New Zealand Family Reacts to AMERICA'S Favorite Desserts from all 50 States!

[@tammyjackson3113]

Atlanta looks like she is trying to figure out how she can bake some of these and I'm sure she can make them all❤

[@LindaC616]

She sure is! I think Mississippi mud pie is first on her list!

[@0816M3RC]

@@LindaC616 The look on her face when they got to Nevada. 😂

[@HalkerVeil]

Was just thinking that. Can almost see her genius culinary mind working through it all. I'm still shocked how well the Thanksgiving dinner turned out. My family has made that for generations and it never looked that good.

[@LindaC616]

@@0816M3RC lol, you're right....you can see the realization dawn "oh, jam tarts. I can do that!"

[@LindaC616]

@@0816M3RC lol, you're right....you can see the realization dawn "oh, jam tarts. I can do that!"

[@jackalope2u]

Gotta show my love for Missouri's Gooey Butter Cake. Easy to make, and so good.

[@tandiparent1906]

Is that the same as Mississippi mud pie/cake??

[@GA-fn8hr]

@@tandiparent1906 not at all. Dense yellow cake with a cream cheese, butter and powder sugar topping.

[@jovetj]

I live next to Missouri and have never even heard of this. I will need to come etry some.

[@pennywise5662]

it's also the equivalent of having a sugar IV directly to your bloodstream with each bite.

[@vangu2918]

Someone from Michigan loves your gooey butter cake.

[@flying_houseboat8668]

I’m from Tennessee. My parents moved briefly to New England (Connecticut specifically) and used to bring Banana Pudding to parties. At the time (mid nineties) it was completely foreign to that region, but according to my parents it was always a smash hit. Proud of our banana pudding!

[@yvonnepalmquist8676]

I always forget how good banana pudding tastes until I eat it again. It's always fantastic at any local diner.

[@ladiuneeq9789]

No, it wasn't foreign. Maybe to certain people, but it's been in my family since the 50's and they are from Connecticut.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Love me some banana pudding!!!

[@gardenplots283]

It's one of my family's must-have desserts at Thanksgiving.

[@ithilnin123]

My granny used to make a delicious banana pudding! Miss her cooking. RIP

[@randykillman6475]

The main difference between ice cream and frozen custard is that the custard has eggs which provide a creamy texture. It can be made into many flavors

[@royalloki4792]

As a Texan, Pecan pie is THE GO-TO every holiday. Top it off with a scoop of Blue Bell ice cream and there really is nothing better😂

[@calvincandie3220]

Word

[@joeyrobison6629]

Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla.

[@rafaucett]

As a Texan, I agree. 😀

[@tamf61]

You Texans like your Buttermilk Pie as well

[@danajohnson4757]

Pecan pie is definitely a Texas holiday dessert staple! And yes, we Texans love buttermilk pie too!! Yum!!! Also, don't forget Texas Sheet Cake!! Okay, I'll stop. Making myself hungry! Lol!

[@BettyWhiteJr]

As a North Carolinian, I approve this video. Sweet potato pie is fantastic. Sweet potato and pecan pie, those are the two must haves at any holiday dinner 💯🤤💯🤤 Edited because I typed fast and I hate looking illiterate because autocorrect is a pain in the booty 😂

[@benyfrank4390]

Hi I’m Benjamin from Minnesota hope you don’t mind being friends outside this app

[@cyndybutler7330]

Us ohio people love sweet potato pie too thanksgiving wouldn’t be thanksgiving without it 👍😁

[@jovetj]

I am very partial to blueberry pie, and key lime pie, but pecan pie with chocolate is the absolute best pie ever hands down.

[@bwestacado9643]

I love sweet potatoes and I'm sad to admit it took me until last year to have a sweet potato pie. I'm 36 lol

[@cyndybutler7330]

@@bwestacado9643 well I can say it don’t look as good as it tastes lol

[@bobbiejojackson9448]

Frozen custard is like the creamiest, richest ice cream you've ever eaten. It's one of the best frozen confections ever created! Once you've had it, you'll turn up your nose at plain old ice cream! lol (In my humble opinion) And if you really want to experience true decadence, place a big scoop of vanilla frozen custard on top of warm apple pie, warm fudge brownies or between two giant fresh from the oven, homemade Toll House Chocolate Chip cookies! Heavenly! There are plenty of recipe videos online for making your own authentic frozen custard. I'm sure that I'm not alone when I say that I'd love to see Atlanta whip up a batch one of these days!

[@matthewweng8483]

Right?! Frozen custard is off the chain... It’s like an angel and a unicorn got together and decided to try and make ice cream

[@beesnort3163]

Absolutely!!!

[@Kathleen5429]

You took the words right out of my mouth!

[@Chris.Rhodes]

We have a Ritas around me, the frozen custard at the bottom of the cup of a slushie type drink is amazing. I tried a custard cone once, it's just too rich for me.

[@RGMerkel]

Ted Drew's frozen custard in St. Louis or you are wrong lol

[@jharvey93]

She was spot on for Tennessee - banana pudding is my favorite dessert in my home state. Would love to see you make your national dessert and give us the recipe. :)

[@bwestacado9643]

Until my grandma passed in 2018, we had banana pudding pie every holiday. Exactly how it's said to be made in the video is how my grandma made it. I haven't had it since 2016 and I'm beginning to miss it lol

[@lennybuttz2162]

What did you think of them making banana pudding in a metal container? That seemed like a big No No to me?

[@lehammsamm]

This family is so good at making us feel like part of their family that I've started saying "hiiiii" with the kids. 🥰 I can see Atlanta's brain memorizing these recipes all the way from Minnesota. 😁

[@davep2945]

The crazy thing is that there are so many deserts not shown here that are ridiculously good. However, I will say that if you go to a major event at almost anyone's home in South Carolina there will be a coconut cake. And they're usually made like those thin, multi-layer chocolate cakes you saw in the video. Banana Pudding is usually there as well but it's rare to get a real one anymore as everyone got lazy and does the jello pudding version because it's easy. Folks who like it try and say they prefer the cold version with whip cream but it's actually a completely different type of dessert.

[@lennybuttz2162]

Like the cream puff is a big dessert at WI's state fair but other than that you won't find it except at a few bakeries. The real dessert of WI is ice cream, not very exciting but it is The Dairy State.

[@jamiewhitford3469]

I'm from Ohio and the Buckeye is DEFINITELY our state's dessert. Yummy! 😋 You can't go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter! Love you guys! And, love your videos!!

[@michaelmacdermott6340]

Unless you're allergic to peanuts 🥺😢 And I am a born and raised Buckeye, expat in Panama. O-H

[@nancypatterson374]

I am from South Carolina and the Coconut Cake is our state dessert . It was my dad’s favorite dessert and on Holidays my mom always bought fresh coconuts and cracked and grated them for her cakes. They were the moistest cakes ever. She passed on August 30, 2020 at 100 years young! She was born in 1919 ! We were extremely lucky to have her so long. She loved baking and made all of our bread , cakes, pies, donuts from scratch. No store bought for her! 🇺🇸❤️

[@BushmasterBrackett]

I'm from Alabama and I'm so happy I stumbled across yall. I'm a traveling dreamer and love seeing other cultures.

[@TrueBeliever-gm8sn]

I’m from Alabama too and have never heard of Lane Cake.

[@BipolarIbarelyknowher]

@@TrueBeliever-gm8sn I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was confused 😄

[@robertballentine3936]

You’re family is so wonderful to watch. Thank you for your interest in our culture. Your friend in Nashville Tennessee

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

Louisiana could have been represented by bread pudding, pralines, or Bananas Foster. It's a great state for food. You need an ice cream freezer to make your own frozen custard. If you just put custard in your freezer, it will come out like a hard block of ice. Desserts like this need to be agitated as they freeze to prevent them from forming large crystals. I'm sure you could make some of these yourself. Just do a search for recipes. You should be able to make snickerdoodles at home, for instance.

[@richardd.2988]

I was VERY surprised that bread pudding wasn't represented ANYWHERE in this list!

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

No powered sugar on my Beignets ! And Cafe DuMonde is the ONLY place for them. And further down Decatur St towards the French Market is the Praline place where you can watch them being made in the window. A

[@davep2945]

@@baronedipiemonte3990 I agree with Cafe Du Monde. I've visited New Orleans a couple of times and beignets anywhere else don't taste the same. Bananas Foster made right is amazing, too.

[@JohnnyUtah15]

King Cake should be on the list.

[@joshuabolton3866]

I had a banana split there last time. It was goated it was from the ice cream shop by a cemetery in New Orleans. I forgot what it was called though

[@oldschool72]

Hmm I'm from Alaska ( in my 70's ) I'm not sure why she stated that Akutaq is Alaska's state dessert. It is an old staple that was made by the Upik at seal and whale harvest time, but mostly made with Caribou Tallow. It was considered a native version of ice cream but tasted nothing like a dessert. You would be hard pressed finding any one that actually still makes it. Maybe above the Brooks Range. The actual state dessert is Baked Alaska..Which is basically hard frozen real ice cream covered in a cake ( igloo shaped ) and a meringue then baked in the oven. If done right the ice cream doesn't melt.

[@QuisletEsq]

The whoopie pie may look like an Oreo but it isn’t. The two outer parts are spongey cake not hard cookie. The packaged ones usually have frosting in the middle but whipped cream is best. I don’t consider salt water taffy as a dessert. It is more of a candy aka sweet.

[@mlee-w664]

As a PA native, I love whoppie pies! I'm also glad they also mentioned that shoofly pie is also from Pennsylvania

[@DJCashew-DJCantaloupe]

You’re channel is one of the many things that brightens up my days of my existence. Peace in and out, and love in and out

[@blaze2001]

U guys make me wish I had kids. They are definitely a blessing they are so sweet and good natured. You raised them well :)

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

You just need to find yourself a good woman and get busy ;) lol.

[@ZakhadWOW]

HEY FAM! I can tell you that while Jello is incredibly popular in Utah, it isnt normally considered a DESSERT per se. There are variations involved whipped toppings and fruit all blended together, and in THAT form, yes a sort of dessert.. But plain jello is normally sort of a side dish along with salad.

[@ftc22]

It really is to me a hospital food. Jello

[@jaredfullmer7043]

As a Utah boy I can tell you that the last thing I think of when I think of my favorite dessert is jello. If you want a good Utah original, try barbecue Norbest turkey, straight out of Moroni, UT. Sanpete and Sevier counties are famous for the numbers of turkeys they raise. Barbecue turkey dinners were served for years at the National Guard armory in Manti when the Mormon Miracle Pageant was being performed, and they always used Moroni turkey.

[@ZakhadWOW]

@@jaredfullmer7043 I worked on the turkey farms in Davis county in the 70s. I know all I ever need to know about turkey farms Yeesh

[@ggoble9358]

I agree❕🥰👍🏻

[@kelseyk530]

Wisconsin, being the top dairy state, has a famous butterbuger and fresh custard ice cream (from our dairy farms) chain restaurants called Culver's, named after two Wisconsin brothers who founded it. Fresh beef and custard ice cream from our locally state sourced cows!!! It's 4x the cost than a McDonald's or Burger King, etc but so worth it for the fresh ingredients and varied menu. There are Flavors of the Day each month full of delicious, yummy concoctions like Crazy for Cookie Dough, Oreo Cheesecake, Dulce de Leche Cheesecake, Caramel Fudge Cookie Dough, Andes Mint Explosion, Butter Pecan, etc.and during the fall months they bring out delicious sweet potato fries and Pumpkin shakes that taste just like a homemade pumpkin pie batter. The restaurants are so popular that it has expanded into some surrounding states like MN, MI, IL, etc. Interestingly, my aunt worked for 40 years in HR at one of the other Culver brother's mortgage and insurance company called MGIC and knew the head honcho in the workplace and socially as they are avid golfers and his company would hold retreats that I remember my mom and I tagging along to stay in the $500+ a night suites at the famed Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago right on the famed Magnificent Mile and it held an Olympic size pool; or up to Kohler which holds the original fouding company and main corporate and manufacturing companies that comes up with and then produces all the fancy smart toilets, luxury Jacuzzi infinity bathtubs, multiple shower heads with a main waterfall tops, along with sinks and all other housing appliances like the aforementioned and more. And they built from scratch and own 3 prestigious golf courses that are built right on or near Lake Michigan for breathtaking views and designed by super famous course designers like Pete Dye and one course mimics playing in Ireland or St. Andrew's...and these courses have held Ladies U.S. Open Championships, Men's PGA Championships and two Ryder Cup tournaments that are held every 2 years in locations around the world as it's more informal format like a golfing "soccer" world cup with gen interaction and participation of rivalry encouraged between the European golfers vs American golfers and they all stay at the super luxurious The American Club, which is mainly members only and my aunt's company had corporate dealings, and again we were blesed to tag along and stayed in a huge $700 a night suites with a $15,000 Kohler jet massaging extra long tub along with the smart toilet and the rainfall shower. My dad has has the good fortune of golfing the course that overlooks Lake Michigan a couple times but you pay $$$$ to do so if you aren't a member.

[@roku5071]

There is a Culver's in the next town over and I love the butter burger and the fried chicken....so yummy

[@annlarsen437]

And they are in Missouri - we love to go there.

[@rtvant0814]

Culver’s restaurants also in Arizona.

[@zakattack9893]

Pecan Pie has always been one of my favorite desserts.

[@zh2184]

It is very enjoyable to watch Your New Zealand Family living their best lives and letting us in to watch it. It would be great to see Chef Atlanta and the family whip together some of these American treats in their kitchen.

[@TysonGiffordME]

Buckeye balls are really easy to make, we do then as Christmas cookies (along with others) 1 ½ c. creamy peanut butter ½ c. butter- soft 1 t. vanilla 16 oz. powdered sugar 6 oz. chocolate chips 2 T. vegetable shortening Mix first 4 ingredients and roll into bite sized balls. Refrigerate. Melt vegetable shortening and chocolate chips together. Dip balls in chocolate ½ way up. Dry on lined cookie sheet

[@offroad5798]

I worked at Westside Drive In in Boise, Idaho for a little bit when I was younger. The restaurant actually made it onto Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, a popular TV show here in the states. Everything on the menu there is ridiculously good. My favorite being the Prime Rib Dip. Those ice cream potatoes are insanely good and very popular throughout most of the state.

[@Phoenix-J81]

I live here in Nampa. I miss our drive-ins. Red steer was the best!

[@offroad5798]

@@Phoenix-J81 Oh no doubt! I work in Nampa. Small world lol

[@Phoenix-J81]

@@offroad5798 that's pretty awesome! 😄

[@chrisp9975]

I loved living in Boise for almost a year , I see Humpin Hannah’s is still there

[@offroad5798]

@@chrisp9975 it sure is lol

[@marydavis5234]

I live in Vermont, I do like Apple Pie, my favorite Dessert is a home=made version of a Chocolate Eclair, you will need Graham crackers, one package of Vanilla pudding, one package of Chocolate Pudding and whip Cream, in a glass baking dish, put a layer of Graham crackers on the bottom of the glass dish then a layer of Vanilla pudding than another layer of the Graham crackers than a layer of the Chocolate pudding, than keep on layering it until you run of a both the puddings, Put in the Fridge to set up and add the whip cream or cool whip right before serving, OOPS , almost forgot make sure the puddings are cold before putting it together and you can actually use butterscotch pudding instead of the Chocolate pudding

[@benyfrank4390]

Hi I am Benjamin from Minnesota hope we can be friends

[@TJ-Travler]

Hey NZFam!!! 🥧🍰🥟 My Favorite is the "Pineapple Upside Down Cake" It is simple to make and delicious to eat!!!🥟🍰🥧 Stay Healthy & Safe!!!! Peace, Love & Happiness!!!!💗

[@charlieeckert4321]

My mother used a cast iron skillet to make it for us. If you have one it makes it easier. Give it a try Atlanta!

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

My mom used to make that for every church event lol. Everyone always loved it, one time she didn't have pineapples and used pears instead, yummy!!!

[@LindaC616]

@@RedRoseSeptember22 I love.your mom.....what am idea!

[@Chris.Rhodes]

Pineapple upside down cake is what my mom made me every birthday growing up. My favorite cake by far. Second best would probably be a German chocolate

[@murieljames4022]

My favorite too! Why was it not mention, especially from Hawaii where pineapple plants are?

[@bearhunter1493]

a easy great dessert to make for your summer would be ice cream jello.... 1 box jello, 1 cup water, 2 cups vanilla ice cream... follow jello directions on the box, add ice cream stir till ice cream dissovles.. stick in the fridge till it sets up... very delicious

[@kathya9522]

Beignets are famous in New Orleans and loved pretty much state wide, but they are eaten for breakfast rather than as a dessert. There is not a state dessert as such. But some of the favorites are pecan pralines, Doberge cake, Bananas Foster, and King Cake.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

I want to try Bananas Foster sooo bad lol.

[@LindaC616]

@@RedRoseSeptember22 it's easy to make

[@LindaC616]

@@RedRoseSeptember22 it's easy to make

[@LindaC616]

@@RedRoseSeptember22 it's easy to make

[@LindaC616]

@@RedRoseSeptember22 it's easy to make.

[@anneo3754]

I was born in Washington state and have not heard of that. My favorite dessert was wild blackberry pie. I now live in Minnesota and blueberry muffins are great but I think my favorite is a pumpkin bar 😊 also here, Jello is actually referred to as a salad...

[@benyfrank4390]

Hi I am Benjamin from Minnesota hope we can be friends

[@jasonwins5516]

Yes love pumpkin bars

[@2011TinaBean]

I'm from Washington too & I have never heard of that dessert either! I would have to say Huckleberry crumble is the top contender on my side of Washington!

[@anneo3754]

@@2011TinaBean sounds delicious!

[@liamengram6326]

I am from NY and I love me a good cheesecake. For me, however, the best dessert ever is a good key lime pie. I like tart desserts and to me absolutely nothing beats the tart and sweet mixture of a key lime pie with graham cracker crust, and some whipped cream.

[@EmfasizE]

Liam, you are my long lost brother. I grew up outside the city, but my dad was from the Bronx. The first time I ate Key Lime Pie, it changed my life!!!!

[@tiahc3]

I grew up in Florida and it's better if made with a shortbread crust instead of graham cracker. If you like salty & sweet you can drizzle a little bit of dark chocolate across the top of your slice of key lime pie.

[@KD-wi1zl]

I like lemon pie or orange pie in a gram cracker crust too.

[@kristieslama6061]

Cheese cake factory has a keylime cheesecake hehe best of both worlds 😉

[@bwestacado9643]

NY style cheesecake, no toppings, is hands down my favorite desert. Like, if it's in the fridge that will my meals until it's gone lmao. I don't care if you stake claim to a slice, you better eat it before I finish mine or yours is next 😂

[@pamelap7841]

Frozen custard is all over the place here in Wisconsin. There are four different custard shops within a three mile (4.8km) radius of my home. Each day, each shop will offer a different "Flavor of the day". You can have the "Flavor of the day" or order vanilla or chocolate and add toppings. When our children were little we would drive around to the different shops and then we could each pick the flavor we wanted for that day. You can pick up the monthly schedule if you want to know what the flavor will be but it was fun to just spend the time together driving around and seeing who had what "Flavor of the day".

[@scapito]

Frozen Custard is very similar to regular ice cream, but amazingly silky and a little more dense. It is made the same way as ice cream, but with egg yolks (like a Custard base). No need to travel to try bourbon balls or buckeyes. Lots of wonderful confectioners make them in Kentucky and Ohio ready to ship. 😉 Also in Kentucky, we love our Derby Pie, which is similar to a pecan pie. Swap the pecans for walnuts and add chocolate chips. Yum!!!!

[@deborahsmith828]

You pretty much took the words out of my mind. Lol

[@deborahsmith828]

I will add a bit though. We like a lot of deserts in Kentucky like pumpkin pies, apple pies, chess pies, pecan pies, peach pies, Hershey pies, Derby pies, sweet potato pies, Meringue pies and about any pie you can think of. Then we have ice cream cakes, cheese cakes (strawberry, chocolate, both, etc), bundt cakes with pudding middles, upsidedown pineapple cakes, etc. Next Banana pudding, banana breads, pumpkin breads, sponge cakes with strawberries, caramel apples, sweet potato casserole deserts, blueberry desert, blackberry deserts, brownies, rice crispy marshmallow cookies, chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cookies, butterscotch cookies, etc. Homemade ice creams, all types of varieties, many different brands of ice creams too. Fudges, multiple flavors of popcorn,.etc I am forgetting a lot. Everything I've mentioned my family makes or brings to family get-togethers. I was born and raised in Kentucky.

[@bradparnell614]

Don't forget strawberry rhubarb pie. It's one of my favorites. I may have had more of those across the river in Indiana but fortunately Homeade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen here in Louisville, makes them as well.

[@scapito]

@@bradparnell614 Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen is amazing!

[@theMermaidRhonda]

Hey there fellow KY girl!

[@sagechickenhomestead1]

Gooey butter cake is big in Missouri, so is frozen custard. Flan is very much like crème brûlée. Personally, I love cheesecake and pumpkin pie.

[@benyfrank4390]

Hi I am Benjamin from Minnesota hope we can be friends outside this app

[@debbiedean3165]

In the 80’s Mississippi Mud Pie became a thing at a restaurant we went to. I started making it (so easy, Oreo cookie crust, ice cream of your choice and whipped cream on top). It was such a hit with my children that they started requesting it on their birthdays instead of cake. It gets melty , all of the ingredients all running together, yum. Some of the really inexpensive desserts came out of WWII times when food was rationed for the soldiers and moms made the best of it and came up with delicious but inexpensive desserts. What are you going to make first Atlanta 🥰? Love you all ❤️

[@richieevans8617]

HEY I AM THE NEXT STATE SOUTH FROM YALL ??? FLORIDA 😂

[@brandib8465]

I made homemade Mud Pies for Christmas with Coffee Hagen Daz ice cream. Used chocolate Belgian waffle crisps & finely chopped pecans for the crust. So yummy!!

[@casisawesome3618]

At first I was gonna say, donuts are not a main dessert for cali. When I remembered that almost every two blocks there's a place to buy donuts, whether bakery store or bakery in supermarkets, coffee shops, mom and pop shops, or the many 7 elevens, winchell's that are everywhere.

[@emberbaker7798]

I'm from St. Louis Missouri. My favorite is called a Cardinal Sin. From a frozen custard place called Ted Drew's. Vanilla frozen custard, covered in hot fudge and tart cherries, with whipped cream on top. Yum!

[@amrogers4]

Hello from NE Missouri 👋🏻 Can't go wrong with frozen custard and hot fudge!

[@benyfrank4390]

Hi I’m Benjamin from Minnesota hope we can be friends

[@jovetj]

Hello from Nebraska. I would love to try this sometime!

[@danafredrickson42]

The buckeyes are kind of like a homemade Reesie cup they are so good and they're so easy to make recipes on the Internet the kids could even help you make them their fun we make a every Christmas as a family event

[@benyfrank4390]

Hi I’m Benjamin from Minnesota hope we can be friends

[@carolwhite8472]

I’m from Illinois, and the video listed caramel or cheese corn as our state dessert. We consider those snacks, not desserts! You have already made our state pie, pumpkin. While you may know this dessert as a Thanksgiving classic, Illinois went the extra mile and named pumpkin pie as its official state pie in 2015. This easy pumpkin pie recipe takes just five minutes to prepare and will last in the freezer for up to two months after it's been baked. And the other dessert Illinois is famous for are Brownies! There have hundreds of ways to make brownies. Brownies made their debut at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, so I thought it was only fair to credit Chicago for one of the world’s favorite baked goods. After all, the original recipe, which contains a pound of chocolate and a pound of butter, is a good one. You can find the original recipe for the 1893 world’s fair brownies online……I looked it up and interestingly it has apricot preserves incorporated in the recipe. I love your videos!

[@jasonwins5516]

From Illinois to and I agree with everything you said

[@marcilk7534]

Everything made its debut at the Chicago World’s Fair. Lol. I think half the food we eat must have originated there. That Fair was a really big deal.

[@bpowell7999]

Key lime pie is my absolute favorite! At many family gatherings in the South, you'll find banana pudding (including Thanksgiving!)

[@back2black717]

I ADORE our Key Lime pie!! And the Strawberry Shortcake!!

[@LindaC616]

Hey, NZ fam.... Atlanta, here's your challenge ...flan! -4 eggs -2 cans evaporated milk (12 oz, I know you don't use oz, but this is just so you have the amounts for conversion). -1 can condensed milk (I think it's 10 oz) -Dash vanilla extract -3 oz cream cheese (this is what makes it Puerto Rican style, you can leave it out, but it's better with). -Cinnamon (optional) -2/3-1C sugar You'll need a square or round cake pan (glass or metal, doesn't matter), plus a larger pan that it can sit inside. Over medium to low heat, caramelize all the sugar--just keep stirring it until it has all melted into a golden liquid. Don't worry if it clumps up on your spoon, just keep stirring, it'll happen. When it's all liquid and golden, pour it into the pan. Combine the cream cheese with the condensed milk (hand mixer). Taste a bit, because-why not!? 🙂 Once it's well combined, add in the eggs, evaporated milk, cinnamon and vanilla, beat to combine. Pour all of it right on top of the sugar in the pan. Fill the larger pan halfway with warm water, then place the cake pan with mixture in it. The water should be about halfway up the side of the cake pan, not over. Stick it in the oven (not really a need to preheat), set temp to 400F (I think that's 200-205C). Walk away for forty minutes! You can check it halfway to turn it, to make sure the top is will be an even color. When you remove it, it may jiggle a little, but the top should be fully cooked and golden. (If there are burned spots, you can flake that off when it's cooled). Allow it to cool completely. You can serve it as is, with the sugar caramel in the bottom of the pan, or you can be dramatic: take a large shallow bowl that's bigger than the pan. A plate might work, but it shouldn't be completely flat, as the caramel will go all over. Run a knife around the edge of the pan. Put the plate or bowl on top of the cake pan, and quickly flip. If you used a glass cake pan, you might want to ask your mom for help. Cut into pieces, and spoon caramel over the top. Enjoy!

[@darlanilsen879]

LOVE flan!

[@africanfartingfrog]

Flan is a real challenge. It's very prone to "breaking"

[@benyfrank4390]

Can we be friends outside this app

[@janew4609]

We have friends from Cuba and their grandmother makes the BEST flan I’ve ever had!

[@LindaC616]

@@janew4609 A colleague's wife, who is from Spain once said "you make the most amazing flan!" When she asked me how I made it (because she had lapsed into use in the box version since being in the US) and I told her she said "oh, cream cheese? Well it's not really flan is it?" But it really changes the texture for people who normally don't like fun because it jiggles. The cream cheese makes it more firm, even that tiny amount.

[@gs4life92rips.e7]

Being an Atlanta, Ga resident, I have to say your daughter has an awesome name lol. Also NOTHING tops peach cobbler.. try it with vanilla ice cream!

[@heysylvs]

Key Lime Pie is awesome. I would love to send the family a Florida box!

[@mokumboi19]

Yeah, key lime pie in Miami is living the dream.

[@xxTheMouseThatRoaredxx]

The gooey butter cake is easy to make and one of my favorites, but I did live in Missouri for 15 years

[@benyfrank4390]

Hi I’m Benjamin from Minnesota hope we can be friends

[@aliwantizu]

Hello from Detroit, Michigan. While Mackinac Island fudge IS very popular, I think that Bumpy Cake made by the Sander's Chocolate and Candy Company may be more of a favorite "dessert," while the fudge is more like a "sweet treat" that one can have any time and not just for a dessert (which cake is typically more of a dessert thing.) Thanks for this! ~Be Blessed

[@alboyer6]

Michigan is more than fudge!

[@ManiacGamer1988]

Seriously. I made sure on the previous video to point out the prevalence of Coney dogs, which are bigger than either of the desserts in my experience.

[@BBBYpsi]

@@ManiacGamer1988 Bills coney dogs in Ypsilanti along with their Home made Rootbeer. Also lets not forget Michigan made Paczki popular

[@BBBYpsi]

I wonder why there is not a cherry desert since Traverse City is the Cherry capitol of the world

[@jaclyndeboer7912]

Bumpy cake must just be a Detroit thing. I've live around Grand Rapids my whole life, and never heard of it. Fudge was my first thought, or maybe Cherry Pie.

[@oldvetwhotravels.5326]

I am with you brother. Pecan pie rules. Love your family's videos. Hope you are all doing great.

[@itzaidans9040]

As a Missourian, I have to say that both gooey butter cake and frozen custard is amazing!

[@michaelmetzker9694]

How can you not fall in love with this family...I can sit and watch their videos all day long. If anyone is interested in a yummy easy dessert to make, try this simple three ingredient recipe: One box of regular flavored Ritz crackers, one can of sweetened condensed milk and one package of SKOR caramel bits. Smash the Ritz crackers completely into a bowl and then add the other two ingredients mixing thoroughly. Take a 9 x 9 baking pan and line it with parchment paper. Add mixture into the pan and spread out evenly. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes and let stand to cool and harden up slightly. Slice into squares and ENJOY !!! For added pleasure, you can add chocolate chips and shredded coconut as well for an even better taste. If anyone tries this recipe, please comment back on what you thought of it.

[@thelivabug8147]

I’ve lived in Alabama all my life and never had or seen a Lane Cake, it was famous from a book set in Alabama but I don’t think most people make it! Cakes we love are pound cake, butter pecan cake, chocolate cake made with mayonnaise, strawberry cake. We also love pies… pumpkin, sweet potato, chocolate, pecan. Not a homemade dessert but have y’all ever had Moon Pies? (Not a pie, more like cake with marshmallow dipped in chocolate or other flavors)

[@dstamour625]

What I love for desert is to make toast or if I got the extra time I will fry it up with some cinnamon sugar and then I put marshmallow fluff and peanut butter on it. Then another on it and putting it back on the pan and putting a cover on it. Usually just a minute tell the fluff is extra Gooey and the peanut butter is creamy. It’s a must need to try.

[@patriciaanderson8556]

When I was a child and young girl, we made homemade ice cream many times every summer and for holidays through out the year. The base was a cooked vanilla custard that had several cups of cream added to it, before it went into the ice cream maker. I can't find the exact recipe today, and although I would attempt to do it from memory here, I wouldn't do that to you over the internet. You will need an ice cream maker. I have no idea if they have them in New Zealand. The recipe below is as close as I could find from my childhood. (I have no idea why they add flour in the recipe, but I copied it from their recipe, so I left it in. We never used it when a kid, the eggs would thicken the custard.) Old-Time Custard Ice Cream (from Taste of Home) 1-1/2 cups sugar 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 cups whole milk 4 large eggs, lightly beaten 2 pints heavy whipping cream 3 tablespoons vanilla extract Directions In a large heavy saucepan, combine sugar, flour and salt. Gradually add milk until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat. In a small bowl, whisk a small amount of hot mixture into eggs; return all to pan, whisking constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from heat immediately. Quickly transfer to a large bowl; place bowl in a pan of ice water. Stir gently and occasionally for 2 minutes. Press plastic wrap onto surface of custard. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Stir cream and vanilla into custard. Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer two-thirds full; freeze according to manufacturer's directions. (Refrigerate remaining mixture until ready to freeze.) Transfer ice cream to freezer containers, allowing headspace for expansion. Freeze 2-4 hours or until firm. Repeat with remaining ice cream mixture. We would add fresh strawberries, chopped peaches, etc into the ice cream base before starting to churn it, you don't need any added sugar.

[@amrogers4]

Grandma and Grandpa had us over COUNTLESS Sundays where homemade ice cream was the perfect ending to a prefect day!

[@benyfrank4390]

Hi I am Benjamin from Minnesota hope we can be friends

[@DylanYoungDev]

After living in Oregon for a few years, I can agree with the obsession for Marionberries in everything. Way better than blueberries and huckleberries, so good in ice cream, and I used to love the cobblers and pies. Miss it, can't get it down here in Florida now, but I agree with Key lime pies being a Florida staple as well, although more common in SE Florida.

[@Lisa-j9z9d]

Marionberry cobbler warmed with vanilla ice cream

[@Lisa-j9z9d]

I live at the coast in Oregon salt water taffy

[@shantereed]

Georgia is the peach state and I don’t know why but we have more pecans than peaches. Most of our peaches come from South Carolina.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

I also learned that watermelons are another state fruit there?

[@zr1vetteman985]

SC here: Yeah, SC produces more peaches but Ga. is the peach state - kind of weird. But I do love Ga.sweet Vidalia Onions!!

[@johnalden5821]

Delaware does produce some nice peaches, but nowhere near the number that South Carolina does (and maybe Georgia still does). Being on the coast, Delaware has a pretty moderate climate, so it can hang with the Southern states on peaches, to some extent.

[@shantereed]

@@RedRoseSeptember22 yes some really good ones Also scuppernongs, I tried to find them when I moved to California and they had no idea what I was taking about.

[@shantereed]

@@zr1vetteman985 yes lol, surprise you guys didn’t feel some kind of way about that lol. But yes noting like those Vidalia onions. My family live there and we would get them every time we went.

[@iamteelynn]

Mississippi Mud Pie is a family favorite at Christmas Time. The Peanut Butter Balls also have a great flavor. My Gramma and Mom always made chocolate fried pies and those were outstanding, they also made no bake cookies, however we called them boiled cookies. Unsweetened cocoa powder, white sugar, instant oatmeal, butter, milk, peanut butter

[@oldmanjimh3165]

Where I grew up (Penna) there is 'Rita's Frozen Ice' and they have frozen custard. They close during the winter. Since I loved the custard so much, I bought several 1/2 gallons and put them in the freezer. Although okay, they did lose much of the appeal.

[@woolftwo]

I'm in Virginia, our Rita's went out of business a few years ago. But I did the same thing as you with the frozen custard, and it did lose a bit of the pizzazz 😞

[@collaldridge6506]

Frozen custard is fairly easy if you have something to keep stirring it while it freezes. What you use when making frozen yogurt should work.

[@anthonycochran6492]

I've lived in Washington State for almost forty years, and I've never even heard of a Nanaimo Bar. That being said, I don't frequent Starbucks either. I wouldn't call it commonplace here. Also, there are several types of huckleberries species here. My favorite is the Red Huckleberry. Salmon berries are another wild treat when out hunting or fishing...just be careful, the bears like them too.

[@jsears541]

45 year old WA resident here, and my thoughts exactly. I was like, a what? You can't just pick something off the Starbucks menu and claim it's Washington's state dessert!

[@LindaC616]

I thought you guys would so something with cherries

[@markhamstra1083]

Nanaimo is, of course, the small city on Vancouver Island right across the Strait of Georgia from Vancouver city. Until Starbucks started selling them, Nanaimo bars used to be the kind of thing that you’d only get on a trip to Vancouver Island. So, yeah, more of a B.C. thing than a Washington thing.

[@msdarby515]

South Dakotan, here. We eat kuchen for breakfast, as a snack, and dessert. There's so many variations. You can even make a savory version. Atlanta could whip one up super easy....pro tip, we usually make several in one batch. They freeze nicely and you can just pull them out of the freezer and have a treat for company that stops over, or if you need something to take to a potluck.

[@IamnotMethisisnotI]

Howdy from Texas! My favorite dessert that my family would always make on holidays is Watergate salad. It’s whipped cream, powdered pistachio jello mix, pineapple, mini marshmallows, and chopped pecans al in one bowl. Despite the very weird engredients it’s absolutely delicious!

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Ah yep my sister made some for Thanksgiving recently.

[@tj_2701]

Can agree this is good, it's a shame it's not as common. It used to be at every gathering of pepole.

[@EmfasizE]

This was my nightmare growing up!!!! Oh how I hated it! From my TX mother to all the older texas women in my family, my NY father and myself, who grew up in NY but now have lived back in TX for almost 20 years. You couldnt pay us to eat this dessert that was always at Thanksgiving or Christmas.

[@mountainmama4068]

I make a water gate cake but it does not have marshmellows or pineapples in it and it’s delicious it looks like a Christmas wreath with cherries

[@devhunter1702]

Actually frozen custard is just that. Custard that is frozen and it is very simple to make at home. The biggest drawback to it, is the time involved. Depending on the recipe you pick, it will take 6 - 8 hours due to the need to freeze it. Nearly all cooking websites will have a recipe for it. My personal favorite is Ree Drummond's from the food network. If you decide to make any of these, would love to see your reactions.

[@firebird7479]

I'm from New Jersey. Salt water taffy is NOT a dessert. It is not readily available throughout the state. It is a seasonal CANDY made exclusively in the resort towns like Atlantic City. Also, the Pennsylvania Amish are more known for their SHOO FLY PIE, not the dessert in this video.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Also there's no actual "salt water" in it lol.

[@sunandsage]

Salt water taffy is also something that is made in Utah too. I've actually taken a tour of the plant that makes it. It's in Salt Lake City.

[@davidlevy706]

New Jersey's dessert should have been Italian water ice - which is _far_ better than the shave ice mentioned for Hawaii.

[@alisonrobinson3253]

I'm from BC Canada, southwest coast, Nanaimo bars were "invented" in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. We make them all the time and they are a must at Christmas.

[@steveray9655]

As a native Mainer (someone from the State of Maine), my personal favorite dessert is Strawberry Shortcake. It's great after a meal of lobster and clams!

[@jovetj]

I really love the strawberry shortcake that I make. So, so good!

[@Solo_gurl1]

In Maryland you will see layered cakes in some stores but layered cakes are mainly made during the holidays

[@maryjennings4913]

I'm a Marylander!!! The Smith Island cake is accurate, and good. We also have two signature cookie companies too. One is Berger's Cookies. They make a round, shortbread cookie, with a thick, rich, chocolate icing on top. We also have Otterbein's cookies, they are a thinner, crunchier chocolate chip, or a sugar cookie!!! Also, I'm jealous that your McDonald's Apple Pies are still fried!!! Ours are baked, and not as good!!

[@johnalden5821]

Also a Marylander -- I love all three. The Smith Island cake is really moist and delicious because of the frosting between the many layers. Berger cookies take the definition of "cookie" and send it more toward "fudge cake."

[@maryjennings4913]

@@johnalden5821 I'm in Glen Burnie!! Hello to a fellow Hon'!!!!!

[@johnalden5821]

@@maryjennings4913 Hi Mary! I currently live in Howard County, but I grew up in PG, plus have lived in Baltimore, Baltimore County (Parkville) and Annapolis over the years (plus a brief stint in Montgomery). Plus, my family has been going danny ayshun for two decades. We're a small state with a lot of wonderful people and cool things to do.

[@maryjennings4913]

@@johnalden5821 "danny ashun!" Our accent is rather unusual, and interesting!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@darkerbrother1]

There is no better cookie on the planet than the Berger Chocolate Top cookie HUN 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿 Smith Island Cakes 🎂 speak for themselves. You can actually get them from MS DESSERTS (aka Bakery Express) in Halethorpe.

[@tennesseedime407]

I’m from TN and the banana pudding is spot on. So good

[@moviekris0426]

One of the few perks of living in Alabama: we are always on the list first 😂 I’ve never heard of that cake, but doesn’t surprise me that it has chocolate and pecans in it though!

[@shannonschell482]

I'm from Alabama I've never heard of it either lol

[@aliciajames8038]

Me either! I was like What? What is a Lane cake?

[@richardferguson3997]

Hi from Arkansas! Hey guys we're native California transplants to Arkansas. I love your videos. Believe it or not, I'm learning many things about my country from your videos too! LOL I love your beautiful charming family (stumbled upon you through KZbin suggestion, so glad I found you). We've been watching some Australian and British TV shows the last few years and have fallen in love with the landscapes and people of New Zealand and Australia from these shows. Would love to visit, not sure if we'll ever be able to, but appreciate the ability to visit virtually through the internet and learn that we're all so much the same. We love our families and have an insatiable desire to learn about the rest of the world. You've inspired me to find out more about New Zealand and its history. God bless you all and please keep sharing! Regina and Richard

[@frandistabile4723]

I love watching your reactions to all the states food and dessert. I can see your mouth watering, lol! Frozen Custard is absolutely delicious. I am loving a lot of these desserts especially the Buckeye Peanut Butter balls. I pretty much love anything peanut butter and chocolate. Great video as always!

[@Quarton]

The Buckeye Peanut Butter Balls are a favorite for Christmas, along with "Divinity" and "Peppermint Bark" (. . . and homemade "carmel candy", "puppy chow" and "saltine toffee cookies"!

[@frandistabile4723]

They are so delicious Roger and I have only had them once. I also love the peppermint bark! I never heard of puppy chow, but I bet it is good!

[@Tux.Penguin]

Note for Denzel (the Cincinnati Bengal’s fan) in case he didn’t know, the buckeye isn’t just a dessert, it is also the name of the sports teams at the Ohio State University.

[@topcatwarrior]

That was a fun dessert road trip around the United States! I’m from California and I am not so sure about donuts being dessert because I have eaten them for breakfast with coffee. Frozen custard is a favorite of mine, similar to ice cream but the egg makes it richer and creamier. Thanks for being you and sharing your lovely family with us.💕

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Yeah they're more of a breakfast thing for me as well when I have them since I can't very often lol.

[@mayhemacres725]

I think donuts are a breakfast food for the majority of the country. I've not heard of anyone having them for dessert before.

[@angelagunderson7212]

Live in CA and yeah I wouldn't call donuts a popular dessert here. I would have to say ice cream because we have so many homemade or small batch fabulous ice cream shops here in So Cal.

[@BB.halo_heir]

I agree. We have a lot of donut shops here, but favorite dessert, not sure about that. I would have to say hot fudge sundae or banana split. Love all desserts, I think California doesn't discriminate and just loves them all! ♡

[@shadowoftsushima7942]

Here in Michigan when you go to Traverse City there's a fudge place called Doug Murdicks Mackinac Island fudge. You can order it already done or wait a little bit longer and watch them make your fudge.

[@cousinvinny2443]

Hi from New Jersey! Salt water taffy is one of my LEAST favorite desserts. I love doughnuts, tiramisu, carrot cake, ice cream, chocolate chip cookies, etc.

[@ReagonL0L]

From Montana. For huckleberries, you're competing with foraging grizzly bears who also like huckleberries. Most people keep the spots they know of hidden to only family.

[@redstateforever]

FYI: Here in the south, Atlanta would be called “Atlanna”. Or often, “Atlanna darlin’”. We sort of drop that second “T” right down on the floor, and the “g” in words that end in “ing” gets the same treatment. Just curious to know what she thinks of that, if it would feel like folks were calling her the wrong name, lol.

[@jwrockets]

AKA Hot-lanta. My dad grew up there.

[@marlawright5711]

I am born and raised here in Colorado and I never knew about our state dessert. Pretty interesting.

[@benyfrank4390]

Hi I am Benjamin from Minnesota hope we can be friends

[@lootllama8862]

The look on Denzel's face when you said that Sam. Then he was red faced and in deep thought about what you just said. Don't be shy like that Denzel, we try not to waste anything over here. But personally, I have never tried them myself. Whoopie Pies are really easy to make with boxed chocolate cake mix. But the filing is the best part. I make a decorator frosting to fill mine and the kids love them. Hi from NH.

[@Mary-sh2bp]

I’m from California. But I’m also Filipino. We Californians love avocados, but we Filipinos love it as a dessert! Get ice, roughly chop your avocados into big size pieces, and put condensed milk on top of it. I usually put about two tablespoons and about 1/4 cup of cold milk. Stir it with a spoon and voila! Enjoy! You can also make a shake with the same ingredients, but I genuinely want to know what you guys think about it! P.S. I put more condensed milk depending on my mood, so feel free to adjust it. 😁

[@timothyshortnacy7550]

Fun video as usual! I live in California. I am not certain that the donut is representing as the states official dessert! There are so many different kinds of desserts, it would be hard to choose for sure! Good to see you all! Take care of yourselves!!

[@twinkincarnate]

me too! I was surprised donuts were our state dessert, they're great but not amazing!

[@dreamscapechaser517]

Yes, we do love our huckleberries here in Montana. We put them in everything (milkshakes, lemonade, tea, pie, cakes, candies, etc.).

[@jennm3321]

As always, so fun to watch your reactions to everything! 🥰 Love y'all! Texas Pecan Pie--nailed it! 😋 So yummy! And just like everything else in Texas, we make our pecans huge. Most of the are about the size of a Brazil Nut. We also love marangue pies (lemon or chocolate pie topped with oven toasted marangue. 😋 Also, not to argue, (shhh! don't let the cat out of the bag to those Iowans) but I have to say hands down that Brenham, TX makes the very best (Blue Bell) ice cream in the country. (Their slogan even says so and it is most definitely true.) Shaved ice for Hawaii -- who knew? Here in Texas, we call them sno-cones and they come in about every flavor imaginable-- even pickle! My favorites are rainbow and piña colada. Anyway, enjoy exploring our country's many wonderful desserts and always remember "stressed" spelled backward is "desserts". 😘

[@wingcase9122]

LOL as an Iowan I was surprised to see Ice Cream, I completely forgot about the HQ being here, I guess it's because I'm not a big ice cream eater. I was expecting Puppy Chow or Scotcheroos, seems like a majority of people outside of the Midwest don't know about Puppy Chow! I don't know where they originated, but they're some of my favorites!

[@jennm3321]

No, I only know about the puppy chow dog food. So what is puppy chow for people like? And what are Scotcheroos?

[@wingcase9122]

@@jennm3321 You HAVE to try it, it’s pretty difficult to explain. Puppy chow is cereal, chocolate, and powdered sugar. You’ll have to Google the recipes I don’t necessarily know how to make them but when we have them at family events it’s so good!

[@jovetj]

I always urge everyone to toast/roast their nuts slightly to bring out the nutty flavor before using them in a recipe.

[@shadowkissed2370]

I have never heard of the Smith Island Cake and I live right on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. A whoopie pie has two cake-like halves with buttercream frosting in the middle. They are made with all kinds of flavors like pumpkin, chocolate, birthday cake, etc. The buckeyes are not that hard to make you just need peanut butter, butter, powdered sugar (icing sugar), vanilla extract, and semi-sweet chocolate. You mix the ingredients together except the chocolate, roll it into balls, melt the chocolate and then dunk the balls in the chocolate.

[@DavidA20200]

Don’t let anybody fool you, in Pennsylvania we love shoofly pie! Yeah the Whoopie pie definitely has its place but shoofly pie is the staple for Pennsylvania Mennonite and Amish desserts

[@budncandie1]

I was born and raised in Longmont Colorado and my wife was raised in the Denver metro area, I can honestly say that neither of us have ever heard of a Duffy roll. They looked good though. When I was growing up my mom would make me a strawberry cream roll for my birthday (I don’t like chocolate) it is super easy, Atlanta would probably be able to kill this recipe. It’s just a nice thin about 1 inch thick pound cake that she would put a layer of fresh made heavy cream on and a layer of sliced strawberries, roll it up into a log, then frost the whole thing in the rest of the cream and top it in whole or sliced strawberries. That was my personal favorite dessert. Thanks for all the fun and great videos! I just found you not long ago and I truly enjoy the love you have for each other and our Country.

[@celestegross6622]

You should start a series where you make some of these desserts. Most of them are pretty easy to make.

[@marksiniard9731]

Yes, you are correct in thinking of peaches in Georgia. As a Georgia native though, we don't have huge peach crop like most people believe. And being from the south we enjoy home made apple pies.

[@blacksnapper7684]

I know this isn’t a dessert but if you ever come to South Carolina you MUST try boiled peanuts. So good

[@DogwafflDan]

Yes. They are way better than what you think they're going to be.

[@marcilk7534]

If you have an ice cream maker, you can make frozen custard. You basically are just making a sweet custard (extra sweet because it tastes less sweet when frozen), then cooled and frozen in an ice cream maker. There are recipes online. Even if the recipe says it’s for ice cream, you’ll know it’s custard by the large number of egg yolks (probably 6). Just make sure you strain the custard after warming it because I have yet to not end up with cooked eggs in my base.

[@sambooher7480]

North Carolina 💪🏼🇺🇸

[@jeffburnham6611]

As a native of Minnesota, I don't recall blueberry muffins being served much for dessert. Strawberry-rhubarb pie, or plain rhubarb pie, or rhubarb sauce drizzled over vanilla ice cream was pretty common at many outdoor gatherings. The further north in the state you went, then green tomato pie was common (it has a taste similar to apple, but with more of a kick).

[@CamoJan]

I was also going to mention, as a Minnesotan, that something with rhubarb should have been mentioned. I make a rhubarb custard bar that is to die for!

[@jimsmisadventuresinbeekeeping]

I love your initial reaction to possum pie, it was priceless... I have been living in Virginia for over 40 years and never heard of chess pie, I will have to check it out. You should really try banana pudding, i'm sure Atlanta could fix you up a batch if you have all the ingredients, to me it is the best on the list.

[@NarwahlGaming]

I'd imagine they'd have the same reaction to 'Poop Cookies'. "Eww...OOH!" 😂

[@LindaC616]

I think chess pie is an Appalachian thing, IIRC

[@robinmills8675]

I am a 67 year old born and raised Virginian. I have heard of chess pie, but I have never had it. To me, there is nothing better than hot apple pie with vanilla ice cream.

[@chrischreative2245]

We make chess pie in Tenn. Too. I live in Md now and make a good chess pie thanks to mom.

[@heatherscott1265]

Yummy stuff. During the holidays, I make Dirty Snowballs (combination of white chocolate, cream cheese and crushed oreos) and one of my family's recipes passed down through the generations... pie crust cookies. A favorite of mine that can get at some Japanese restaurants is fried green tea icecream.

[@MikeTheBeastsVideos]

Ah yes, everything always comes back to the Pavlova when discussing food. Once it is safe to travel again, you definitely should make videos of trying all these different desserts in all 50 states and territories.

[@srice6231]

Buckeyes are easy to make and fun for a family activity. Recipes are online.

[@xoCaboLo]

Ironically I am on a no-sugar challenge right now so this was very hard for me to watch! FYI… the sweet potatoes pie shown in this video is different from the sweet potato dish that many have at Thanksgiving.

[@samanthadillard2853]

So so very true that is more like a pumpkin pie

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

@@rhiahlMT I'm diabetic as well but I still have a little bit of sugar now and then :)

[@xoCaboLo]

@@rhiahlMT Thanks for the tips!

[@johnalden5821]

We've had both the pie and the casserole (with the marshmallows on top), and both are excellent. Some folks will use sweet potato pie at Thanksgiving, because they prefer it to pumpkin pie.

[@aaronrichards9596]

I lived in Kansas for many years and frozen custard is definitely a big thing from Freddie’s Frozen Custard. I live in Centerville TN now and we actually do have Banana Pudding contests.

[@kennethcook9406]

I've lived near Denver (Colorado) for my entire life, and have never heard of those cinnamon roll knock-offs. Unfortunately, I can't think of any dessert that is specific to Colorado. On a side note, you need to keep an eye on Denzel, he's a bit of a ham on camera!

[@OriginalAlchery]

I'm a Colorado native and have never heard of duffyrolls. We are known for our peach festival though, so I'd say up there with Georgia and foods with peaches rather than, as you said, cinnamon roll knock-offs.

[@kennethcook9406]

@@OriginalAlchery I was born in Boulder and while you're right about the peaches, I just remembered about Rocky Ford cantaloupes! (a mellon, for those who don't want to look it up)

[@kennethcook9406]

So that's our 2 dessert foods specific to Colorado, Palisade peaches and Rocky Ford cantaloupes. Each named for the city they come from.

[@OriginalAlchery]

@@kennethcook9406 Oh, you're right! I totally forgot about the cantaloupes!

[@kennethcook9406]

@@OriginalAlchery That's okay, I almost forgot them too. Along with Honeydew melons (not a Colorado thing) All because everybody loves Watermelon more!

[@robertvirtue8070]

In Lancaster Co. Pa Shoo-Fly Pie is is a popular dessert , I also like Mince Meat pie , but Coconut Cream is my all time favorite. As for a meat, Scrapple is a big favorite, made from pork scrapes and corn meal, boiled with seasons and poured in to pans and let it cool and thicken.Slice it and fry it.

[@LuckyDoge]

Bro I agree with Utah and Im from Tennessee. But I mean... we all know... *Ice Cream beats everyone.*

[@aprilrose6630]

Just found this family and they're so nice and fun! Love how they like the American culture and ways! Their reactions show surprise, joy, awe, respect, shock and love!! Loved this 'sweet' dessert vid! 😉 would luv to see their reactions if they came to USA and tried all these!! They'd not want to leave LOL!! 😉😊👌 Cheers from USA!