Does anyone know an easy dessert recipe that I can take to a holiday potluck at work?

Answer 1

make bread pudding..easy to make, easy to travel with

Answer 2

Unlike someone with comments on your spelling, I think you've chosen the right word, dessert. At least that's the one that I would rather eat. I'll take mine without the sand. I fix a delicious apple cake sometimes, topped by sifting powdered sugar on the baked cake. Have the whipped cream nearby for those who want to indulge. The recipe I use is from a book called California Cuisine. I also have some cookies, Raja's Cup Cookies that I sometimes bake. They contain an Indian herbal mix that tastes a little like coffee with spices. .I used to be able to measure, mix, & bake them in 30 min., but I'm out of practice now. Raja's Cup comes from a company called MAPI. Finally, when I have long work hours the day & night before, I'll pick up a dessert either from Safeway or Trader Joe's. At Safeway, I like their Boston Cream Pie, which they call Boston Cream Cake. It's chocolate, plus yellow cake, & cream filling in layers, & a whipped cream type topping. It may have some chocolate frosting. I've forgotten. I also like their pumpkin pie, on sale through Tues this week for $6, & I buy some local "light" whipped cream, which comes in a can. I take that for people to put on their pie and on desserts that other people bring. Yum, yum. Potluck is Weds, & I'm working a split shift on Tues, so I'll most likely go for the store-bought pumpkin pie with whipped cream & maybe the homemade cookies, too.

Answer 3

Chocolate dipped pineapple

Slice a whole fresh pineapple in round slices and then cut each slice into 6 or 8 pie shape pieces.
Melt Hersheys special dark chocolate chips in a double boiler or in the microwave (works best in a double boiler)
Holding the pineapple by the rind dip in chocolate and place on waxed paper to firm up. You can sprinkle Heath bits on the top.

This is absolutely fantastic if you like pineapple. Most people will ask what it is. Just tell them to try a piece. I brought 2 containers of it to work for a party and at first no one would try it. After I talked a couple of people into trying it, it disappeared.

Answer 4

Pistachio Cream Pie
Submitted by: Holly
Rated: 5 out of 5 by 13 members Yields: 8 servings

INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose
flour
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 (16 ounce) package frozen whipped topping, thawed
2 (3 ounce) packages instant pistachio pudding mix
3 cups cold milk
1/4 cup maraschino cherries
1/8 cup chopped pistachio nuts
DIRECTIONS:
1. Mix flour, walnuts, and butter or margarine. Spread into the bottom
of a 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 to
30 minutes. Cool.
2. Mix together cream cheese, vanilla, confectioners' sugar and 1 cup
whipped topping. Beat well, and spread over cooled crust.
Refrigerate for 1 hour.
3. Mix instant pudding with milk until thick. Spread over cream cheese
layer. Top with remaining whipped topping, sprinkle with nuts, and
decorate with maraschino cherries.

Answer 5

Buy 24 mini frozen pie shells. Then mix together
2 c. brown sugar
1 c. raisins
1 c. chopped nuts
1 c. Maraschino red & green cherries, chopped
4 eggs
1 tbsp butter.
Fill your frozen pie shells with this mix. Put pie shells on a cookie sheet and cook at 375 for about 20 minutes on the BOTTOM gril in your oven.
Very nice, sweet and festive.....
Merry Christmas and enjoy your potluck!

Answer 6

You could make trifle. All you need is some plain cake (either cake you made yourself or a pre-bought pound cake), berries, jello, custard (you can buy this premade or in powder form that you add milk to - in the US it's called 'Bird's English Dessert Mix'), whipped cream and shaved chocolate.

Get a bowl and layer pieces of pound cake at the bottom. Place some berries over that, then pour over cooled custard. Then chopped up jello, another layer of cake and custard and jello, then whipped cream, berries and chocolate shaving to decorate.

Traditional English trifle recipes soak the cake in alcohol, but this might not be good to take to work since not everyone might want it?

Answer 7

Mince Pie Puffs

Ingredients

Vegan Puff Pastry
Vegan Mince Pie Filling

For a change from traditional mince pies, use a rectangle of puff pastry and spoon a small amount of mince pie filing on one side.

Fold over and press the edges down firmly. Score diagonally across it with a sharp knife.

Cook in a 200 degree pre heated oven for 10 minutes until golden brown.

Answer 8

There is always room for Jell-O and you can do it with or with out the fruit. My aunt makes a 2 color mold -just pour red jello into a bunt pan - let set 2 hours then top with green jello- leave over night soak a minute in hot water and turn onto a plate serve with cool whip and you have a cheap-festive-easy hit!
Good Luck!

Answer 9

Ritz crackers, put peanut butter in between two to make a little sandwich. Dunk in melted chocolate and put on wax paper in freezer. These things will disappear before your very eyes. We named these cookies "Dear Sweet Hazels" after my step mom who always had a special way with deserts. At first I didn't think they sounded so great, but once I tried one, I was hooked!

Answer 10

Make some cream cheese brownies, you can usually get the recipe on the back of the box... Lazy but ingenious aren't I?

Answer 11

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE~!
In a trifle bowl or super large brandy snifter layer broken up chocolate cake that has been dribbled with chocolate liquor, chocolate pudding,crushed up Skor or Heath bars and cool whip. Keep layering and end up with cool whip then a sprinkle of crushed up SKor or Heath bars. YUMO! People go crazy over it!