Chocolate/37 recipes

Chocolate chip squares made in the microwave with oats, brown sugar, and chopped nuts. Chewy, no-oven-needed bars ready in under 30 minutes.

Sugar drops: classic buttery drop cookies with chopped nuts (or chocolate chips), crisp edges, and soft centers. Basic pantry dough ready in 30 minutes.

Five-ingredient magic bars with a soda cracker base, coconut, chocolate chips, nuts, and sweetened condensed milk. No mixing bowl needed. Ready in 30 minutes.

Fudgy mint chocolate crinkle cookies coated in powdered sugar with crackled tops. Makes 3 dozen chewy cookies with cool minty flavor in just 30 minutes.

A lighter take on chocolate brownies using reduced-fat margarine, sugar substitute, and skim evaporated milk. Topped with pecans and ready in just 30 minutes.

Palatschinken are thin Austrian and German pancakes filled with melted chocolate and powdered sugar, then rolled and dusted. Classic European dessert ready in 30 minutes.

Easy peppermint fudge squares made with chocolate chips, miniature marshmallows and mint extract on an evaporated milk base. No candy thermometer needed; ready to chill in 30 minutes. Yields 2 pounds of fudge.

Peanut butter cookies studded with chocolate toffee bits and crowned with peanut halves. Makes 7 dozen tender, chewy cookies with crispy edges in just 30 minutes.

Fudgy brownies made with a full bag of melted chocolate chips, butter, and whole wheat flour. Six ingredients, 30 minutes, and intensely chocolatey in every bite.

Microwave pecan pie bars: shortbread base, chewy pecan filling, and a semi-sweet chocolate topping. 28 bars cooked entirely in the microwave, ready in 30 minutes.

Classic fudge cake with cocoa powder bloomed in hot water for deep chocolate flavor. A tender two-layer cake ready for buttercream frosting in 30 minutes.

Original Irish cream liqueur is the classic eggless homemade Bailey's: Irish whiskey, half-and-half, sweetened condensed milk, instant coffee, chocolate syrup, and almond extract whirred in a blender for 30 seconds. Keeps 2 months chilled.

Crunchy chocolate chip cookies loaded with pecans and crisp rice cereal, flavored with almond extract and brown sugar. Makes 5 dozen crispy-edged treats in 30 minutes.

Soft chocolate drop sugar cookies made with cocoa powder and buttermilk, scooped large and dusted with sugar while warm. Cake-like, chocolatey, and ready in 30 minutes.

Giant chocolate chip cookie made from yellow cake mix, baked on a pizza pan. A 5-ingredient, semi-homemade cookie cake that's ready in under 30 minutes.

Chewy chocolate peanut butter chip cookies bake up soft in the center with deep cocoa flavor and a full bag of peanut butter chips folded through the dough. A drop-and-bake batch cookie ready in 30 minutes.