Chocolate/8 recipes

Crispy, paper-thin chocolate lace cookies made with melted butter and unsweetened chocolate. Only 8 ingredients, 30 minutes, and you've got 3 dozen elegant holiday treats.

Chocolate thumbprint cookies rolled in chopped nuts with a Hershey's Kiss pressed into the center. Double chocolate, nutty crunch, and only 8 minutes in the oven.

No-bake chocolate cream cake layered with chocolate wafer cookies, vanilla whipped cream, and fresh strawberries. Refrigerate 8 hours and the cookies soften into cake-like layers.

Fudgy bon bons: a chocolate truffle-like dough wrapped around a Hershey's Kiss, baked just 6 to 8 minutes, and drizzled with white chocolate. A hidden-surprise cookie that bakes up shiny and molten.

No-bake banana chocolate Chantilly pie with French vanilla pudding, cream cheese, whipped cream, and swirls of fudge sauce in a graham cracker crust. 39 reviews and counting.

Slice-and-bake chocolate icebox cookies rolled in chopped pecans and topped with melted milk chocolate. Make the dough ahead, chill overnight, and bake 8 dozen in minutes.

Chocolate surprise cookies hiding peanut butter chips and walnuts inside a cocoa-based drop cookie dough. The chocolate-peanut butter combo bakes up in just 8-10 minutes.

Fudge truffle cheesecake bakes a chocolate cookie crust under a dense cream cheese filling laced with 8 ounces of melted semi-sweet chocolate. Rich, fudgy, no flour, no fuss.

Rocky road cookies are fudgy chocolate drop cookies studded with chocolate chips and chopped nuts, each topped with a melty mini marshmallow. Bakery-style cookies in 8 minutes per tray.

Intensely rich chocolate silk mousse cake baked in a water bath with a pound of semi-sweet chocolate and a glossy ganache glaze. Make up to 3 days ahead. Serves 8.

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.

Ladies will enjoy this decadent chocolate cake made with cream cheese and chopped pecans.

Citrus-kissed cookies with white chocolate chips, orange zest, and walnuts. Soft, buttery dough bakes in 8-10 minutes for 54 tender cookies.

Yeasted chocolate bread made with a honey sponge starter and semi-sweet chocolate rolled jelly-roll style into 8 individual mini loaves. Brushed with egg glaze and best served hot from the oven.

Fudgy brownies made with a full cup of butter and 8 ounces of unsweetened chocolate, loaded with toasted walnuts. Baked in a jelly-roll pan for thick, slab-style bars.

Coconut-rolled vanilla ice cream balls floating in hot cocoa spiked with cream of coconut and optional dark rum. Topped with chocolate sauce and a cherry. A showstopper hot chocolate dessert for 8.