dessert topping
Sweet finishing touch
A dessert topping is anything added on top of a dessert for flavor or decoration—whipped cream, chocolate sauce, sprinkles, fruit.
The term gained comic notoriety from a Saturday Night Live sketch where a product is argued to be both a dessert topping and a floor wax: It's a dessert topping! No, it's a floor wax!
- hot fudgeWarm, thick chocolate topping
- chocolate drizzleThin cocoa sauce decoration
- whipped creamAerated dairy topping
- caramel sauceCooked sugar condiment
- salted caramelSugar candy with brine
lemon curd · fruit compote · chocolate chips · cookie crumbles · marshmallow fluff · ganache · maple syrup · strawberry sauce · sprinkles · clotted cream · fresh berries · dried cranberries · crème fraîche · syrup · dulce de leche · jam · mascarpone · butterscotch
- canned pineapplepineapple rings, pineapple chunks, Del Monte, Dole, store brand
- caramelisingbrowning, burnt sugar, candy making, caramel sauce, dulce de leche
dessert toppingappetizer
Light dish preceding main
starter · first course · hors d'oeuvre · main course · entrée
dessert toppingbase
Supporting bottom structure
foundation · main ingredient · crust · substrate · pie filling