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47 New Year's Eve Dessert Recipes

Send off 2022 in the right way. With lots of sugar.
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Alex Lau

You're dressed up, drinking, and ready to embrace the fresh start that is the coming year. So what's the best way to say goodbye to the previous one (besides the Champagne)? Dessert, clearly. Here are 47 recipes to complete your New Year's Eve dinner menu.

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    Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Susan Spungen, prop styling by Kalen Kaminski
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    Snickerdoodle Party Cookies

    We helped our snickerdoodles get party-ready by upping the spices and adding texture with toffee, cornflakes, and a sparkly finish.

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    Fallen Chocolate Cake

    The late Richard Sax, celebrated cookbook author and champion of home cooks the world over, inspired this flourless chocolate cake—a riff on his iconic chocolate cloud cake.

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    Cranberry-Lime Pie

    The spirit of a Key lime pie in the guise of a luscious cranberry curd. The contrast between the snappy press-in crust and the tart filling in this recipe is pure genius.

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    Black Forest Layer Cake With Cherry Preserves

    Some chocolate cakes can be overwhelmingly intense, but this one manages to feel light and balanced, with no single component dominating the others.

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    Photo by Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott, food styling by Rebecca Jurkevich, prop styling by Kalen Kaminski
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    Toasted Pecan Torte with Butterscotch Topping

    Why choose between pecan pie, sticky toffee pudding, and a butterscotch sundae if you can have something that tastes like all three?

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    Upside-Down Apricot Tart

    A beautiful dessert where half of the work is done for you. That’s right, we’re using store-bought puff pastry.

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    Photo by Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott, food styling by Rebecca Jurkevich, prop styling by Kalen Kaminski
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    Cranberry Linzer Tart

    Inside two layers of buttery, crumbly walnut crust hides a tart cranberry filling.

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    Boozy Stovetop Pears With Yogurt

    Amaretto is great if you have it, but, if not, substitute with any other brown liquor and it should work out just fine.

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    Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Susan Spungen, prop styling by Kalen Kaminski
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    Double Pecan Thumbprints

    These buttery frangipane-filled pecan buttons are decadent without being fragile, and they make excellent cookies for boxing up and giving as gifts.

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    Burnt-Caramel Custards

    This is a particularly stellar custard.

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    Photograph by Emma Fishman, Prop styling by Emma Ringness, Food Styling by Mieko Takahashi
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    BA’s Best Cheesecake

    A whole vanilla bean takes this supremely creamy, wonderfully rich, classic New York–style cheesecake to pro-level.

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    Olive Oil Cake

    Even die-hard butter devotees admit that olive oil makes exceptionally good cakes.

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