Favorite Holland America desserts

[MaiTaiMary]

 I’ve never sailed HA before. Which desserts should I keep an eye out for?? 😁

[vlbradley21]

Ricotta raspberry tart at dinner in the MDR was my favorite dessert I had during my Alaska cruise in June

[Cruise Suzy]

Bread pudding - I'm sure I'm not the only one who will vote for this!

[SilvertoGold]

Canaletto's Tiramisu and the MDR's Opera Cake are favs for us.

[BruhnSisters]

Yes, I second the tiramisu suggestion! 

[Haljo1935]

43 minutes ago, MaiTaiMary said:

 I’ve never sailed HA before. Which desserts should I keep an eye out for?? 😁

Welcome to HAL!

I have too many dessert favorites to name one 🫣 each one already named, I said, "yes, that one!!" Every time, lolbut the tiramisu in Canaletto is pretty amazing. 

Edited October 22, 2023 by Haljo1935
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[Rubyfisch]

49 minutes ago, SilvertoGold said:

Canaletto's Tiramisu and the MDR's Opera Cake are favs for us.

It's funny - the Opera Cake was the only dessert I didn't like.

[Rubyfisch]

This was fantastic - it was a warm chocolate cake with a caramelized banana and a scoop of coffee ice cream. It was on the first formal night (night 2 of 7 for us).

 

[sandiego1]

On the World Cruise this year, I kept a note on my phone listing the desserts I liked and which ones I didn’t. I didn’t want to waste calories (or food) ordering something I didn’t enjoy. I love chocolate. That coffee ice cream, chocolate cake and banana would have been a 5* desert for me if they had served it on the WC. 
 

I didn’t bother listing any of the non-chocolate desserts 🙂 However, I did enjoy the various berry crisps. None of my friends like the banana or pineapple crisps. Unfortunately, those were served more often than the berry or apple crisps.

 

Here’s my list:

 

Favorites;

Chocolate delight (round chocolate on cracker, like fudge)

Chocolate cake with carmelized popcorn 

Chocolate soufflé 

Flourless chocolate cake

Double chocolate tart

Chocolate raspberry tart

 

Maybe:

Chocolate brownie stack

Chocolate Paris Brest (good choc mousse, bad crust)

 

No:

Chocolate croqant praline

Opera cake with coffee buttercream 

Chocolate caramel tart

Sachet torte

Linzer torte

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

Key lime pie at PG. 

[Stratheden]

Creme Brulee.

[crystalspin]

Cookies and ice cream in the Lido?  I may not be a dessert person.

[Cajuntraveler]

Peanut butter pie. it is only served on first day in the buffet.

[Infi]

Peanut butter pie in the Lido (seems to be served every Saturday in the menu rotation)

Banana chocolate tart (MDR)

Key Lime pie (Pinnacle dinner)

Chocolate brownie (Pinnacle lunch)

Watermelon pie (have not seen this in years but hope springs eternal)

[X-elite]

1. Ice cream

2. Cookies

[Mary229]

I am a simple woman - crème brûlée, Pavlova and hot fudge Sunday (a recent discovery for me).  In the lido - bread pudding.  In Pinnacle - key lime pie.  In Canaletto - the gelato trio.   

[Rubyfisch]

I had forgotten about the peanut butter pie - it's amazing. And no where near as heavy as it sounds. On my next cruise, I might steal a piece and stash it my fridge for a midnight snack.

 

Here's a not great photo of it:

 

[lstrong]

I love the fruit crisps in MDR

[Torquer]

4 minutes ago, lstrong said:

I love the fruit crisps in MDR

Fruit crisps are often not on the menu, but ask your waiter.  There is always one fruit crisp available every evening even if it is not on the menu; it just varies which kind of fruit.  They are delicious.

[AKJonesy]

IMHO, HAL does amazing bread, and I wish it was the same for desserts.  I do want to quality my response by saying that I'm not one of those Americans that requires a ton of sugar in the desserts because I don't like that.  I recently had what they called "cheesecake", but I don't know what that was...kind of a cross between cheesecake and custard more like.  I know people rave about the bread pudding, and honestly I don't get it.  Their tiramisu and creme brulee is very decent.  But, if you are a dessert snob like me (beer snob also), then go with the Gelato in the Canaletto or at the Gelato station near the pool (depending on what ship you are on) or the Tiramisu.

Edited October 22, 2023 by AKJonesy

[MaiTaiMary]

11 minutes ago, AKJonesy said:

then go with the Gelato in the Canaletto or at the Gelato station near the pool (depending on what ship you are on) or the Tiramisu.

 Will there be Gelato on the Koningsdam??

 

[Suzanne123]

12 hours ago, Cruise Suzy said:

Bread pudding - I'm sure I'm not the only one who will vote for this!

 Nieuw Statendam bread pudding gets my vote, too.

[Stateroom_Sailor]

Anything chocolate.  I had excellent banana ice cream in the buffet a few years back.  Of course my celebrity chef meal in May ($90) was a wonderful display:

 

[highscar]

Gelato  on the K is near the lido pool

[AKJonesy]

30 minutes ago, MaiTaiMary said:

 Will there be Gelato on the Koningsdam??

 

YES. Near the main pool.

Edited October 22, 2023 by AKJonesy