List of American desserts

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This is a list of desserts encountered in the cuisine of the United States.

A

Angel food cake is a light, airy cake that originated in the United States.

B

Banana pudding is prepared with vanilla flavored custard, cookies and sliced fresh bananas, topped with whipped cream or meringue.
A traditional banana split, as served at Cabot's Ice Cream and Restaurant in Newtonville, Massachusetts
Boston cream pie is a cake that is filled with a custard or cream filling and frosted with chocolate.^[2]

C

The chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie that originated in the United States and features chocolate chips as its distinguishing ingredient.

A portion of berry cobbler

D

Devil's food cake is a moist, rich chocolate layer cake.

F

Blueberry frozen yogurt

G

Glorified rice is a dessert salad served in Minnesota and other states in the Upper Midwest

Gooey butter cake is a type of cake traditionally made in the American Midwest city of St. Louis.^[5]

H

A halved Hostess CupCake

I

An icebox cake

J

K

Key lime pie

L

A lemon bar

M

N

O

P

Fork-scored peanut butter cookies

Pistachio pudding

R

In New Mexico and southern Colorado, panocha is a pudding made from ground sprouted wheat and piloncillo.
Red velvet cake is traditionally prepared as a layer cake topped with cream cheese or cooked ermine icing. The reddish color is achieved by adding beetroot or red food coloring.

S

A sundae

T

Whole and split Twinkie snack cakes

W

Y

Yodels

Z

Zingers

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