| The first Sweetest Day in history took place | | | | favorite from the movie Waitress, this pie is |
| in October of 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | supposed to make anyone that eats it fall in |
| Organized by a committee of candymakers, all | | | | love. Ingredients 9-inch baked pastry shell 1 |
| sorts of candies were delivered to poor | | | | 14-oz. can condensed milk (not evaporated) 2 |
| people throughout the city to put forth the | | | | 3 C. water 1 (4 serving) pkg. chocolate |
| message that that October Saturday was the | | | | pudding mix (not instant) 1 1-oz. square |
| "sweetest day of the year." Having evolved | | | | unsweetened chocolate 2 C. (1 pt.) whipping |
| since then, people today celebrate this | | | | cream, stiffly whipped Directions In large |
| United States holiday with greeting cards, | | | | saucepan, combine condensed milk, water and |
| flowers, candy of course, and all sorts of | | | | pudding mix; mix well. Add chocolate. Over |
| sweet recipes. So why not bake up some treats | | | | medium heat, cook and stir rapidly until |
| in honor of your loved ones this holiday? | | | | chocolate melts and mixture thickens. Remove |
| Here's a list of the sweetest Sweetest Day | | | | from heat; beat until smooth. Cool. Chill |
| treats on Recipe4Living to help you out: | | | | thoroughly; stir. Fold in whipped cream. Pour |
| Strawberry Cream Pie French Kisses Giant | | | | into prepared pastry shell. Chill 4 hours |
| Cherry Heart Dessert Chocolate Raspberry | | | | until set. Serves 8. Strawberry Baked |
| Crumb Bars Pink Perfection Chocolate Mousse | | | | Meringue Sundae Pretty and tasty dessert that |
| Falling-in-Love Pie Strawberry Baked Meringue | | | | will get you a lot of oohs and aahs. |
| Sundae Berry Lite Mousse Pink Peppermint Pie | | | | Ingredients 8 egg whites 1 1/2 C. Sugar 1 |
| Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Strawberry Cream | | | | 4-tsp. salt 1 tsp. vanilla 1 pint |
| Pie This is an easy pie to whip up with | | | | strawberries, sliced vanilla ice cream |
| fabulous results. Make sure to use fresh | | | | Directions Place the egg whites and salt in |
| strawberries for that special summer flavor. | | | | the mixer's bowl. Whip until it begins to |
| Ingredients 8 oz. cream cheese 1/4 C. sugar 1 | | | | thicken. With the mixer running, slowly add |
| 2 tsp. vanilla Dash nutmeg 1 C. strawberry | | | | the sugar and vanilla. Beat until firm. |
| slices 1 C. whipping cream 1/4 C. powdered | | | | Pre-heat the oven to 250. Cover a cookie |
| sugar 1 9-inch chocolate cookie crust | | | | sheet with baker's parchment paper. Place |
| Directions Combine softened cream cheese, | | | | mounds of approximately two Tbs. of the |
| granulated sugar, vanilla and nutmeg, mixing | | | | mixture a few inches apart. Cook for about 1 |
| well. Mash 3/4 C. strawberry slices, stir | | | | hour (or until the meringues are firm). Cool. |
| into cream cheese mixture. Whip cream with | | | | Use immediately or store, covered, at room |
| powdered sugar, until stiff peaks form. Fold | | | | temperature. Top with ice cream and sliced |
| into cream cheese mixture, fold remaining | | | | strawberries. Makes 4-6 Berry Lite Mousse Not |
| strawberries in, spoon into crust. Chill | | | | just a light texture and dessert but this is |
| several hours or overnight. Garnish with | | | | a healthier way to make and to eat berry |
| additional strawberries, if desired. French | | | | flavored mousse. Ingredients 1 (4-serving |
| Kisses This dessert is as sweet as its name. | | | | size) Jell-O Brand Strawberry Flavor - Sugar |
| Ingredients 3 egg whites at room temperature | | | | Free Gelatin 3/4 C. boiling water 1 C. ice |
| 1/8 tsp. salt 1 C. sugar 2 drops red food | | | | cubes 1 1/2 C. sliced strawberries 3/4 C. |
| coloring 1 tsp. almond extract 1 1/4 C. | | | | thawed Cool Whip Directions Mix gelatin and |
| shredded coconut Directions Preheat oven to | | | | boiling water in blender at low speed until |
| 300 degrees. Place the egg whites in a glass | | | | gelatin is dissolved, about 30 seconds. Add |
| mixing bowl with salt. Beat until the whites | | | | ice; stir until partially melted. Add |
| are stiff. Slowly add 1 C. of sugar beating | | | | strawberries; blend well. Blend in whipped |
| constantly. Mix in food coloring, almond | | | | topping. Pour into dessert glasses. Chill |
| extract and coconut using a slow deliberate | | | | about 2 hours. Garnish. Makes 6 servings. |
| mix to avoid deflating the mixture. Drop the | | | | Pink Peppermint Pie This is a festive pie for |
| mixture from a tsp. onto a greased and | | | | many different occasions. The peppermint |
| well-floured baking sheet. Bake about 30 | | | | extract and candies add a holiday flair, but |
| minutes. Turn oven off and let kisses sit in | | | | the reddish color of the pie make it perfect |
| oven for 1 1/2 hours. Giant Cherry Heart | | | | for Valentine's Day or Sweetest Day too! |
| Dessert Looking for a perfect Valentine's Day | | | | Ingredients Graham Cracker Crust: 1 1/4 C. |
| or Sweetest Day dessert? Ingredients 1 18 oz. | | | | graham cracker crumbs, about 16 squares 2 |
| pkg. refrigerated sugar cookie dough 18 oz. | | | | tsp. sugar 1/4 C. melted butter For filling: |
| pkg. cream cheese 1 C. confectioners' sugar 1 | | | | 24 large white marshmallows 1/2 C. milk 1 |
| 16 oz. can cherry pie filling 1 8 oz. | | | | tsp. vanilla 1/8 tsp. salt 6 drops peppermint |
| container frozen whipped topping, thawed | | | | extract 6 drops red food coloring 1 C. |
| Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll | | | | chilled whipping cream 2 Tbs. crushed |
| the cookie dough to ¼" thick and form it | | | | peppermint candy Directions To make crust: |
| into a heart shape. Place the heart shape on | | | | Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix crumbs, sugar |
| a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 | | | | and butter. Press mixture firmly against |
| minutes, or until the cookie is lightly brown | | | | bottom and sides of an 8-inch pie plate. Bake |
| on the edges. In a large mixing bowl, mix | | | | for 10 minutes and cool. To make filling: |
| cream cheese with confectioner's sugar. | | | | Heat marshmallows and milk in saucepan over |
| Spread the mixture on cooled cookie dough. | | | | low heat, stirring constantly, just until |
| Cover with cherry pie filling and whipped | | | | marshmallows have melted. Remove from heat |
| cream. Yield: 12 servings Chocolate Raspberry | | | | and stir in vanilla, salt, peppermint extract |
| Crumb Bars When you feel like getting | | | | and food coloring. Refrigerate, stirring |
| fancier, try this slightly more elaborate | | | | occasionally, until mixture mounds slightly |
| bar. Ingredients 1 C. (2 sticks) butter or | | | | when dropped from a spoon. Beat whipping |
| margarine, softened 2 C. all-purpose flour 1 | | | | cream in chilled bowl until stiff. Stir |
| 2 C. light brown sugar, packed 1/4 tsp. salt | | | | marshmallow mixture until blended and fold |
| 2 C. (12 oz. package) NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE | | | | into the whipped cream. Pour into crust, |
| Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, divided 1 | | | | refrigerate for at least 12 hours. Just |
| 14-oz. can NESTLÉ Carnation Sweetened | | | | before serving, sprinkle with crushed candy. |
| Condensed Milk 1/2 C. chopped nuts, | | | | Yield: 1 8-inch pie Raspberry Swirl |
| (optional) 1/3 C. seedless raspberry jam | | | | Cheesecake A beautiful raspberry swirl tops |
| Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. | | | | the cake of this delicious dessert. |
| Grease 13x9-inch baking pan. Beat butter in | | | | Ingredients Crust: 19 oz. pkg. chocolate |
| large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in flour, | | | | wafer cookies, finely crushed 1/4 C. butter, |
| sugar and salt until crumbly. With floured | | | | melted 1/4 C. firmly packed brown sugar |
| fingers, press 1 3/4 C. crumb mixture onto | | | | Filling: 3 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened |
| bottom of prepared baking pan; reserve | | | | 1 C. sugar 1 C. sour cream 3 eggs 2 Tbs. |
| remaining mixture. Bake for 10-12 minutes or | | | | lemon juice 3 Tbs. flour 2 tsp. vanilla |
| until edges are golden brown. Combine 1 C. | | | | extract 1 12 oz. can raspberry dessert |
| morsels and sweetened condensed milk in | | | | filling, strained Directions Preheat oven to |
| small, heavy-duty saucepan. Warm over low | | | | 325 degrees. In medium bowl, combine cookie |
| heat, stirring until smooth. Spread over hot | | | | crumbs, butter, and brown sugar. Press firmly |
| crust. Stir nuts into reserved crumb mixture; | | | | on bottom of spring-form 9" pan with sides |
| sprinkle over chocolate filling. Drop | | | | greased. Lightly press cookie crumbs into the |
| teaspoonfuls of raspberry jam over crumb | | | | sides of the pan. In large bowl, beat cheese |
| mixture. Sprinkle with remaining morsels. | | | | until fluffy. Beat in sugar, sour cream and |
| Bake for 25-30 minutes or until center is | | | | eggs on low speed until smooth. Add lemon |
| set. Cool in pan on wire rack. Yield: 3 dozen | | | | juice, flour and vanilla and mix well. In |
| bars Pink Perfection This is a great dessert | | | | medium bowl, stir 1/3 of the batter into |
| for cherry lovers! Ingredients 1 can | | | | strained raspberry filling and mix well. Pour |
| sweetened condensed milk 1 can cherry pie | | | | remaining batter into prepared pan. Using a |
| filling 1 can crushed pineapples, drained 1 | | | | spoon, drop the raspberry filling into the |
| C. pecans, chopped 16 oz. Cool Whip, room | | | | plain batter. With knife, swirl filling into |
| temperature Directions Mx the milk, | | | | batter. Bake for one hour or until center is |
| pineapples, and pecans together in a big | | | | set. Carefully loosen top of cheesecake from |
| bowl. Add the Cool Whip and mix well. Next, | | | | the edge of pan. Cool, refrigerate overnight, |
| add cherry pie filling and mix well and be | | | | and carefully removes sides. Garnish as |
| sure the mixture is turning pink. Let sit | | | | desired. |
| cool for 1 hour. The mixture will harden. | | | | |
| Serving Size: 6 Preparation Time: 20 minutes | | | | Hillary Marshak is a writer and editor for |
| Chocolate Mousse Falling-in-Love Pie A | | | | an up and coming recipe sharing Website. |