50 Dessert Quotes That Make Life Sweeter

Anyone with a sweet tooth will love these dessert quotes.

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Some say dessert is the most important part of a meal.

American actor William Powell once said, “Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table.”

Even the most hardcore health fans enjoy a nice dessert with their meal.

Dessert gets a bad reputation sometimes.

When the word “dessert” is brought up, many people’s minds immediately go to decadent cakes, sugar-encrusted pies, or creamy ice creams.

However, not all desserts have to be loaded with calories or unhealthy.

Living in a globalized society gives us access to a plethora of delicious and inspired desserts made by chefs and artisans that are good for your body and your peace of mind.

Keep reading, and then grab some dessert!

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1. “Dessert is a necessity of life.” — Adrienne Posey

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2. “Stressed is desserts spelled backwards.” — Unknown

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3. “Apple pie totally counts as a serving of fruit.” — Unknown

4. “When you look at a cupcake, you’ve got to smile.” — Anne Byrn

5. “Is it wrong to find life’s meaning in a cinnamon roll?” — Keith Wynn

6. “Candy is nature’s way of making up for Mondays.” ― Rebecca Gober

7. “Chocolate is ground from the beans of happiness.” — Terri Guillemets

8. “If at first, you don’t succeed, eat a cupcake!” — Marie Williams Johnstone

9. “I want to have a good body, but not as much as I want dessert.” — Jason Love

10. “We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” ― David Mamet

Dessert quotes by famous chefs

11. “Life is short, eat dessert first.” — Jacques Torres

12. “A party without cake is just a meeting.” — Julia Child

13. “Every chef should have an understanding of pastries or desserts.” — Tom Colicchio

14. “Dessert is like a feel-good song, and the best ones make you dance.” — Edward Lee

15. “Dessert is an opportunity to make something beautiful as well as delicious.” — Roland Mesnier

16. “Baking is done out of love, to share with family and friends, to see them smile.” ― Anna Olson

17. “Pastry is truly an exact science while cooking is more a science of instinct and personal judgment.” — Raymond Olivier

18. “When you’re with a group of people and you take a bite of a really great dessert, the conversation just stops…” — Emily Luchetti

19. “Nothing finishes a dessert as simply and richly as sweetened, perfectly whipped cream. It is almost a dessert all by itself.” — Roland Mesnier

20. “The art of preparing desserts is much more than knowing how to make recipes to perfection: it is a real gesture of love.” — Ernst Knam

Dessert quotes about love, marriage, and relationships

21. “Marriage is a dinner that begins with dessert.” — Jules Sandeau

22. “Sexual touch is the dessert of married life!” — Laura M. Brotherson

23. “There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” ― Linda Grayson

24. “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” ― Charles M. Schulz

25. “That’s what dessert means to me: a dollop of sweet love in an otherwise cold world.” — Sarah Strohmeyer

26. “Life is a cake, and love is the icing on top of it. Without love, it becomes difficult to swallow life.” — Mehek Bassi

27. “In love, contrary to pastry, the appetite is cut there only to deepen your cravings elsewhere.” — Yann Queffélec

28. “Desserts are like mistresses. They are bad for you. So if you are having one, you might as well have two.” — Alain Ducasse

29. “I think life is about falling in love with the right person, shopping, eating our favorite sweets and traveling a lot.” — Olivia Palermo

30. “If baking is any labor at all, it’s a labor of love. A love that gets passed down from generation to generation.” — Regina Brett

Funny and witty dessert quotes

31. “I’m not a vegetarian! I’m a dessertarian!” ― Bill Watterson

32. “I drink diet coke so I can eat regular cake.” — Gabriel Iglesias

33. “Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.” ― B. C. Forbes

34. “A balanced diet is having a cookie in each hand.” — Barbara Johnson

35. “Any man who eats dessert is not drinking enough.” — Ernest Hemingway

36. “Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos.” ― Don Kardong

37. “I don’t share blame. I don’t share credit. And I don’t share desserts.” ― Beverly Sills

38. “Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” — Jim Davis

39. “It takes forty muscles to frown, and only twelve to jam a cupcake in your mouth and get over it.” ― Sarah Ockler

40. “Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table.” — William Powell

Dessert quotes about life and life advice

41. “Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.” — George Takei

42. “Cupcakes are sweet, and even sweeter when shared.” — Marie Williams Johnstone

43. “I try to keep a balanced diet, but I always leave room for dessert.” — BeBe Zahara Benet

44. “It’s the finale. It’s the last impression. A bad dessert can ruin the meal.” — Anne McManus

45. “Absolutely eat dessert first. The thing that you want to do the most, do that.” — Joss Whedon

46. “Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.” — Erma Bombeck

47. “Always serve too much hot fudge sauce on hot fudge sundaes. It makes people overjoyed, and puts them in your debt.” — Judith Olney

48. “I don’t eat a ton of pasta or bread. But I eat dessert almost every night, and I drink. You need a bit of balance, and I’ve found mine.” — Misty Copeland

49. “I am starting to think that maybe memories are like this dessert. I eat it, and it becomes a part of me, whether I remember it later or not.” ― Erica Bauermeister

50. “This was why she enjoyed baking. A good dessert could make her feel like she’d created joy at the tips of her fingers. Suddenly, the people around the table were no longer strangers. They were friends and confidantes, and she was sharing with them her magic.” — Marissa Meyer

How dessert affects us

Life imitates art, and art imitates life, so it is natural to see the irony in the fact that “stressed” is “desserts” spelled backward.

When we eat sweet foods, our brain gets excited, and the brain’s reward system gets activated.

The brain releases dopamine, a chemical that signals that a positive experience just occurred.

People like dessert so much because the brain rewards us when we have a bowl of ice cream.

Hence, it is more likely for us to carry out that action and have another bowl.

You do not have to be a professionally trained pastry chef to prepare your own scrumptious desserts.

There are thousands of blogs and how-to videos out there that can help you manifest the dessert of your dreams.

What is your favorite dessert? Be sure to let us know in the comments.