It's really not as tempting to be in the kitchen all day with a hot oven during the summer. Especially this year with all heat waves... cue this icebox dessert collection. Elements of baking and various cooking techniques for low/no bake, colder desserts to enjoy!

I liked the variety of options (certainly way more than I would think of!), flavors, ingredients, and the simple photography that makes you want to get started! I'm also a fan of any book that gives different units of measure for those of us that finding weighing ingredients optimal!

Thank you to Netgalley and to William Marrow/Harvest for an ARC.

Since every summer is the hottest summer now (good job, capitalism), I'm avoiding my oven for about 5 months of the year now. Thankfully, Bobbie Lloyd, Chief Baking Officer of NYC’s iconic Magnolia Bakery, offers a delicious collection of 100 no-bake (or low-bake) treats in "The Magnolia Bakery Handbook of Icebox Desserts." From their legendary banana pudding to inventive twists like Cold Brew Chocolate Chip Cheesecake and Peach Crisp No-Bake Bars, this book is a summer savior for anyone who craves sweets without sweating over a hot oven.

It has gorgeous photography for every recipe (a rarity in cookbooks!), and great instructions. The intro alone is worth the price.

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for the ARC! 🍌🍰✨

I do like an icebox cake. I forgot about that until I saw this book. I don't make a lot of desserts but just the cover and title made me want to whip up a quick snack out of cookies and whipped cream.

This is a weird little book though. It starts out well. It starts with icebox cakes. These are cakes that are generally made with cookies layered with whipped cream that soften to a cake-like consistency in the refrigerator. The book shows their formula for making the cakes including diagrams for the best arrangement of cookies in a round cake pan. The photography is excellent and makes you want to try everything. Instructions are given for making your own cookies or suggestions are given for store bought cookies that work with each recipe to make this truly a quick dessert to throw together.


Once you see the first recipe, every other cake is a variation on the theme. They vary only in flavor. The cookies are different or they flavor the whipped cream. Sometimes they add a layer of filling or a topping. But once you get the general idea you can run with whatever flavor you want.

The next section is pies. It is the same formula here. Get the basic recipe down and then see all the flavor variations. I'm planning on making the Key Lime pie for a July 4th picnic next week. It's still all good.

But then. I don't know what happened. I think the author forgot how words work? They move into cheesecakes. Ok, no-bake cheesecakes are a thing. But these aren't no-bakes. These are full on, bake in the oven cheesecakes. They look good but why are they in an ICEBOX BOOK? Nothing in those recipes ever go in a refrigerator during the process.

From there we move back to pudding. At least that goes in the fridge. The last section covers making all the cookies they use and some of the sauces.

I did keep the basic formulas for the cake and pies along with some flavor variations for ideas. These are full on dairy recipes with a million calories a slice but they are pretty easily veganized if you have any non-dairy cooking experience.

A lovely cookbook with easy-to-follow recipes that are such a delight. I would flip through this just to eat with my eyes through the amazing photos. I would love to provide this for a cookbook club or as a gift for a few friends.

Most people are familiar with The Magnolia Bakery, an iconic bakery opened in 1996 in New York City that originally became famous for its cupcakes and banana pudding, and has expanded to several locations. The bakery has also expanded its bakery items and there are several cookbooks showing how to make their yummy baked goods at home. Once such cookbook is called The Magnolia Bakery Handbook of Icebox Desserts: Classic and Creative Icebox Desserts with a Magnolia Bakery Twist, Share with Friends and Family, by Bobbie Lloyd, chief baking officer at Magnolia Bakery. This beautiful cookbook includes mouthwatering treats to make at home that will entice everyone with taste buds.

As with any good baking cookbook, the first chapters cover equipment, ingredients, and basic information. Those chapters are followed by Icebox Cakes, Icebox Pies, Cheesecakes, Icebox Bars, then Puddings (including their famous banana pudding). Following those, the book includes basic recipes used in the preceding recipes. The author has added comments at the beginning of each recipe, followed by a list of ingredients and step-by-step instructions. The recipes are easy to follow for both advanced and beginning cooks and bakers. One of the best parts of the cookbook is that most of the recipes are accompanied by beautiful, professional photographs that will tempt even the most disciplined dieters. It will be difficult to decide what to make next, and the recipes will keep everyone busy for months.

All told, this is an excellent cookbook full of tempting and beautiful desserts. It will be used often and the finished dishes will draw raves.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

Oh my! Love this book so much. SO many recipes that I haven't seen before and an excellent lemon curd recipe. How did you know my love language? Combining a variety of recipes using some of the same ingredients (like lemon curd) just make it so easy to create terrific desserts for the summer. I also found flavors I had never thought to use for a cheesecake (biscoff swirl) that I cannot wait to try. This will go in my summer rotation for family gatherings. Thanks to #William Morrow and #NetGalley for the copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. #MagnoliaBakeryHandbookofIceboxDesserts

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of The Magnolia Bakery Handbook of Icebox Desserts.

I love all desserts and am a fan of icebox desserts since it requires no baking.

I love bananas but not a fan of banana pudding, perhaps because I prefer the fruit.

The recipes are divided by puddings, cakes, and pies so there's an icebox dessert for everyone here from the classic banana pudding to icebox cakes, pies, cheesecakes, and twists on sweets like Cold Brew Chocolate Chip Cheesecake and Pumpkin Spice Pudding with Cookie Butter Swirl.

I'm a chocoholic so naturally those recipes drew my eye though I have to say I was intrigued by the Peach Crisp No Bake Bars.

I enjoyed the base recipes at the back such as pie crust, whipped cream and basic cake recipes.

If you just want to make a chocolate or carrot cake, these recipes are your go-to!

This cookbook was a delight to read; some of the recipes are labor intensive but most of them are straight forward instructions and there is a photo for every recipe. YES!

I love a good cookbook. Online recipes and recipe apps are incredibly user friendly, but nothing compares to holding a stunning, color photograph cookbook in your hands. This one is beautiful, with vivid pictures and easy to follow recipes. I often forget about how easy and delicious icebox desserts can be, but this cookbook has me motivated and excited to continue trying out these recipes. It's a collection of so many classic, tried and true, recipes, with a few new (to me) recipes thrown in for fun. This is going to be an often used cookbook for me!

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I live for desserts, especially easy and tasty ones. This recipe book had so many options to try. Great book to pickup for the warm summer months, a

The Magnolia Bakery Handbook of Icebox Desserts is a dreamy collection of nostalgic, no-bake treats that are as fun to make as they are to eat. Every recipe feels like a little celebration and the directions are clear and approachable…even for a casual home baker like me. My daughter loved reading through it with me and she immediately requested the lemon curd icebox cake for her birthday this year. It turned out to be as pretty as it was delicious! I’ve already purchased a hard copy and it’s a new family favorite!

Thank you to NetGalley and Harvest for an advance copy of this book!

I love cookbooks as a genre, and I love GOOD cookbooks - so I fell in love with this one instantly! Icebox recipes are a staple in my family, so I really loved seeing the variety of cakes and desserts represented in the recipes. I'm excited to try out the Roasted Strawberry and Chocolate Cookie Icebox Cake in particular.

The directions were clear, the pictures were lovely, and I liked the writing as well. I do wish there were more instructional pictures along the way in the recipes, but that is my only minor complaint.

Highly recommend this cookbook!

The recipes I made in this book were super easy to follow. There are plenty of recipes that are no-bake (a few of the crusts require an oven) which makes it the perfect cookbook for the summer! These cakes do require a lot of time to set, so they are great to make the night before or in the morning for that night.

When I think about my travels to New York City, there are places that are part of my core memory. These are the places that I tell people they need to visit. When it comes to bakeries, The Magnolia Bakery is one of those places. Their Banana Pudding is legendary! And now, you can recreate 100 of their recipes for Icebox desserts with The Magnolia Bakery Handbook of Icebox Desserts, Volume 2 by Bobbie Lloyd. You’ll get tips for baking and on ingredients and the tools you’ll need to create icebox cakes, pies, bars, cheesecakes and puddings, including an entire chapter dedicated to variations of their banana pudding! It’ll be so hard to pick which one to make first! Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins Publishers for this beautiful, full-color, digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Beautiful selection of frozen dessert goodness! Magnolia Bakery always does wonderful desserts and this book is no different!

Thank you to NetGalley, William Morrow, Harvest and Bobbie Lloyd for giving me an advance reader's copy of this delightful cookbook.

There is literally an entire chapter on banana pudding. This cookbook had me at hello. I’m from the south so we love an icebox cake (it’s hot in the summer but we still need to have something sweet after Sunday supper) and this book has so many great recipes that you don’t have to turn the oven on to make! And a cookbook that has pictures (and wonderful ones at that) for nearly all the recipes, isn’t common. That’s what makes this cookbook stand out and takes it from a 4 star to a 5 for me!

The layout of this book is beautiful- full of wonderful desserts and classic recipes. I want to make all of these to share with my friends and family.

A nice collection of dessert recipes that are either no bake or end up chilled. Recipes are in chapters on Icebox Cakes, Icebox Pies, Cheesecakes, Icebox Bars, Banana Pudding, Puddings, and Base Recipes. I love that each recipe has a full color photo. They all sound delicious, and there is a variety of flavors included.

This is a fun cookbook with lots of tasty recipes. My daughter loved looking at all the pictures! We will be making these all summer.

As a huge fan of Magnolia Bakery and an owner of the original Magnolia Bakery cookbook, I loved the Handbook of Icebox Desserts! One of my favorite cakes is the chocolate icebox cake from Magnolia bakery and I can't wait to make it! Beautiful book with great, easy to follow recipes!

I used to have a large collection of cookbooks that I have streamlined over the years. However, this is a cookbook that I want to have in my kitchen. The recipes all sound enticing and the pictures are inviting. While the definition of "ice box" desserts has evolved for this book's purpose, I hope this is a book I reach for again and again.