I hit a mid point of sorts. I absolutely love chocolate and would always get some form of a chocolate cake for my birthday, but maybe 4-5 years ago I found that I absolutely love a good fruit tart over a cake any day, chocolate or not.

...mmmmmmmm

I'm kinda worried. Your heart shouldn't be racing from desserts at all. And, if it does, there's a reason that's a non zero risk of something you should talk to a doctor about.

I agree that it makes a lovely post prandial the have some light fruit. I don't know if I'd say better, because fruit isn't going to mesh well after everything, and it's sweet enough that it is a dessert if sweetness is the standard used to define it. But it's quite nice.

That being said, I've kinda gotten past the eating more phase of my life. I'd rather have a nice cup of coffee, or maybe the very rare bourbon or even a soda. I tend to have water with food, so finishing with a beverage that's got flavor is my preference

My summer dessert:

Frozen blueberries with a sprinkle of instant coffee, milk, cinnamon, a tiny amount of sugar, and roasted cashews. Plus a square of 85% chocolate and an iced coffee.

I don't agree that it's better than every dessert. Learn to bake your own desserts and they don't have to be too sweet, but can still have amazing flavors and textures.

However, I do like fresh fruits better than any sweetened electrolyte drinks. Melons and cucumbers combined with a salty snack is very refreshing and won't spike your blood sugar nearly so much as a sports drink.

Buy limeade.

Mix in the most bitter cranberry juice you can find.

Freeze bananas and pineapples chunks

Blend that shit.

This is the elixir of the gods.

My man has never had a good tres leches. 😅

It CAN be pretty damn good but too inconsistent. Cherries can be amazing, or sour. Extra ripe plum can be an incredible juicy mess, or weirdly dry and lacking flavour. Watermelon... Is hard to have bad so that's a good one.

But custard is amazing 100% of the time

Not to my personal tastes. Chocolate > fruit all of the time except for dark chocolate over a certain percentage.

I don't care for the texture of watermelon and I'm not a huge fan of the others. Cantaloupe is fine, I guess. Mango is OK, though I'd never just go out and buy one.

I probably like quite ripe (some spotting on the peel) bananas most, but I still don't think of it as dessert. Berries are nice every now and again, in yogurt or in addition to whatever I'm having for dessert. I also don't eat dessert every meal nor every day.

I definitely can't agree with you. Fresh fruit is amazing, but tiramisu is tiramisu. Fruit is delicious though.

Two different categories of food. Sure I like fresh fruit more than most desserts, I like potato chips more than most desserts too.

Watermelon is one of my favorite foods.

Ricotta cake is not too sweet and is a dessert. Cheesecake. Ice cream. All are good. I just have not much of a sweet tooth, dessert is an occasional thing not a regular one.

You're right, but if I eat enough watermelon to feel satisfied I shit my pants.

Well, better for you, yes.
Too bad bread pudding doesn't grow on trees.

Dessert lowkey fell off 🥀

This is an unpopular opinion I agree with.

You'd love parfaits.

Fresh fruit, maybe.

Fruit that's been in the cupboard/fridge for a month, less so.

100% agree. 👌

Addition: I usually think the main course is better than any dessert. I usually want to leave a lasting taste of the main course in my mouth rather than the dessert, but I don't want to be rude and decline a dessert that someone worked hard on.

At restaurants, I never order dessert. Makes me look kinda cheap maybe, but it's for my own sake so idgaf.

It definitely helps if it's fresh off the tree, peaches in particular. I don't think I've ever had a peach from the shop has ever beaten one from the shops

Definitely unpopular by the literal statistics. Definitely correct about the health benefits. Definitely something I don't do.

Also, it's a little strange that some desserts are only ever for special occasions (like cake), but others which may be just as difficult/expensive to make are considered regular fare (like ice cream).

Correct.