10,000 melting recipes

Cold-oven popovers from a five-ingredient batter, started in an unheated oven and baked into hollow, crispy-shelled rolls with steamy interiors. Marion Cunningham's foolproof method.

Taco-seasoned mashed potato crust loaded with chicken, refried beans, and barbecue sauce, then baked with melted cheddar. A Tex-Mex twist on pie night!

Chocolate coconut cake topped with a boiled coconut-coffee-cocoa glaze that soaks into the warm crumb. Simple pantry ingredients for a rich, fudgy everyday cake with tropical coconut finish.

Holiday charlotte with ladyfinger-lined mold filled with silky chocolate mousse and crowned with fresh fruit glazed in apple jelly. A showstopper no-bake holiday dessert.

Skip the chocolate bar, and try these scrumptious treats that will satisfy your sweet tooth.

Easy lasagna made with a Bisquick batter instead of noodles, layered with ground beef, spaghetti sauce, zucchini, cottage cheese, and melted mozzarella. Feeds 15 in under an hour.

Homemade chocolate fondant candies made from a sugar syrup cooked to firm-ball stage, kneaded with unsweetened chocolate, then finished with pecans or dipped in white chocolate.

Frango Mints copycat: the famous Marshall Field's chocolate-mint candy made at home with melted chocolate, powdered sugar, and a few drops of mint extract. No tempering, no candy thermometer.

Jo Mazzotti casserole, a hearty baked noodle dish of ground pork, onions, and mushrooms in a rich tomato sauce with cubes of sharp cheddar melted through. An old-school Midwestern crowd-pleaser.

Skip the griddle! Swedish oven pancakes bake hands-free in one pan with just 6 pantry staples. Puffy, golden, and ready to cut into squares for the easiest brunch you'll ever make.

Chocolate chow mein clusters bind crunchy chow mein noodles with melted caramels, peanut butter, and chocolate chips. A no-bake retro candy ready in 20 minutes.

Slow-cooked onions melt into beef stock sweetened with sugar and enriched with Parmesan for a hands-off crockpot version of classic French onion soup.

Spaghetti Gorgonzola with a creamy blue cheese sauce melted in heavy cream. Italian four-ingredient pasta ready in 20 minutes for a quick weeknight dinner.

My son brought this recipe home from work one day some years ago and asked me to please make these cookies for him. His friend Brian had given him the recipe. Brian's mom had made the cookies and he would bring them in to work and give my son some. My son William said that they were so good that he wanted me to make some for him, so I made them and I loved them as well as my husband, my daughter, my sisters, and everyone else who ate them. Well, then my daughter's friends wanted me to make some cookies for them, so I just gave them the recipe and said go for it yourselves, they are so easy to make. I know you will love these cookies too because they are not the regular chocolate chip cookie variety. They melt in your mouth and you can't eat just one. Thank you to my son's friend Brian and Brian's mom for sharing this delicious recipe with me, wherever they may be.

A Mexican inspired dish made with tomatillas, melted cheese and pre-cooked chicken, just delicious.

Monkey bread made with refrigerated buttermilk biscuits, cinnamon sugar, and melted margarine. Just 4 ingredients and a tube pan for sticky, pull-apart perfection.