42 -“There are people who have a minhag not to make brachos on dessert altogether. I heard that some people have a mesora that the Chofetz Chaim was chozer on his psak to say a bracha.”
I used to do that, but no one I spoke to for the last umteen years does it. Do you have a Mekor?
“Others do say brachos on some desserts, depends what type of food it is. Ice cream is a shayla whether it needs a bracha so some people will make a shehakol on sugar or candy before eating ice cream.”
I know a few guys who make the Brocha on ice cream out loud & then they look at you, like a Goy,if you don’t make a Brocha!
“Some will eat bread together with the dessert to remove any need for a bracha.”
This is what I do now – to Stop the bad Looks!