1,078 chocolate recipes

No-bake chocolate and dried fruit squares studded with nuts, topped with candied orange zest. These refrigerator treats combine tropical dried fruit mix with rich semi-sweet chocolate for an elegant bite.

Secret kiss cookies hide a whole chocolate kiss inside a buttery, walnut-flecked shortbread, baked until just set and rolled in powdered sugar. Bite in and the soft chocolate center is the surprise. A Christmas cookie tin favorite.

Cherry-stuffed cookies dipped in white and dark chocolate with chopped pecans. Each cookie hides a whole maraschino cherry inside a tender dough shell.

[Note: Bobby Flay, chef of NYC's Mesa Grill, prepared this dessert for a Meals on Wheels benefit meal at the Frontera Grill in Chicago

Reine de Saba, the classic French chocolate almond cake with a fudgy center and glossy chocolate glaze. Ground almonds replace most of the flour for a rich, dense crumb.

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.

Homemade hot fudge sauce with unsweetened and semi-sweet chocolate, butter, corn syrup, and vanilla. A thick, glossy ice cream topping ready in 20 minutes.

Triple-chocolate mocha truffle cookies with melted chocolate, cocoa powder, chocolate chips, and instant coffee. Fudgy, intensely rich, and coffee-laced.

Homemade Almond Roca: buttery toffee cooked to deep mahogany, whole almonds stirred in, topped with semi-sweet chocolate and ground walnuts. A classic holiday candy that breaks into gorgeous bark-style pieces.

Layered no-bake candy with a butterscotch-walnut bottom, mini marshmallow middle, and a chocolate chip topping. Make-ahead, sliceable, and seriously sweet.

The famous $250 cookie loaded with chocolate chips, grated chocolate bars, oatmeal ground to powder, and chopped nuts. A legendary urban legend cookie recipe that actually delivers.

Kentucky Derby tart with chocolate chips and coarsely chopped pecans baked in a buttery sugar filling inside a flaky pie shell. A Southern classic.

Fudgy brownies with melted semi-sweet chocolate, sour cream, and chocolate chips folded in. Intentionally underbaked for a dense, gooey center that firms up as it cools.

Old-fashioned chocolate fudge made from scratch with unsweetened chocolate, sugar, and milk. Hand-stirred on a platter until it transforms from glossy to creamy and firm.

French-style praline truffles made with dark chocolate, egg yolks, butter, and hazelnut praline paste, rolled in grated chocolate. A classic Parisian chocolatier technique for silky, nut-scented truffles.

Mokettes aux amandes, French chocolate truffles flavored with rum-pounded almonds, coffee concentrate, and powdered sugar, rolled in grated chocolate. The vintage Belgian-French confiserie classic.