642 chocolate cookie recipes

Twice-baked almond biscotti packed with walnuts and optional chocolate swirl. Crisp, crunchy Jewish cookies perfect for dunking in coffee or tea.

Pajas are flourless coconut cookies loaded with butter-toasted pecans, dried apricots, and chopped chocolate, bound with sweetened condensed milk. No eggs, no flour, all flavor.

Crunchy oat, cornflake and coconut cookies sandwiched with chocolate cream cheese filling. Retro-style double crunchers with texture contrast in every bite.

Whole wheat cookies shaped like cat poop, rolled in Grape-Nuts, and served in a litter box. Two dough options: chocolate or gingerbread. The ultimate gross-out Halloween party hit!

Rugelach four ways: a single cream cheese pastry dough turned into raspberry-almond crescents, layered chocolate-pecan squares, apricot pockets and honey-pecan triangles. Holiday cookie tray showstopper.

The crisp, densely chocolaty cookies, with an unusually long baking time, were an annual favorite among the 20-plus recipes that Susan Couchman of Hartland remembers were made each year by her mother, Gloria Kuchler.

Gooey butter pecan bars layered with melted marshmallows, chocolate chips, and coconut on a cake mix crust. A 5-minute prep, no-fuss dessert bar that disappears at every potluck and bake sale.

These rich chocolate-toffee bars from Mary Lueke of Menasha were our top pick in the bar category.

A Chinese style of peanut cluster. Similar to haystacks but uses crispy chow mein noodles to give it a chocolaty solid crunch.

Rocky road fudge bars with three layers: chocolate brownie base, cream cheese filling with chocolate chips, marshmallow topping, and a swirled chocolate-cream cheese frosting.

No-bake chocolate butterscotch peanut butter clusters with Rice Krispies. Just 4 ingredients, melted and mixed, then dropped onto wax paper to set. The easiest candy you'll ever make.

Three-layer no-bake bars with a cocoa-coconut-almond base, cherry buttercream filling studded with maraschino cherries, and a semi-sweet chocolate drizzle on top.

Anise-scented raisin biscotti with walnuts, lemon zest, and orange zest. Butter-based dough double-baked until crisp. A traditional Italian dunking cookie with citrus and spice.

Banana monkey bars: a one-bowl banana bread baked thin into chewy bars, studded with walnuts and finished with a chocolate sugar drizzle. Lunchbox sweet, ready in under an hour.

Halloween is coming, make these cute yet delicious cupcakes for your Halloween party. Everyone will love them.

Let your bread machine make this hazelnut bread for you.