Las Vegas is the headquarters of play, so it figures that child-pleasing desserts are a big part of Restaurant Week.
Dessert should be playful, considering that this week is to benefit the Three Square food bank, which is helping thousands of hungry children in the Valley.
Celebrity chefs especially are playing with their food this week.
Famed chef Michael Mina is offering a "root beer float" as one of the four desserts on the $50.09 Restaurant Week menu at his namesake restaurant at the Bellagio.
It includes root beer sorbet and sassafrass ice cream, with a side of warm, chocolate chip pecan cookies.
And that's the third course -- all Restaurant Week meals are $20.09, $30.09 or $50.09, for three or more courses.
Celebrity chef Hubert Keller creates a spiced carrot and cream cheese ice cream sandwich with pineapple-carrot sorbet at his luxurious Fleur de Lys restaurant at Mandalay Bay.
He's also featuring a molten chocolate cake as the finale to his $50.09 Restaurant Week dinners, with Bailey's ice cream. caramel sauce and a peanut butter cream shake.
Several chefs are opting for a PB combo: At Simon Restaurant and Lounge at Palm Palace, the $20.09 lunch includes a third course of peanut butter and chocolate Rice Krispy treats, or "ice cold milk with warm chocolate chip cookies.
Bradley Ogden at Caesars Palace offers an original PBJ made with a peanut butter brioche, strawberry jelly, and vanilla bean ice cream as the finale to its $50.09 dinner.
The BOA Steakhouse's $20.09 lunch and $50.09 dinner include "chocolate-filled donut holes" with toffee sauce and vanilla creme anglaise; and the $20.09 dinner at BLT Burger at The Mirage has that old classic, s'mores.
In keeping with the Vegas tradition that everything can be deep-fried and called dessert (even deep-fried Oreos at Mermaid's, downtown), the western-styled Company American Bistro at the Luxor has created deep-fried cheesecake bites for its $30.09 dinner.
A portion of the proceeds from all Restaurant Week meals goes to Three Square.
For a list of 100 restaurants involved in the Restaurant Week benefit, check www.threesquare.org. Menus and prices for each are included.
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