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Decadent delights: 25 fancy desserts for your next special occasion

These fancy desserts are perfect for a date night at home, an anniversary or birthday dinner, or a dinner party. With hot, cold and make-ahead options, we’ve got your dessert covered!

Fruit tartlets: examples of fancy desserts perfect for a special occasion or date night

When it comes to desserts, a bowl of ice cream, hot fudge sauce, and chopped nuts with a cherry on top is about as fancy as it gets at our place.

And while our retro sundaes are super satisfying, sometimes the occasion calls for something more… adult.

For many Christmases now, I have busted out a Christmas trifle, however at the time of writing this article, I have committed to making a new dessert for our Christmas Day feast – which I already know will be to the chagrin of my stepmother who is partial to a bowl of trifle or five.

While yet to decide on what dessert will stretch my talents, the decision alone sent me searching for all manner of desserts and led to amassing quite the collection.

Then, having an organized nature, this led to the grouping of them into several categories.

The round-up below sits between your usual dessert and your special occasion dessert. I would consider these fancy desserts perfect for a date night at home, an anniversary or birthday dinner, or a dinner party.

You’ll find hot or cold options and desserts that can be made ahead as well.

Enjoy these delicious fancy desserts.

Fancy desserts

Want to know what those other categories were? Check out these fancy dessert recipes, gourmet desserts and unique desserts for more delicious goodness.

You might also like these French dessert recipes and Italian desserts as well.

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