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62 Boozy Desserts That Add a Splash of Spirit to Your Party

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By Southern Living Editors Updated April 04, 2022
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Plenty of Southern recipes use a dash of bourbon, and dessert dishes are not excluded. In fact, we have dozens of boozy desserts that implement a hint of bourbon, whiskey, brandy, rum, and several types of liqueurs. We even made a margarita cake recipe with a bit of tequila that's perfect for Cinco de Mayo.

From stunning layer cakes to simple bread puddings, these alcoholic desserts are just what your celebration needs. There are plenty of boozy desserts on this list made especially for the holiday season, like our Spiked Eggnog Bundt Cake or our Gingerbread with Stout Buttercream for Christmas and our Mississippi Sweet Potato Pie or Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread Pudding with Apple Brandy-Caramel Sauce for Thanksgiving. It wouldn't be a Derby party without bourbon, so serve up our Mint Julep Cupcakes or Kentucky Bourbon Pie for a fun finale. Of course, we have plenty of options for bourbon balls (plus, a rum balls recipe), which make the cutest treats for neighbors and hostesses.

Whatever the occasion, why not add a little spirit to your dessert table? These boozy desserts are the ticket to sending your guests home full and happy.  

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White Cake with Bourbon Buttercream and Seven-Minute Frosting

White Cake with Cranberry Filling and Orange Buttercream
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Recipe: White Cake with Bourbon Buttercream and Seven-Minute Frosting

This classic white cake has boozy layers and a fluffy frosting on top for your prettiest Christmas dessert yet.

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Margarita Cake

Margarita Cake
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Recipe: Margarita Cake

Taco Tuesday just got so much more delicious. Cheers!

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Pecan Pie Brownies

Pecan Pie Brownies
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Recipe: Pecan Pie Brownies

A splash of bourbon is optional in this dessert mashup recipe, but we think it adds some welcome spirit.

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Spiked Eggnog Bundt Cake

Spiked Eggnog Bundt Cake
Credit: Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Recipe: Spiked Eggnog Bundt Cake

Nothing says, "happy holidays" like a boozy eggnog cake.

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Cornbread Pudding with Whiskey Caramel

Cornbread Pudding with Whiskey Caramel
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Recipe: Cornbread Pudding with Whiskey Caramel

This super-Southern version of bread pudding uses cornbread as a base.

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Mama's Rum Cake

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Recipe: Mama's Rum Cake

Mildred "Mama Dip" Council, of Mama Dip's Kitchen in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, shared her legendary rum cake recipe with us.

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Mississippi Sweet Potato Pie

Mississippi Sweet Potato Pie
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Recipe: Mississippi Sweet Potato Pie

A splash of bourbon and a bit of orange zest balance out the sweetest of this Southern Thanksgiving favorite.

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Bourbon Balls

Bourbon Balls
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Recipe: Bourbon Balls

This Southern favorite makes an adorable gift during the holidays.

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Peach-Bourbon Upside-Down Bundt Cake

Peach-Bourbon Upside-Down Bundt Cake
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Recipe: Peach-Bourbon Upside-Down Bundt Cake

Fresh summer peaches are the star of this showstopping dessert.

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Whiskey Pie with Tipsy Berries

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Recipe: Whiskey Pie with Tipsy Berries

This boozy pie is the prettiest finale for your 4th of July bash.

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Brennan's Bananas Foster

Brennan’s Bananas Foster
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Recipe: Brennan's Bananas Foster

Famed New Orleans restaurant Brennan's created this iconic dessert, and we were lucky enough to get the recipe.

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Creole Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

Creole Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce
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Recipe: Creole Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

New Orleans chef Leah Chase puts a Creole spin on bread pudding with this boozy recipe that'll put a kick in your Christmas.

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Eggnog Spice Cake with Bourbon Custard Filling and Eggnog Buttercream

Eggnog Spice Cake with Bourbon Custard Filling and Eggnog Buttercream
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Recipe: Eggnog Spice Cake with Bourbon Custard Filling and Eggnog Buttercream

This impressive layer cake is a perfect holiday baking project for an afternoon off work and school.

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Brown Sugar-Rum Cake

Brown Sugar-Rum Cake
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Recipe: Brown Sugar-Rum Cake

There's nothing better than a classic sheet cake to serve a crowd.

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Strawberry Cream Pie

Strawberry Cream Pie
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Recipe: Strawberry Cream Pie

Red currant jelly spiked with orange liqueur is an elegant touch atop fresh strawberries on this fluffy pie.  

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Cassandra's "Light" Fruitcake

Cassandra’s “Light” Fruitcake
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Recipe: Cassandra's "Light" Fruitcake

This fruitcake will ensure every Christmas guest has a good time.

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Mini Bourbon-and-Cola Bundt Cakes

Mini Bourbon-and-Cola Bundt Cakes
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Recipe: Mini Bourbon-and-Cola Bundt Cakes

We took the classic cocktail pairing and made it into a fun mini dessert that's perfect for a tailgate or cookout.

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Pecan Spice Cake with Caramel-Rum Glaze

Pecan Spice Cake with Caramel-Rum Glaze
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Recipe: Pecan Spice Cake with Caramel-Rum Glaze

Welcome fall with a beautiful spice cake that guests will rave about.

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Bourbon Ice Cream Float

Bourbon Ice Cream Float
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Recipe: Bourbon Ice Cream Float

There's something nostalgic about a classic ice cream float, and a splash of bourbon makes it even more fun for your summer party.

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Lane Cupcakes

Lane Cupcakes
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Recipe: Lane Cupcakes

Serve a cute cupcake full of vintage recipe nostalgia with this recipe.

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Butterscotch Pie with Whiskey Caramel Sauce

Butterscotch Pie with Whiskey Caramel Sauce
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Recipe: Butterscotch Pie with Whiskey Caramel Sauce

This dreamy caramel sauce can be made up to one month in advance, and it makes a delicious topping for ice cream.

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Kentucky Bourbon Pie

Kentucky Bourbon Pie
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Recipe: Kentucky Bourbon Pie

It wouldn't be Derby Day without a derby pie! You'll be everyone's favorite hostess with this recipe.

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Utterly Deadly Pecan Pie

Utterly Deadly Southern Pecan Pie
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Recipe: Utterly Deadly Pecan Pie

Making your pecan pie in a cast-iron skillet yields a perfectly crispy crust and soft filling.

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Caramel Apple Cake

Caramel Apple Cake
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Recipe: Caramel Apple Cake

This beautiful fall cake is topped with our Apple-Brandy Caramel Sauce that you'll want to pour over ice cream and pancakes all season long.  

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Peach Bread Pudding with Bourbon Caramel

Peach Bread Pudding with Bourbon Caramel
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Recipe: Peach Bread Pudding with Bourbon Caramel

Fresh preaches add a summery twist to classic bread pudding.

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Lady Baltimore Cake

Lady Baltimore Cake
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Recipe: Lady Baltimore Cake

This delicate cake has the dreamiest frosting.

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Coconut Cake with Rum Filling and Coconut Ermine Frosting

Coconut Cake with Rum Filling and Coconut Ermine Frosting
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Recipe: Coconut Cake with Rum Filling and Coconut Ermine Frosting

Luscious coconut cake and rum custard were made to be together, as this stunning layer cake proves.

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Bananas Foster Coffee Cake with Vanilla-Rum Sauce

Bananas Foster Coffee Cake with Vanilla-Rum Sauce
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Recipe: Bananas Foster Coffee Cake with Vanilla-Rum Sauce

Brunch just got so much more interesting with this Bananas Foster-inspired confection.

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Mango-Lemon-Buttermilk Icebox Pie with Baked Saltine Cracker Crust

Chocolate Icebox Pie
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Recipe: Mango-Lemon-Buttermilk Icebox Pie with Baked Saltine Cracker Crust

This bright pie is the most refreshing summer dessert, and it starts with a simple Saltine crust.

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Fudgy Pecan Bourbon Balls

Fudgy Pecan Bourbon Balls Recipe
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Recipe: Fudgy Pecan Bourbon Balls

This no-bake recipe only has four-ingredients, so it makes a budget-friendly hostess gift for the holidays.

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Hot Buttered Rum Bread Pudding

Hot Buttered Rum Bread Pudding
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Recipe: Hot Buttered Rum Bread Pudding

This spiced dessert will make your house smell amazing during the holidays.

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Chocolate-Bourbon Pecan Pie

Chocolate-Bourbon Pecan Pie
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Recipe: Chocolate-Bourbon Pecan Pie

If you're bored with the same pecan pie every Thanksgiving, you know it'll taste amazing with chocolate and bourbon.

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Apple-Bourbon Pie

Apple Bourbon Pie Recipe
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Recipe: Apple-Bourbon Pie

This recipe first ran in our November 1995 issue, and it's been a go-to classic ever since.

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Rum Balls

Rum Balls Recipe
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Recipe: Rum Balls

These boozy bites from our December 1993 issue use honey instead of the go-to corn syrup, which gives them that "je ne sais quoi" that will have everyone asking you for the recipe.

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Mini Bananas Foster Sticky Buns

Mini Bananas Foster Sticky Buns
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Recipe: Mini Bananas Foster Sticky Buns

Finish off your holiday brunch with these mini delights that have a touch of rum.

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Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread Pudding with Apple Brandy-Caramel Sauce

Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread Pudding with Apple Brandy-Caramel Sauce
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Recipe: Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread Pudding with Apple Brandy-Caramel Sauce

This bread pudding recipe is fall baking at its best.

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Double-Decker Pecan Cheesecake Pie

Double-Decker Pecan Cheesecake Pie Recipe Image
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Recipe: Double-Decker Pecan Cheesecake Pie

What's better than pecan pie and cheesecake? A recipe that combines them!

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Rebecca's Black Bottom Icebox Pie

Rebecca's Black Bottom Icebox Pie
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Recipe: Rebecca's Black Bottom Icebox Pie

Icebox pies are the best make-ahead desserts, and you've got to try this one out for all the chocolate lovers in your family.

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Skillet Caramel Apple Pie

Skillet Caramel Apple Pie
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Recipe: Skillet Caramel Apple Pie

Swap your usual pie palate for your cast-iron skillet—you'll thank us.

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Icebox Fruit Cake

Icebox Fruit Cake
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Recipe: Icebox Fruit Cake

A Southern holiday classic meets a Southern summer classic in this cooled-off fruitcake.

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Over the Moon Chocolate Pie

Over the Moon Chocolate Pie
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Recipe: Over the Moon Chocolate Pie

MoonPies are a Southern favorite, so we had to make a pie recipe in their honor.

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Challah Bread Pudding

Challah Bread Pudding
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Recipe: Challah Bread Pudding

Challah is the ideal bread to soak up custard in a bread pudding recipe.

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Gingerbread Cake Roll with Eggnog Cream

Gingerbread Roulade and Eggnog Cream
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Recipe: Gingerbread Cake Roll with Eggnog Cream

Since it needs to chill for at least eight hours, this boozy, festive cake is best for making ahead and saving you time the day of your get-together.

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Strawberry Birthday Cake

Strawberry Birthday Cake
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Recipe: Strawberry Birthday Cake

This gorgeous cake is filled with fresh strawberry compote with a bit of rum to round out the sweet cake layers.

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Café Brûlot Bread Pudding

Café Brûlot Bread Pudding
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Recipe: Café Brûlot Bread Pudding

Coffee lovers, we've created this dreamy recipe just for you.

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Butter Toffee-Pecan Layer Cake

Butter Toffee-Pecan Layer Cake
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Recipe: Butter Toffee-Pecan Layer Cake

Every bite of this buttery cake is better than the last.

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Gingerbread with Stout Buttercream

Gingerbread Cake With Stout Buttercream

Recipe: Gingerbread with Stout Buttercream

This holiday dessert uses your favorite stout beer to balance out sweet buttercream.

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The Red Velvet Cake

The Red Velvet Cake
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Recipe: The Red Velvet Cake

This towering red velvet cake is sandwiched with a strawberry glaze made with preserves and almond liqueur.

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Praline Layer Cake

Praline Layer Cake
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Recipe: Praline Layer Cake

This cake has enough going on to impress even the best baker at your holiday table.

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Coffee Baba au Rhum

Coffee Baba au Rhum
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Recipe: Coffee Baba au Rhum

Our shortcut version of the original French confection will be a hit at your Christmas cocktail.

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White Chocolate Poinsettia Cake

White Chocolate Poinsettia Cake
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Recipe: White Chocolate Poinsettia Cake

This picture-perfect Christmas cake includes chocolate liqueur in the filling.

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Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake with Caramel Buttercream

Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake with Caramel Buttercream
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Recipe: Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake with Caramel Buttercream

This fudgy cake batter gets a bit of bourbon at the last second before going in the oven.

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Buttermilk-Pecan Pralines

Buttermilk-Pecan Pralines
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Recipe: Buttermilk-Pecan Pralines

As finicky as pralines can be to make, the results are absolutely delicious when you get them right.

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Tres Leches Cake

Milk Punch Tres Leches Cake
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Recipe: Tres Leches Cake

A classic three milk cake is the best way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

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Pecan Bourbon Balls

Pecan Bourbon Balls
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Recipe: Pecan Bourbon Balls

These classic bourbon balls are rolled in buttery toasted pecans for a fun Southern riff.

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The Lane Cake

The Lane Cake
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Recipe: The Lane Cake

Every Southern cook has to make at least one legendary Lane Cake in his or her lifetime.

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Grand Marnier Cakes

Grand Marnier Cakes
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Recipe: Grand Marnier Cakes

These mini Bundt cakes were made for Southern baby showers.

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Georgia Peanut Pie with Peanut Butter Crust and Brown Sugar-Bourbon Whipped Cream

Georgia Peanut Pie with Peanut Butter Crust and Brown Sugar-Bourbon Whipped Cream
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Recipe: Georgia Peanut Pie with Peanut Butter Crust and Brown Sugar-Bourbon Whipped Cream

This peanut pie has the ideal mix of sweet and salty, and the brown sugar-bourbon whipped cream is truly the perfect way to top it off.

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Triple-Layer Chocolate-Caramel Cake

Triple-Layer Chocolate-Caramel Cake
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Recipe: Triple-Layer Chocolate-Caramel Cake

Chocolate, caramel, and bourbon—what more could you want in a birthday cake?

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Bourbon-Chocolate Cake With Praline Frosting

Bourbon-Chocolate Cake With Praline Frosting
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Recipe: Bourbon-Chocolate Cake With Praline Frosting

Bourbon, chocolate, and praline frosting? There's so much to love about this decadent recipe.

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Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding with Butter Bourbon Sauce

Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding with Bourbon Butter Sauce
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Recipe: Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding with Butter Bourbon Sauce

As if you needed a reason to love Krispy Kreme more, here you go.

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Chocolate Cake IV

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Recipe: Chocolate Cake IV

This pretty layer cake is filled with topped with coffee liqueur ganache icing.

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    3 of 62 Pecan Pie Brownies
    4 of 62 Spiked Eggnog Bundt Cake
    5 of 62 Cornbread Pudding with Whiskey Caramel
    6 of 62 Mama's Rum Cake
    7 of 62 Mississippi Sweet Potato Pie
    8 of 62 Bourbon Balls
    9 of 62 Peach-Bourbon Upside-Down Bundt Cake
    10 of 62 Whiskey Pie with Tipsy Berries
    11 of 62 Brennan's Bananas Foster
    12 of 62 Creole Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce
    13 of 62 Eggnog Spice Cake with Bourbon Custard Filling and Eggnog Buttercream
    14 of 62 Brown Sugar-Rum Cake
    15 of 62 Strawberry Cream Pie
    16 of 62 Cassandra's "Light" Fruitcake
    17 of 62 Mini Bourbon-and-Cola Bundt Cakes
    18 of 62 Pecan Spice Cake with Caramel-Rum Glaze
    19 of 62 Bourbon Ice Cream Float
    20 of 62 Lane Cupcakes
    21 of 62 Butterscotch Pie with Whiskey Caramel Sauce
    22 of 62 Kentucky Bourbon Pie
    23 of 62 Utterly Deadly Pecan Pie
    24 of 62 Caramel Apple Cake
    25 of 62 Peach Bread Pudding with Bourbon Caramel
    26 of 62 Lady Baltimore Cake
    27 of 62 Coconut Cake with Rum Filling and Coconut Ermine Frosting
    28 of 62 Bananas Foster Coffee Cake with Vanilla-Rum Sauce
    29 of 62 Mango-Lemon-Buttermilk Icebox Pie with Baked Saltine Cracker Crust
    30 of 62 Fudgy Pecan Bourbon Balls
    31 of 62 Hot Buttered Rum Bread Pudding
    32 of 62 Chocolate-Bourbon Pecan Pie
    33 of 62 Apple-Bourbon Pie
    34 of 62 Rum Balls
    35 of 62 Mini Bananas Foster Sticky Buns
    36 of 62 Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread Pudding with Apple Brandy-Caramel Sauce
    37 of 62 Double-Decker Pecan Cheesecake Pie
    38 of 62 Rebecca's Black Bottom Icebox Pie
    39 of 62 Skillet Caramel Apple Pie
    40 of 62 Icebox Fruit Cake
    41 of 62 Over the Moon Chocolate Pie
    42 of 62 Challah Bread Pudding
    43 of 62 Gingerbread Cake Roll with Eggnog Cream
    44 of 62 Strawberry Birthday Cake
    45 of 62 Café Brûlot Bread Pudding
    46 of 62 Butter Toffee-Pecan Layer Cake
    47 of 62 Gingerbread with Stout Buttercream
    48 of 62 The Red Velvet Cake
    49 of 62 Praline Layer Cake
    50 of 62 Coffee Baba au Rhum
    51 of 62 White Chocolate Poinsettia Cake
    52 of 62 Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake with Caramel Buttercream
    53 of 62 Buttermilk-Pecan Pralines
    54 of 62 Tres Leches Cake
    55 of 62 Pecan Bourbon Balls
    56 of 62 The Lane Cake
    57 of 62 Grand Marnier Cakes
    58 of 62 Georgia Peanut Pie with Peanut Butter Crust and Brown Sugar-Bourbon Whipped Cream
    59 of 62 Triple-Layer Chocolate-Caramel Cake
    60 of 62 Bourbon-Chocolate Cake With Praline Frosting
    61 of 62 Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding with Butter Bourbon Sauce