# What is your favorite kind of dessert? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647 "2020-03-17T12:44:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Biggus\_Richard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@Biggus\_Richard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggus_Richard)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/41 "2020-03-18T03:49:51Z")
Has to complement the main meal. Cake in most cases, but pie is ok if the meal is light. For seafoods, curry and chili, I go for ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOldKJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GoodOldKJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOldKJ)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/42 "2020-03-18T09:23:07Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > I’m in the minority and voted pudding. I LOVE warm chocolate pudding (the cooked kind not instant) - especially the skin! I know, there aren’t many of us pudding skin lovers. I shudder when I read a recipe that says to place plastic wrap on top of the cooked pudding!:eek: > > It’s a dessert I don’t have very often, maybe once a year, because it’s a pain to make. It has to be stirred constantly so it doesn’t burn/scorch. And the other problem is, I will eat the entire bowl! > > Cake is ok, but it was something we had all the time when I was growing up so it doesn’t seem like much of a treat to me. > > Candy is too readily available. It also has lost its excitement. > > Fruit/melons - I love fruit and eat it every day. I don’t consider it a dessert. > > Pie is good but not my favorite. > > Where are donuts on the list!!?? I LOVE a raised chocolate frosted donut. I’m with you, pudding is the best. The best of the best is the pudding my Mom makes. 2 parts chocolate and 1 part butterscotch. The absolute best! I also love the skin or as Mom calls it the scum lol. My youngest son inherited this love so I now have to share. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/43 "2020-03-18T09:51:23Z")
Ice cream, but it’s not listed. I picked cake, haven’t had any in a long time ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/44 "2020-03-18T12:00:15Z")
> [@Biggus\_Richard](#): > > Has to complement the main meal… This. For me, at **midday** , an apple after stewed garbanzo beans and an orange after rice. I rarely eat dessert, though. Once in a while, on a cold afternoon, some kind of chocolate pastry after a heavy meal is nice for a long deep nap. In the **evening** , gin and tonic after sushi. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/45 "2020-03-18T13:26:36Z")
I can’t believe how difficult a question this is for me. Serious sweet tooth, yanno… Keeping it as simple as possible, I’d probably go with cake, preferably devils food with chocolate buttercream frosting. But if I’m to be decadent, it’d be the same cake, or perhaps a gooey brownie, topped with melty french vanilla ice cream and chopped nuts and hot fudge and whipped cream, with a cherry on top, of course. Tho these days, I’m sticking with fruit, alas. No hot fudge… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/46 "2020-03-18T16:02:37Z")
I don’t really do desserts, to me if there is room for dessert then the main course was a failure in some way. But I chose fruit and include melons in that choice. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/47 "2020-03-18T19:33:04Z")
So…no one else likes cheese? Am I some sort of mutant? A Francophile surrender-monkey? One of the minor highlights of our Xmas dinner is afterward, when I bring out the slab of ripe Stilton. I used to share it with my father-in-law, the only other one at the table who enjoyed blue cheese. Now my son-in-law helps out with a few nibbles, probably just to be polite. The slab purchase has dwindled to a small wedge over the years. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/48 "2020-03-18T19:57:46Z")
Good cheese is excellent. A little heavy, but maybe with just a salad and bread and call it a meal. I had dinner at French friend’s house when his son was visiting. At some point they started arguing and it went on until our mostly silent dinner. Toward the end, I started cracking jokes, and by the time my friend brings out the cheese, they were opening up a bit. I pretended to be put off by the cheese and said, “You French are weird. You argue all night about everying but you’re in complete agreement about this cheese for dessert?” It played out perfectly: They looked at me and then at each other, they burst out laughing and a merry time was had by all. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/49 "2020-03-18T20:40:17Z")
I scream, you scream, we all scream for **ICE CREAM!** ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/50 "2020-03-18T20:43:31Z")
Really depends on the meal and what mood I’m in. Cheese, cheesecake, Boston cream pie, apple dumpling, any kind of pie or cake are all favorites. But my go-to choice is a simple dish of vanilla ice cream. Complements pretty much anything. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/51 "2020-03-18T20:46:06Z")
Really depends on the meal and what mood I’m in. Cheese, cheesecake, Boston cream pie, apple dumpling, any kind of pie or cake are all favorites. But my go-to choice is a simple dish of vanilla ice cream. Complements pretty much anything. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/52 "2020-03-18T20:49:25Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > But my go-to choice is a simple dish of vanilla ice cream. Complements pretty much anything. As does a ramekin of custard dusted with nutmeg and topped with a shpritz of whipped cream 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/53 "2020-03-18T21:12:59Z")
I voted Other. Meaning Chocolate. The format doesn’t really matter. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/54 "2020-03-18T21:16:36Z")
There’s always room for Jell-O. With a shpritz of whipped cream, of course. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/55 "2020-03-18T21:21:24Z")
It is a primary tenet of my personal religion that anything on a desert menu with the words “chocolate” and “raspberry” together must be ordered and eaten, even if that means more than one item. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/56 "2020-03-18T21:30:25Z")
Good cheese is excellent, but no matter when you eat it, it is not _dessert_. I chose pie, because I love pie, especially fruit pies. My new years resolution of 2006 was to eat more pie, and it was the only successful new years resolution I ever made. But I’m also a big fan of cookies, ice cream and brownies, which were conspicuously left off the list. I used to think I didn’t like cake, but then I realized I just don’t like _most_ cake. Some of it is freaking awesome. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/57 "2020-03-18T21:32:15Z")
I chose cat. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/58 "2020-03-18T21:33:31Z")
Strawberry shortcake, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! :o Scottish shortbread, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm! :o English trfle, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! :o ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/59 "2020-03-18T21:38:32Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > Good cheese is excellent, but no matter when you eat it, it is not _dessert_. _Au contraire_. A tray of cheese and biscuits (crackers) served with a demitasse of strong black coffee is an elegant dessert. So is a selection of fresh fruit, with honey on the side for dipping. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647/60 "2020-03-18T23:23:12Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _Au contraire_. A tray of cheese and biscuits (crackers) served with a demitasse of strong black coffee is an elegant dessert. So is a selection of fresh fruit, with honey on the side for dipping. What you’re describing is hors d’oeuvres (other than the coffee, of course). Eating them after the meal does not make them dessert. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-dessert/849647.md?page=4)