Make “dessert pasta” for your favorite pasta lovers. We have a delicious selection of dessert pasta recipes.

After looking at our selection of dessert pasta, reader Katelyn Cronin submitted her own, easy-to-make idea.

> National Dessert Day is October 14th.

> National Pasta Day is October 17th.
 
 
RECIPE: VANILLA SHELLS, AN EASY DESSERT PASTA RECIPE

Katelyn makes this recipe with small shells, but you can try one jumbo shell per person, stuffed with ice cream.

You can choose a flavor other than vanilla, but make it a good pairing with the pasta. Banana, Butter Pecan, Chocolate, Dulce de Leche, Peanut Butter, Rum Raisin, and Salted Caramel sound good to us.

Ingredients

 
Preparation

1. COOK the shells with sugar, vanilla extract, and optional rum or brandy extract.

2. Drain; cool as desired. If the shells are warm, the ice cream will melt into them more readily.

3. SERVE in a festive dish, a sundae dish, or a wine goblet with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. Garnish as desired.

[1] More uses for pasta: in a pasta dessert (photo by Nicolas Raymond | SXC).

[2] Top the shells with vanilla ice cream (photo © Graeter’s).