Breaking Up Never Tasted So Good
Sorry you’re going through a breakup but we’re here to cheer you up. While gorging yourself with junk food shouldn’t be a daily habit, right now is the perfect excuse to indulge until you’re ready to embrace your new-found freedom. So dry your eyes and sink your teeth into these outrageously tasty treats.
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1. The Break-Up Tub
Hence the name, this dessert is the ultimate food to mend a broken heart. Made with the sweetest things, the Break-up tub is made for sobbing into while you eat your feelings. Use a tub of edible cookie dough or ice cream as your base and get creative with your fixings. Our favorites are peanut butter cups, crushed Oreos, gummy bears, and caramel sauce.
2. Ice Cream Sandwich Cake
You don’t have time to bake a cake, you’re too busy feeling sorry for yourself. Ice cream cake is a lot of work and you don’t dare to go out in public to buy one. An ice cream sandwich cake is your savior. It’s so easy to make, layering ice cream sandwiches with whipped cream, icing, chocolate sauce, and anything else your heart desires.
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3. Banana We’re-Split Sundae
The banana will boost you with potassium and vitamin C so you can balance that with an outrageous ice cream sundae. Treat yourself to a diner-style sundae with your favorite flavor of ice cream topped with hot fudge, caramel, and strawberry sauce, sprinkles, peanuts, whipped cream, and a cherry on top, of course.
4. Deep-Dish Pizza Casserole
A deep-dish pizza casserole is a simple and cheesy dish disguised as a fancy feast. For this Italian-infused delicacy, you fill a casserole dish with macaroni and top it with marinara, a barbaric amount of cheese, and your favorite pizza toppings, stick it in the oven, and watch the magic happen.
5. Dessert Pizza
When two become one–– We’re referring to food here. Dessert pizza takes two of your favorite things and combines them into a sweet and beautiful creation. With traditional pizza crust as your base, slather it with Nutella and sprinkle it with a generous amount of toppings like strawberries, candy pieces, and powdered sugar.
6. Oozy Boozy Milkshake
You might want a drink right now and you definitely need some ice cream. A good old-fashioned milkshake is bound to keep you chill, especially with a boozy twist. Spike your shake with a shot of whisky or cream liquor for a little kick and blend it with ice cream and milk. It’s thick, chilled, and simply delicious.
7. Nostalgia Cookie Cake
Sometimes a little throwback can boost your serotonin. A nostalgia cookie cake is essentially a cake made of boxed cookies from your childhood. Add crushed cookies to a homemade or packaged cake batter and you won’t regret it. It’s a taste of nostalgia in every bite.
8. Love Sucks Chocolate Lava Cake
Love sucks but this chocolate cake is so good it’s stupid. Get your revenge with a chocolate lava cake with a warm and gooey center that flows out when you stab it. You could use some chocolate right now and that’s all this cake is about.
9. Not Your Date Bars
We snuck this slightly healthy one in here but it’s so tasty you wouldn’t know it’s good for you. A not-your-date bar is essentially a jacked-up date bar made with nuts, chocolate chunks, caramel bits, coconut, and dates, obviously.
10. Huge Gigantic Cookie
Why don’t you eat a huge gigantic cookie the size of your ex’s head because you deserve it? Instead of making a dozen cookies on the tray, make one extra-large cookie. There are plenty of easy recipes online or use your favorite cookie dough from the supermarket.
11. Baileys Dump Cake
It’s like cheesecake but with a clever name and booze. You might feel like you could use some luck right now and the Irish have blessed you with Baileys cheesecake. You’ll be pleasantly lost in its richness you’ll forget all about being dumped.
12. Perfect Hot Chocolate & Marshmallows
Sometimes all you need is a sweet and simple treat that gives you all the feels. A classic cup of hot chocolate is like a warm hug and the marshmallows are fluffy bonus bites of nostalgia. Soothe your heartache and warm your soul with a mug of cocoa.
13. Microwave S’more
A microwave s’more is like cheating but nobody’s there to judge you. If you’re not camping and you’re at home you likely don’t have a campfire to cook on so it’s your only option. When a marshmallow and chocolate squished between two graham crackers gets zapped in the microwave, the tasty result transports you to the campground in seconds.
14. Fondue For One
A fondue for one is the best way to have a fancy snack all to yourself and you can savor every bite. Make it sweet or savory with chocolate or cheese. Either way, melt your ingredients in a small pot and plunk crackers, baguette, fruit, or cookies into its luxurious goo, eat, and enjoy.
15. Ex-tra Cheese Grilled Cheese
There’s no such thing as too much cheese on this sandwich. Place slabs of your favorite cheeses onto thick slices of classic white bread. Coat your slices with butter and grill your sandwich until its golden brown. You won’t be mad after eating this cheesy sandwich of perfection.
16. Broken Heart Cake
Broken heart cake is the best red velvet dessert to cope with heartache. You can use a heart-shaped cake pan or just get your satisfaction from its red color. Slice it up to share with friends or just stick a fork into it if it’s all for yourself. It’s fun to make a beautiful mess of this red velvet classic.
17. Rainbow Sprinkle Donuts
You might be channeling storm clouds rather than sunshine and rainbows but you can boost your spirits with donuts covered in sprinkles. Like other nostalgic treats, a childhood favorite can make you think of the good old days when life was easy. Fried dough, icing, and sprinkles is what the love doctor ordered.
18. Revenge Rootbeer Float
Don’t be spiteful, be tasteful! Treat yourself to a classic diner staple at home with a rootbeer float. It’s the only duo you need in your life with a perfect combo of frothy soda and cold and creamy ice cream.
19. Single & Ready To Mingle Mug Cake
A coffee mug cake is ideal when you need to crush your cravings but don’t want to bake a whole cake. All you need is a quick cake for one. There are several recipes online to choose from and they’re quick and easy to make, you’ll be smiling in no time.
20. Sweet & Salty Attitude Popcorn
It’s date night with you and yourself on the couch binge-watching reality TV and you need a snack. Lean into your salty energy by making the perfect popcorn. With just butter, sugar, and salt you can transform corn kernels into delicious theater-worthy popcorn.
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