Quick and easy dessert recipes

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No-bake desserts

Chai hot chocolate with spiced waffle dippers

For an easy dessert with a difference, serve cups of our rich and aromatic chai hot chocolate with golden spiced waffles to dunk.

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Alternative barbecue recipes

Grilled fruit salad with honey labneh

Serve this grilled stone fruit salad with homemade honey labneh and sprinkle with a sweet pistachio dukkah for a flavoursome summer dessert.

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Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes

Oreo cookie chocolate trifle

This Oreo cookie trifle is set to be a new festive favourite. The biscuits bring a lovely bit of crunch to the choc custard and rich mascarpone topping.

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Quick pudding recipes in under 20 minutes

Sticky salted caramel apples

A super-easy pud which doesn't hold back on flavours, these rich, glossy and sticky salted caramel apples are ready to be devoured in just 10 minutes.

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Apple recipes

Easy caramelised apples

Serve this 10-minute pudding recipe for caramelised apples with ice cream, custard or just as they are (with a dash of extra maple syrup!).

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Fool recipes

Quick lemon and ginger fool

Satisfy your sweet tooth the quickest way there is with a simple lemon and ginger fool. Just throw a handful of ingredients together, sit back and relax.

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Dinner party dessert recipes

Easy gingerbread affogato

All you need are 4 ingredients and 10 minutes for this easiest-ever gingerbread affogato – a punchy mix of hot coffee, boozy liqueur and fiery gingerbread.

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Frozen dessert recipes

Baileys and hazelnut parfaits

These nutty and boozy parfaits would make a fabulous dinner party dessert served with a jug of extra Baileys for drizzling.

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Italian dessert recipes

Poached peaches with zabaglione

This classic Italian dessert pairs boozy zabaglione with soft poached peaches – all in under 30 minutes. Serve with buttery shortbread for extra crunch.

Gluten-free

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Burns Night recipes

Cranachan

Cranachan is a Scottish dessert traditionally made by folding fresh raspberries into whipped cream with a little honey, whisky and toasted oatmeal. Give it a try!

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Meringue recipes

Eton mess

What is Eton Mess? Well...this classic combo of meringue, strawberries and whipped cream is said to have originated at Eton College. Try Debbie Major's foolproof recipe...

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Quick pudding recipes in under 20 minutes

Marsala strawberries with lemon crème fraîche

Simmer strawberries with marsala, sugar and rosemary until jam-like, then serve with sweet crème fraîche for a fabulously quick dessert

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Make-ahead summer dessert recipes

Blackcurrant ripple ice cream sandwiches

This blackcurrant ice cream recipe is a great make-ahead dinner party dessert. Just mix the ingredients together and set in the freezer.

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Quick pudding recipes in under 20 minutes

5-minute chocolate banana split

We've put a healthy spin on banana split by swapping ice cream for frozen yoghurt, chocolate sauce for dark chocolate and dousing it all with almond butter

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Gluten-free Christmas recipes

No-churn ice cream with boozy raisins

This easy no-churn ice cream only needs 10 mins prep. Whisk the ingredients together using an electric whisk and pop in the freezer to set.

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Make-ahead summer dessert recipes

Watermelon, vodka and herb granita

This refreshing water melon granita is an easy and flexible recipe for using up overripe or past-its-best fruit.

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