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If you want to eat dessert first, you're in good company (and the right place). Our tempting dessert recipes cover every angle, from light but luscious to no-holds-barred confections, cakes and pies.

Nothing says summer like a fresh, ripe peach, full and practically bursting with juicy goodness. This season, take full advantage of nature's candy with one or all of these peachy keen recipes featuring the sweet Farmers' Market find—from cakes, cobblers and crisps to lush toppings and easy preserves.

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Truth be told, there’s never a bad time to wax lovingly about (or consume vast amounts of) chocolate. But with Valentine’s Day approaching, February seems to be a particularly appropriate month to pay serious tribute to the cacao bean in its many rendered forms, from truffle to bar and everything in between. But when it comes to counting down the country’s best chocolates, you won’t find any convenience store chocolates on this list.

For honest-to-goodness artisan chocolate, we’re going straight to the source: the chocolate shops that only deal in the kind of delectables made from scratch and with lots of love. So as you prepare for the most chocolatey of holidays (Nielsen estimates Americans purchase approximately 58 million pounds of chocolate in the days leading up to February 14th), consider satisfying your sweet tooth at one of our picks for America’s 10 Best Chocolate Shops.

—By Jennifer M. Wood

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15 Must-Try Summer Peach Recipes

A host of cobblers, cakes and crisps featuring sweet summer peaches.

15 Sweet Lemon Desserts and Drinks

A collection of our favorite lemon recipes that are much more sweet than sour.

America's Top 10 Chocolate Shops

10 fantastic chocolatiers ready to give you a sweet tooth fix for February 14th and beyond.

Kentucky Bourbon Balls

The grandson of the inventor of Bourbon Balls reflects on the holiday favorite and offers a recipe.

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Handmade, homemade, and DIY—popsicle recipes to keep on-hand all summer long.

Texas Sheet Cake

This easy sheet cake is a real crowd pleaser.

5 Easy Graduation Cakes to Feed a Party

Five simple celebration cakes that are perfect for the party circuit this spring.

4 New Ways to Reinvent Coconut Cake

Updated takes on a dessert classic, but don't worry, all "light and fluffy" qualities are preserved.

Gran's Kitchen Caramel Hazelnut Pudding

3 Timeless Recipes from a Grandmother Baker

Recipes and tips for baking like a grandmother, by New Zealand granny, Dulcie May Booker.

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Sweet Cinnamon Recipes

A spoonful of cinnamon makes all the difference and here are recipes to prove it.

From sweet to savory and chocolate to cream-based, we here at Relish don’t discriminate when it comes to baking (or sampling) the hundreds of unique crust-based concoctions that fall under the “pie” umbrella. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Pies in America. Give ‘em a taste of your own!
—By Jennifer M. Wood

Top 10 Pies in America

The "pie’s" the limit when it comes to our top picks for the nation’s favorite dessert.

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We love what this cookbook does for our taste buds and our wallets.

Chocolate Vinegar Cake

Relish reader Julie Legg shares a go-to cake recipe from way-back-when.

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Holiday Favorites Menu

Three of our favorite cool-weather recipes make a complete holiday meal.

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Holiday Cookie Tips and Recipes

Learn how to make the best holiday cookies from baker and cookie lover Mary Carter.

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