Move over chocolate: 3 ways to sneak fruit into your dessert

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A lot of us are fruit lovers, but sometimes you end up defaulting to chocolate and caramel for your dessert desires. Who can blame you — they’re decadent as hell. But don’t forget how very awesome fruit desserts can be. Do ’em up savory or sweet, fruit is the MVP of desserts in my book.

Here are three of my favorite fruit dessert recipes to bring to parties or just for your own solo parties at home.

This blueberry crisp has a couple of twists: a backhint of basil and a topping of warm lemon curd. This is definitely the easiest way to fruit up your dessert or breakfast. Or both. All the time.

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Watergate Salad (not unlike this cherry pistachio salad) is one of those classically retro dishes you’d imagine filled with mini marshmallows at picnics. And you’re not wrong. Except for the marshmallows, which you can totally add in! Use this pistachio pineapple dip for cookies, crackers, more fruit, and anything else dippable.

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Mascarpone is one of my favorite bases for desserts. It’s so creamy and mellow and blends perfectly with the balsamic strawberries in this dish. It’s that perfect blend of sweet, tart, and creamy. Try it, seriously.

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About the Author: Catherine Clark

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Catherine Clark loiters at her local library, makes art, watches movies en masse, plays video and tabletop games, poorly cooks healthy things, cuddles with her feline fur babies, and blogs at BijouxandBits.com.