Sweet tooth calling but no plan? This random dessert generator spins through eighteen beloved American treats, including brownies, banana pudding, strawberry shortcake, lemon bars, s'mores and an old-fashioned root beer float.
When to use it
Bakers looking for a weekend project can spin and commit. Landing on carrot cake or a fruit tart is a great excuse to try a recipe you have bookmarked for ages.
Potluck sign-ups often end with five people bringing brownies. Spin to assign each guest a different dessert, and the table ends up far more varied.
After dinner, when the family is split between something chocolatey and something fruity, a spin settles it quickly and fairly.
Ideas
- Seasonal baking works well here. Keep apple pie, pumpkin pie and bread pudding for fall, and peach cobbler, key lime pie and ice cream sundaes for summer.
- Host a baking club where members spin each month and share photos of their results.
- For a backyard campfire, cut the list to s'mores, root beer floats and cookies, then let the youngest camper spin.
Variations
- Remove the winner and spin out the whole list in one sitting to plan a dessert bucket list for the year, so each treat comes up exactly once.
- Write Chocolate mousse*2 to make chocolate show up more often for the chocolate lovers in the house.
- Use the coin flip first to decide between baking from scratch and picking something up at the bakery.
Tips
- Allergies matter a lot with sweets. Many desserts contain nuts, eggs, dairy or wheat, so check with guests and remove anything that is unsafe before spinning.
- Choose recipes that suit the time you have. Cheesecake needs hours to chill, while cupcakes or lemon bars are ready the same afternoon.
- Go full screen on a laptop at a party and let guests press Space to spin.
Make it yours
Change any entry, weight or color above, or open a copy of this wheel to edit and share as your own. This page always keeps its original entries.