Chocolate recipe collection

These scrumptious treats are perfect as a light snack in between meals.

Amaretto cheesecake delite blends silken tofu and reduced-fat cream cheese into a lighter cheesecake spiked with amaretto and vanilla. Topped with caramelized almonds on a chocolate cookie crust.

Peanut butter brownies with crunchy peanut butter and a marbled chocolate chip top. Soft, chewy bars baked in a 13x9 pan, makes 24.

Annie's butter cookies: one buttery, rich dough that shapes into candy canes, pinwheels, spritzes, cutouts, or drop cookies. The Christmas-cookie foundation worth memorizing.

Apple snacking cake with tart chopped apples, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and nuts, using apple juice in the batter for extra apple flavor. No frosting, dusted with powdered sugar.

Fudgy applesauce brownies made with unsweetened chocolate, butter, and brown sugar. Applesauce keeps every square intensely moist, with walnuts baked into the top.

Applique cookies stack contrasting chocolate-pepper and sugar cookie doughs, cut in different shapes and glued with egg white before baking, then drizzled with chocolate. A striking two-tone decorating technique.

Apricot almond bars with a buttery shortbread crust, spiced almond meringue topping, apricot glaze, and chocolate drizzle. Four layers of European-style pastry in every square.

Dense apricot bars sweetened with maple syrup and loaded with dried apricots, walnuts, and cashews. No eggs, no butter, finished with powdered sugar icing and optional chocolate drizzle.

Apricot chocolate coffeecake baked in a bundt pan with cream cheese batter, cocoa, dried apricots, chocolate chips, and almonds. Rich, layered, and perfect for brunch.

Apricot white chocolate muffins with cinnamon-poached apricots, nutmeg, and good quality white chocolate. The poaching liquid adds apricot flavor right into the batter.

Traditional Mexican Atole thickened with masa - two recipes in one: wild Blackberry Atole de Zarzamora and Champurrado (chocolate with cinnamon). A warm, nourishing drink served with tamales.

Two-layer banana cake with pecans and buttermilk, filled and frosted with chocolate whipped cream and fresh banana slices. A showstopper that pairs ripe banana with rich chocolate mousse.

Banana split squares with Oreo crust, layered vanilla and strawberry ice cream, bananas, and homemade fudge sauce. No-bake make-ahead frozen dessert for a crowd.

Bread machine banana chocolate chip yeast bread combines mashed banana with bread flour and semi-sweet chips for a slightly sweet, tender loaf. A breakfast or snack bread that comes out of the machine ready to slice.

Baked bananas and pancakes with quartered bananas, beer-batter pancakes, Calvados or Grand Marnier, orange juice, and molasses. A British-style pudding-dessert that's part crepe, part bananas Foster.