Chocolate recipes

Cranberry, ginger white chocolate chips and marshmallows make these delicious mouth-watering popcorn balls that are perfect snacks for Christmas.

Whipped cream frosting with raspberry sauce: sweetened whipped cream and a cornstarch-thickened raspberry coulis, both ready in under 20 minutes. A clean, fruity finish for cakes and desserts.

Beer and beef stew from Granite Brewery with cubed beef, root vegetables, Dijon mustard, and a dark chocolate-brown roux. A pub-style stew thickened with a proper French roux.

A stunning fresh strawberry pie with a buttery pecan shortbread crust, whipped cream cheese filling, and whole berries glazed in homemade strawberry sauce. Worth every minute.

No-bake cheesecake set with gelatin and built into a graham cracker crust. Light, creamy, and dependable with a 2-hour chill time. Easy dessert with endless flavor variations.

A Mexican mole-inspired chili with cubed lamb, black beans, toasted tortilla and seed thickener, warming spices, and a square of unsweetened chocolate. Deep, complex, nothing like a Texas chili.

Authentic Oaxacan mole coloradito with toasted ancho and guajillo chilies, Mexican chocolate, fried plantain, almonds, and sesame seeds. A rich, layered sauce for chicken.

Layered no-bake chocolate pie with a buttery pecan crust, cream cheese filling, chocolate pudding, and whipped topping. This Southern potluck legend feeds 15 and vanishes in minutes flat.

Halloween Ghosts in the Graveyard dessert with chocolate pudding, crushed Oreo dirt, and whipped topping ghosts. No-bake party favorite kids love decorating themselves.

Crunchy drop cookies loaded with crushed corn cereal and raisins or chocolate chips. Brown sugar keeps them chewy inside with crisp golden edges.

The surprise is grits! Cooked creamy grits stand in for the traditional custard base, blended with flaked coconut and sour cream, then chilled in a chocolate graham crust. A Southern twist on coconut cream pie you won't see coming.

Cocoa sponge cake hearts cut from a sheet pan, dusted with powdered sugar, and plated with pools of raspberry sauce and chocolate syrup. A stunning Valentine's Day or special occasion dessert for 8.

These are extremely low in fat, and the taste is more slightly bitter dark chocolate than the milk-chocolate sweet of most brownies, however if you love chocolate, they're a great treat!

A lighter take on chocolate mousse using cocoa powder, almond extract, and fluffy whipped topping set with gelatin. Rich chocolate flavor, airy texture, fewer calories than the classic.

Peanut butter cookie pops: rolled-and-cut peanut butter cookies finished with chocolate dip or sandwiched around peanut butter filling. Versatile cookie base that turns into whatever shape your cookie cutters suggest.

Frozen no-bake pie loaded with ice cream bon bons and a minty pudding filling, topped with melted chocolate and whipped topping. Five hours in the freezer, zero oven time.