Episode 82: 8 No-bake desserts for summer entertaining at home when you don’t feel like cooking!
Craving a cold and creamy dessert to beat the summer heat, but can’t even imagine walking into your hot kitchen, let alone turning on the oven?
In this episode we’re divulging our tried and true easy summer dessert recipes to make at home, from cold and creamy to perfectly packable, no cooking required!
This week you’ll discover:
How to stay cool with refreshing icebox cakes and frozen pies that bring excitement to any table, rely on premade ingredients, and are easy to assemble.
A portable cookie treat that travels easily to the beach, picnic, or on a road trip made of melted chocolate combined with classic ingredients like peanut butter, cereal, and butterscotch.
A make-ahead dessert from Sonya’s childhood that maximizes seasonal fruit and is perfect with a scoop of vanilla ice cream
Add sweetness into your summer gatherings with these exciting and easy no-bake desserts…tune in now for a spoonful of sweet inspiration!
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Links to from this week’s show:
Sonya’s raspberry mocha icebox cake, strawberry tiramisu, and fruit compote recipes
Ina Garten’s mocha icebox cake
Chocolate wafers for icebox cake
18 ice cream pie ideas from Taste of Home
Not-so-classic peach melba from David Tanis for the NY Times
Classic Scotheroos recipes from Tastes Better From Scratch
Buckeyes recipe by Tammy Winters for All Recipes
Tricia Yearwood’s no-bake rocky road bars
All the rocky road bar combos on TikTok
Ina Garten’s limoncello fruit salad recipe
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