So you want something sweet, delicious, and homemade, but there’s a problem. The power has been out for days, you’re beginning to smell like the depths of your laundry basket, and there are no lights, heat, or working oven.

Obviously you can deal with all problems but the last—for what is a true dessert lover to do without 350 degrees of hot, toasty, dessert-baking machinery?

Some were smart and left town—worth it to make some delicious treats, in our opinion. Of course, staying on campus had its perks—you got to hang out with friends, bond over collective coldness, and appreciate what was essentially a weather god-mandated cuddle puddle. How do you reconcile the joy of an electricity-less life with the wonders of homemade desserts? There must be a way around this terrible dilemma.

In fact, there is! There is secretly a whole literature of no-bake, no-electricity desserts out there that you’ve been missing your whole life (and couldn’t find because there was no internet). So snip out this article and hang it on your wall—who knows what will happen for the rest of the year.

Cinnamon-Sugar Apples

Take those apples out of your now-defunct fridge and cut them into thin slivers. Pull out some cinnamon and sugar and pour some on the apples in a large bowl. Squeeze a little bit of a lemon onto the apples, shake up the bowl and voila! You have some delicious cinnamon-sugar apples.

Puppy Chow

But maybe you’re like me and you don’t think a dessert is a dessert unless it has chocolate in it. Lucky for you, we have a recipe we’ve been saving for an unseasonably snowy day. Shout out to Francesca Moree ’14 who is known for making this delicious Puppy Chow whenever anyone is sad.

Pull out that cereal you can no longer eat with your spoiled milk. If you have Crispix, Rice Chex, or something similarly bland, you’re on the right track. Grab some chocolate chips, put them in a sealed plastic bag, and cuddle with them while you try to warm up. Mix the now-melted chocolate with some peanut butter and powdered sugar and pour this disgustingly delicious mess on top of the cereal. Put said cereal in a plastic grocery bag—or trash bags for large quantities—and shake until reasonably mixed. Stress-eat until bag is finished or power returns, whichever comes first.

That’s all we have for the moment, but stay tuned for more delicious desserts—once our oven is fixed.