UPDATE: The winner is Debbie. Congrats!
When I lost dairy, I feared I had lost ice cream and yummy desserts forever, but more and more I’m discovering that their are plenty of alternatives to traditional dessert recipes with dairy.
I recently had the chance to review 150 Best Desserts in a Jar by Andrea Jourdan, and I fell in love! There are so many delicious recipes in here, and many of them are heavy on fruit. Bonus!
If you’re dairy free like me, you’ll love this book. Many of the recipes don’t require dairy, and the ones that do still come out great when you sub dairy free butter for butter and an alternative milk to a traditional milk. Trust me, I’ve tried many of these recipes!
Also, the desserts are served in jam jars, so they’re prettier than most other desserts because you can see all the layers. You feast with your eyes before even tasting the dessert.
My family’s favorite dessert in this book was the Peach and Mango Parfait. This recipe was a winner for me because it has no added sugar, just some maple syrup.
Features
The book opens with a brief intro about using jars to serve desserts.
After that, the author gets straight to the desserts. Each recipe includes a little story or comment from the author as well as a tip to help you while cooking or when choosing the fruit. Many recipes also contain ways you can change the ingredients just a little to create another tasty creation.
Of course, I’d love a picture with every recipe, but like most cookbooks, that doesn’t happen here. However, there are 24 photos of some of the 150 recipes in the book, and they are all gorgeous to look at.
The Giveaway
Robert Rose, the publisher of 150 Best Desserts in a Jar, is giving one lucky Mom’s Plans’ reader a copy of the book.
To enter, simply leave a comment stating what your favorite dessert recipe is.
This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canadian residents who are 18 or older. The giveaway will end on April 27, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. CST. The winner will be chosen via random.org.
I received one copy of this book for review purposes only. No additional compensation was given. All opinions are my own.

My favorite dessert recipe is one for Pear pie.
I have a great recipe for a dark chocolate torte with raspberry coulis. To die for! 🙂
How fun! I love desert and so does the rest of my family, right now our favorite recipe is chocolate pudding (homemade).
I haven’t made many desserts, but mom’s apple cake recipe is sublime.
My favorite is Strawberry Cupcakes.
I love mango supreme. What a very healthy dessert treat. Jar desserts look awesome and seems so easy to assemble.
Sticky toffee pudding.
Our family favorite is Tapioca Pudding. I use the recipe on the box.
My favorite dessert recipe is Chocolate-Oat Bars
My favorite dessert recipe is strawberry shortcake on biscuits!
Apple spice cake, my aunts recipe, so yummy!
I like Chocolate Truffles.
I don’t have a favorite. I like them ALL!
I love pineapple upside down cake.
My favorite is Christmas Crack!!
My mom’s recipe for strawberry sauce on ice cream! Yum!!
My favorite dessert is carrot cake…veggies and sweet cream cheese icing, how much better can it get than that?
I love chocolate molten lava cake!!
Lemon Cake Mix cookies. A family favorite for parties and just everyday.
There is an ice cream cake recipe that I got off of Pinterest…I think that is my new favorite dessert!
My favorite dessert – I have to say raspberry pie! Always been my favorite! Thanks!
My favorite dessert recipe is this simple recipe for Rocky Road candy. Very yummy!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/rocky-road-candies/detail.aspx
my favorite desert is oatmeal scotty cookies!!!
Banana Bread Pudding with Vanilla Rum Sauce
Strawberry shortcake
Peanut butter pie!
My favorite dessert recipe is for my moms strawberry cheesecake.
I love to make pumpkin pie!
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I would have to say my favorite desert would be anything with white chocolate and raspberries, or plain traditional chocolate chip cookies fresh out of the oven.
I love all deserts without nuts, but if I was picking just one, I would have to say its between traditional chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven and anything with white chocolate and raspberries.
Banana pudding is my favorite dessert recipe.
brownies!
Blueberry Pie
This time of year, I like anything lemon, but the lemon souffle and lemon trifle both sound like they would be great to try!
I love making chocolate chips cookies.
My favorite is Coca-cola Cake.
double chocolate cake (just choco cake with choco frosting)
I love peanut butter pie!
My favorite is banana pudding!
My favorite dessert is cheesecake – any kind I love cheesecake!
Anything with Pumpkin!
I love oatmeal cookies! [email protected]
I like banana cake.
Strawberry cupcakes
I love my Pineapple Upsidedown Cake recipe! Yum!
I love making peach pie
My favorite dessert recipe is s’mores cupcakes!
My favorite dessert recipe is for butterscotch apple pie 🙂
I like making cheesecake with blueberry sauce!
I love anything chocolate!!! Healthy is even better 🙂
Strawberry shortcake
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A simple chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, its something I can make all the time and its super tasty!
I love making banana bread.Thanks!
lstanziani(at)yahoo(dot)com
I love this pumpkin spice cake
I love to make yeast cinnamon rolls!
Strawberry shortcake
I loooove chocolate cheesecake.
Right now I am loving brownies with walnuts in them. So tasty!!
I love a good lemon bar recipe!
🙂 Rhea
Chocolate pudding cake!
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I love banana pudding
homemade cheesecake
my fav is peach pie
My favourite desert recipe is for pumpkin cheesecake! To die for <3
My favorite recipe is pay dirt cake
My favorite dessert was a red velvet cheesecake i baked and it tasted as heavenly as it sounds
My favorite dessert would have to be cheesecake brownies!! So yummy 🙂
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Saltine Toffee
I make a dessert the kids call Fluffy Pink Stuff, we all like.
my favorite dessert recipe is my dad’s peach cobbler, it’s amazing with some ice cream
I love pumpkin pie.
my favorite dessert is a frozen lemon tart. a close second would be my tiramasu anacapri
I love salted caramel
I love apple crumb or cheesecake!
I love strawberry cheesecake
I love making and eating Lazy Daisy Cake.
My favorite dessert recipe is strawberry lemonade cheesecake bites
Cheesecake!
Chocolate Fudge Brownies are my favorite.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
I am a plain girl…I like peanut butter cookies!
My favorite dessert right now is triple chocolate chip cookies!
my favorite dessert recipe is faux g.s. mint cookies.
melt choco chips, add 1/8 tsp peppermint oil and dip ritz crackers with fork. place on wax paper and chill till set. thanks for the giveaway-i would love to have this cookbook!
My favorite dessert recipe would have to be red velvet cake! i love that stuff 🙂
apple dumplings
blueberry pie or any of the fruit cobbler recipes
Favorite dessert is Strawberry Cream Roll.
i love fruit cobblers…any fruit..
Chocolate chip cookies! Thanks for the giveaway!
rice crispy treats
I have a recipe for coconut cake and it is AMAZING! Best cake I have ever made!
Red Velvet Cake
pineapple upside down cake
My favorite is a recipe for an eclair dessert!
My favorite desert is peanut butter pie.
tiramisu, the one my mother in law makes!
My favorite dessert is strawberries over Bisquick shortcake with lots of whipped cream!
Peach Cobbler and vanilla ice cream! Thanks! hstorm799{at}gmail{dot}com
I like chocolate chip cookies
My favorite is pineapple upside down cake.
cake in a cup!
My favorite is lemon pound cake.
I like chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.
My favorite recipe is strawberry shortcake.
Chocolate Pie! Love it! Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing is a very close 2nd!
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Maple bacon ice cream!
Berry tiramisu
Chocolate cobbler
My fav dessert recipe is butterscotch pudding and banana pie topped with real whipped cream!