1,381 creamy recipes

Tagalong cheesecake turns the peanut-butter-and-chocolate Girl Scout cookie into a dessert. A Tagalong cookie crust, peanut butter cream cheese filling, glossy chocolate ganache and crushed peanuts.

Chocolate chip cheesecake on a graham crust with whipped egg whites folded in for lift, layered with chips top and bottom. Bake short for gooey New York style, longer for a souffle-fluffy rise.

Idiot's Delight: a layered no-fuss dessert with pecan shortbread crust, cream cheese filling, butter pecan pudding, whipped topping, and praline pecans. Potluck royalty.

Triple chocolate cheesecake with three distinct stripes of milk, white, and bittersweet chocolate over a chocolate wafer crust. Topped with a glossy ganache glaze and toasted almonds. A water-bath bake gives it that crack-free, silky texture.

Three onion dip variations using dry soup mix and sour cream: spinach onion, cheddar onion with pimentos, and Indian curry onion with peanuts and yogurt.

Applesauce cheesecake: smooth cream cheese cheesecake with applesauce and warm spices on graham-pecan crust, finished with warm pecan caramel sauce.

Microwave green beans with a creamy curry-spiced sour cream and cream cheese sauce. The 6-minute side dish that turns plain steamed beans into something dinner-party worthy.

Three-layer raspberry pretzel dessert with a buttery pretzel crust, cream cheese whipped cream filling, and raspberry Jello topping. A potluck favorite that chills overnight.

Pots de creme pie with a pound of dark Belgian chocolate, heavy cream, half-and-half, and ten egg yolks set into a graham cracker crust. Decadent French chocolate pie for serious chocolate lovers.

Peanut butter mousse filling made with cream cheese, whipped cream, and 2 cups of peanut butter. No-bake, ready in 20 minutes, and rich enough to fill a full layer cake for 12.

Creamy vanilla cheesecake on a cookie crumb crust, drizzled with melted caramel and German chocolate toppings, then showered with toasted pecans. Every slice is a candy-counter dream come true.

Spinach mousse made with blanched fresh spinach, egg whites and a drizzle of heavy cream, finished with a pinch of nutmeg. Cold, silky, no-cook starter for a French or Creole table.

Custard-based port wine ice cream with grenadine, served under a rich hot chocolate sauce made from cocoa, brown sugar, butter, and heavy cream.

A New Orleans-style charlotte: chocolate sponge rolled with almond paste, sliced and pressed into a springform, filled with amaretto-soaked chocolate mousse. A Mardi Gras showstopper.

Chocolate chunk cheesecake layers a walnut-chocolate shortbread crust with a brown sugar cream cheese filling studded with chopped chocolate, finished with a chocolate ganache glaze. Bakery-style dessert.

Rich chocolate cheesecake with melted semi-sweet chocolate, sour cream, and butter on a chocolate-flecked graham cracker crust. Baked low and slow for a dense, fudgy center.