Dessert, Chocolate Recipes

Light, chewy almond macaroons sandwiched with rich chocolate ganache. A classic Swiss cookie recipe using blanched almonds, Swiss meringue, and semi-sweet chocolate filling.

Chocolate cheesecake on a buttery sweet pastry crust with melted semisweet chocolate and sour cream in the filling. Finished with a chocolate-butter lattice drizzle on top.

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.

No-bake oatmeal fudge cookies with cocoa, evaporated milk, butter, and rolled oats. Drop-style cookies that set on waxed paper into chewy, chocolatey rounds. No oven required.

Molten chocolate cake with a frozen Grand Marnier ganache center, served with orange whipped cream and warm chocolate sauce. A showstopping restaurant-style dessert.

Tender white chocolate cake studded with almonds and coconut, layered with billowy whipped cream frosting folded with toasted coconut for elegant celebrations.

Baci di Dama are Italian "lady's kisses": delicate ground almond cookies with candied orange peel, sandwiched together with melted chocolate. Gluten-light, flourless-forward, and elegant enough for gifting.

Nondairy chocolate rum mousse melts chocolate chips with water and rum, then folds in beaten egg whites for an airy four-ingredient dairy-free dessert. Keeps a week in the fridge.

Mandelbrodt with chocolate chips and pecans, topped with cinnamon sugar. A Jewish twice-baked cookie similar to biscotti, made with oil instead of butter. Crunchy, dunkable, and freezer-friendly.

Double chocolate cream cheese cake with a coffee-spiked cocoa batter and a tangy cream cheese chocolate chip swirl baked right in. A one-pan dessert that disappears at potlucks.

Chocolate mocha mousse: a French-style chocolate mousse with strong coffee, butter, egg yolks, and clouds of whipped cream and stiff egg white. The classic dinner-party finale, made the proper way.

Microwave brownies made with real unsweetened chocolate, butter, and chopped pecans in just 20 minutes total. Fudgy, rich, and no oven required.

German sweet chocolate cake built on a chocolate cake mix base enriched with extra butter, buttermilk, and folded egg whites for a tender, tall three-layer cake. Designed for the classic coconut-pecan frosting on the tops only.

Peanut butter brownies baked in a jelly roll pan with a melted chocolate chip topping spread over the warm bars and a crunch of chopped peanuts. Easy bar cookies built for a crowd.

Moist banana layer cake studded with grated white chocolate and topped with a banana-white chocolate frosting. Use up those overripe bananas in style.

Cream cheese marbled brownies with chopped nuts. A sweet chocolate batter swirled with tangy cheesecake filling, topped with more brownie batter, and zigzagged into marble. Old-fashioned bakery classic.