Chocolate Recipes

Classic homemade chocolate cake with deep cocoa flavor baked in layers or a sheet pan. This tender, from-scratch cake is perfect for birthdays and celebrations.

One bowl chocolate fudge made in the microwave with just semi-sweet chocolate, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, and walnuts. Five ingredients, no candy thermometer, no stovetop.

Vegan orange chocolate mousse made with silken tofu, cocoa powder, brown rice syrup, and orange zest. A dairy-free, egg-free dessert with a rich, creamy texture from blended tofu.

Orangenplätzchen: German orange chocolate cookies with bright citrus zest, finely chopped chocolate folded into the dough, and a tart orange-lemon glaze brushed on warm. A traditional Weihnachtsplätzchen for Christmas tins.

Chocolate chip Bundt cake made from yellow cake mix, sour cream, and eggs with semi-sweet chips throughout. Dense, moist, and dusted with powdered sugar.

Parisian Sophisticates: almond-vanilla buttermilk cupcakes hollowed out and filled with airy chocolate truffle mousse, topped with toasted cake crumbs. Vintage tea-party fancy.

Flourless Passover brownies made with matzo cake meal instead of flour. Rich, fudgy chocolate squares kosher for Passover with nuts folded in for crunch.

Patty Ann's chocolate diamonds are dense, fudgy chocolate-pecan bars cut into diamond shapes. A short ingredient list and one bowl deliver brownie-like richness with a satisfying nutty crunch.

Peanut butter oatmeal cookies with rolled oats and your choice of chocolate chips or chopped peanuts. Chewy centers, crisp edges, and a 5-dozen yield from one batch.

Peanut butter pinwheel cookies with a melted chocolate swirl rolled jelly-roll style and sliced into rounds. A slice-and-bake cookie with a stunning spiral pattern in every bite.

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.

Pecan and chocolate bars with a buttery shortbread base, toffee brickle bits, coconut, and melted chocolate on top. Three layers of crunch, chew, and richness in every square.

Pecan butter cookies are soft brown sugar drop cookies packed with chopped pecans. Buttery, caramel-kissed, and baked in 10 minutes for 2 dozen classic Southern cookies.

Black bottom cupcakes drop a sweet cream cheese filling studded with chocolate chips into chocolate cake mix batter, baking into a self-frosting cupcake. Travel-friendly picnic dessert with no icing to melt.

Pistachio-almond biscotti drizzled with dark chocolate: crunchy, twice-baked Italian cookies packed with two kinds of nuts. Coffee's best friend and a gift-tin classic.

Potato devil's food cake uses mashed potatoes for an incredibly moist crumb. With unsweetened chocolate squares and chopped nuts, this vintage layer cake stays tender for days.