List of American desserts facts for kids

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This is a list of American desserts and pies. The cuisine of the United States refers to food preparation originating from the United States of America. The various styles continued expanding well into the 19th and 20th centuries, proportional to the influx of immigrants from many foreign nations; such influx developed a rich diversity in food preparation throughout the country.

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American Desserts

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AngelFoodCake

Angel food cake is a light, airy cake that originated in the United States.

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Banana pudding is prepared with vanilla flavored custard, cookies and sliced fresh bananas, topped with whipped cream or meringue.
A traditional banana split, as served at Cabot's Ice Cream and Restaurant in Newtonville, Massachusetts
Boston cream pie is a cake that is filled with a custard or cream filling and frosted with chocolate.

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Chocolate Chip Cookies - kimberlykv

The Chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie that originated in the United States and features chocolate chips as its distinguishing ingredient.

Cobbler (7303683612)

A portion of berry cobbler

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Devil's Food Cake

Devil's food cake is a moist, rich chocolate layer cake.

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Blueberry frozen yoghurt (4937999312)

Blueberry frozen yogurt

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Glorified rice is a dessert salad served in Minnesota and other states in the Upper Midwest.
Gooey butter cake is a type of cake traditionally made in the American Midwest city of St. Louis.

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Hostess-Cupcake-Split

A halved Hostess CupCake

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Icebox cake is chocolate pudding and Graham crackers in layers

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Key lime pie

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Lemon Bar

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Needham

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Scored Cookies

Fork-scored peanut butter cookies

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Pistachio pudding

Panocha
Parfait
Pastry hearts
Peanut butter cookies
Pecan pie
Pecan pralines
Persimmon pudding
Peppermint stick
Pineapple ice cream
Pistachio pudding
Pudding
Pumpkin Pie
Pop-Tarts
Pancake

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In New Mexico and southern Colorado, panocha is a pudding made from ground sprouted wheat and piloncillo.
Red velvet cake is traditionally prepared as a layer cake topped with cream cheese or cooked roux icing. The reddish color is achieved by adding beetroot or red food coloring.

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Chocolate Ice Cream Sundae (5076304681)

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Hostess-Twinkies

Whole and a split Twinkie snack cakes

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American pies

Buttermilk Pie with Pecan Brittle at Dyron's Lowcountry

A buttermilk pie topped with pecan brittle

A grape pie prepared with Concord grapes

A lemon ice box pie with raspberry sorbet and raspberry sauce

Theres always room for pie (7859650026)

A slice of lemon meringue pie

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