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Daily Indulgence

January 01, 2010
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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

Credit: Becky Luigart-Stayner

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


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Chocolate Bar Fondue

Credit: Photo: Michele Michael

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


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Beef-and-Asparagus Bundles

Credit: 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.


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Dressed-Up Cheesecake Bars

Credit: 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.


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Brownie Bourbon Balls

Credit: 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.


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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.


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Strawberry-Banana Pudding

Credit: 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.


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Deep Dark Chocolate Biscotti

Credit: 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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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Cheesecake-Stuffed Dark Chocolate Cake

Credit: 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.


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Sour Cream Coffee Cake Muffins

Credit: 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.


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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Credit: Victor Protasio

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


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Peppermint Hot Fudge Sundaes

Credit: 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.


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Chocolate-Caramel Angel Food Cake

Credit: 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.


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Dark Chocolate Cakes

Credit: 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.


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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...


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Rocky Road-Peanut Butter Candy Cups

Credit: 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.


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Extra-Rich Chocolate Cake

Credit: 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.


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Pecan Sticky Buns

Credit: 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.


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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.


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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.


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Red Velvet Cupcakes

Credit: 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.


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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.


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Rocky Road Bark

Credit: 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.


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Double-Chocolate Cupcakes

Credit: 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...


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Fudge Butter Cake

Credit: Caitlin Bensel

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


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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.


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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.


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1 of 31 Chocolate Banana-Caramel Shortcakes
2 of 31 Chocolate Bar Fondue
3 of 31 Beef-and-Asparagus Bundles
4 of 31 Dressed-Up Cheesecake Bars
5 of 31 Brownie Bourbon Balls
6 of 31 Sour-Cream Chocolate Layer Cake
7 of 31 Strawberry-Banana Pudding
8 of 31 Deep Dark Chocolate Biscotti
9 of 31 Chocolate Meringue Kisses
10 of 31 Peanut Butter-Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream Cake
11 of 31 Choco-Cherry-Nut Cookie Pizza
12 of 31 Upside-Down Peanut Parfaits
13 of 31 Cheesecake-Stuffed Dark Chocolate Cake
14 of 31 Sour Cream Coffee Cake Muffins
15 of 31 Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
16 of 31 Peppermint Hot Fudge Sundaes
17 of 31 Chocolate-Caramel Angel Food Cake
18 of 31 Dark Chocolate Cakes
19 of 31 Delta Mocha Chiffon Cake
20 of 31 Rocky Road-Peanut Butter Candy Cups
21 of 31 Extra-Rich Chocolate Cake
22 of 31 Pecan Sticky Buns