Chocolate/30 recipes

Black and white marbled puddings made in the microwave. Vanilla and chocolate buttermilk puddings swirled together in dessert bowls for a striking two-tone dessert. Ready to chill in 30 minutes.

No-bake chocolate peanut butter oatmeal cookies cooked on the stovetop in one pan. Drop on foil and ready to eat in under 30 minutes. The classic boiled cookie, no oven required.

Crispy cinnamon-sugar tortilla chips layered nacho-style and drizzled with homemade chocolate sauce and buttery caramel, finished with chopped pecans. A fun shareable Mexican-inspired dessert ready in 30 minutes.

Macerated strawberries spooned into sherbet dishes and draped with a brandy-kissed yogurt cream, then scattered with sliced almonds and chocolate shavings. An Italian no-cook dessert ready in 30 minutes.

A thin, fudgy chocolate sheet cake baked right on a cookie sheet and iced while still hot. Feeds a crowd in 30 minutes flat. The ultimate potluck and church supper cake.

Lucky chocolate chewies, soft brown sugar cocoa cookies studded with semisweet chips and topped with a vanilla glaze. Two dozen cookies in 30 minutes, the kind that vanish before they cool.

Beer float made with chocolate ice cream and a 12-ounce pour of beer in a tall glass. Two ingredients, ready in 30 seconds, and the strangest dessert-drink you'll ever love.

No-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies with peanut butter and pecans. Boil the base for 90 seconds, stir in oats and nuts, drop on wax paper, and let them set. Done in 30 minutes.

Thick, fudgy cocoa cookies loaded with white chocolate chips, crunchy pecans, and golden raisins. These bakery-style cookies are crisp on the edges and chewy in the center, ready in just 30 minutes.

This egg-free, dairy-free chocolate wacky cake uses applesauce and vinegar for a moist, tender crumb. A Depression-era classic that mixes right in the pan and bakes in under 30 minutes.

No bake chocolate peanut butter oatmeal cookies that drop straight from the saucepan onto waxed paper. The classic stovetop cookie that sets into fudgy, chewy rounds in under 30 minutes with no oven required.

A buttery oat crust topped with gooey melted caramel, a layer of melted chocolate chips, and crunchy pecans, then chilled and cut into bars. Turtle candy in bar form that takes just 30 minutes to make.

Clubwoman's Cake, a Depression-era egg-free and dairy-free chocolate cake made with vinegar and oil. A pantry-staples cake that mixes in one bowl with a fork and bakes up moist in 30 minutes.

Creamy, nutty truffles made from just cream cheese and chopped pecans, rolled into balls and dipped in sugar-free chocolate coating. No baking, no fuss, and about 25 bite-sized treats ready in 30 minutes. A dietetic candy that feels indulgent.

Moist chocolate brownies use sweetened condensed milk, cocoa, and semisweet chips for a fudgy, no-butter brownie that bakes in 20 minutes. A leaner brownie with all the deep chocolate flavor.

Easiest chocolate chip cookies use mostly brown sugar plus a splash of milk for a soft, chewy crumb loaded with chocolate chips. A no-chill, one-bowl drop cookie ready in about 20 minutes.