What Should One Bring to a "Fall-themed Dessert Potluck at the Office?"

It's a soupluck not a potluck.

If I was still alive, I'd bring one of my famous -- and beloved -- dump cakes.

Apple Brown Betty.

Veal Prine Orloff

These Pumpkin Sandwich cookies from Walmart Bakery are realllly good, nice cream cheese filling. $6.50 a package. I've been getting them for a couple years, make a special trip just for this one item every year. Can't believe I desire something from Walmart's bakery but these and their Decadent line of bakery cookies are really good.

Yossy Arefi's spice cake (originally from her cookbook "Snacking Cakes") is an easy, reliable recipe.

Boring

Popcorn balls. Homemade, of course.

Bring some pumpkin flavored ice cream. It will go with everything else people bring and it's easy as hell.

There are several varieties now but I recall Edy's/Dreyer's being really good.

There's only so much baked goods you care to eat. Plus you remove yourself from any competition or comparison.

Traditional St. Olaf Maple Syrup Honey Brown Sugar Molasses Rice Krispies Log

Sweet potato pie.

I recommend a pumpkin lasagna with olive tapenade and raisins. Here's a pro-tip: instead of ricotta, use sour cream! I do this at my annual Harvest Moon rooftop candlelight supper in the North End, and people rave about it every time.

You can't go wrong with Entenmanns.

R13 is that shit still being made?

Apple and cinammon muffins.

Pumpkin spice whip

Trader Joe’s has good apple cider donuts. They always have lots of autumn themed baked goods.

Pecan pie.

Pumpkin "bread" (like banana bread)

Mrs. Moe Howard's Tuna Casserole.

R17 hee have to buy those TD pumpkin treats now snd freeze them. They never last long on the shelves in the stores.

[quote]Veal Prine Orloff

Oh, dear.

I like the idea of rice pudding. I also think cider donuts is a cool choice. I am 100% in agreement to stay away from pumpkin, as there will probably an overload of pumpkin.

Omg literally like Pumpkin Spice latte like literally lol

Nothing! Eat, drink and be merry at THEIR EXPENSE!!

Pumpkin pie

The Office parties ate back? I thought everyone was still WFH??

A Mille Feuille made with actual maple leaves...

Oh, i think you should show EVERYONE up and bring some PUMPKIN CREME BRULEE

An AK-47.

Laxative-laced pie

Poisoned punch

Trader Joes Apple Cider Donuts are dry. And I bought them on three different occasions. Edible and ok but dry.

I've got just the thing!

Bake hollowed out scones and insert strategic messages meant to offer biting but beneficial human advice to the consumer of the scone

As an example

“Wear less makeup”

Liver and onions.

Doesn't football season start in the fall? Bring wings or nachos, or a seven layer dip. Or just make a dip and name it something with worms or dirt etc.

A bucket so everyone can bob for crabapples

Brachs candy pumpkins.

Knock yourself out, OP...

Beef Stroganoff (Turkey or chicken works too) cooked in thick tin foil pans, Egg noodles and rice, lots of sour cream and homemade Sourdough bread with Kerry gold butter.

Beef Stew with Garlic mashed potatoes, Sourdough Bread(again). Jewish Apple cake, Apple Turnovers, Apple pies.

Vegetable Lasagna with salad

Lots of Red Wine and Good Beer& Pumpkin cookies or mini-Pumpkin cupcakes

Just dessert?

Acorns with tiny hammers

Office potluck with a theme: sounds like a nightmare.

Buckeyes, they're are easy to make and most people like peanut butter and chocolate.

I've been making "buckeyes" (we call them truffles or Martha Washington Candies and also make the coconut version at the same time) for decades and they are not "easy" to make. Yes, there are few ingredients and no baking involved. but the ball rolling takes awhile and is sticky and the dipping process is lengthy and messy. If the dough isn't chilled properly (I freeze the fuckers) the balls fall apart in the hot chocolate dip or they slide off the toothpick and have to be "fished" out. The chocolate is sloppy and drippy too and cleanup is far from a breeze. And don't let the chocolate get too hot or it will burn and you'll waste an entire bag of semi-sweet chocolate (this happens often, even when using a double boiler or a slow melter). Really it's kind of an all day ordeal. i generally make these each holiday season and since i make 2 13x9 cookie sheets, i take 2 days to do it because it's quite the (messy) production. Really it's become a labor of love because my loved ones love and want them.

But they're good and everyone always loves them. I've even made a cocoa version of them (chocolate innards, chocolate dipped). So beware of the fact you'll be asked for years to make these again and again lol. Every year, like clockwork, I get asked when I'll be making and sending the little balls of sin their way, or whether I'm bringing these for Christmas, etc.

Apple cider Whoopie pies!

Candy Corn Chowder

Always a crowd pleaser!

Baked Potato Bar!!!

Maple pecan coffee cake

Don't go. You're too fat anyway.

Possum.

Just make Monkey bread. Everyone loves it.

I would bring beautiful caramel apples wrapped in cellophane.

I went to a fall-themed party and brought these.

I did not make them.

[quote] I recommend a pumpkin lasagna with olive tapenade and raisins. Here's a pro-tip: instead of ricotta, use sour cream! I do this at my annual Harvest Moon rooftop candlelight supper in the North End, and people rave about it every time. —R12

Needless to say, I did not post that.

The North End?

Please.

OP, bring blueberry brownies. They're amazingly delightful, dense and chewy.. Pour a royal glaze over them. Gives a taste of summer but the consistency and texture of them are very 'fall'. People always go nuts for them and it's a simply one bowl, (and one 8x8 pan) recipe.

Just buy a carrot cake or an apple pie. Apples are definitely a Fall favorite and most people are too focused on pumpkin.

Hot mulled apple cider NA.

[quote]Just make Monkey bread. Everyone loves it.

Not the Monkeys.

R61, I am speechless.

Pumpkin spice cyanide

Sounds good R57. Do you have a recipe to share?

some scary Halloween (Autumn) dessert pics for inspiration

Pumpkin cheesecake.

That looks like a dinosaur turd, r65.

A bucket of Costco chicken wings, wedges and Pizza

R61, thank you for finding a way to shut Greg up!

Shit casserole

R68 that's not a dessert kind of thing. OP my guess is a lot of people will participate because desserts are easy and there will be a lot of stuff. You might want to check with Costco or your local supermarket and see if they have a dessert tray of cookies and chocolates.

I’d bring Outshine fruit bars in tangerine.

Off insect repellent

Indian Pudding. It’s delicious.

I still like my caramel apples idea.

You’ll be a star!

Greg Caramel Apples is a good idea. It's not a bad idea.But it could get messy and the people with bad teeth won't be happy. Go to Costco and get some cupcakes. I bet you're going to have an overload of desserts. Finger foods are best.

A fruit platter!

A pumpkin-spice-scented frau.

R77 now that's an excellent idea.

A caramel cream cheese dip would bring a fruit platter into the fall theme.

R64 - Here ya go. I was gonna type it out but the video and the printable recipe is better. You can pretty much get the whole recipe from the video, it's that simple. It's sort of a one bowl recipe but you'll use an 8x8 baking dish and a sauté pan or small pot to puree your delicious blueberries. Frozen or fresh but we both know fresh is better. You can use nuts. I don't but you can. You can butter the baking dish very well if you don't have parchment paper but you MAY get a bit of a crunch to the bottom of the brownie, which could be kind of nice actually because these are super dense and super moist "brownies".

If I'm taking them someplace and have time, I might add a small blueberry to the top of each square, maybe put it on as the glaze dries. You can also "candy" a few blueberries to have a sparkly sugary glisten but that's really gilding the lilly. I haven't done it but if M&M's make purple plain M&M's, maybe one of those turned upside down would look good on each brownie. Not necessary of course, they're really nice on their own, I just like to fancy them up sometime. If you're into pride themed stuff, making them with lemon, strawberry and lime would give you a fancy pride spread of yum fruit-flavored brownies. But who's got time for all that? ;)

[bold]BLUEBERRY BROWNIES WITH ROYAL GLAZE

I’m thinking of posting:

[bold] GREG’S RECIPE FOR AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS & ALL NATURAL GLAZED BLUEBERRY BROWNIES

Think I’m opening myself to criticism?

[quote]Veal Prine Orloff

Do I smell Baked Pears Alicia?

Greg, I think if you modify your recipe to Greg's Un natural glazed Blueberry brownies with cannabis they will be a hit. Go for it , "Bro!"

Thank you, R84.

Good advice.

Desert potluck?

Sounds like Monday. Or Tuesday. Or Wednesday.

So the Official Troll sweeps in at R85 to stink up the thread.

Of course.

Shut up, R87.

If you don’t have a contribution, just do us a favor and get lost.

Cut up a bunch of apples (different kinds). Put them on a tray and buy some caramel and chocolate dips

People like the troll r87 are so tiresome and tedious.

Muriel, please get rid of this jerk.

Rake some leaves up off the lawn and bring those OP. Plus a pumpkin.

I like R91’s suggestion best.

Something involving tater tots. Or something that uses Knorr's powdered vegetable dip mix as an ingredient.

Or, if you want to really impress, make a fancy dessert with at least two sticks of butter. Then mention how many sticks of butter you used to anyone who will listen, and many who will not.

OP, I think you should dress as a scarecrow for your fall-themed office dessert potluck.