35 Sweet-As-Pie Southern Dessert Recipes

Banana pudding is one of our all-time favorite desserts. It's a classic Southern recipe, and for good reason; luscious layers of pudding, whipped cream, ripe bananas, and wafer cookies are completely impossible to resist.

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This fruit cobbler is juicy and sweet with just a hint of spice from ginger. The crackly top here is buttery with the perfect crunch from coarse sugar sprinkled on top.

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One bite of this Cracker Barrel Coca-Cola cake, and you'll be instantly transported to a rocking chair on a covered front porch playing with that triangle peg board game (IYKYK). Even if you're not familiar with the Southern comfort food stylings of Cracker Barrel, you can trust us that this chocolate cake is real good.

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If you’re looking for a boozy treat to get your party started, these little bites are calling your name. Made with finely chopped pecans, crushed vanilla wafer cookies, and of course, bourbon, these no-bake cookie truffles highlight the flavor of the bourbon while taming its typical burn.

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The perfect dessert for end-of-summer, this dreamy, creamy, citrus-packed baked Key lime pudding will definitely elicit all the "oohs" and "aahs" at your next get-together. Served warm from the oven with a dusting of confectioners’ sugar, this decadent lime-infused pudding is incredibly impressive yet deceptively simple (we won't tell!).

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Here at Delish, we love a dessert mashup: some sweet things are just made to be together. Next up for us? This peanut butter-chocolate dream of a dessert takes two famous desserts—Reese’s peanut butter cups and the South’s chess pie—and makes something uniquely delicious.

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Pumpkin and pecan are classics in the fall, but come summer, fresh fruit pies become one of our favorite desserts. This blackberry pie is one of our go-to recipes, and makes for an ideal end to any warm-weather occasion, from your 4th of July celebration to a weekend summer cookout.

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This chocolate cake is rich, extra-fudgy, and topped with plenty of toasty pecans. It's a classic dessert for very good reason: it was made for chocolate lovers, and ready in under an hour.

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Let this pie be the first thing you make to celebrate peach season. It has a flaky, buttery pie crust that is so easy and makes it worth making your own! The filling is rich with spices and hint of bourbon that really makes the pie stand out. Peaches too firm? Baking them into this pie makes them perfectly jammy.

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A classic dessert (and brunch star), bread pudding is nothing short of magic. It’s the best way to transform stale bread into a versatile and (most importantly) easy dessert.

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Is there anything more iconic to see on your Thanksgiving dessert spread than a beautiful pecan pie? The craggly top filled with nuts that you know gives way to that delicious, rich interior. This recipe is the easiest way to get it on your holiday table (or any table for that matter, make it in June for all we care!).

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Also known as strawberry pretzel salad, this nostalgic dessert strikes the perfect balance between whimsical and classic, sweet and salty. It might sound a little strange, but trust us—it just works. The pretzel crust is a surprisingly ideal complement to the rich cream cheese layer and the sweet strawberries and Jell-O.

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To give classic banana pudding his own spin, contributor Romel Bruno made his pudding from scratch for this recipe. Whipped cream and sweetened condensed milk make it extra rich, and the result is heavenly, almost ice cream-like. 😍

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This layered masterpiece is comprised of a graham-cracker base, brownie, and pudding, all crowned by whipped cream. You'll eat this up in one Mississippi.

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This is really a peach cobbler in soft and buttery cake form, with sweet peaches studded throughout. The frosting is a brown sugar boiled icing, much like you would find on a Texas sheet cake. Pour it on while the cake is still warm so it'll soak in, then harden into a delicious, sweet topping.

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So, what exactly IS a Shoofly Pie? Well, it's a lot of things. Somewhere between cake, pie, crumble, and gingerbread, it's got a little something to please everyone. Molasses lovers, this one's for you.

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Everyone should have a good red velvet cake recipe in their back pocket—and this is it. It has a decadent chocolate flavor and the creamiest cream cheese frosting. If you have leftover cake scraps, you should for sure make these red velvet cheesecake bites next.

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Chess pie is a custard-y, Southern pie very reminiscent of buttermilk pie. For a fun upgrade, we add orange juice, coffee, or maple syrup to the filling.

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King cakes are traditionally sweet pastry shaped into a ring (like a crown) and covered with icing and colored sprinkles (gold for power, green for faith, and purple for justice). Whoever finds the toy baby inside their slice is king for the year (and has to bring the cake next Mardi Gras!).

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Created in New Orleans in the 1950s and named for a friend of the chef, Richard Foster, bananas Foster uses the flambé technique to create flavor through fireworks. Bananas foster goes super well with ice cream and whipped cream: Its caramel intensity diffuses through the richness, and the fragrance of rum perfumes through each bite.

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