45 chocolate test recipes

Slice-and-bake chocolate walnut cookies built on a flourless-style dough with a pound of melted semi-sweet chocolate, espresso, walnuts, and chocolate chips. Crackly tops, fudgy centers, almost no flour.

Fudgy cocoa brownies loaded with chocolate chips and nuts, baked in a sheet pan for 48 generous squares. Rich chocolate batter topped with melty chips creates chewy-crisp perfection.

Soft pumpkin chocolate chip cookies with cinnamon and a tender, cake-like crumb. A fall favorite that turns one cup of pumpkin puree into 36 chewy, spiced cookies.

Classic oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with rolled oats and shortening for guaranteed soft, chewy texture. Simple ingredients make 36 golden cookies in under 40 minutes.

Rich and delicious pecan chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with cinnamon and cloves to add more depth.

A simple chocolate mousse with melted chocolate chips, whipped egg whites, yolks, and whipped topping folded together. Optional marbled finish gives it a streaked, gourmet look.

From-scratch chocolate cake with melted unsweetened chocolate and buttermilk, topped with a boiled fudge frosting beaten over ice. Deep, dark, and intensely chocolatey.

Chocolate hazelnut tart sets a glossy, gooey chocolate filling studded with toasted hazelnuts into a tender chocolate pastry crust. A rich, gianduja-style dessert with an optional splash of rum.

A no-egg, no-butter, no-milk chocolate cake you can mix right in the pan. Eight pantry staples, 40 minutes, and zero cleanup headaches. The classic "wacky cake" that's been saving dessert since the Depression era.

Chocolate chip orange muffins with bright orange zest and 12 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chips. Bakery-style muffins with a citrus aroma and chocolate in every bite.

Whole wheat muffins loaded with chocolate chips, walnuts, and a hit of orange zest. A nuttier, hearty bake with no white flour, finished with a glossy chocolate spread.

Banana chocolate marble cake swirls melted semi-sweet chocolate into a moist sour cream banana batter, finished with a glossy orange-scented chocolate ganache.

Chocolate cake made with pureed green tomatoes, brown sugar, cinnamon, and orange zest, finished with a glossy dark chocolate glaze. Unexpected end-of-garden dessert.

No-bake chocolate orange truffle balls rolled from crushed chocolate wafers, pecans, fresh orange juice, zest, and honey. Five ingredients, no oven, holiday cookie tray ready.

Flourless chocolate cake made with four kinds of nuts, bittersweet chocolate, and citrus zest, served with honey-glazed grilled orange sections. A Sephardic-inspired dessert.

Intensely rich chocolate espresso cake baked in a water bath, spiked with Grand Marnier and orange zest. Dense flourless dessert.