Carlsbad Cravings
NO BAKE Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits AKA all the fresh and creamy taste of strawberry cheesecake without all the hassle (and perfect for Father’s Day) with layers of buttery amaretti (almond) cookie crumbs, fresh sliced strawberries, sweetened strawberry puree and lusciously creamy no bake cheesecake filling. You won’t believe how delicious OR how easy these are!
Wonderfully rich, crazy creamy, heavenly Mississippi Mud Pie with 4 EASY layers of decadence! Everyone will beg you for this sensational TO LIVE FOR recipe!
Million Dollar Cookie Pie layered with pie crust, Nutella, Dulce de Leche and cookie dough! This is hands down the best cookie pie you will sink your teeth into and it tastes even better the next day making it the perfect make ahead, stress free company
Make ahead, silky Lemon Pots de Crème are the ideal light and refreshing dessert while still luxuriously creamy and insistently lemony! A must dessert this spring or summer or Easter!
Wonderfully EASY golden, buttery Puff Pastry Cannoli Cones stuffed with decadently creamy authentic sweet ricotta filling are super impressive yet hardly any effort! Make ahead for everyone to drool over at your next party/gathering/Easter!.
Strawberry Cheesecake Pie might just be my favorite strawberry dessert of all time! Its rich and creamy cheesecake but made extra easy in pie form and extra delicious with vanilla wafer crust! Smother the luscious cheesecake in the BEST sweet glazed juicy strawberries and everyone won’t be able to stop singing your praises…and eating your cheesecake!
Strawberry Cream Cheese STUFFED Sour Cream Coffee Cake with an INCREDIBLY creamy cheesecake-like cream cheese filling and thick, fresh strawberry “jam” all topped with Coconut Pecan Streusel and Lemon Drizzle is OUT OF THIS WORLD! The mind-blowing texture and flavor combination actually gets better over time, so you can make this Sour Cream Coffee Cake Recipe ahead of time and store for stress free special occasions!
This is the BEST Layered Carrot Cake Recipe you will make – or so says everyone who has tasted it. Its super moist without being oily, spiced perfectly, and the silky Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting is out of this world! Bring these layers of deliciousness to a party and everyone will be begging you for the…
Incredibly EASY, thick, soft and chewy, buttery Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars taste just like the cookie but so much easier and less time consuming! The cinnamon and sugar crackle top is to live for!
Chocolate Caramel Peanut Butter Fudge with NO stove or candy thermometer! This unbelievably easy dreamy fudge tastes like mini snickers bites and is so good I made them for Thanksgiving and they were gone in minutes with everyone begging for the recipe!
Luxuriously rich and creamy Cranberry Eggnog Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust is your favorite holiday beverage in cheesecake form! The crust tastes like a giant gingersnap cookie and the silky Eggnog Cream Topping and sweetly tart Cranberry Topping elevate this cheesecake to the hit of Christmas! I’ve also included very detailed instructions so if you have never made a cheesecake before, now is your chance!!
Mega soft and chewy Customizable Nutella Cookies are my absolute favorite chocolate cookie with a whole cup of Nutella mixed right into the batter! Mix in anything you want from chocolate chips to Reese’s pieces to Andes mints for the perfect Christmas cookie!
Mega soft and chewy Gingerbread Whoopie Pies stuffed with luscious cream cheese frosting will be your new favorite way to devour gingerbread! And bonus, you get two cookies in one!
EASY Nutella Stuffed Snickerdoodle Muffins AKA muffins dunked in butter and generously coated in cinnamon-sugar for a baked muffin that tastes like a fried donut AND each with a Nutella surprise filling! These muffins are super quick to whip up and make the best special occasion breakfasts or dessert (like Christmas!)
White Cake with Cranberry Filling and Buttercream Frosting will be the hit of every holiday party with its moist, bakery style white cake (BEST white cake ever -the only white cake recipe you will ever need!) its festive sweet and tangy cranberry filling and luscious velvety Orange Buttercream Frosting. And the best part is you can make the cake and filling a day ahead for a stress free, stunningly beautiful, melt in your mouth delicious dessert!
Prepare yourself to be obsessed with this mega flavorful, moist Pumpkin Bread Pudding smothered with heavenly Brown Sugar Caramel Sauce and bursting with the flavors of Fall! This Pumpkin Bread Pudding (with chocolate chips!) makes a delectable crowd-pleasing alternative dessert for Thanksgiving or simply a comforting, “just because” dessert that melts in your mouth and fills your being with happiness – any night of the week!
My FAVORITE apple cake! Toffee Apple Pound Cake bursting with sweet toffee bits and cinnamon apples all smothered in the most lick-the-plate-delicious Spiced Caramel Sauce. Everyone will go crazy over this cake!
Easy ONE BOWL Chocolate Chunk Pecan Pie Bars with gooey caramel-esque sweet and crunchy filling and a soft and chewy SUGAR COOKIE CRUST are the ideal holiday dessert because they are SO easy, make ahead and unbelievably delicious! !
Super moist, rich and chocolaty German Chocolate Cupcakes with silky Chocolate Ganache Filling all topped with caramel-esque sweet and crunchy Toasted Coconut Pecan Frosting! Meet your new obsession.
Easier than pie Caramel Apple Pie Blondies with a soft, buttery blondie base, layered with cinnamon apple filling and topped with pecan crumble drizzled with caramel! All the flavors of apple pie but made even better as a blondie bars!
Cystic fibrosis survivor, lung & kidney transplant recipient, LOVER of life and FOOD! I’m Jen and I live in Carlsbad, California (north San Diego), with my husband, Patrick, and my furry, four legged daughter, Kiwi, and together we WELCOME YOU to Carlsbad Cravings!!! Here you will find only my tried and true daringly delicious recipes - or what I like to describe as extraordinary flavors out of everyday ingredients. Read More…
