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My weakness is tiramisu, it's so frickin good. Hook me up with a piece of that and I'm in heaven.

But what about you, what dessert item really moves your meter?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

C'mon, you can't ask us to pick just one. Sometimes you feel like something creamy, sometimes you want crunchy, at times even fruity.

Actually, it's cheesecake. This week. Because my wife has banned it from the house.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Creamy, crunchy, fruity? What you want is Eton Mess. https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/eton-mess

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I agree with your wife. No cheesecake in the house.

....also, I don't like cheesecake.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

…also, I don’t like cheesecake.

Are you an alien? Welcome to Earth.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

When people eat cereal, there's generally one debate. Milk first, or cereal first?

Would it interest you to know that I don't like milk on my cereal AT ALL? No milk please!

Or that with the exception of corn, I eat all my vegitables raw only?

Or that I don't like dark chocolate?

I'm trying to think of other things people think is crazy that I don't like.......

OH! Mac and Cheese.

I also find it strange that people will defend pineapple on pizza as being "not wrong, just let people enjoy what they enjoy" but will throw a hissy fit if someone were to eat a hot dog sideways, or sit on a toilet backwards (which originally was the intended method).

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Plain af New York style cheesecake. You weirdos that put berries on it are strange.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I don't do much dessert any more.

Carrot cake with a lot of cinnamon and cardamom and cream cheese frosting is the biggest exception. Or just like chocolate chip banana bread.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

A big bowl of sleep

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Throw some Costco Ghirardelli brownie mix in a mug

Add a little milk and stir

Microwave for roughly 45 seconds, until it starts bubbling, then quickly stop

Throw some vanilla ice cream on top

Eat it up with a glass of milk on the side

Fuckin delightful man

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I have all these things right now in the house. omg. Yet I've already gone to bed and I don't want the cats thinking they can finagle another midnight snack out of me if I get back up to putter around the kitchen. Dessert for breakfast it shall be!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A week or two ago, I made my wife some peanut butter cookies, because she really likes those. I decided to keep half the dough in the fridge so I could make more fresh. The next day I grabbed a nice dark chocolate square from a bowl we keep on the counter and thought, "I wonder how the league butter dough would be on this." Oh my god, it was like the best Reese's peanut butter cup you've ever had. Truly amazing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I thought this story was going to end with your wife having ate the dough as a midnight snack.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

No, she/we didn't eat it all at once, but none of the rest of it made it into the oven, either.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

homemade ice cream sundaes

i went to an ice cream parlor once and ordered a banana split, but they were out of bananas. And while i did not go immediately across the street and buy a single banana from the grocery store right there, i decided that it was worth it during my next grocery run to purchase a carton of ice cream and some toppings and make them at home. and I've been doing that at home for almost two years now as my go to dessert

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You should share with us what your general recipe is, if you'd like to of course :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

my go to right now is Neapolitan, a banana, some chopped walnuts, chocolate chips, and chocolate syrup. Not quite a true banana split, but more like whatever is easy to get in bulk. And I'll swap around the ice cream and occasionally the toppings depending on mood and availability. There was one point where we had some strawberries leftover after making waffles one day so i cooked them up into a syrup and used that as a topping for a while

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Watermelon slices with Tajin spice which is a chili lime spice. The absolute best.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have both, but I’m not cutting up the watermelon until tomorrow. Will try this.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, a cocktail of course!

I do like sweets sometimes. Ricotta cake with raspberries is the house favorite; tiramisu is amazing, cheesecake is great, ice cream, or a fruit salad. Those are all so good.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Ice cream or frozen custard, especially now that it’s so hot.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Warm Apple crisp with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

blackberries and strawberries

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Cendol

or

Caramel flan

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Sticky toffee pudding. Warmed up with some vanilla iced cream.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To be honest I've been enjoying a bowl of frozen wild blueberries as an evening snack. Good antioxidants and fiber to boot but it tastes like icecream for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Or frozen grapes! Many frozen fruits are so, so good and refreshing as snacks

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I'm with you on tiramisu. If I could only have one dessert for the rest of my life, that would be it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Cup of coffee. I don't want to eat anything else. I literally just ate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Earl Grey Pie, it's really easy if you use frozen pie crusts.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Cha cha (喳咋)

Imagine red bean soup, with a slight taste of coconut.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I've never had it before but I see all sorts of Japanese treats are made with red beans (usually as a paste) and I would love to try it; what's it taste like? Can it be equated to any kind of Western thing or is it wholly unique?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I love tiramisu. It’s the only desert I’m remotely interested in if I go out for dinner.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Hard dick and bubblegum

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A sandwich of a couple of frozen Entenman's (Local brand?) Mini chocolate chip cookies with a spoonful of Ben & Jerry's Phish Food filling.

edit: my spouse wants me to add, "and a joint."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Lemon Ice, something about it is just nice in a way I can't really describe, and whenever I get into that headspace of wanting to share food with someone it's one of the first things I think of

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

A short black. Sometimes chocolate fudge ice cream or something, but rarely.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I really like basic vanilla cake with buttercream frosting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Just some quite time with my wife. If it has to be some type of food, then seasonal fruit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Blue Diamond makes these blueberry-flavored almonds that are amazing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

A brownie sundae!!!

A thicc hot brownie with walnuts, two scoops of vanilla bean ice cream (the real stuff), drizzled with hot fudge and caramel sauce!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If you've never done this, I suggest giving it a try:

A medjool date that's been soaked in hot water, then take it out of the water, place it above a bar of dark chocolate of the same length, and eat it together (like nigiri) in one bite.

I say it should be dark because the date provides all the sugar and milkyness you'll need.

You'll want to chew on that forever 🤤

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I like m&m blizzards from dairy Queen but don't live near a DQ, so I don't often get them. I also feel bad that the employees are forced to turn them upside down when they present them to me. DQ has more interesting blizzard flavors but for some reason the boring m&Ms are my preference. DQ also has this peanut buster parfait, which sounds sexual in my head, but I like that one too. I swear this isn't a DQ account. Their hot food sucks ass and I suspect their employees make slave wages.

I Also go crazy for chocolate chip cookies, and chocolate cake, and chocolate donuts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wdym, their burgers and chicken tendies are pretty good

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

A scoop of vanilla ice cream with chartreuse poured on top.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I’ll often choose an after-dinner drink, because I usually stuff myself during the main course. Maybe I’ll order an Espresso Martini. Or I’ll go full Dude and order a White Russian. Or whatever else looks good.

When stumped, I’ll ask the server for a suggestion. I try to give them something to work with, like “sweet”, “creamy” or “citrusy”.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Chocolate cheesecake. Always makes me feel sick but in a good way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I'm stuck between strawberries with honey, and a few scoops of stracciatella or vanilla chocolate chip ice cream with an espresso poured over it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I mix peanut butter with oatmilk and appel syrup and I eat it all up like a dog with two dicks.

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