Dessert Sauce & Topping Recipes

Drizzle, sprinkle and drool over our dessert sauce and topping recipes. Perfect for ice cream sundaes and rounding out your favorite desserts!

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    Pumpkin Cranberry Bread Pudding

    9 reviews

    Savor your favorite fall flavors with this scrumptious bread pudding, served warm with a sweet vanilla sauce. Yum! —Judith Bucciarelli, Johnson, New York

    Bananas Foster Sundaes for 2

    8 reviews

    I have wonderful memories of eating bananas Foster in New Orleans and, as a dietitian, I wanted to find a...


    Apple Spice Syrup

    3 reviews

    This syrup has just the right sweetness to complement your favorite pancakes or waffles. The spicy apple flavor is great...


    Blueberry Cake with Wojapi Sauce

    3 reviews

    This is my grandmother's recipe, and the sauce is traditional Cherokee, which has been passed down for generations. It is...


    Berry Coulis with Dutch Pancakes

    1 review

    My husband makes his mom's crepe-like Dutch pancakes with our kids on Saturdays. I came up with the berry sauce,...

    Over-the-Top Blueberry Bread Pudding

    55 reviews

    This delicious southern blueberry bread pudding boasts out-of-this-world flavor and eye appeal. You just may want to skip the main...


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    Chunky Apple Cake

    124 reviews

    After taste testing lots of apple cakes, I've found this apple cake recipe the best. Full of old-world comfort, the...


    Triple Berry Shortcake

    1 review

    My great-great-grandmother handed down her shortcake recipe. I’m sharing it because it’s way too fabulous to keep it a secret!...


    Easy Rhubarb Sauce

    8 reviews

    Celebrate spring with the sweet-tart taste of rhubarb in this simple sauce. I enjoy it on toast, English muffins and...


    New Orleans Bread Pudding

    7 reviews

    For an extra-special treat, try this sweet and buttery New Orleans bread pudding. The cowboys we serve it to say...


    Blueberry Ice Cream Topping

    4 reviews

    Here's the scoop on a sensational sauce! Describes Betty Leibnitz of Hallock, Minnesota, "It has fresh-fruit flavor and is delicious...


    Cranberry Bread Pudding

    1 review

    This down-home dessert takes on a touch of elegance when I serve it warm and drizzled with a thin orange...


    Christmas Pudding with Nutmeg Sauce

    An adaptation of the traditional holiday staple, my fruity plum pudding stays true to those time-honored rustic flavors.—Deb Thompson, Lincoln,...

    Persimmon Pudding

    1 review

    When a group of ladies and I served this cake-like dessert for a church get-together, it was an instant hit....


    Rhubarb Cake with Lemon Sauce

    6 reviews

    “This is our all-time favorite rhubarb recipe. I think it tastes best when both the cake and sauce are warm,...


    Homemade Cherry Pie Filling

    10 reviews

    Fresh tart cherries give this cherry pie filling a homemade flavor that's superior to canned. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen


    Quick & Easy Chocolate Sauce

    2 reviews

    Mom made this chocolate sauce recipe to drizzle on cake, and we like it over ice cream, too. —Janice Miller,...


    Simple Turtle Cheesecake

    4 reviews

    For an almost instant dessert, I spread homemade ganache and caramel sauce over premade cheesecake. It always makes busy holidays...


    Slow-Cooker Rhubarb Strawberry Sauce

    1 review

    We recently started growing our own rhubarb, and we live in a part of Oregon where strawberries are plentiful. I...


    Strawberry Kiwi Dessert

    In the heat of summer, folks will look foreword to a light dessert like this. The season's finest fruits are...


    Christmas Pudding with Brandy Sauce

    We developed this classic Christmas pudding that's served with a caramel brandy sauce. Packed with fruits, nuts and spices, it's...


    Butter-Crunch Topping

    "It's nice to keep this crisp, golden mixture on hand to top pudding or pie filling over ice cream," reports...

    Makeover Mom’s Apple Dumplings

    The result of this makeover is a decadent dessert from Gina Hill of Ottawa, Kansas, with a still syrupy-sweet sauce...


    Slow-Cooker Bananas Foster

    9 reviews

    The flavors of caramel, rum and walnut naturally complement fresh bananas in this version of a dessert classic. It's my...


    Giant Ice Cream Sandwich

    "I was an inexperienced cook when I married," relates Charlene Turnbull, Wainwright, Alberta. "A good friend, who was a cooking...


    Buckwheat Brunch Crepes

    My husband and I enjoy these delicious crepes with sweet berry sauce and cream on Saturday mornings or even at...


    Panna Cotta with Mixed Berries

    Looking for something new to end meals? Panna cotta, Italian for "cooked cream," is a silky dessert that’s often flavored...


    Faux Profiteroles with Warm Caramel Sauce

    Croissants are a super quick stand-in for cream puffs in this luscious treat. The from-scratch caramel sauce couldn’t be easier...