Peanuts are a huge crop in the South, especially in Georgia, and peanut-molasses brittle is a favorite treat. Sesame seeds-called benne seeds by southerners-are popular in Charleston. Brought to this country in the late 1600s by slaves, today the seeds are used in many specialties, including the famous benne seed cocktail wafers and a luscious brittle. We make our brittle out of both peanuts and benne, then crush it and sprinkle it over ice cream or frozen yogurt.
Layer homemade custard, ripe bananas, and vanilla wafers under clouds of whipped cream for this iconic dessert.
Tangy and sunny, this curd can be made with either fresh or frozen pulp.
Reminiscent of a classic diner dessert, this chocolate cream pie offers pure comfort in a cookie crust.
Yes, it's a shortcut in a microwave. It's also a gooey, fudgy, wildly good chocolate cake.
Frozen into a slushy, the classic tequila and grapefruit cocktail becomes even more refreshing.
Fluffier, fresher, and fancier than anything from a tub or can.
Crème de violette is an exuberantly floral violet liqueur that gives vibrant color to this fun frozen cocktail.
This cake was created from thrift and was supposedly named after its appearance, which reminded people of the muddy Mississippi River bottom.