Need an easy dessert idea to make for a potluck

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Anonymous wrote:Are you trying to be elegant with fresh fruit and a fancy pastry, or are you okay with using premade processed foods like pudding, or condensed milk, or the like?

Someone else is bringing fruit salad. I just want something yummy and easy. Brownies might be a good idea. Any way I could elevate them, maybe with frosting?

I know this isn’t helpful but I would
seriously side-eye someone bringing fruit salad if tasked with a dessert

I wouldn't. I'm grateful every time I see fruit as a desert option. And I don't think I'm alone there.

Nope. You’re not alone. I’m always happy to see fruit salad or a fruit tray.m

Same here. The berry bowl someone mentioned sounds especially good.

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Most Boston cream doughnuts are better than Boston cream pie, less expensive, and actually easier to eat because of no crumbles. Add little plates and plastic knives/forks so people can easily cut and eat half portions.

It may not be impressive, but it just makes for a great dessert. I learned this by watching an old geezer finish his lunch at a cafe, order said doughnut for $1.50, and eat it on a plate with a knife and fork. Slices of pie were $4.00+.

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Go to the store, maybe Balduccis, put it in tinfoil, pretend you made it. It’s good am I right?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you trying to be elegant with fresh fruit and a fancy pastry, or are you okay with using premade processed foods like pudding, or condensed milk, or the like?

Someone else is bringing fruit salad. I just want something yummy and easy. Brownies might be a good idea. Any way I could elevate them, maybe with frosting?

Buy 3 large candy bars, like Symphony bars and brownie mix for a 13 x 9 pan. Put half the batter in the pan, lay the 3 candy bars over then top with the remaining batter and bake.

That sounds delicious, but I wouldn't hide nuts in a food for a gathering where you don't know if someone's allergic.

Nuts throughout so you can see them? Easy enough to avoid, but this sounds unwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make brownies. The Ghirardelli box mix is good. They will disappear!

This. I dust mine with powdered sugar.