Recipe Sifter

Chocolate spritz cookies made with cocoa and real butter, pressed into shapes and drizzled with melted semi-sweet chocolate. A holiday cookie press classic.

This Swiss monastery tart has a cocoa-almond-cinnamon shortcrust filled with raspberry jam and topped with a golden lattice. A rustic European bake with roots in St. Gallen's monastic kitchens.

Eggless chocolate banana snack cake with mashed ripe banana, cocoa, brown sugar, and a vinegar-baking soda lift. Topped with melted chocolate chips. A no-egg, no-dairy 8-inch square cake.

Classic chocolate sheet cake with cocoa, buttermilk, and a surprise touch of almond extract. Boiling butter and water poured over the dry mix creates an ultra-moist, fudgy crumb.

Patriotic Fourth of July chocolate sheet cake decorated as an American flag with vanilla and blue frosting and fresh strawberry stripes. A buttermilk-rich chocolate cake the kids can help decorate.

No-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies with peanut butter, cocoa, rolled oats, and vanilla. Boil the base on the stovetop, stir in the oats, drop, and chill. No oven needed.

Chocolate banana split cake with cocoa-banana layers, fresh sliced bananas, homemade chocolate sauce, whipped topping, and a cherry on top. No butter, no egg yolks.

Do It Yourself Devil’S Food Cake Mix recipe

Gluten Free Chocolate Pound Cake with Glaze recipe

Bean-free turkey chili slow-cooked overnight with cocoa, cinnamon, and cumin for deep, complex flavor. A dump-and-go crockpot recipe using turkey thighs and fresh jalapeños.

Chocolate thumbprint cookies bake a cocoa-walnut shortbread base, then fill the wells with vanilla cream and ruby cherry pie filling. Holiday cookie tray showstopper.

Rich chocolate cream pie with a hint of cinnamon, cooked slow in a double boiler and crowned with golden meringue. Old-fashioned diner-style pie from scratch.

Six pounds of cubed beef and two pounds of pinto beans simmered for hours with a full cup of chili powder, cocoa, fennel, and bacon. This is competition-level chili that feeds 15.

Vegan chocolate Grand Marnier souffle made with tofu, cocoa, honey, and soy milk. No eggs, no butter, processed smooth in a food processor and baked until puffed.

Texas-style chocolate sheet cake bakes a thin, fudgy buttermilk-cocoa cake in 25 minutes, then gets crowned with warm pecan-laced fudge icing poured straight onto the still-warm surface. Sixteen squares from one 9x13 pan.

Chocolate pizzelle cookies made with cocoa powder, melted butter, and vanilla, pressed on a pizzelle iron. An Italian waffle cookie with a rich chocolate twist.