99 chocolate buttercream recipes

Chocolate buttercream icing made with melted bittersweet chocolate, butter, shortening, meringue powder, and powdered sugar. A stable, pipeable frosting for decorating cakes.

Chocolate raspberry buttercream bars with a fudgy brownie base, raspberry jam layer, silky French buttercream, and a chocolate drizzle top. A bakery-style dessert worth the effort.

Three-layer pistachio cake with white chocolate buttercream, orange zest, and almond extract. A showstopper dessert with chopped pistachios pressed into the frosting.

A flourless chocolate torte layered with whipped ganache, apricot preserves, and espresso buttercream, finished with piped rosettes and chocolate coffee beans.

Peanut Butter Cream Pie with Chocolate Crust recipe

Rich chocolate pound cake baked in a bundt pan with a velvety cream cheese buttercream frosting. Dense, buttery, cocoa-packed, and built to impress at any gathering.

Peanut butter cream cheese pie with a toasted peanut-chocolate chip crust and chocolate shavings on top. A no-bake freezer dessert that delivers dense, fluffy peanut butter mousse on crunchy nut base.

Ultimate chocolate brownies made with cocoa bloomed in boiling water for intense flavor, loaded with chocolate chips, and topped with buttercream frosting.

Tasty chocolate buttercream frosting on Devils' food cupcakes decorated like spiders.

Ganache-filled devil's food cake: a deeply moist, dark chocolate layer cake with a silky chocolate ganache filling and rich cocoa buttercream. A triple-chocolate showstopper for serious chocolate lovers.

Godiva ultimate chocolate layer cake: three buttermilk cocoa layers brushed with Godiva chocolate liqueur and stacked with a cocoa-liqueur buttercream. Boozy, deep, unapologetically chocolate.

Chocolate mint brownies stack a fudgy chocolate syrup brownie with cool mint buttercream and a glossy mint chocolate chip glaze. Three-layer Andes-style treat that slices into 36 squares.

Eggy little chocolate pancakes that double as breakfast or sandwich cookies. Quick to mix, fast to cook, and finished with chocolate sauce or sandwiched with buttercream once chilled.

Classic French chocolate truffles (truffes au chocolat) made with four ingredients: chocolate, butter, cream and powdered sugar. Hand-rolled into balls and dusted with grated chocolate for the rustic earthy look truffles are named for.

Classic chocolate whoopie pies with two soft cocoa cake rounds sandwiching a fluffy marshmallow buttercream filling. The Pennsylvania Dutch lunchbox favorite that freezes beautifully.

Triple layer brownies stack a fudgy pecan brownie base, a vanilla buttercream middle, and a glossy chocolate drizzle on top. Bake-bar territory, made at home.