Chocolate recipes

Better than sex cake: German chocolate poke cake soaked with sweetened condensed milk and caramel, topped with whipped topping and crushed Heath bars. The Midwestern potluck classic.

Breton brittle, also known as Christmas crack: layered stone-ground wheat crackers under a brown sugar butter toffee, topped with melted chocolate chips and chopped nuts. Five ingredients, irresistibly snappable.

Three-ingredient pretzel turtles with mini pretzels, Rolo or chocolate caramel candies, and toasted pecan halves. Easy no-fail sweet-and-salty holiday treat ready in 15 minutes.

Quick 4-ingredient cappuccino parfait layering coffee-spiked whipped topping with sugar-free chocolate pudding. Light, creamy, and ready in 20 minutes flat.

Make this delicious and mouth-watering mounds cake for your family or pot-luck, nobody can resist this candy-like mounds cake .

Loaded brownies with melted unsweetened chocolate, marshmallows, pecans, and chocolate chips baked into a fudgy, gooey slab. Stress-baking at its finest.

Legendary loaded cookies with blended oatmeal, chocolate chips, grated chocolate bar, and nuts baked into buttery dough: the famous Neiman Marcus recipe that supposedly cost $250.

Martha Washington's devil's food cake made with unsweetened chocolate, buttermilk, and cake flour. A rich, old-fashioned two-layer chocolate cake baked in a single sheet pan.

Chocolate truffle cake à la Café de Paris: layered chocolate cake split and filled with a glossy chocolate-fondant-cream ganache, chilled overnight for clean truffle slices.

Cathedral windows candy with melted chocolate chips, colored marshmallows, and powdered sugar rolled into a log and sliced to reveal stained glass-like cross sections. No-bake and freezer friendly.

A simple cappuccino mix made with a bit of nutmeg that's perfect for any fan of the delicious drink.

Two-layer banana cake studded with chopped Butterfinger bars, spiked with dark rum, and coated in a glossy semisweet chocolate ganache. A showstopper that can be made 2 days ahead.

Peppermint ice cream pie with creme de menthe, semi-sweet chocolate, and crushed candy in a graham cracker crust. A frozen mint-chocolate dessert that sets in 5 hours.

Make these easy and delicious squashed frogs for your kids at Halloween, everyone will love these green frogs.

Kahlua fudge made with semi-sweet and milk chocolate, marshmallow creme, and coffee liqueur. A rich, boozy candy that sets up smooth and cuts into clean squares.

Snow cap meringue cookies fold semi-sweet chocolate chips into low-and-slow baked egg-white meringues, then dip the tops in melted white chocolate. Crisp, airy holiday cookies. Makes 6 dozen.