396 coco recipes

Lighter chocolate amaretto cheesecake made with reduced-fat cream cheese, cottage cheese, and cocoa. Baked low and slow with mini chocolate chips folded in.

[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

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

Light chocolate layer cake filled with whipped citrus cream and mandarin orange segments. Made with egg substitute and skim milk, this stunning low-fat dessert tastes far more indulgent than it is.

Cocoa-laced cookie dough studded with semisweet chocolate chips and crowned with a chocolate Kiss pressed into the warm center. Three layers of chocolate in every bite.

Filled devil dogs are homemade chocolate sandwich cookies with a fluffy cooked-flour cream filling. A nostalgic copycat of the classic Drake's snack cake, soft, cocoa-rich, and bakery-fresh.

Chocolate peanut butter shortbread baked in a tart pan with a cocoa crust, creamy peanut butter filling, and a chocolate Kiss topped with a whole peanut on every wedge.

Inspired by the iconic NY cookie, this elegant black n' white marbled cheesecake recipe tastes as good as it looks.

Great chocolate cake built from cocoa bloomed in boiling water, cake flour, and butter for a deep, moist crumb. Topped with whipped cream, strawberries, and chocolate drizzle for shortcake.

A masterchef-level dessert: espresso chocolate mousse over creme anglaise, served in flowerpot dishes and topped with handmade chocolate flowers.

Cookie dough brownies layered three ways: a fudgy cocoa brownie base, a thick egg-free cookie dough filling, and a glossy chocolate glaze finished with chopped walnuts. Bakery-style bars done at home.

An elegant chilled walnut custard cream spiked with kirsch, unmolded and drizzled with warm chocolate sauce. A make-ahead French-inspired dinner party dessert that serves 10.

Prune Armagnac gingerbread is a deeply spiced holiday cake loaded with brandy-soaked prunes, three forms of ginger, molasses, and a coffee kick. Served with crème fraîche.

Rich cocoa chocolate cake with buttermilk and boiling water, frosted with a fluffy marshmallow icing. Triple-sifted dry ingredients and a double boiler frosting make this a showstopper.

Waldorf red cake is the original 1920s Waldorf-Astoria red velvet cake with cocoa, buttermilk, and vinegar, finished with the classic ermine (cooked flour) frosting that ages out a true red velvet from cream cheese cake.

Referee cookies with chocolate cocoa dough loaded with semi-sweet chocolate chips, decorated with white chocolate stripes piped on top. A fun game-day treat that looks like a referee jersey.