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99% of the time I order check please, and a doggie bag. There is usually enough left for lunch or dinner the next day and not a spec of room in my tummy.

1% of the time, if I'm still hungry, I can be tempted by a coconut or banana cream pie.

A cup of coffee or dessert coffee would be a more likely choice if others at the table are having dessert, but it will make it much harder to get any sleep. A piece of decadent chocolate candy would be great!

I design and make all the desserts doe a local bistro here and this is a fantastic question. Right now my cardamom and Madagascar bourbon vanilla bean infused white chocolate Creme brûlée is selling very well. I personally am a sucker for anything housemade and deeply chocolatey. I do hope there are more responses. I would love to know more about what people want!

I will often order creme brulee if it is on the menu. I love chocolate but not so much at the end of a big meal. The cardamom vanilla bean white choc creme brulee sounds wonderful!!

There's always room for creme brulee. Classic, any delightful, inventive flavor, a brulee trio, I don't care. As long as it is paired with a dopa espresso and natural sugar (and perhaps a twist), life is good.

i also have a weakness for bread puddings. But sorbet is so delicious and cleansing especially after a heavy meal that I love that as well.

Espresso is a definite 'yes, please' for me; my favourite dessert is quite simple ('zuppa inglese'), but does not seem to exist outside of Italy, so when I'm there, I have it at every opportunity that presents itself.

A couple of decades ago, it was always apple pie/cobbler a la mode.
Several years ago, I would always order the creme brulee. Then every restaurant was serving it, whether they knew how to do it right or not.
Then I fell in love with the bread pudding a chef friend of mine makes, but I found that all bread puddings are not created equal.
Then I had a great key lime pie and went on a citrus based dessert kick. Still love it. Lemon bar would be good right now.
BUT, the most satisfying desserts are the chocolate ones, esp. if they are made in house and the server promises that it is supremely rich.
That and coffee. Or if it's the right chocolate, I will finish my red wine with it.
If I'm too full for dessert (HA!), I will finish with a port or half Tuaca & half Tia Maria on the rocks...like candy in a glass.

Hardly ever have dessert, but I'm a sucker for a really good, classic, well-made crème brûlée or a super-moist bread pudding. Once in a while, a soufflé is awesome. Again, if it's not top-notch, I have no interest.

The best crème brûlée that I recall eating was served in The Restaurant at the Hotel Bel Air. And there was one in Paris (can't remember the restaurant) that was also amazing.

I've had a few really awesome soufflés, but there was one with banana at the Polo Lounge that was knee-weakening.

Creme brulee or creme caramel.

Oh, and anything with a caramelly base eg. banoffi pie, pecan pie etc.

My boyfriend and I have a liking for brownie desserts. At any restaurant we go to, the first thing we do is look on the dessert menu to see if there is any brownie dessert. We don't necessarily get it for dessert on the same night, but we will always make plans to come back and try it. So far, we haven't found anything that beats the T.G.I. Friday's Brownie Obsession. It is SO SO bad for us, but we make it a treat and enjoy every last bite.

I absolutely love Tiramisu, and any cheesecake without fruit.

@cucinacecilia: phew! I thought i was the only person that liked cheesecake as dessert. Granted, it is rich, and probably too big to eat after finishing off a app/main. But sharing takes care of that.

As for other desserts, as long as it has quality dark chocolate, and it's made in house (the dessert, not the chocolate), it's a go.

I took my friend's mother out for lunch today and she wanted to go to Applebee's. They have a 3 course special including dessert and we ordered from that. I got key lime pie, she got a hot fudge sundae. They were both served in identical little glasses. Have you ever been served pie in a glass? Me either! The waitress seemed surprised at my shock - I thought she brought the wrong thing. There were some broken graham crackers on the bottom. She asked, "Were you expecting a piece of pie?" I said, "Uh, yeah, since that's what it says on the menu." She explained that it's just like pie, but served in a glass. Alrighty then.

Even though I should not have any chocolate... I have a weakness for it. Last night, I finished dinner with a flourless chocolate torte with milk chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream - it was sinful!!!!