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Easy Chocolate Desserts

Chocolate chip cookies, brownies, lava cake and more easy chocolate recipes everyone will love.

An overhead image of two white bowls filled with chocolate mousse sprinkled with flaky sea salt. A spoon is tucked into one of the bowls. — David Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.

Recipes

Bittersweet Chocolate Mousse With Fleur de Sel
Melissa Clark
3080 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,080
10 minutes
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Easy Skillet Brownies
Melissa Clark
599 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
599
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
7758 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,758
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Nutella Brownies
Jessie Sheehan
1157 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,157
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3265 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,265
45 minutes
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Chocolate Truffle Cakes
The New York Times, Wolfgang Puck
11 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11
30 minutes
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Brownie Brittle
Samantha Seneviratne
90 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
90
2 hours
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Coconut Almond Macaroons
Samantha Seneviratne
84 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
84
55 minutes
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Three-Ingredient Cranberry Chocolate Bites
Carolina Gelen
297 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
297
2 hours 45 minutes
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Turtle Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
251 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
251
1 hour
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Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
1517 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,517
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Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
1652 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,652
About 2 hours
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Chocolate Malted Brownies
Samantha Seneviratne
40 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
40
2 hours 10 minutes
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Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
497 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
497
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
397 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
397
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
138 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
138
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Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The New York Times
4346 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,346
About 30 minutes
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Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1832 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,832
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Hot Fudge and Salted Chocolate Bits Sundae
Dorie Greenspan
101 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
101
20 minutes, plus 45 minutes to freeze the chocolate bits
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Chocolate Truffles
Mark Bittman
806 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
806
30 minutes, plus at least one hour’s chilling
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Scotcheroos
Samantha Seneviratne
832 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
832
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Dump-It Cake
Amanda Hesser, Judith Hesser
8397 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,397
1 hour 45 minutes
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2748 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,748
45 minutes
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Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
872 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
872
35 minutes, plus 45 minutes' cooling
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Nutella Panna Cotta
Melissa Clark, Karen DeMasco
340 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
340
20 minutes
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Chocolate Mug Cake
Margaux Laskey, Deanna F. Cook
5056 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,056
5 minutes
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Peanut Butter Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
1097 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,097
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3834 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,834
About 1 hour
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Blender Chocolate Mousse
Tejal Rao, Monica Stolbach
3250 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,250
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Tiny, Salty, Chocolaty Cookies
Alison Roman
3369 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,369
20 minutes
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Chocolate Shell Ice-Cream Topping
Melissa Clark, Thomas Keller
768 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
768
5 minutes
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S’mores
Tanya Sichynsky
235 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
235
30 minutes
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Easy Brownies
Mark Bittman
4498 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,498
40 minutes
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Puppy Chow
Ali Slagle
1107 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,107
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Chocolate Pudding With Raspberry Cream
Yossy Arefi
1543 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,543
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Peppermint Bark
Samantha Seneviratne
767 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
767
25 minutes, plus 4½ hours' setting
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2844 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,844
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Pete Wells, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
1795 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,795
40 minutes
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Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1849 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,849
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1100 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,100
50 minutes, plus chilling
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No-Bake Chocolate Clusters
Dorie Greenspan
448 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
448
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy Chocolate Fudge
Julia Moskin, Michael Chu
1158 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,158
15 minutes
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Pistachio Chocolate Bark
David Tanis
197 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
197
2 hours 10 minutes
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Easiest Chocolate Sauce
Mark Bittman
399 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
399
5 minutes
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Maple-Pecan Bourbon Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
717 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
717
45 minutes
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Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
847 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
847
5 minutes
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