135 chocolate cookie crust recipes

Pecan turtle bars with a buttery shortbread crust, bubbly brown sugar caramel layer, whole pecans, and swirled milk chocolate on top. Addictively rich cookie bars.

A show-stopping cheesecake with swirled chocolate and vanilla layers on a cookie crumb crust, finished with a glossy semisweet chocolate ganache glaze. Rich, creamy, and utterly indulgent.

Peanut butter blossom kisses with sugar-rolled cookies and a chocolate kiss pressed warm into each top. The classic holiday cookie tray standard, soft and chewy with a crackly sugar crust.

Seven-layer cookie bars with a chocolate graham crust, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, coconut, and nuts. Makes 36 bars with just 10 minutes of hands-on work.

Chocolate-filled fruit oatmeal bars: a buttery brown-sugar oat crust with a rich melted chocolate, condensed milk, raisin, and coconut filling. Sheet-pan bars for crowds and cookie swaps.

No-bake eggnog cheesecake with a chocolate pirouette cookie and graham cracker crust. Cream cheese, French vanilla pudding, rum, and nutmeg set into a chilled holiday showstopper.

Buttery blondie crust loaded with chocolate chips, orange extract, and sweetened condensed milk creates a cookie-like base for your favorite desserts.

Frozen chocolate mint pie with a mint cookie crust and a rich filling of butter, unsweetened chocolate, and peppermint extract. A no-bake frozen dessert that tastes like a peppermint truffle.

Chocolate sugar cookies made with melted unsweetened chocolate and butter, rolled in sugar for a crackly, sparkly crust. Chewy centers with crisp edges, ready from one bowl with no mixer needed.

French silk chocolate pie with whipped butter-sugar-chocolate filling and a buttery Oreo cookie crust. Classic no-bake filling that sets into a silky mousse-like slice in the fridge.

Coconut squares with a buttery graham cracker crust, sweetened condensed milk coconut filling, and chocolate icing on top. An easy no-mixer bar cookie recipe.

Nutter Butter chocolate-peanut butter pie packs a crushed peanut butter sandwich cookie crust under a frozen mousse of whipped cream, peanut butter, and toasted peanuts, swirled with melted semi-sweet chocolate.

Decadent fudge pie with amaretti cookie crust and rich chocolate filling spiked with amaretto. Dense, brownie-like texture with a boozy almond edge.

Orange sugar-crusted meltaway cookies with chocolate chips and chopped nuts, dipped in fresh orange juice and rolled in sugar to form a delicate citrus-sugar shell. A bright, buttery shortbread-style holiday cookie.

Shortbread cookie crust layered with chocolate ganache and fresh strawberries glazed with strawberry jam creates a stunning no-bake pie with three distinct layers.

Triple-chocolate cheesecake with a crushed cookie crust, rich semi-sweet filling, and a silky chocolate-orange liqueur frosting. Baked low and slow for a dense, fudgy center that'll ruin you for ordinary desserts.