80 chocolate coating recipes

Mini florentines, lacy caramel cookies studded with hazelnuts, cherries, and candied peel, baked thin and crisp, then coated underneath with dark and white chocolate combed into the classic wavy pattern.

No-bake butterscotch haystacks coat corn flakes in melted butterscotch and peanut butter, then fold in mini chocolate chips. Crispy, sweet-salty, and freezer-stable. A 20-minute holiday cookie that needs no oven.

Peanut butter blossom cookies rolled in sugar and topped with a chocolate kiss while still warm. Soft, chewy centers with a crackly sugar coating and melty chocolate on top.

Tipsy chocolate pecan crunch ice cream with homemade chocolate-caramel coated pecans, dark rum custard base, and real heavy cream. A boozy, crunchy, from-scratch frozen indulgence.

Glazed raspberry fudge cake is a flourless-style chocolate cake brushed with raspberry preserves, then coated in a glossy rum-chocolate glaze. Dense, moist, and finished with fresh raspberries for the ultimate dinner-party showstopper.

Handmade liqueur-filled chocolates with a kirsch or Chambord fondant center coated in semi-sweet chocolate. These molded truffles make a sophisticated homemade candy gift for holidays and special occasions.

Dainty sandwich cookies are tender butter rounds coated with almond-sugar tops and filled with raspberry jam or chocolate. A classic European tea-cookie tray pick.

Concentration candy cookies: brown sugar-pecan cookies topped with matched pairs of colored candy-coated chocolates. A clever kids' memory-match game cookie for parties.

Homemade date and nut candy roll coated in melted semi-sweet chocolate. Sugar, evaporated milk, and dates cook to soft-ball stage, then get shaped into logs with pecans and vanilla.

Robert Redford poke cake: chocolate cake soaked with sweetened condensed milk and butterscotch, topped with whipped cream and crushed toffee bars. Classic make-ahead potluck dessert.

No-bake peanut butter pie with extra-crunchy peanut butter, cream cheese, and whipped topping in a graham cracker or chocolate crumb crust. Crushed peanuts on top for double-crunch.

Maria's Ischli cookies are Austrian sandwich cookies with ground hazelnuts or almonds, filled with raspberry jam and topped with chocolate icing. A classic European holiday cookie.

Peanut butter cookies studded with chocolate toffee bits and crowned with peanut halves. Makes 7 dozen tender, chewy cookies with crispy edges in just 30 minutes.

Vinegar cake is an old-fashioned chocolate layer cake leavened with baking soda and vinegar instead of baking powder. Sour milk and unsweetened chocolate create a moist, tangy, deeply chocolatey crumb.

Heath bar cookies loaded with frozen toffee bar chunks and nuts in a slice-and-bake butter cookie dough. Crispy edges, buttery crumb, and pockets of crunchy chocolate-covered toffee in every bite.

Old-fashioned three-layer milk chocolate cake with buttermilk, melted unsweetened chocolate, and brown sugar, topped with milk chocolate frosting. A towering, bakery-worthy celebration cake.