We loved them. I substituted strawberries, so I had to step the sugar down to 1/2 cup to begin with and sweetened to taste. I would recommend you did the same with the raspberries starting at about 2 cups, because it can easily get too sweet depending on your batch of berries. After the dumplings cooked off I tossed in a handful of fresh slices strawberries into the syrup for texture. I've even made the syrup ahead of time and finished it off in a crockpot before.

This is a very interesting and yummy recipe -- the dumplings are tasty and the berries (I used a mix of raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and blueberries) made for a nice dumpling sauce. However, I cut the amount of sugar (used brown sugar instead of white) by about two-thirds, and it was still sickeningly sweet. I'd suggest adding the sugar slowly until you reach the level of sweetness that suits your taste, rather than simply trusting this recipe.

I don't think my sauce was hot enough when I dropped the dumplings in because they formed one big glob at the top of the pan but when I turned up the heat a little bit and it began to boil they eventually broke into smaller pieces (I helped by gently mixing it). I also put 1/2 cup less sugar than the recipe called for because it seemed like an awful lot of sugar (I was going to only put 3 cups of sugar in but I was afraid it might not turn out at all). However, despite that and the fact that due to the sauce not being hot enough (at first) I think the dumplings soaked up some of the sauce (I don't think the dumplings are supposed to be black all the way through like little black raspberry balls...instead I think they're supposed to look like little bisquits -oh well!)...despite all of that, the finished product is still delicious! I put some half and half over it to cool it because I couldn't wait for it to cool naturally. My hubby put whipped cream on it and we both loved it.

This is a nice recipe, But it is very rich.

I had never made dumplings before and really liked these. We had just gathered pick ur own black raspberries from a farm and this was a nice recipe for them. The dumplings were deliciou. My 7 year old son especially liked them. I used the leftover syrup for other things for the rest of the week. Like pancakes or a blueberry dessert and I topped it with my leftover raspberry syrup which I heated up before using. Thanks for the recipe.

This was a huge hit! We forgot to pickup the buttermilk at the store, so we made our own by using cream and putting a couple of teaspoons of vinegar in it. What can I say but WOW!

Nice, simple, tasty. I used red raspberries.