12 Beautiful Swirled Desserts

This tart recipe is sure to please with its winning combination of luscious chocolate ganache and smooth peanut butter. Impress with both taste and appearance: the easy marble pattern is made with a simple wooden skewer.

Recipe: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Tart

Ripe bananas, rich in sweetness, are puréed into custard to form the base of this ice cream that will melt the hearts of even the pickiest dessert aficionado.

Recipe: Banana-Caramel Ice Cream

These cupcakes are full of delicious surprises, from the sour cream and fresh blueberries that keep the cake moist, to the hidden cinnamon-sugar layer just underneath the frosting.

Recipe: Blueberry Cupcakes

If peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were made into a gourmet dessert, this might just be it. Hazelnut cake is rolled up with luscious raspberry jam and hazelnut liqueur-spiked cream for an adult dessert with all the comforts of the old favorite.

Recipe: Hazelnut-Raspberry Jelly Roll

The bright color and taste of mango adds a lift to the classic coconut cream filling in this tart recipe. Randomly placed swirls of cream and spirals of mango add an elegant flourish.

Recipe: Mango-Coconut Cream Tart

Crunchy layers of meringue are the perfect compliment to smooth coffee ice cream in this adult ice cream cake. A few additions of salted, toasted almonds and ground coffee beans add complexity to its sophisticated flavor.

Recipe: Coffee Meringue-Ice Cream Cake

Tart cherries and sweetened cream contrast each other deliciously in this light dessert.

Recipe: Cherry Gelee

These sweet treats roll together plenty of sugary goodness and the rich flavor of toasted pecans.

Recipe: Elephant Ear Cookies

A simple swirl of cream cheese enriched with butter takes these easy chocolate brownies to the next level of indulgence.

Recipe: Cream-Cheese Brownies

Chocolate and pumpkin make a frightfully delicious pair in these creamy swirl brownies, which are an ever-popular option on the holiday dessert table.

Recipe: Pumpkin-Swirl Brownies

Dollops of peanut butter filling are spooned onto brownie batter; pulling a knife back and forth through both results in a marbleized look.

Recipe: Peanut-Butter Swirl Brownies

Are you looking for a dazzling treat that's a snap to make? This familiar favorite is perfect: Just melt, stir and swirl. The salted peanuts provide a simple counterbalance to the sweetness of eddied white and dark chocolates.

Recipe: Winter Bark

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