Desserts I don't like...
This was posed & answered on Dessert Comes First blog today. As the pro-dessert person that I am, I can easily just say no to: any Jello based dessert, fruitcake & Baklava. Any desserts you place in your "no thanks" category?
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49 Comments:
Anything with cream cheese icing.
kendraburt at 12:29AM on 07/27/07
As a baker I find that I can look at a case or table of desserts and say no no no and ew ew and yuck. I am so highly picky most times I just skip it.
I don't like baked fruit. I am mortified by icing of suspicious nature.
Whipped cream icing only works on things with fresh strawberries.
1/2 inch of cake and 3 inches of frosting is repugnant.
Coffee cake should not have cement for streusel.
No jello poke cakes it makes me go insane.
If I see a dirt cake or kitty litter cake again there may a scene.
JerzeeTomato at 6:05AM on 07/27/07
Any dessert full stop. I just lack the 'sugar tooth' I guess. Don't think i'm healthy though. I'll eat anything fat laden and salty over dessert any day. ^^
choc_puddin at 7:40AM on 07/27/07
Anything "sugar free". Hey! You with the measuring cup! Step away from the sweetener!!
LunaPierCook at 8:30AM on 07/27/07
Anything with banana, coconut, or with canned fruit or pie filling. Too sweet!
Library Lady at 8:57AM on 07/27/07
I know this amounts to heresy, but I really dislike pie - by which I mean the pie crust with the fruit stuff in the middle. It's just so gloppy. And please don't try to tell me that I haven't had a good one. I have. It just isn't my bag. (Yes, ok, I'm a bit defensive.) I especially hate pumpkin pie. I don't like whipped cream either.
caley at 9:01AM on 07/27/07
I have never met a dessert I don't like.
Lilartist at 9:10AM on 07/27/07
Caley - Finally...someone else who also dislikes pie! Doesn't matter what pie it is, I don't like it (except for chicken pot pie!)
ceforrester at 9:21AM on 07/27/07
I really dislike tiramisu or anything with the slightest bit of coffee or mocha flavor. Also not a fan of cannolis...
wrain at 9:29AM on 07/27/07
I don't care for citrus desserts much. Lemon bars are the only exception and that's due to the insane amount of sugar involved.
Other than that, the sky is the limit when it comes to dessert. Lilartist and I would get along just fine.
My heart weeps for those who don't like pie. I adore it but won't accuse anyone of never having a 'good' pie. To each his own- if you don't like it you don't like it and that's good enough for me.
AuntJone at 9:53AM on 07/27/07
Chocolate. Most chocolate desserts (I exclude candy from this) are one-note, overly rich, and just boring. I lean toward maple, caramel, burnt sugar... I adore pie, but consider it a meal, not a dessert.
Barbara Hanson at 10:34AM on 07/27/07
Like choc_puddin, I prefer the salty-fat combo to sugar -- and that includes chocolate. Give me a good appetizer over dessert anytime! The one exception is a post-meal plate of assorted fruit and cheese.
hatlady at 10:49AM on 07/27/07
dessert foods ill happily pass on:
-souffle
-whipped cream
-cream puffs/profiteroles
-fruit pie fillings (i usually scrape out pie fillings and enjoy the crust)
-pecan pie
-sorbets
-cannoli
-non-cruller donuts
-angel food cake
-meringue
-creme anglaise
-and this isnt really dessert, but i hate sweetened popcorn
stumbler02 at 11:19AM on 07/27/07
Flan, I've never understood what was appealing about a dessert that is slimy and wet.
Anything with cooked cherries, I don't like the texture when they are hot.
Carosone at 12:55PM on 07/27/07
Not much of a sweet tooth here either. I despise pecan pie...don't worry, I've been to the South and had real pecan pie, it's just disgusting. I'd rather have some sorbet or yogurt or ice cream or fruit any day. Can you tell it's summer! ;-)
lo82070 at 1:16PM on 07/27/07
Banana pudding with oxidized bananas and soggy vanilla wafers. And a cupcake has yet to win my heart.
Phoebe Damrosch at 1:31PM on 07/27/07
I love sugar. But I hate jello, bread pudding, tapioca pudding, apple and cherry pie and typical birthday cakes. Cheesecake has to be something really special to win me over. Also, not a fan of plain vanilla ice cream....boring!
ThatGirl153 at 1:56PM on 07/27/07
Cream puffs
Baba or any yeast based cake
Desserts that are too sweet
Desserts with too much cinnamon
Sweet bread puddings
Jello (never had it actually)
There must be others but I don't remember them right now.
64sqftkitchen at 2:38PM on 07/27/07
LunaPierCook, I agree! No artifical sugar & no fake fat in my desserts. When I eat dessert, I want the real deal!
JEP at 2:41PM on 07/27/07
I'm not a fan of extreme chocolate desserts or super rich cheesecakes.
Ash at 3:14PM on 07/27/07
Cheese cake - shoot me. I've just never been crazy about it or for that matter, any dessert made with cream cheese.
ShannonT at 4:27PM on 07/27/07
Ash and ShannonT - I couldn't agree more. Cheesecake is awful.
caley at 4:36PM on 07/27/07
tiramisu.
also, anything that requires sharing.
rebeccadiamond at 4:46PM on 07/27/07
I can't handle flan, custard, eggy bread puddings, or anything with a lot of egg in it that isn't smooth and creamy. I also can pass on most normal boring ice creams that aren't gelato. meh. does nothing for me. (unless its homemade!)
B
Hand to Moth
Making Stock of the Situation
A Blog for Penniless Gourmets
handtomouth at 4:58AM on 07/28/07
I can lump my dessert dislikes into this pile: kid desserts. By this I mean the stuff that appeals primarily to those people in the area of 6-16. Usually WAY too sweet and built on one flavor, I can barely get a second mouthful down when I am served something in this vain.
Since I have begun to cook/bake for myself, my taste in desserts tends toward more complex flavors than "sweet." A little bitterness from coffee or burnt sugar, a little acid from citrus or balsamic vinegar -- these sort of things usually make kids go "ewwww" and me go "mmmmmm..."
Dominic
the zen kitchen
dvchurch at 9:47AM on 07/28/07
I'm wish whoever said fruitcake, mostly because I dislike dried fruits (except cranberries). As for banana pudding-- no. Also, I never really find cupcakes to be as pleasant as everyone else does, not because I haven't had a good one, but because the whole idea seems a little crocked. Why not just give up and make mini cakes?
Christina at 1:30PM on 07/28/07
No tiramisu, please. It's just oogy. I have yet to find a good one.
missbhavens at 3:08PM on 07/28/07
NO cake please.
I don't like whipped cream anything, inside or out like cream puffs.
I won't eat crust either...
Ice cream is an all together different matter.
Definitely ice cream anything.
ParisBreakfasts at 10:04PM on 07/28/07
I detest french silk pie - it is a waste of a good pie crust.
Jj6407 at 1:40AM on 07/29/07
Lemon meringue pie
Commercial cheesecke
Rum balls or rum cake
Pudding
Cherry Pie
Any kind of cream pie
chrissyd7 at 9:28AM on 07/29/07
Anything made in a factory, or a creepy corporate bakery (obviously).
And no pudding or custard of any kind, ever! The wobbliness, the sliminess, the hideous egg or gelatin or cornstarch taste -- ugh.
butterface at 11:48AM on 07/29/07
I hate buttercream icing more than I could ever accurately describe. It killed me just to type the words.
N
Hand to Mouth
handtomouth at 8:07PM on 07/29/07
tiramisu and canolli. especially canolli. yuck!
Calichef at 8:42AM on 07/30/07
I hate desserts with cooked fruit. Fruit pies, clafouti, cherries jubilee, I'd happily pass by. It's like eating gloopy jam. Nor do I much care for bread puddings or cannoli. There's a spice in there that just doesn't go for me.
JungMan at 1:22PM on 07/30/07
Hmm.. I have yet to find a dessert that I dislike. Sure I would never order most things, in restaurants but if I could at least have a bite.. I would never say no. However, fruitcakes.. I'll pass, mostly because I hate raisins. So that makes anything with raisins. I'll pick them out of scones, scones, pies, breads and cakes.
I also don't care for black forrest cake. bo.ring.
winny at 5:40AM on 07/31/07
Custards & puddings (all kinds)
Flan (okay, just include anything that's wiggly and weepy)
Just about anything sweet with nuts (I love nuts, just not in desserts)
Pumpkin pie
Baklava (it makes my teeth ache just to write)
Those horrible fruit pies with gelatinous day-glo fillings...
Lilla at 9:50AM on 07/31/07
I'm with you on the flan bit. Also, the artificial sweeteners are pretty awful.
hereandthe at 12:02PM on 07/31/07
I will not eat:
Pie with a pastry crust
Fruitcake
Anything with coconut
Lemon bars, sugar cookies, fruity cookies
Flan
Desserts that I'll eat if I'm desperate for something sweet but would normally say no to:
Plain cheesecake (I'd rather have chocolate)
White cake (ditto on the chocolate)
Angel food cake
Pound cake
Fruit crisps
Non-chocolate ice cream
blush at 12:55PM on 07/31/07
Liquor-flavored, frozen Italian concoctions with dried fruit. I know there's a name for this stuff but, sorry, I can't dredge it up.
emily20008 at 5:42PM on 07/31/07
Cheap, nasty grocery store cakes, anything with fake "whipped topping" or that contains the same ingredients as whipped topping, you know the roof of the mouth coaty stuff. I also agree with the artificial sweeteners on principal, as far as I know I've never eaten an artificially sweetened dessert and I hope I never do, if it comes to that I'd rather just have plain fruit.
mia_pia at 5:45PM on 07/31/07
Anything with coffee flavor. Hate it! Bleech!!!! Also tiramisu. Never understood what the appeal was. Next up, cheesecake. Is it cheese or cake? The two by themselves are just fine, but that chalky yet creamy texture and the richness of them just makes me want to vomit. Finally, anything with dark chocolate. Can't stand the burnt flavor of it. Too much of a good thing I think.
FullOn at 10:26PM on 07/31/07
I like most desserts but I hate it when they put the decorative raspberry liquid stuff around the plate and I get it on my chocolate cake. I don't like raspberry anything-those tiny little seeds irritate me. I rarely meet a dessert that I don't like.
lpennin104 at 6:20AM on 08/01/07
wow, after reading everyone else's hated desserts, i think i can honestly say there are none that i dislike. i love sugar!
altosaxchica at 9:24AM on 08/01/07
i don't care for boozy desserts or vanilla ice cream.
hohnsolo at 12:56PM on 08/01/07
emily: Spumoni? Is that what you're thinking of? (ick for me, as well)
Lilla at 1:33PM on 08/01/07
Any flavor of chiffon anything.
CapeCodBob at 7:08AM on 08/04/07
If I'm thinknig most restaurant menus, i usually pass up the Key Lime Pie, or the Baked Apple Cobbler. I'm not a citrus or fruity person. I usually hate cheesecake, but I have to admit Cheesecake Factory is an exception, not just because it's in the name. And while I like souffle cakes, souffles themselves are too eggy and nasty for me.
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 5:28PM on 08/07/07
Icing with way too much sugar. I'm usually the one scraping icing off of cake at parties.
Banana bread or cooked bananas (plantains don't count). I love bananas though.
Most corporate baked goods; you can taste the lack of love and care in them, and I can't remember ever reaching for carrageenan or sodium benzoate when baking.
Sugar-free anything. Sugar substitutes taste nasty.
Most fruitcakes. I'm bored with them.
Adult-sized slices of chocolate cake. I usually find it too rich to eat in large quantities. I love chocolate, I just prefer it in small doses.
Most donuts, except for cake donuts.
Crunchy cookies. Just not a fan of the texture.
Desserts that make me go meh:
Red velvet cake? I mean, it usually tastes OK (vaguely reminiscent of malted milk, like Wendy's frosties), but I always feel odd eating so much food coloring.
Sock-it-to-me/7-up/insert soda here cake. Common in Southern cooking, and almost always too sweet.
Re: buttercream icing: unless you had it on a homemade cake or cake from a wedding party, it probably wasn't made with real butter. 'Buttercream' icing made from vegetable shortening is pretty disgusting.
I'm surprised so many people here don't like tiramisu, but I've had my share of bad tiramisu. I'll second the cannoli though. Highly overrated and just not that tasty.
demivisage at 7:18PM on 08/05/08
anything with lemon...ew
sweetpotato at 7:25PM on 08/05/08