To my thinking, lunch is just another excuse to have some dessert.

I sometimes do - often it'll be trail mix with some M&M's or chocolate covered espresso beans. Sometimes I'll have a cookie or piece of chocolate. My husband wants dessert after each and every lunch or dinnner meal.

I answered "Occasionally" because I don't do it every day. That being said, I'm significantly more likely to have dessert with lunch than with dinner; it must be my consession to the whole "lunch should be your biggest meal of the day" idea.

Depends on what you mean by dessert. I have to have something sweet after lunch and dinner so I always make sure I have some fruit to take that sugar craving ege off. During the day its usually whatever fruit is in season and at night it is usually a couple of prunes/dried plums. The prunes sweetness is so concentrated, just a couple satisfy my craving.

Lately I've been super parched all day and night long, so often a juicy fruit is exactly what I crave. A glass of TJ's orange juice really hits the spot as far as thirst and sugar needs. Then there are days (weekends, usually) when absolutely nothing short of an ice cream cone will do the trick.

I do yogurt on workdays when I get that urge-anyone have other healthy "dessert-like" snack ideas?

Rarely. But now that I'm looking at that photo...

I don't even like dessert usually, but I chalk my sweet cravings at work up to being at work :) I try to bring something sweet so I avoid the vending machine of horror. Usually some fruit, or sometimes a cookie or yogurt.

I seldom allow myself this indulgence (probably because most days I am several miles from a decent bakery/sweet shop), but when I do I try to make sure it's worth the caloric spike, in that it is scratch-made from good, quality ingredients. Oh boy, now I've done it--got dessert on the brain. What would I give for a dark chocolate brownie with a hot cup of coffee!

I'm one of those people who HAS to have a little something sweet after a meal to cleanse my palate. I keep a bag of dark chocolate chips in the freezer just for this purpose--a couple of those does the trick *most* of the time. I'm also recently hooked on Trader Joe's dried fruit snacks--not actual dried fruit, more like candy made with real fruit, in little packets. They hit the spot (in a way that fresh fruit, which I love, does not for my sugar cravings).

P.S. How about a recipe for those awesome-looking chocolate chip, chocolate-dipped shortbread cookies?? They look like the cookies my former roommate used to make, maybe I just need to email her...

Do yogurts or chewy bars count? Then yes, I have a yogurt cup with every lunch.

If I had those cookies, my answer would be "always." Good thing I don't have them.

sometimes the night after a dinner party, i will just have leftover cake for breakfast :D best. breakfast. ever.

I usually find something sweet after most meals. I have a major sweet tooth and always allow myself at least a little bit - if I don't, I would probably go nuts later. A little goes a long way and prevents eating more than I should later.

I was raised pretty much never having dessert at lunch (unless it was a special occasion) and having dessert after dinner maybe once or twice a week. I was (and am) so amazed by people who think of dessert as an automatic. It seems so luxurious to me!

Does the entire bag of Eden Sea Vegetable Chips I just ate (after chili and rice) count?

I typically have something sweet in my lunch to satisfy the sugar craving, though it's not always dessert. Today I just have a pb&j with a big bag o carrot sticks (and blue cheese dressing for dip).

If you don't count fruit as a "sweet" (I eat one or two pieces of fresh fruit with my lunch almost daily), I don't eat a sweet following lunch each day. Of course, there's no stopping me from the inevitable cupcakes or brownies if we celebrate a birthday in the office!

Almost always fruit - right now thawed frozen peaches are my thing - and there's usually some chocolate either right after lunch or during the afternoon.

Lunch is the only time I ever have dessert! It's my biggest meal of the day, and it only makes sense to top it off with something sweet. My dinners are usually really light, so I feel like dessert'll weigh me down as my metabolism slows.

I always need something sweet after lunch but I normally have a really sweet cup of hot tea or coffee. In my culture, that's just typical and people don't really have a desert.

We rarely eat pudding at home at dinner time but for some reason I need a little hit of sweetness after lunch, otherwise I am tempted by the vending machine. Doesn't need to be too big, but it works.

Dessert anytime.