Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Chef Remy's Desserts

Updated December 30, 2025

Authentic Louisiana desserts from the Cajun and Creole tradition—rich bread puddings, buttery pralines, fluffy beignets, and Southern sweets that finish every meal with warmth and generosity.

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Pecan Praline Scones - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Pecan Praline Scones

Buttery, crumbly scones loaded with chunks of caramelized pecan praline and drizzled with brown sugar glaze, bringing the sweetness of a New Orleans praline shop to your breakfast table.

Louisiana Sweet Potato Pie - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Louisiana Sweet Potato Pie

A silky, spice-kissed custard of roasted Louisiana sweet potatoes nestled in a buttery, flaky crust, the kind of pie that closes a meal the way it should be closed: with love on a plate.

Traditional Mardi Gras King Cake - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Traditional Mardi Gras King Cake

A pillowy brioche ring swirled with sweet cream cheese, crowned in the royal colors of Carnival, hiding a tiny baby that brings luck to whoever finds it and the duty to bring next year's cake.

Rustic Peach Galette with Cane Syrup - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Rustic Peach Galette with Cane Syrup

A free-form tart that forgives every imperfection, filled with sun-ripened peaches glazed in dark Louisiana cane syrup, its edges folded by hand and baked until golden and caramelized.

Southern Banana Pudding - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Southern Banana Pudding

Silky vanilla custard made the old-fashioned way, layered with ripe bananas and vanilla wafers that soften into pure comfort, crowned with billowing meringue toasted to golden perfection.

Gateau Sirop (Cajun Cane Syrup Cake) - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Gateau Sirop (Cajun Cane Syrup Cake)

A sticky, warmly spiced cake drenched in pure Louisiana cane syrup, the kind of honest dessert that sustained sugarcane farmers through long harvest days and now graces holiday tables across Acadiana.

New Orleans Café au Lait Éclairs - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

New Orleans Café au Lait Éclairs

Delicate choux pastry piped into golden shells, filled with velvety chicory coffee cream that tastes like Sunday morning at Café Du Monde, finished with a glossy dark chocolate cap that shatters at the first bite.

Louisiana Crunch Cake - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Louisiana Crunch Cake

A golden, dense pound cake soaked in warm cane syrup glaze, then buried under a blanket of toasted coconut and buttery Louisiana pecans, the kind of dessert that makes folks ask for the recipe before they've finished their first slice.

Southern Divinity - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Southern Divinity

Cloud-soft meringue candy that melts on your tongue, studded with toasted Louisiana pecans and made the way four generations of Southern grandmothers have passed down through Christmas after Christmas.

Classic Southern Pecan Pie - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Classic Southern Pecan Pie

A shatteringly crisp butter crust cradling waves of amber caramel studded with toasted Louisiana pecans, finished with a splash of bourbon that makes the whole thing sing like a Delta hymn.

Southern Peach Cobbler - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Southern Peach Cobbler

Ripe summer peaches swimming in their own sweet juices beneath a golden, buttery biscuit crust, the kind of dessert that makes you push back from the table and say you couldn't possibly have another bite before reaching for seconds anyway.

Sweet Potato Mousse with Pecan Praline - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Sweet Potato Mousse with Pecan Praline

Velvet-smooth mousse infused with roasted sweet potato and warm holiday spices, topped with shattered golden praline that crackles against your spoon, the kind of dessert that makes people close their eyes and ask for the recipe.

Café au Lait Pots de Crème - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Café au Lait Pots de Crème

Silky bittersweet chocolate custard steeped with chicory coffee from a New Orleans morning, baked low and slow until it trembles like velvet, served cold with clouds of sweetened cream.

Pralines and Cream Ice Cream - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Pralines and Cream Ice Cream

Rich vanilla bean custard studded with chunks of buttery Louisiana pralines and swirled with dark caramel ribbons, the kind of frozen dessert that makes you close your eyes and think of New Orleans in summertime.

New Orleans Praline Cheesecake - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

New Orleans Praline Cheesecake

A towering wedge of silky cheesecake on a pecan-studded crust, draped in buttery praline sauce and crowned with candied pecans, the kind of dessert that makes everyone at the table go quiet for a moment.

Southern Pecan Sandies - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Southern Pecan Sandies

Buttery, crumbly cookies packed with toasted Louisiana pecans, the kind that shatter softly on your tongue and leave you reaching for another before you've finished the first.

Bananas Foster Cheesecake - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Bananas Foster Cheesecake

New Orleans' most famous dessert transformed into a showstopping cheesecake, with layers of buttery caramelized bananas, dark rum caramel, and a silky filling so rich it could make Brennan's jealous.

Louisiana Blackberry Cobbler - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Louisiana Blackberry Cobbler

Wild Louisiana blackberries stewed until jammy and bubbling, blanketed with golden buttermilk drop biscuits that shatter at the first touch of a spoon, the kind of dessert that makes you close your eyes and remember every summer of your childhood.

Creole Cream Cheese Ice Cream - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Creole Cream Cheese Ice Cream

Louisiana's beloved tangy fresh cheese transformed into a silky frozen custard that tastes like a summer afternoon on a New Orleans porch, where the sweetness and tartness dance together in every cold, creamy spoonful.

Sweet Potato Biscuits with Cane Syrup Butter - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Sweet Potato Biscuits with Cane Syrup Butter

Tender, golden biscuits bursting with roasted Louisiana sweet potato, brushed with butter while hot and served with whipped cane syrup butter that melts into every flaky layer, the kind of bread that makes you reach for seconds before finishing firsts.

Louisiana Fig and Pecan Tart - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Louisiana Fig and Pecan Tart

A buttery pecan frangipane nestled in flaky pastry, topped with jammy fresh figs and a whisper of local honey, the kind of dessert that closes a Louisiana table with the same warmth it started.

Pecan Sticky Buns with Cane Syrup - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Pecan Sticky Buns with Cane Syrup

Pillowy yeasted rolls baked in a bubbling bath of butter, brown sugar, and Steen's cane syrup, then flipped to reveal a crown of caramelized Louisiana pecans that shatter and stick to your fingers in the best possible way.

Bananas Foster Profiteroles - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Bananas Foster Profiteroles

Golden choux puffs shatter under your spoon to reveal cold banana ice cream, then comes the warm cascade of buttery rum sauce with tender caramelized bananas, a collision of hot and cold that captures everything magnificent about New Orleans desserts.

New Orleans Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

New Orleans Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce

Day-old French bread transformed into a golden, custardy masterpiece, soaked through with vanilla and cinnamon, then crowned with a warm bourbon sauce so good you'll want to drink it straight from the pan.

Oreilles de Cochon (Pig's Ears Pastries) - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Oreilles de Cochon (Pig's Ears Pastries)

Delicate fried dough strips that curl into whimsical shapes as they sizzle, then get drenched in dark Louisiana cane syrup and scattered with toasted pecans, the kind of Mardi Gras sweet that makes children steal seconds when nobody's looking.

La Bouille (Cajun Vanilla Custard) - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

La Bouille (Cajun Vanilla Custard)

A velvety spoonful of Louisiana heritage: rich egg custard perfumed with real vanilla, the kind of simple dessert that closes a meal the way your grandmother intended.

New Orleans Creole Pralines - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

New Orleans Creole Pralines

Creamy pecan candies born in the French Quarter, where brown sugar and butter come together in a confection so rich and tender it dissolves on your tongue, leaving nothing but sweetness and the memory of toasted pecans.

Pecan Pie Bars - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Pecan Pie Bars

Buttery shortbread crust beneath a layer of gooey, caramelized pecans, all the magic of grandmother's pecan pie made portable for potlucks, holidays, and any occasion that calls for something sweet and Southern.

New Orleans Beignets - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

New Orleans Beignets

Puffy squares of yeast-risen dough, fried until golden and buried under a snowdrift of powdered sugar, served hot with café au lait the way they've done it in the French Quarter for two hundred years.

Bourbon Pecan Brittle - Chef Remy

Chef Remy

Bourbon Pecan Brittle

Shattery sheets of amber candy studded with toasted Louisiana pecans and kissed with good bourbon, the kind of homemade sweet that disappears from holiday tables before the wrapping paper hits the floor.

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