White Christmas Cake with White Chocolate Buttercream
A festive delight with layers of tender cake, lush buttercream, and cranberry jam. Topped with sugared cranberries, it’s gorgeous, too.
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Double Chocolate Chunk Sourdough Cookies
Cookies with a tangy sourdough twist, a brown butter base, and big chunks of chocolate are a terrific update on a classic. You’re gonna love ’em.
Espresso Millionaire Shortbread Bars
A full plate of buttery shortbread, covered with caramel and chocolate is going to be a big hit at your next holiday shindig. Make enough to share!
Torsades au Chocolat ~ Chocolate Pastry Twists
A classic after-school snack in France, we think they deserve to be eaten everywhere. Try these flaky, custardy, and chocolatey bites and see if you don’t agree.
Dorie Greenspan’s Mocha Walnut Torte
A rich walnut torte, that happens to be gluten-free and full of chocolate and coffee flavor, is a perfect dessert for sharing. Especially when covered with rich ganache.
Dark Chocolate and Tahini Ice Cream
Deeply flavored with dark chocolate and the nuttiness of tahini, this is a perfect adult ice cream. You won’t believe how creamy it is, either.
Halloween Mummy Rice Krispies Treats
Creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky. But not at all ooky–they’re delicious little mummy themed treats that come together in a snap. And kids can help, too.
Halloween Chocolate Covered Apple Slices
Even the most candy-obsessed could use a little healthy upgrade on Halloween. A slice of apple covered in chocolate hits all the sweet spots.
Chocolate Buttermilk Pie
A creamy, custardy pie that everyone who tested it, also ate it for breakfast. Pie is breakfast, people. Chocolate pie is better than dry toast, for sure.
Dark Chocolate Gelato
Sweet, but not too sweet, and chocolatey (extra chocolatey, actually) gelato is smooth, silky, and rich. This sweet treat is for real chocolate lovers.
White Chocolate Whisper Cake
This cake is nothing short of extraordinary. It’s delicately flavored with white chocolate and has a dreamy crumb.
Chocolate Meringue Mousse Cake
A chocolate lover’s dream come true, in the form of a lightly textured, dark chocolate mousse. Not too sweet, not too rich—just right.
Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
Great big chewy, chocolatey cookies so fantastic that our testers absolutely raved about them—try ’em and see for yourself.
17 Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes
How many ways are there to love chocolate chip cookies? So far, we’ve found 24. With apologies to those of you who are indecisive types.
Chewy Chocolate Brownies
Craving chewy chocolate brownies? America’s Test Kitchen has a splendid version that’s got some seriously amped-up flavor.
Vegan Chocolate Cake
No one will ever know it’s vegan…unless you tell them. All you’ll experience is chocolate through and through.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies
You shouldn’t have to choose between your two competing cravings. The only disappointing thing about these? That we didn’t discover them sooner.
Tahini Truffles
Tahini truffles are nutty, rich, sexy, little bites. A pleasure to share…though we wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to keep them all to yourself.
Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
Subtly sweet and slightly crumbly, these chocolate cookies are indulgent through and through yet in a sorta sophisticated way. Tasting is understanding.
Coconut Candy Bars
These taste like an indulgent mash-up of Mounds candy bars, peanut butter, and graham cracker crumb crust. And chances are you already have everything you need.
Chocolate Mousse for One
This sophisticated chocolate fix draws on just three ingredients, comes together in minutes, and is satiating beyond belief.
One-Bowl Mocha Brownies
If you’re going to splurge on brownies, you may as well, you know, SPLURGE on brownies. But not in terms of effort or expense. Just taste. These brownies handle it splendidly.
Banana Muffins
If something looks like banana bread and tastes like banana bread, chances are it’s banana bread. Unless it’s these cute little banana muffins that are crammed full of chocolate and coconut.
Homemade Thin Mints
Can’t wait for your boxes of Girl Scout Thin Mints to arrive? No worries. We got you with this trusty gluten free recipe.
Orange Chocolate Chunk Cake
The combination of tart, citrusy orange with not-too-dark chocolate was a smashing success at the Barefoot Contessa. It’s just as much a hit at home.