Holiday Desserts

Cookies, cakes, pies, ice cream—prepare for sugar overload.

Frozen Summer Treats

These are worth running after the ice cream truck for. (By Aida Mollenkamp)

Another Bad Attempt at a Diet Dessert

This week’s mission: a prefab, low-cal sundae, and pear-apple juice. (By James Norton)

Crispiness Jihad

This week’s mission: An ice cream flavor I hadn’t tried yet and a controversial new candy bar. (By James Norton)

Celebrity Gingerbread: Law and Order Edition

Memorialize your favorite big-shot hooligans in cookie form.

Oreo Dessert Pizza and Cereal Straws

This week’s mission: dessert pizza topped with Oreos and cereal straws for drinking milk. (By James Norton)

10 Ways to Eat More Bacon

Elvis, Metallica—everybody loves it! (By Kathryn Hawkins)

Special Moments with Grim Gruel

This week’s mission: personality-based soft drinks and microwave baked desserts. (By James Norton)

When Booze Won't Do

There are times when alcohol is just not welcome or appropriate. Ten drinks stand in for the tipple. (By Aida Mollenkamp and Regan Burns)

Pastry Puffs That Look Catered

This week’s mission: pseudo-elegant frozen pastry bites, and Wheat Thins with more fiber. (By James Norton)

Please Bring an Elaborate Dessert

What’s the right answer to "Can I bring anything?" (By Helena Echlin)

The Rise of the Salt Tooth

The craze for salted sweets. (By Jessica Su)

Marshmallow Blob Training Centers

This week’s mission: sweet cereals and sweet, sweet profits. (By James Norton)

Winter Cabin Fever

Easy, hearty meals for your next ski getaway.

Pomegranates, Dried Limes, Rose Water

A primer on Persian, a.k.a. Iranian, food. (By Zoe Singer)