Daily Indulgence

January 01, 2010
Satisfy your cravings with this daily recipe collection of guilty pleasure recipes including salty snacks, decadent desserts and festive cocktails.
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Chocolate Banana-Caramel Shortcakes

Becky Luigart-Stayner

Make 2010 your best year yet by starting it off with a chocolate bang. Your diet can wait for tomorrow.


Chocolate Banana-Caramel Shortcakes Recipe
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Chocolate Bar Fondue

Photo: Michele Michael

Make tonight's indulgence a breeze. Melt chocolate, slice fruit, and enjoy.


Chocolate Bar Fondue Recipe

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Beef-and-Asparagus Bundles

Ralph Anderson; Mindi Shapiro Levine

Make the most of holiday leftovers by wrapping them up into delicious bundles that your friends are sure to love. Get 2010 off to a great start tonight.


Beef-and-Asparagus Bundles Recipe
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Dressed-Up Cheesecake Bars

Photo: Jennifer Davick; Styling: Melanie Clarke

Top mini cheesecake bites with an array of oh-so good sauces including cherries jubilee, dark chocolate, and hot caramel. It's the perfect dessert for sharing, if you can stand to part with even one.


Dressed-Up Cheesecake Bars Recipe

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Brownie Bourbon Balls

Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Cindy Barr

Need a last-minute dessert? Brownie balls, made from boxed mix, are mind-blowingly good. No one will ever guess they came from a mix. Bravo.


Brownie Bourbon Balls Recipe

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Sour-Cream Chocolate Layer Cake

You'll be loathe to share this decadent chocolate cake. Lock everyone out of the kitchen and enjoy a slice all by yourself.


Sour-Cream Chocolate Layer Cake Recipe
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Strawberry-Banana Pudding

Photo: Oxmoor House

You'd never know this recipe is light, but now that you do, you, you may as well have a second serving. Get a little for us too.


Strawberry-Banana Pudding Recipe

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Deep Dark Chocolate Biscotti

Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Melanie J. Clarke

You'll be sure to linger over your morning coffee a bit longer when you've got this biscotti chock full of almonds and chocolate chips to enjoy along with it.


Deep Dark Chocolate Biscotti Recipe

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Chocolate Meringue Kisses

At only 8 cents per kiss, this dessert won't break your wallet or your New Year's diet resolution.


Chocolate Meringue Kisses Recipe
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Peanut Butter-Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream Cake

Peanut Butter. Chocolate. Cookie. Ice Cream. Cake. Need we say more? Get your fork ready, friends. It's time for dessert.


Peanut Butter-Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream Cake Recipe

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Choco-Cherry-Nut Cookie Pizza

If you've sworn off pizza for 2010, try this cookie pie instead. You'll get all the slice-by-slice satisfaction you need without breaking your anti-pepperoni promises.


Choco-Cherry-Nut Cookie Pizza Recipe

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Upside-Down Peanut Parfaits

What? It's not your birthday? That's ok, go ahead and enjoy this over-the-top dessert. We'll even let you blow out a candle, just for kicks.


Upside-Down Peanut Parfaits Recipe
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Cheesecake-Stuffed Dark Chocolate Cake

Oxmoor House

This decadent layer cake is stuffed with another dessert, cheesecake, making it both insanely delicious and infuriatingly tempting. Good luck not swiping a taste of that caramel.


Cheesecake-Stuffed Dark Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Sour Cream Coffee Cake Muffins

Photo: Charles Walton IV; Styling: Marian Cooper Cairns

Serve individually sized servings of this breakfast favorite to guarantee that you have the happiest home on the block. Or at least the most popular.


Sour Cream Coffee Cake Muffins Recipe

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Victor Protasio

Just one heavenly wiff of this delicious cake will make you pick it up and eat it with your hands.


Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Recipe
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Peppermint Hot Fudge Sundaes

Photo: Ryan Benyi; Styling: Lynn Miller

Add a minty bite to this winter dessert. The secret ingredient (a pinch of salt!) makes this sundae an over-the-top post-dinner dish.


Peppermint Hot Fudge Sundaes Recipe

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Chocolate-Caramel Angel Food Cake

Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Jan Gautro

If you can resist this delicious cake topped with decadent drizzles of chocolate and caramel, then slide your piece right on over to us. We'll be happy to take it off your hands.


Chocolate-Caramel Angel Food Cake Recipe

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Dark Chocolate Cakes

Photo: Caitlin Bensel; Styling: Rishon Hanners

Sweet and cake-like on the outside, melted chocolate in the middle, this dessert has it all. Make sure it has a spot on your dessert menu tonight.


Dark Chocolate Cakes Recipe
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Delta Mocha Chiffon Cake

We're not sure you can handle the over-the-top deliciousness that is this cake. In fact, maybe you should just delete this email from your inbox. That's right, just forward it on back to us...


Delta Mocha Chiffon Cake Recipe

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Rocky Road-Peanut Butter Candy Cups

Photo: Oxmoor House

Indulge in a bite-size combination of chocolate, nuts, and mini marshmallows. It's easy to make and even easier to enjoy.


Rocky Road-Peanut Butter Candy Cups Recipe

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Extra-Rich Chocolate Cake

Photo: Ralph Anderson

This cake is so rich that it can't even be made like a traditional cake. Bake it in a jellyroll pan, slice, and serve to ensure happy tummies all around.


Extra-Rich Chocolate Cake Recipe
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Pecan Sticky Buns

Photo: Michael Paul

Welcome this cutie into your home for a festive brunch, fun dessert, or random Tuesday afternoon treat. You won't be sorry.


Pecan Sticky Buns Recipe

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Festive Crostini

Bring the best of European flavor to your appetizer buffet with these tasty single-serving appetizer treats. Make a variety, or let guests create their own favorites.


Festive Crostini Recipe

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Mrs. Floyd's Divinity

Light, decadent, and oh-so tasty, these bite-sized dreams are sure to be the hit of your next friendly gathering.


Mrs. Floyd's Divinity Recipe
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Red Velvet Cupcakes

Photo: Oxmoor House

While cakes are beautiful to look at, sometimes a single-serving of rich cream cheese icing and moist red velvet cake is all your heart desires. Run your fingers through the icing and enjoy.


Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe

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Praline Coffee

Be your own barista by serving this rich coffee drink to your friends after dinner. Be careful, or it may become your signature after-dinner drink.


Praline Coffee Recipe

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Rocky Road Bark

James Carrier

Melted chocolate, chopped walnuts, and mini marshmallows make this delicious bar cookie a sweet afternoon treat. Cut a piece or two for yourself, then save the rest for later.


Rocky Road Bark Recipe
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Double-Chocolate Cupcakes

Photo: Kana Okada; Styling: Susan Vajaranant

Bring out your inner child (and his or her sweet tooth!) with these almost too-cute-to-eat single-serving desserts. Good thing we aren't that tender hearted...


Double-Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe

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Fudge Butter Cake

Caitlin Bensel

Fluffy, moist cake, rich chocolate icing, and a simplicity that makes our mouths water. Grab a fork and dig in.


Fudge Butter Cake Recipe

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Peanut-Raisin Bark

Crispy peanuts, soft raisins, and oh-so sweet melted chocolate. That's a better offering than any pick up line we've ever heard.


Peanut-Raisin Bark Recipe
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Cranberry-Hazelnut Coffeecake

Once you cut a decadent slice of this delicious coffeecake, we guarantee you won't be able to leave even a crumb on your plate. Consider yourself warned.


Cranberry-Hazelnut Coffeecake Recipe
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