Decadent recipes for chocolate desserts

From classics such as chewy chocolate chip cookies and chocolate cake with buttercream frosting, to crazy candy creations such as Peanut Butter Cup and Snickers crunch brownies; whatever your guilty pleasure, we've got you covered with more than 50 chocolate recipes.

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The Gourmand Mom
A rich chocolate flan cake drizzled with peanut butter, fudge sauce, and chopped peanuts.

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The Gourmand Mom
A rich chocolate flan cake drizzled with peanut butter, fudge sauce, and chopped peanuts.

Cakes, tarts, and pies
Chocolate sour cream layer cake
Molten lava cake
Slow cooker chocolate lava cake
Espresso chiffon cake with fudge frosting
Tunnel of fudge cake
Mexican chocolate cake with coffee cream topping
Girl Scout cookie upside down cake
Chocolate zucchini cake
Chocolate peanut butter chocoflan
Mexican chocolate fudge pecan cake
Chocolate cake with buttercream frosting
Easy, moist (vegan) chocolate cupcakes
Oreo cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
Chocolate pecan caramel shortbread
Peanut butter and chocolate truffle tart
Peanut Butter Cup cheesecake pie
Maple chocolate pecan pie
Chocolate pie with meringue topping

Brownies, blondies, and bars
Peanut butter fudge bars
Rolo crownies
Nutella crunch brownies
Chocolate peanut butter rice krispie treats
Simplest homemade fudgey brownies
Chocolate frosted brownies
Chocolate caramel brownies
Peanut Butter Cup and Snickers crunch brownies
Chewy fudgy triple chocolate brownies
Chocolate pecan cayenne bars
Brownies with salted caramel
Maple pecan brownies (bonus: they are dairy- and gluten-free)
Unbelievable gluten-free coconut brownies
White and dark chocolate chip blondies
Oreo-stuffed chocolate chip cookie brownies
Fudgy brownies with cream cheese frosting
Candy bar brownies
Get more brownies, blondies, and bar recipes here

Cookies
Nutella-stuffed chocolate chip lava cookies
Double chocolate cookies
Monster cookies
Chocolate chunk macadamia cookies
Chewy jumbo chocolate chip cookies
'Best ever' chewy chocolate chip cookies
Chocolate coconut crispies
Pure chocolate chunk cookies
Salted dark chocolate cookies with ginger and coconut
Deep dish brown butter chocolate chunk pizookie
Chocolate sugar cookies
Get more chocolate chip cookies recipes here

Muffins and breads
Chocolate muffins with white chocolate and dried cherries
Pumpkin chocolate chunk bread
Chocolate popovers
Chocolate chip banana bread

Candy, fondue, and pudding
Hot chocolate pops
Chocolate truffles, four ways
Halloween hot chocolate (liquid candy)
Black walnut fudge
Oreo truffles
Chocolate fondue
Stovetop double-chocolate pudding
Chocolate covered cherry baked pudding
Chocolate and coffee rice pudding (champorado)
Avocado chocolate pudding

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