Chocolate Recipes

Chocolate raspberry brownies hide a ribbon of raspberry jam baked into the center of a dense, fudgy walnut brownie. A clever freezing trick suspends the jam mid-batter so every square has a tart raspberry surprise.

Peanut butter blossom kisses with sugar-rolled cookies and a chocolate kiss pressed warm into each top. The classic holiday cookie tray standard, soft and chewy with a crackly sugar crust.

Fudgy brownies made with unsweetened chocolate and butter for an intensely rich, crackly-topped square. Simple pantry ingredients, optional walnuts, and a velvety batter.

Cream cheese topped chocolate brownies with a fudgy bittersweet base, chocolate chips, and a piped cream cheese swirl baked into a decorative V pattern. Bakery-style brownies served cold.

Chocolate praline mousse from Quatorze layered with hazelnut praline paste, creme de cacao, and a whisper of espresso. Classic French bistro dessert that chills overnight into pure silk.

Granola and brown sugar give this cookie its crunch and rich flavor.

Fudgy bittersweet chocolate brownies topped with tangy cream cheese filling and fresh raspberries. Two layers of rich flavor that need an overnight chill for clean, bakery-perfect slices.

Raspberry chocolate chip pancakes with melted butter in the batter for extra richness. A from-scratch weekend breakfast with fresh berries and semi-sweet chocolate in every bite.

Salzburger Nockerln: Austrian meringue souffle baked into three fluffy peaks over a pool of butter and jelly. A centuries-old Salzburg dessert meant to be eaten the moment it leaves the oven.

Torta Divina is a rich Italian flourless chocolate cake laced with Cointreau, baked in a water bath, and finished with whipped cream and fresh raspberries. Gluten-free by nature.

Two-color chocolate brownies: ultra-rich dark chocolate brownies with walnuts, topped with a white chocolate cream icing and ground nuts. A bakery-style double-batch for a crowd.

This co-winner in the filled-cookie category from Dorothy O'Neill of Whitefish Bay makes a delicate, crispy cookie. Dipping in chocolate and nuts adds flavor and texture.

White chocolate brownies (blondies) with chunks of semisweet chocolate folded into a tender, butter-rich batter. Sweet, dense and dotted with dark chocolate pockets. Better than the box mix.

White chocolate macadamia brownies with a full cup of butter, 10 ounces of white chocolate, and chopped macadamias. Dense, fudgy, and pale golden blondies.

Six ingredients. One bowl. Fudgy, crackly-topped brownies loaded with real melted chocolate and crunchy walnuts. No cocoa powder shortcuts here, just the real deal from scratch in under an hour.

Yule log cake (buche de Noel) is the classic French rolled sponge cake for Christmas, made from a delicate whole-egg genoise baked thin, filled, rolled, and decorated to look like a wintry wooden log.