Chocolate Recipes

Rich, fudgy from-scratch brownies built on melted unsweetened chocolate and butter, studded with toasted nuts. A bakery-quality brownie with a thin crackly top and a moist, dense center.

Melt-away butter cookies with vanilla and almond extract, pressed with a cookie gun and optionally dipped in chocolate with chopped pecans. Yields 7 dozen.

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.

Fudgy chocolate yogurt cake baked in heart-shaped pans for Valentine's Day. Plain yogurt keeps the cocoa-rich crumb moist and tender with a subtle tang, ready to frost and decorate however you like. A sweetheart of a dessert.

Banana chocolate drop cookies with mashed ripe banana folded into the dough along with melted chocolate and chocolate chips. Soft, cake-like, and perfect for using up overripe bananas. Makes four dozen quick drop cookies.

Become a champion with these soft, delicious cookies that will keep people reaching for the cookie jar.

Crispy, sweet and delicious small treats. Is there no match better than peanut butter and chocolate?

Cocoa powder, brown sugar, and chocolate chips create moist brownies studded with walnuts that stay fudgy for days.

Eagle chocolate cake is a triple-layer Ghirardelli chocolate cake leavened by whipped egg whites with buttermilk or strong coffee. Deep flavor, lofty crumb, classic American bake.

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.

Ben and Jerry's Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe

NOTE: I think paste food color works better than liquid food coloring when tinting cookie dough. It's available in specialty markets and some party stores. Be careful: A little goes a long, long way.

Herman starter coffee cake with chocolate chips, nuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon. A friendship bread tradition that turns sourdough starter into a rich, one-bowl cake.

Soft, cakey chocolate drop cookies made with melted unsweetened chocolate, sour cream, and walnuts, topped with a mocha frosting. Makes 36 rich, fudgy cookies.

Soft, cakey chocolate drop cookies topped with a rich homemade chocolate icing. Made with real unsweetened chocolate and optional pecans, this bakery-style recipe yields 3 dozen.

This cake can be served alone or with a chocolate sauce.