20 decadent French dessert recipes

This French apple tart is a delicious end to any French meal.

Made from flaky puff pastry, fresh apples, and caramel sauce, this apple tarte tatin is the most delicious apple dessert out there. Despite its fancy name, this French treat is made with simple ingredients and is easy to make at home.

Delicious and easy to make, cherry clafoutis is a traditional French dessert that takes only five minutes to prepare and less than an hour to bake. The tart cherries complement the creamy batter flavored with almond extract. It’s a subtly sweet dish you will surely love!

For a show stopping dessert, you can't beat this French chocolate delice. A nutty biscuit base is topped with a velvet smooth custard. It's great for making in advance too.

This super easy crepes recipe makes the best French crepes that are soft, buttery, and delicious.

Indulge in the sweet harmony of the classic peach melba, a dessert that combines juicy peaches with velvety raspberry sauce and creamy vanilla ice cream. This timeless treat pays tribute to the elegance of traditional French cuisine, offering a burst of summery flavors in every bite.

Have you ever had the pleasure of the simple but succulent French dessert, crème brûlée? The caramelized sugar cracks as you break the protective shell of the silky smooth custard inside. It's a delightful juxtaposition of textures and flavors.

Cream puffs are made from a choux pastry (aka pâte à choux) which is just a light pastry dough made with flour, eggs, butter, and water. The puffed up hollow shells are perfect for filling with pastry cream or whipped cream for an easy, elegant dessert.

These little tea cakes, or Financiers (French almond cakes), are lovely little buttery almond cakes that are baked in a rectangular shape, and are said to look like bars of gold. Thus, the name, Financiers.

This French apple cake is made from very simple ingredients in just one pan - no mixer required. Layered honeycrisp apples sit atop a beautiful vanilla cake.

Also known canneles de Bordeaux, this French canele recipe is a delicious pastry with a vanilla custard filling and a sweet caramelized crust.

French chocolate mocha mousse is a light and creamy, decadent dessert recipe that’s full of chocolate and light coffee flavor. It’s a surprisingly easy to make, no-bake dessert that’s sure to impress, and perfect for a dinner party, or anytime you need a special dessert.

This mousse au chocolat may take a few bowls to make, but the luscious results are worth the extra clean-up! Learn how to make chocolate mousse like the French.

Fresh, colorful, and bursting with juicy fruit, rich pastry cream, a deliciously sweet pastry crust, and an easy fruit tart glaze, this French fruit tart recipe makes a showstopper dessert that is perfect for any occasion.

"Galette des rois" is a delectable French pastry which is flaky and is filled with almond cream or frangipane, encased in buttery puff pastry, and often adorned with a decorative crown on top. It's a delightful treat, enjoyed by friends and family, with a hidden figurine or charm inside that adds an element of surprise and fun to the festivities.

French macarons are a finicky French cookie that is challenging to make, but oh-so-satisfying when done successfully.

This Merveilleux recipe will remind you why you love French pastries. These decadent meringue sandwich cookies are filled with chocolate whipped cream, covered in more cream and rolled in chocolate shavings. Oh là là…

This peach tarte tatin is an easy, delicious, one-pan dessert. As the peaches simmer in the butter and sugar over the stove, they absorb a delicious caramel sauce as well as release their juices, giving the sauce a hit of peach flavor.

Poire belle Hélène is an indulgent, classic French dessert made of poached pears smothered in dark chocolate sauce with a side of vanilla ice cream. It looks impressive, but the recipe is pretty simple – a win-win for entertaining, or for any time you are craving a decadent dessert.

These profiteroles with pastry cream filling and dark chocolate glaze are little, light, sweet treats that you can easily make at home. This dessert is not overly sweet and has a melt-in-your-mouth consistency.