There are many different types of cherry, including maraschino, griotte and Morello cherries, from which kirsch and Black Forest gâteaux are made. Look out for telltale punnets of deep red ...
Of course, some simple soul always brings something besides pie to put on the dessert table ("That would be her Jel-lo mold" ...) but for some reason, dessert is almost universally about the pie ...