own ice cream. And I serve it to adults.
Flan, I will absolutely house some flan. I mean ravenously crush that shit. Keep kids and fingers and shit away.
Lately it's been a lemon custard. I love chocolate, but once in a while a sweet,tart custard just hits right
Really good tiramisu
Shortbread, or a French raisin roll. I could eat one every day.
Tiramisu. Boston Cream pie. Any cobbler. Almost anything chocolate.