Party desserts don't really differ from regular dinner desserts, except they're for a larger group. Here are some great ideas and dessert recipes for any crowd.

• Apple Pudding Cake
• Blackforest Dump Cake
  
• Easy Cheesecake
• Eclair Casserole
• German Chocolate Upside Down Cake
• Ice Cream Sundae Bar
• Strawberry Vanilla Cake

1 cup sugar
½ cup butter
2 eggs
1 ½ cups flour
1 tsp. soda

Mix sugar, butter and eggs. Sift dry ingredients together and add. Put in apples and nuts. Bake in ungreased pan for 30 minutes at 350˚. Serve warm or cold with sauce and whipped cream.

1 cube butter
1 cup half and half
½ cup white sugar

Combine all ingredients and cook slowly until it thickens.

1 pkg. chocolate cake mix
1 30 oz. can cherry pie filling

1 small can crushed pineapple, 
   drained
½ cup butter, melted

Dump pineapple and pie filling in bottom of 9”x13”pan. Dump dry cake mix on next. Drizzle with melted butter. Bake at 350˚ for 35 minutes, or until bubbly. Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Crust: 2 cups graham cracker 
   crumbs

Mix together, spread in 9" x 13" pan and press to bottom. Bake at 325˚ for 10 min. Cool.

Filling:
1 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
1 ½ small tubs cool whip
1 tsp. vanilla

Add sugar to softened cheese. Mix well. Fold in the cool whip. Add vanilla and lemon juice. Spread over cool crumb crust. Over this spread the blueberry pie filling. Sprinkle the top with vanilla wafer crumbs if desired. Refrigerate well before serving.

1 cube margarine
1 cup water
1 cup flour

dash salt
4 eggs

Filling:
3 cups milk
1 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 6-oz. pkg. vanilla pudding

Topping:
8 oz. cool whip
chocolate syrup

Preheat oven to 400˚. Boil water and margarine. Add flour all at once; take off burner. Mix well. Add salt. Add eggs one at a time; mix well between each egg. Press into a prepared 9”x13” pan. Bake 25-30 minutes at 400˚.

For filling: Beat milk, cream cheese and pudding. Pour on top of cooled cream puff. Refrigerate until set. Top with cool whip then drizzle with chocolate syrup.

1 cup nuts
1 cup coconut
1 German Choc. cake mix
3 large eggs

⅓ cup cooking oil
½ cup butter or margarine
1 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese
3 ½ cups powdered sugar

Oil a 9”x13” pan. Spread nuts and coconut on bottom of pan. Mix cake mix according to box directions. Pour over the nuts and coconut. Heat in a microwaveable dish the butter and cream cheese until warm. Stir in powdered sugar until creamy. Dollop by spoonfuls on top of cake mix as evenly as possible (so all servings of cake will contain some). Bake at 350˚ for 35-40 min. Cake will be sticky when done.

Brownies
Chocolate chip cookies
Vanilla ice cream
Chocolate syrup topping
Strawberry topping
Caramel topping

Maraschino cherries
Whipped cream
Chopped nuts
Cookie Crumbles
Small chocolate candies

Provide bowls and spoons and allow everyone to build their own ice cream sundae with their favorite toppings.

1 white or yellow cake mix
1 large pkg. strawberry Jell-O

1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding
1 cup cool whip

Make cake as directed on box. After cake has cooled, poke many holes in top of cake with a fork. Mix Jell-O with 2 cups boiling water and pour slowly over top of cake, letting Jell-O mixture seep into cake. Let cool in the refrigerator. Mix pudding as directed and add cool whip. Let this set up in refrigerator for 15 minutes then spread pudding on cake and serve.

Try other colors of Jell-O to match your party theme.