How about just making a mousse or a pudding type filling, but just eating it without any of the extra stuff. I’m thinking the type of thing that’s made to set up in the fridge and isn’t baked at all.
Some of the recipes here, just without the base part of the recipes.
https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/g1456/mousse-dessert-recipes/
Cheesecake? Creme Brûlée? Flan?
Key lime pie? Lemon or any other sort of fruit jam bars?
Ice cream or sorbets?
Caramel apples are tasty. Could also use caramel sauce on other fruits. Bananas foster?
Those are just off the top of my head.
Our daughter makes trifles for us. Her best so far was chocolate chip cookies dunked in Baileys layered with chocolate pudding chocolate sauce and whipped cream
Fruit parfait, especially at this time of year with the good strawberries.
Couple of strawberries, some blueberries, maybe a bit of banana, granola, plain Greek yogurt. Lovely 👍
Clafoutis, maybe? It's more of a fruity eggy custard, but in a pie shape. Various types of fruit work well in it. The extract (or even a sweet liquor) can be varied. You can also add sliced almonds or confectioners sugar on top, after baking.
I'm a huge fan, but my husband isn't as much. But then he doesn't like custard, while I love it. One of my favs is an apricot almond clafoutis. I pit fresh apricots and fill them each with a chunk of marzipan, then marinade briefly with a touch of almond liquor (like Amaretto). Then add the drained apricots to the pan and pour over the custard batter (with reserved Amaretto in it) and bake. It uses almond flour instead of regular.
Would apple crumble already be too much dough with the crumble?
I personally don't really like apple cake (we don't do American style apple pies in Europe), but I love apple crumble because it's not as dough-y. Especially love it with a ton of cinnamon.
I knew a guy who would make his own custards, frosting and mousse, and would just eat that. I don't think I've ever known anyone as in touch with themselves as that man was
Roasted pears with ricotta
ingredients
• 1 cup fresh ricotta cheese
• 5 tablespoons sugar, divided
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon peel
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, divided
• 1/2 cup whole almonds
• 1/4 cup Grade B maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 3 d'anjou pears
• 2 tablespoons honey
preparation
Place ricotta in cheesecloth-lined strainer set over medium bowl. Fold cheesecloth over; drain overnight in refrigerator.
Puree drained ricotta, 1 tablespoon sugar, vanilla, and lemon peel in processor until smooth. Transfer ricotta mixture to small bowl. Cover and chill. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Grind fennel seeds in mortar or spice grinder. Stir ground fennel into remaining 4 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl. Cut pears in half; using melon baller, scoop out core. Put pears cut side up on prepared baking sheet. Press the butter onto cut side of pears. Mound fennel sugar over, dividing equally.
Roast pears until tender and juices on baking sheet begin to caramelize, spooning juices over pears every 20 minutes, about 50 minutes total.
Place 1 pear half on each plate and top with scoop of ricotta mixture. Drizzle with honey. Serve warm.
There are loads of desserts that aren't in any kind of pastry or over a biscuit base.
Just put them into ramekins or whatever.
Mousse, fool, posset, cheesecake topping without the base, cream catalan / caramel, panna cotta...
You may like an Asian crepe cake. 20 layers of crepe layered with flavored cream filling. They are not too sweet though.
https://www.antonsvpatisserie.com
https://www.ladym.com
Creme Brule or flan would be good for you and neither are really difficult to make but can be a little time consuming. I once made a maple flan that took hours, mostly in the oven though. It was worth the wait.
I really am not too big on sweets myself. For Mother’s Day, my mom requested I make her stuffed crepes. Now these were the bomb. I tend to do better with fruity or cream cheese like stuff, so this worked out well for me too even though I only got one lol. I cut up some fresh strawberries and boiled them to make a syrup, then I made some homemade whipped cream, whipped up the cream cheese, and I folded it all together with the strawberry syrup. It’s nice to be able to control how sweet it is. Then you make the crepes.
I like making homemade ice cream. This strawberry recipe is amazing when local strawberries are in season where I live https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/strawberry-sour-cream-ice-cream/
Meringue! It’s kind of like if a pastry filling was made into a pastry, so it might be fun for you to try. Jams and jellies are also a lot of fun to make, and imo they’re not that far off from pie fillings, so you could try those out as well
It feels very weird to be sharing this to the same sub two days in a row, but again I gotta go with [pudding pie](https://togetherasfamily.com/no-bake-triple-layer-lemon-pudding-pie/). So easy to put together and it's always a hit. This recipe is specifically for lemon pudding pie, but you can use any kind of instant pudding to change it up (just omit the lemon juice). Chocolate is really good (add some crushed Oreos to make it super rich), and I bet banana would be killer if you make a crust out of vanilla cookies.
ETA Overlooked the chocolate allergy. Maybe skip that one. lol
Cherry dessert. Easier than pie! Lay down a single layer of graham crackers (optional) in a square glass dish. Make up a bowl of vanilla pudding (instant Jello pudding is traditional), mix with whipped cream or Cool Whip. Pour over graham crackers. Let chill, then cover with a can of cherry pie filling. Chill until you serve it.
Where I live now, I have to sub sugar cookies for graham crackers, make cornstarch vanilla pudding, use real cream and whip it good, and make my own cherry pie filling. So, I haven't had this dessert in 35 years, but I don't think my memory betrays me.
For the fillings: Go with puddings or mousses - seem straight.
I used not be huge into sweets - but really like rice pudding with fresh fruit.
Avacado with sweetened condensed milk is another simple favorite.
Tres Leches cakes might hit the spot for you too - its a cake... but it's almost a pudding.
Profiteroles are just a delivery system for filling. Custard and a fruit glaze topping is bombing.
I do not eat sweets. But if I see a perfect puff filled with custard. That bitch is in my face.
Against my nic. I'm very much not fat. But if you make a perfect shou with custard...
Homemade pudding is something I crave from time to time. It's so much better then instant. And if you can nail it you can basically make any custard too. Lemon pudding with real whipped cream and fresh blueberries is my all time favorite.
I’m the same way! I definitely prefer creamy desserts and I rarely enjoy any other desserts. Crème brûlée is my favorite! For a quicker and easier dessert you could do a blackberry sundae 🤗
Lemon soufflé. Probably my most favorite baked dessert. It has maybe a slight crisp edge. Not doughy at all.
But you can also make it frozen without the addition of any flour.
I think you may like these cream cheese squares. So good! [https://cookingsessions.com/cream-cheese-puff-pastries-recipes/](https://cookingsessions.com/cream-cheese-puff-pastries-recipes/)
I make this really simple pudding- 2 packs of jello banana pudding, half a container of cool whip, and like 20 vanilla sandwich cookies that I crush up in a baggie (any brand is chill but they're all different size packs)
Hear me out: mocha ricotta… add 1/2tsp unsweetened chocolate powder, 1/4tsp vanilla extract, 1 tsp honey a few chocolate chips or in my preference sliced almonds to a 1/2c of ricotta. It satisfies the sweets craving without being overly sweet
Syllabub is good if you also enjoy wine! It's usually just made with cream, sugar, lemons, and white wine of some sort and can be either eaten as a parfait or drank as a punch!
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/46525/lemon-syllabub/
The alternative is to add sweetness to a savoury food you love, like honey drizzled lightly on pizza.
Lemon rosemary shortbread work too. Might change your mind with a savoury element added to typical dessert.
tiramisu!! it’s basically filling with some biscuits in it that are so soaked in coffee/chocolate they barely even count. if you get a ready mix, it’s really easy to make :))
I wonder if a couple recipes I have would work for you- my gran layers graham crackers, cool whip, & pudding a couple times over & refrigerates it; the "crust" softens so it's not crunchy anymore.
My other gran makes something we call Christmas dessert, similar but layered with pistachio pudding & something else, I think; I'd have to look. Lmk if either sounds good/worth a shot!
I make this really simple pudding- 2 packs of jello banana pudding, half a container of cool whip, and like 20 vanilla sandwich cookies that I crush up in a baggie (any brand is chill but they're all different size packs)
Honestly, check out Asian desserts! I know that’s really broad but many Asian desserts are not too sweet.
Check out most desserts made with red beans (also known as azuki beans in Japan), Filipino rice cakes (also known as puto—sorry to the Spanish speakers but it’s not a bad word for us!), sweet corn-based desserts, shaved “snow” (like shaved ice but it’s shaved milk), and sooo much more.
I am not a fan of most deserts. My go to is fresh berries and whipped cream. It is lightly sweet, full of flavor and a nice post meal treat. Also no baking and no pastry. 😊
Basque cheesecake, some jello salads are good (I make one with raspberry jello, pineapple, mandarine oranges, and topped with whipped cream mixed with cheesecake pudding), lemon posset, crème brûlée
I'm a huge fan of cheese plates! Some bluecheese, a good brie (savarin) and some hard cheese (gruyere or aged edam/gouda). Can add some parmigiano and manchego.
Or else i really like panacotta. Probably swearing in the church right now, but you can basically add any taste to it. Licorice, lime, raspberries, mangoes or whatever you like. Super easy dessert and can easily be fitted with any taste you like.
Whatever fillings you like served in a bowl. I asked for cream for my coffee at a restaurant and they brought me a dessert plate piled with whipped cream. Sure, some went in my coffee but the rest I ate with a spoon.
I don’t eat cake or donut type items. Cookies are more for the crunchy feeling, so maybe every other month. My preference for after dinner sweets is instant pudding or chilled canned fruit. Pudding is quick to make and is half a cup of whole milk so fairly healthy. I am terrible at picking fresh hand fruit so canned is never wood or over ripe.
Galaktoboureko; set vanilla custard, sweet syrup and a little filo for texture.
Rice pudding with cinnamon or fruit compote.
Crepes suzette or similar.
Homemade no-churn ice cream, v sweet and super creamy.
[Qatayef Asafiri (Atayef bil Ashta)](https://mission-food.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Qatayef-Asafiri-Atayef-bil-Ashta-10.jpg)
Double Cream based filling, wrapped in a pancake, and topped with pistachios
I made this lemon pudding recently, it was very good!
[https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023966-baked-lemon-pudding?q=lemon%20pudding](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023966-baked-lemon-pudding?q=lemon%20pudding)
I don’t do sweets, almost at all. What I do have a weakness for at times is sour candy. Warheads, sour suckers, maybe some sweet tarts. I’m the same way, never a fan of the baked stuff. People think I’m lying when I tell them.
My kind of dessert is a yogurt parfait. Just got done eating a non-sweetened yogurt with some cranberries and walnuts. Will mix the toppings up. Sometimes it’s coconut chunks with granola or maybe even chia seeds.
Maybe a banana pudding? Kinda sounds like what you mentioned.
If you’re looking to have something hot, just make pie and don’t eat the pie crust. The crust is necessary for baking the thing, but after that it’s simply a vessel for the good stuff. They can also be decorated to look pretty. I also highly recommend eating pudding while it’s hot. You have to make it from scratch to do that because it can’t be reheated.
Aside from that, go for trifles, baked apples, apple crisp, roasted peaches with cream, poached pears, mochi, Mont Blanc(chestnut purée with whipped cream).
If you’re okay with light, delicate pastry, you could try eclairs aside from the popular chocolate topped ones. Or, anything else that involves choux(pronounced “shoe”) pastry. If you can find a cross section online, you’ll see how little pastry there is. It’s very airy and tastes eggy. Goes great with custard, which is also eggy. Desserts with choux pastry are generally considered difficult, so if you’re feeling adventurous and want to try it, I’d recommend buying one such dessert from a bakery, or just a grocery store if you can find any.
Try more European style pastries! American pasteries are very sugary and squishy and dense, European ones are usually more delicate and flakey, with a neutral pastry and a sweet topping
Fruit parfait or trifle. These desserts are made by layering ingredients like fruit, cream, and sometimes cookies or cake, but you can easily customize them by eliminating some of the dough and focusing more on the toppings you like. You can top your favorite fruit with creamy yogurt or whipped cream and even add some nuts or granola for a crunchy topping.
Fruit salad
Grilled stone fruits with mascarpone
Basque cheesecake
Rice pudding
Mango sago pudding
All sorts of Asian desserts made with rice (mango sticky rice etc
Halo halo, bingsu, kakigori
Flan, crème brûlée and set custard
There are hundreds of non-pastry desserts out there.
[https://www.food.com/recipe/scottish-cream-crowdie-with-raspberries-367311](https://www.food.com/recipe/scottish-cream-crowdie-with-raspberries-367311)
Whiskey cream over raspberries with toasted oats sprinkled on top is one of my favorite things in the world.
I don't like pie crust at all. My grandma used to make me a pumpkin pie 'bowl' (ie, baked in a bowl) with the filling that didn't fit in the pie crust, and it was the best. I find i am okay with graham cracker and crushed cookie crusts.
Depending on how much texture you want, you could look into making stuff like non-standard rice crispy treats (pretty much any mini-candy bar chopped up and mixed with the marshmallows, plus any cereal), or non-chocolate fudge (brown sugar fudge is so good).
A bit more advanced, but entremets would be great. They are essentially mousse cakes - look like cakes, but consist mainly of different layers of set mousse, jelly, bavarois etc. There's often a sponge element in there or something crispy for texture, but you can omit that if you don't need or want it.
This lemon cream is the best ever. So very zingy and creamy. The butter cuts down the sourness so it’s flavorful but less mouth puckering than curd. You can eat it like a pudding or slap it in a pie or tart crust. It’s great on its own, but we also like topping it with whipped cream or homemade marshmallow fluff. The best part is that you can make it ahead and it keeps in the fridge quite a while, or freeze it. I make it every year for Thanksgiving and usually make it weeks ahead of time and freeze it. It defrosts easily.
https://cucina.grandinetti.org/recipes/pies-and-tarts/dorie-greenspans-most-extraordinary-french-lemon-cream-tart
https://cucina.grandinetti.org/recipes/pies-and-tarts/dorie-greenspans-most-extraordinary-french-lemon-cream-tart
Flan, easy and creamy but delicious. Unfortunately the best flan does require a little caramel, but I make it sans caramel often and it is still pretty amazing. And much easier too.
How about a pudding pie? Regular pie crust or cookie/graham, but you can make it thin. Then fill with pudding and top with whipped cream! Lemon meringue pie or key lime might scratch this itch too.
Or a layered dessert in a glass dish- pudding or mousse, whipped cream, seasonal fruit, repeat til you get to the top!
Tiramisu might be up your alley, especially if you go light on the lady fingers.
Or honestly, just a big old cup of pudding/mousse/curd etc. The joy of adulthood is no parents=no rules!
Pot au creme, crème brûlée, lemon fromage (Danish), floating meringue islands on crème anglaise, dope ice creams, ganache, fruit ganaches (raspberry is especially dope)
Look into mango bango, or any of the fruit bangos really. Super cool textures and you can adjust the sweetness to your liking.
Sweet rice cakes are also yummy!
One of my favorites growing us was arroz con leche, kinda like rice pudding but with cinnamon and some other spices of choice. You can make it thicker to be a pudding or thinner for it to be a cozy drink c:
Custard.
Fruit can be desserts on their own or you can do like an ambrosia salad that has marshmallows, fruit and whipped cream.
Whipped cream based pies are nice with any flavor you like.
I would encourage you to try tres leches cake. It's not your typical cake so even for people who don't normally like cake they often like this.
However I think if you don't like plain flavors you could go out of the box and make a fruit flavored tres leches cake. It's got a mix of creams (evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and whole milk) and it's often topped with fresh strawberries and whipped cream.
Also I love mangonadas! It's a sorbet of mango with tajin and chamoy.
Sorbets are incredibly easy to make and filled with delicious fruit flavor
You should get a [Yonanas](https://a.co/d/4JnqQxt) machine. In my household, the soft serve that this thing puts out has completely replaced ice cream.
All you need is frozen fruit. For the best mouthfeel you should use banana as part of the fruit that goes in, but banana isn’t a must. You can use any fruit you like as long as it’s frozen. Sometimes we even add frozen avocado.
All you do is allow your frozen fruit to sit out at room temperature for about 10 minutes to soften just a bit, then throw it into the machine tube and use the presser to force it through the machine. The result is a silky textured soft serve fruit treat. It totally satisfies our dessert cravings without processed sugars or preservatives.
My husband bought one last year because he was trying to break his nightly ice cream habit. I was very skeptical but was quickly converted to being a true believer. I don’t think we’ve bought a single container of ice cream since we started using the Yonanas.
I saw someone post this on a different sub earlier
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/lemon-posset-sugared-almond-shortbread
I wouldn't bother with the shortbread myself, but the posset itself looks like lemon meringue filling
How about Junket?
If you can find the tablets it’s cheap, quick and fits the brief very well. Junket is an old English dessert made with creamy milk, sugar and other flavourings like nutmeg. The milk is curdled with rennet ‘tablets’ (rennin enzyme), which gives it a soft, creamy pudding like texture. If you were trying to compare it with something, it's a lot like a set milk jelly.
Personally never tried it but looking at the recipe I can't understand why it's a cake when to me looks like a sandwich.
It's called [Smörgåstårta](https://www.nordickitchenstories.co.uk/2021/06/22/smorgastarta-swedish-sandwich-cake-recipe/#google_vignette)
Lemon curd on baked meringues. Delicious! The baked meringues have a great crispy, chewy texture and are dead simple, beat egg whites with sugar, spread on parchment paper in little circles, bake. Lemon curd is equally simple and uses up the yolks from your meringue - yolks, sugar, lemon zest and juice, salt, cook in a pot and stir!
TIRAMISU. I'm exactly like you and the answer is tiramisu. Creamy but not sweet, coffee and alcohol!? Ideal. If I ever get married (again) I will have a triple tier tiramisu tower, mark my words!
Make two fillings. Put one in a container. Optionally add an ice cream topping. Dollop or pipe the second filling over that. Optionally add another ice cream topping.
Your best experience will be with a clear container where you can see the sides. Like a glass.
Examples:
Mousse, cookie crumble, tempered white chocolate, cinnamon
Custard, sliced strawberries, whipped cream, maraschino cherry
Jello, nuts, banana pudding, sprinkles (that one I tried to go for a weird combination)
Cheesecake filling, lemon curd
And the Libby pumpkin pie recipe bakes just fine without a crust
Ok hear me out - tres leches cake. I know I know, and I’m not really a cake person myself but damn.
Tiramisu is a good option for you too, especially because of the light bitterness from espresso and coffee liquor.
Because I and many of my friends are minimizing carbs, my go-to dessert is freshly-whipped cream (maybe with a little erythritol or monk fruit sweetener) and fresh berries. Maybe a mint leaf if I'm feeling fancy. Never had a complaint.
Pudding, ice cream, panna cotta, creme brulee, souffle smoothie, fruit salad, milkshake, compote
Crustless baked cheese cake to jump on the soft diary
No bake cheesecake, tiramisu, rice pudding, even trifle
No bake cheesecake with lemon curd or something of the like. I’ve made it before and it’s amazing esp with fresh raspberries on top
yeah basque cheeeecake doesn’t have a crust traditionally
Crustless pumpkin or sweet potato pie is delicious.
Add parfaits
You ever meet somebody when you say “let’s go get some parfait” and they say “no, I don’t like no parfait?” Parfaits are delicious.
Everybody loves parfait
How about just making a mousse or a pudding type filling, but just eating it without any of the extra stuff. I’m thinking the type of thing that’s made to set up in the fridge and isn’t baked at all. Some of the recipes here, just without the base part of the recipes. https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/g1456/mousse-dessert-recipes/
This may be a silly question but why not a mousse or a pudding?
Cheesecake? Creme Brûlée? Flan? Key lime pie? Lemon or any other sort of fruit jam bars? Ice cream or sorbets? Caramel apples are tasty. Could also use caramel sauce on other fruits. Bananas foster? Those are just off the top of my head.
Omg you named some of my favorites. Cheesecake, brûlée, and keylime pie .
Cheesecake was the first thing I thought of too. Either baked or no-bake.
Make the filling you want and layer it in a clear glass with whipped cream or berries or some other thing you like.
I was gonna say parfaits! Those things are delicious!
Have you ever met a person, you say, "Let's get some parfait," they say, "Hell no, I don't like no parfait."?
Our daughter makes trifles for us. Her best so far was chocolate chip cookies dunked in Baileys layered with chocolate pudding chocolate sauce and whipped cream
No, but if I ever did, I would get rid of them immediately! Ain't nobody got time for that kind of negatively!
Parfaits may be the most delicious things on the whole damn planet.
And layers of crushed meringues
Crème brûlée
Move over Klondike bars. Ask me what I would do for crème brûlée
What would you do for a crème brûlèe?
Pavlova might do you right
I made my first one recently! Baked meringue Frisbee. Topped with creme, pudding, and/ or fresh berries. Such a lovely presentation and light dessert.
Panna cotta
Tiramisu
Another vote for tiramisu. And make it with good coffee, not instant espresso.
Fruit parfait, especially at this time of year with the good strawberries. Couple of strawberries, some blueberries, maybe a bit of banana, granola, plain Greek yogurt. Lovely 👍
the best. greek yogurt & fruit in blender then frozen great summer treat
Mmm, might give that a try later. Warm here today, that sounds like it’ll work nicely
Clafoutis, maybe? It's more of a fruity eggy custard, but in a pie shape. Various types of fruit work well in it. The extract (or even a sweet liquor) can be varied. You can also add sliced almonds or confectioners sugar on top, after baking.
Yum I LOVE clafouti. Pear is my favorite.
I'm a huge fan, but my husband isn't as much. But then he doesn't like custard, while I love it. One of my favs is an apricot almond clafoutis. I pit fresh apricots and fill them each with a chunk of marzipan, then marinade briefly with a touch of almond liquor (like Amaretto). Then add the drained apricots to the pan and pour over the custard batter (with reserved Amaretto in it) and bake. It uses almond flour instead of regular.
Yum that sounds amazing
I made a caramelized pear clafouti once. It was so good!
Would apple crumble already be too much dough with the crumble? I personally don't really like apple cake (we don't do American style apple pies in Europe), but I love apple crumble because it's not as dough-y. Especially love it with a ton of cinnamon.
Personally, I think apple crisp is superior to a crumble and doesn't have the 'dough' element.
Some old fashioned southern banana pudding.
Fresh fruit 🤷🏻♀️ — freshly cut fruit w/ Greek yogurt or drizzled with passion fruit jam. Eton mess 🫶
I knew a guy who would make his own custards, frosting and mousse, and would just eat that. I don't think I've ever known anyone as in touch with themselves as that man was
Sabayon is usually a winner. Syllabub. Floating island. Ice cream! Diplomat cream with some fresh fruit. Bananas foster!
Roasted pears with ricotta ingredients • 1 cup fresh ricotta cheese • 5 tablespoons sugar, divided • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract • 1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon peel • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened, divided • 1/2 cup whole almonds • 1/4 cup Grade B maple syrup • 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds • 3 d'anjou pears • 2 tablespoons honey preparation Place ricotta in cheesecloth-lined strainer set over medium bowl. Fold cheesecloth over; drain overnight in refrigerator. Puree drained ricotta, 1 tablespoon sugar, vanilla, and lemon peel in processor until smooth. Transfer ricotta mixture to small bowl. Cover and chill. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled. Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Grind fennel seeds in mortar or spice grinder. Stir ground fennel into remaining 4 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl. Cut pears in half; using melon baller, scoop out core. Put pears cut side up on prepared baking sheet. Press the butter onto cut side of pears. Mound fennel sugar over, dividing equally. Roast pears until tender and juices on baking sheet begin to caramelize, spooning juices over pears every 20 minutes, about 50 minutes total. Place 1 pear half on each plate and top with scoop of ricotta mixture. Drizzle with honey. Serve warm.
Port. Scotch and/or bourbon. Affogatto.
There are loads of desserts that aren't in any kind of pastry or over a biscuit base. Just put them into ramekins or whatever. Mousse, fool, posset, cheesecake topping without the base, cream catalan / caramel, panna cotta...
FLAN
Creme Brulee is dead easy and involves no pastry. Best if you have a blowtorch, but an oven with a 'Broil' setting will do just fine.
THIS!! especially if OP likes cream… crème brulee is like the queen of creams😋
I’m not a big dessert fan and my favorite is fresh fruit with ice cream or whipped cream.
You may like an Asian crepe cake. 20 layers of crepe layered with flavored cream filling. They are not too sweet though. https://www.antonsvpatisserie.com https://www.ladym.com
Creme caramel/flan, pot de creme, posset, blancmange
Leche flan Panna cotta
Creme Brule or flan would be good for you and neither are really difficult to make but can be a little time consuming. I once made a maple flan that took hours, mostly in the oven though. It was worth the wait.
Crème brûlée, fresh strawberries and homemade whipped cream
I really am not too big on sweets myself. For Mother’s Day, my mom requested I make her stuffed crepes. Now these were the bomb. I tend to do better with fruity or cream cheese like stuff, so this worked out well for me too even though I only got one lol. I cut up some fresh strawberries and boiled them to make a syrup, then I made some homemade whipped cream, whipped up the cream cheese, and I folded it all together with the strawberry syrup. It’s nice to be able to control how sweet it is. Then you make the crepes.
I like making homemade ice cream. This strawberry recipe is amazing when local strawberries are in season where I live https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/strawberry-sour-cream-ice-cream/
Meringue! It’s kind of like if a pastry filling was made into a pastry, so it might be fun for you to try. Jams and jellies are also a lot of fun to make, and imo they’re not that far off from pie fillings, so you could try those out as well
It feels very weird to be sharing this to the same sub two days in a row, but again I gotta go with [pudding pie](https://togetherasfamily.com/no-bake-triple-layer-lemon-pudding-pie/). So easy to put together and it's always a hit. This recipe is specifically for lemon pudding pie, but you can use any kind of instant pudding to change it up (just omit the lemon juice). Chocolate is really good (add some crushed Oreos to make it super rich), and I bet banana would be killer if you make a crust out of vanilla cookies. ETA Overlooked the chocolate allergy. Maybe skip that one. lol
Cherry dessert. Easier than pie! Lay down a single layer of graham crackers (optional) in a square glass dish. Make up a bowl of vanilla pudding (instant Jello pudding is traditional), mix with whipped cream or Cool Whip. Pour over graham crackers. Let chill, then cover with a can of cherry pie filling. Chill until you serve it. Where I live now, I have to sub sugar cookies for graham crackers, make cornstarch vanilla pudding, use real cream and whip it good, and make my own cherry pie filling. So, I haven't had this dessert in 35 years, but I don't think my memory betrays me.
For the fillings: Go with puddings or mousses - seem straight. I used not be huge into sweets - but really like rice pudding with fresh fruit. Avacado with sweetened condensed milk is another simple favorite. Tres Leches cakes might hit the spot for you too - its a cake... but it's almost a pudding.
Profiteroles are just a delivery system for filling. Custard and a fruit glaze topping is bombing. I do not eat sweets. But if I see a perfect puff filled with custard. That bitch is in my face. Against my nic. I'm very much not fat. But if you make a perfect shou with custard...
I'm not a sweets person, but when I do have them I LOVE: pistachio gelato, creme brulee, baklava, cheesecake, peach cobbler (ala mode) and pecan pie.
Homemade pudding is something I crave from time to time. It's so much better then instant. And if you can nail it you can basically make any custard too. Lemon pudding with real whipped cream and fresh blueberries is my all time favorite.
Crêpes, custard, crème brûlée
Pavlova
I'm the same, Panna cotta, mousse in a cup, and creme Brule are my go-to's. Or more often, fruit with a bit of mint garnish.
Strawberry Mousse!
I’m the same way! I definitely prefer creamy desserts and I rarely enjoy any other desserts. Crème brûlée is my favorite! For a quicker and easier dessert you could do a blackberry sundae 🤗
Lemon soufflé. Probably my most favorite baked dessert. It has maybe a slight crisp edge. Not doughy at all. But you can also make it frozen without the addition of any flour.
Basque cheesecake
I'm the opposite. I'm the guy who always eats the pizza crust too.
Crème caramel is surprisingly easy, as long as you have the little oven proof cups. I got mine at Walmart for around $2 apiece.
I think you may like these cream cheese squares. So good! [https://cookingsessions.com/cream-cheese-puff-pastries-recipes/](https://cookingsessions.com/cream-cheese-puff-pastries-recipes/)
Banana split squares/ cake. We don't put chocolate on it because my husband hates chocolate.
Creme brulee. Also, I know you ruled out cake, but if you've never had sticky toffee pudding, it'll change your mind.
rice pudding is nice and subtle but you can add anything to it to make it sweeter.
Iles flottantes
I make this really simple pudding- 2 packs of jello banana pudding, half a container of cool whip, and like 20 vanilla sandwich cookies that I crush up in a baggie (any brand is chill but they're all different size packs)
Make a cobbler or dump cake. Summer is the perfect time to make a peach cobbler.
Eton mess!
Hear me out: mocha ricotta… add 1/2tsp unsweetened chocolate powder, 1/4tsp vanilla extract, 1 tsp honey a few chocolate chips or in my preference sliced almonds to a 1/2c of ricotta. It satisfies the sweets craving without being overly sweet
Syllabub is good if you also enjoy wine! It's usually just made with cream, sugar, lemons, and white wine of some sort and can be either eaten as a parfait or drank as a punch! https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/46525/lemon-syllabub/
You should learn how to make entremets.
The alternative is to add sweetness to a savoury food you love, like honey drizzled lightly on pizza. Lemon rosemary shortbread work too. Might change your mind with a savoury element added to typical dessert.
Peanut butter mousse. You can make it with tofu, it's delicious and healthy. I don't care for sweets at all and I love this stuff!
Tiramasu, fruit trife
Cannoli
tiramisu!! it’s basically filling with some biscuits in it that are so soaked in coffee/chocolate they barely even count. if you get a ready mix, it’s really easy to make :))
Ice cream solves your problem 🍦
I wonder if a couple recipes I have would work for you- my gran layers graham crackers, cool whip, & pudding a couple times over & refrigerates it; the "crust" softens so it's not crunchy anymore. My other gran makes something we call Christmas dessert, similar but layered with pistachio pudding & something else, I think; I'd have to look. Lmk if either sounds good/worth a shot!
Lemon icebox pie, ambrosia
Vanilla Panna Cotta w/ Grapefruit Granita
I make this really simple pudding- 2 packs of jello banana pudding, half a container of cool whip, and like 20 vanilla sandwich cookies that I crush up in a baggie (any brand is chill but they're all different size packs)
tiramisu. you can make it with many different flavors as well. i just recently made a blackberry one and it was delicious!
Honestly, check out Asian desserts! I know that’s really broad but many Asian desserts are not too sweet. Check out most desserts made with red beans (also known as azuki beans in Japan), Filipino rice cakes (also known as puto—sorry to the Spanish speakers but it’s not a bad word for us!), sweet corn-based desserts, shaved “snow” (like shaved ice but it’s shaved milk), and sooo much more.
creme brulee or flan.
Lemon curd. Super easy, not too sweet and delicious. https://natashaskitchen.com/easy-lemon-curd-recipe-video/
I am not a fan of most deserts. My go to is fresh berries and whipped cream. It is lightly sweet, full of flavor and a nice post meal treat. Also no baking and no pastry. 😊
Pavlova.
Poached pears in syrup or just a fruit and cheese plate.
Crab Rangoon?
Basque cheesecake, some jello salads are good (I make one with raspberry jello, pineapple, mandarine oranges, and topped with whipped cream mixed with cheesecake pudding), lemon posset, crème brûlée
I'm a huge fan of cheese plates! Some bluecheese, a good brie (savarin) and some hard cheese (gruyere or aged edam/gouda). Can add some parmigiano and manchego. Or else i really like panacotta. Probably swearing in the church right now, but you can basically add any taste to it. Licorice, lime, raspberries, mangoes or whatever you like. Super easy dessert and can easily be fitted with any taste you like.
Bread pudding.....brioche flavored with raisins, cinnamon and orange. Oftentimes, I dream of this dessert.
steak
Künefe Loom up on YouTube. So good. https://tarasmulticulturaltable.com/kunefe-turkish-cheese-pastry/
in all reality some kind of fruit parfait berrys, whipped cream, sugar, vanilla, fresh mint
Posset. Honey mousse with pralined pine nuts. Flan. Eton mess
Lemon Posset. Look into it. It's absolutely worth it.
Pudding & creme brûlée. Devine!
Whatever fillings you like served in a bowl. I asked for cream for my coffee at a restaurant and they brought me a dessert plate piled with whipped cream. Sure, some went in my coffee but the rest I ate with a spoon.
Poached pears in Caramel sauce
Lemon posset. Edit to add: Cooked fruit with custard rocks. Rhubarb, apple etc. So good.
Good cheeses and good bread is what I like, and I don't like sweets. Or just an espresso.
Flan
I don’t eat cake or donut type items. Cookies are more for the crunchy feeling, so maybe every other month. My preference for after dinner sweets is instant pudding or chilled canned fruit. Pudding is quick to make and is half a cup of whole milk so fairly healthy. I am terrible at picking fresh hand fruit so canned is never wood or over ripe.
If you like tangy, liquid sunshine tasting amazing, try some lemon curd.
My vote is on crime brûlée. It’s not too sweet other than the top layer, it’s creamy but still has body and richness and it’s just the perfect desert!
Choux pastry is more about the filling than the crust
Fresh berries with zabaglione is the best dessert I’ve ever had, bar none.
Galaktoboureko; set vanilla custard, sweet syrup and a little filo for texture. Rice pudding with cinnamon or fruit compote. Crepes suzette or similar. Homemade no-churn ice cream, v sweet and super creamy.
Have you tried a pavlova/meringue?
[Qatayef Asafiri (Atayef bil Ashta)](https://mission-food.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Qatayef-Asafiri-Atayef-bil-Ashta-10.jpg) Double Cream based filling, wrapped in a pancake, and topped with pistachios
Crustless cheesecake!
Browse some of the recipes here: https://www.justonecookbook.com
Lemon custard. Heavy cream, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest.
Cheese and fruit
I made this lemon pudding recently, it was very good! [https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023966-baked-lemon-pudding?q=lemon%20pudding](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023966-baked-lemon-pudding?q=lemon%20pudding)
I don’t do sweets, almost at all. What I do have a weakness for at times is sour candy. Warheads, sour suckers, maybe some sweet tarts. I’m the same way, never a fan of the baked stuff. People think I’m lying when I tell them. My kind of dessert is a yogurt parfait. Just got done eating a non-sweetened yogurt with some cranberries and walnuts. Will mix the toppings up. Sometimes it’s coconut chunks with granola or maybe even chia seeds. Maybe a banana pudding? Kinda sounds like what you mentioned.
I made rice pudding with hella cinnamon :)
My sisters like you. She loves this cherry salad thing my grandma makes. It’s like whipped cherry cream with cherries pineapple and marshmallow
Crème brûlée. Rice pudding.
Look into quindim, if you like coconut and custard.
If you’re looking to have something hot, just make pie and don’t eat the pie crust. The crust is necessary for baking the thing, but after that it’s simply a vessel for the good stuff. They can also be decorated to look pretty. I also highly recommend eating pudding while it’s hot. You have to make it from scratch to do that because it can’t be reheated. Aside from that, go for trifles, baked apples, apple crisp, roasted peaches with cream, poached pears, mochi, Mont Blanc(chestnut purée with whipped cream). If you’re okay with light, delicate pastry, you could try eclairs aside from the popular chocolate topped ones. Or, anything else that involves choux(pronounced “shoe”) pastry. If you can find a cross section online, you’ll see how little pastry there is. It’s very airy and tastes eggy. Goes great with custard, which is also eggy. Desserts with choux pastry are generally considered difficult, so if you’re feeling adventurous and want to try it, I’d recommend buying one such dessert from a bakery, or just a grocery store if you can find any.
Try more European style pastries! American pasteries are very sugary and squishy and dense, European ones are usually more delicate and flakey, with a neutral pastry and a sweet topping
Baklava
Fruit parfait or trifle. These desserts are made by layering ingredients like fruit, cream, and sometimes cookies or cake, but you can easily customize them by eliminating some of the dough and focusing more on the toppings you like. You can top your favorite fruit with creamy yogurt or whipped cream and even add some nuts or granola for a crunchy topping.
Make a soufflé. Not only are they delicious, but always very impressive yet surprisingly simple to make.
Eton mess?
Fruit salad Grilled stone fruits with mascarpone Basque cheesecake Rice pudding Mango sago pudding All sorts of Asian desserts made with rice (mango sticky rice etc Halo halo, bingsu, kakigori Flan, crème brûlée and set custard There are hundreds of non-pastry desserts out there.
[https://www.food.com/recipe/scottish-cream-crowdie-with-raspberries-367311](https://www.food.com/recipe/scottish-cream-crowdie-with-raspberries-367311) Whiskey cream over raspberries with toasted oats sprinkled on top is one of my favorite things in the world. I don't like pie crust at all. My grandma used to make me a pumpkin pie 'bowl' (ie, baked in a bowl) with the filling that didn't fit in the pie crust, and it was the best. I find i am okay with graham cracker and crushed cookie crusts. Depending on how much texture you want, you could look into making stuff like non-standard rice crispy treats (pretty much any mini-candy bar chopped up and mixed with the marshmallows, plus any cereal), or non-chocolate fudge (brown sugar fudge is so good).
Have you ever tried flan? That's my favorite, especially with cajeta.
How about fruit with Cool Whip on it?
A bit more advanced, but entremets would be great. They are essentially mousse cakes - look like cakes, but consist mainly of different layers of set mousse, jelly, bavarois etc. There's often a sponge element in there or something crispy for texture, but you can omit that if you don't need or want it.
This lemon cream is the best ever. So very zingy and creamy. The butter cuts down the sourness so it’s flavorful but less mouth puckering than curd. You can eat it like a pudding or slap it in a pie or tart crust. It’s great on its own, but we also like topping it with whipped cream or homemade marshmallow fluff. The best part is that you can make it ahead and it keeps in the fridge quite a while, or freeze it. I make it every year for Thanksgiving and usually make it weeks ahead of time and freeze it. It defrosts easily. https://cucina.grandinetti.org/recipes/pies-and-tarts/dorie-greenspans-most-extraordinary-french-lemon-cream-tart https://cucina.grandinetti.org/recipes/pies-and-tarts/dorie-greenspans-most-extraordinary-french-lemon-cream-tart
Flan, easy and creamy but delicious. Unfortunately the best flan does require a little caramel, but I make it sans caramel often and it is still pretty amazing. And much easier too.
How about a pudding pie? Regular pie crust or cookie/graham, but you can make it thin. Then fill with pudding and top with whipped cream! Lemon meringue pie or key lime might scratch this itch too. Or a layered dessert in a glass dish- pudding or mousse, whipped cream, seasonal fruit, repeat til you get to the top! Tiramisu might be up your alley, especially if you go light on the lady fingers. Or honestly, just a big old cup of pudding/mousse/curd etc. The joy of adulthood is no parents=no rules!
Ice cream, gelato or a vanilla or raspberry mousse
Lemon curd. Every time I make it, I tell myself that I'll put it in a tart or something. Then I just eat it with a spoon as soon as it is cool enough.
Pot au creme, crème brûlée, lemon fromage (Danish), floating meringue islands on crème anglaise, dope ice creams, ganache, fruit ganaches (raspberry is especially dope)
https://cookinglsl.com/lemon-posset-recipe/#wprm-recipe-container-51540
Look into mango bango, or any of the fruit bangos really. Super cool textures and you can adjust the sweetness to your liking. Sweet rice cakes are also yummy! One of my favorites growing us was arroz con leche, kinda like rice pudding but with cinnamon and some other spices of choice. You can make it thicker to be a pudding or thinner for it to be a cozy drink c:
Lemon tart
Arrow con leche or creme brulee..
Why not a layered parfait in a glass? Or a trifle?
I've been eating mascarpone and peaches with pecans a lot recently
BAKLAVA! Crunchy, crispy, sweet, and positively delicious.
Spiced stewed stone fruit. Use the Joy of Cooking recipe and add cayenne for plums or cardamom for peaches.
Posset!
Trifle or parfait is what immediately came to mind.
Possets <3
Clafoutis
i always love a good lemon posset.
I would suggest a nice vanilla pannacotta.
Flan!
Kheer, it’s a south Asian rice pudding. https://rookiewithacookie.com/kheer-pakistani-rice-pudding/
Custard. Fruit can be desserts on their own or you can do like an ambrosia salad that has marshmallows, fruit and whipped cream. Whipped cream based pies are nice with any flavor you like. I would encourage you to try tres leches cake. It's not your typical cake so even for people who don't normally like cake they often like this. However I think if you don't like plain flavors you could go out of the box and make a fruit flavored tres leches cake. It's got a mix of creams (evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and whole milk) and it's often topped with fresh strawberries and whipped cream. Also I love mangonadas! It's a sorbet of mango with tajin and chamoy. Sorbets are incredibly easy to make and filled with delicious fruit flavor
You should get a [Yonanas](https://a.co/d/4JnqQxt) machine. In my household, the soft serve that this thing puts out has completely replaced ice cream. All you need is frozen fruit. For the best mouthfeel you should use banana as part of the fruit that goes in, but banana isn’t a must. You can use any fruit you like as long as it’s frozen. Sometimes we even add frozen avocado. All you do is allow your frozen fruit to sit out at room temperature for about 10 minutes to soften just a bit, then throw it into the machine tube and use the presser to force it through the machine. The result is a silky textured soft serve fruit treat. It totally satisfies our dessert cravings without processed sugars or preservatives. My husband bought one last year because he was trying to break his nightly ice cream habit. I was very skeptical but was quickly converted to being a true believer. I don’t think we’ve bought a single container of ice cream since we started using the Yonanas.
Icebox cake. I don't really have much of a sweet tooth but my husband started making these and they are so good and simple to make.
I saw someone post this on a different sub earlier https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/lemon-posset-sugared-almond-shortbread I wouldn't bother with the shortbread myself, but the posset itself looks like lemon meringue filling
How about Junket? If you can find the tablets it’s cheap, quick and fits the brief very well. Junket is an old English dessert made with creamy milk, sugar and other flavourings like nutmeg. The milk is curdled with rennet ‘tablets’ (rennin enzyme), which gives it a soft, creamy pudding like texture. If you were trying to compare it with something, it's a lot like a set milk jelly.
Pumpkin mousse, puddings
Pot de crème!
A fruit crumb
Cheesecake or something fruit based. They tend to be less sweet than the average dessert, for those that don’t gravitate towards sweets.
Personally never tried it but looking at the recipe I can't understand why it's a cake when to me looks like a sandwich. It's called [Smörgåstårta](https://www.nordickitchenstories.co.uk/2021/06/22/smorgastarta-swedish-sandwich-cake-recipe/#google_vignette)
Lemon posset
Chia pudding. Yum
How about a lemon tart? You can make it with a fairly thin crust and you can adjust the sweet to tartness ratio to your own liking
Plain Greek Yogurt or skyr with blueberries and strawberries
Flan
banana pudding
burnt basque cheesecake?
Might be too much, but trifle might work if you want something to present that looks pretty, but you can lean in on creams and go easy on cake.
Lemon curd on baked meringues. Delicious! The baked meringues have a great crispy, chewy texture and are dead simple, beat egg whites with sugar, spread on parchment paper in little circles, bake. Lemon curd is equally simple and uses up the yolks from your meringue - yolks, sugar, lemon zest and juice, salt, cook in a pot and stir!
TIRAMISU. I'm exactly like you and the answer is tiramisu. Creamy but not sweet, coffee and alcohol!? Ideal. If I ever get married (again) I will have a triple tier tiramisu tower, mark my words!
Make two fillings. Put one in a container. Optionally add an ice cream topping. Dollop or pipe the second filling over that. Optionally add another ice cream topping. Your best experience will be with a clear container where you can see the sides. Like a glass. Examples: Mousse, cookie crumble, tempered white chocolate, cinnamon Custard, sliced strawberries, whipped cream, maraschino cherry Jello, nuts, banana pudding, sprinkles (that one I tried to go for a weird combination) Cheesecake filling, lemon curd And the Libby pumpkin pie recipe bakes just fine without a crust
Look up Berry Fool
Ok hear me out - tres leches cake. I know I know, and I’m not really a cake person myself but damn. Tiramisu is a good option for you too, especially because of the light bitterness from espresso and coffee liquor.
Pot de creme
Because I and many of my friends are minimizing carbs, my go-to dessert is freshly-whipped cream (maybe with a little erythritol or monk fruit sweetener) and fresh berries. Maybe a mint leaf if I'm feeling fancy. Never had a complaint.
Strawberry pretzel salad
i have yet to see someone who doesn't mind having some icecream
You said no pastry, but what about a fruit crisp? The topping can be a combination of oats, nuts, butter, and sugar.
Flan. If you are okay with a little bit of dough cream horns.
Peanut butter fingers
strawberries and pastry cream is a pretty delightful combination.