Editors’ Collection

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
3072 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,072
10 minutes
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Easy Skillet Brownies
Melissa Clark
595 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
595
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
7648 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,648
25 minutes
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Easy
Nutella Brownies
Jessie Sheehan
1141 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,141
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3112 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,112
45 minutes
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Easy
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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Easy
Brownie Brittle
Samantha Seneviratne
70 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
70
2 hours
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Coconut Almond Macaroons
Samantha Seneviratne
78 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
78
55 minutes
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Three-Ingredient Cranberry Chocolate Bites
Carolina Gelen
296 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
296
2 hours 45 minutes
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Turtle Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
203 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
203
1 hour
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Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
1444 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,444
5 minutes
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Easy
Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
1536 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,536
About 2 hours
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Chocolate Malted Brownies
Samantha Seneviratne
35 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
35
2 hours 10 minutes
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Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
455 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
455
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
396 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
396
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
131 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
131
40 minutes
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Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The New York Times
4243 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,243
About 30 minutes
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Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1803 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,803
20 minutes
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Easy
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
799 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
799
30 minutes, plus at least one hour’s chilling
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Easy
Scotcheroos
Samantha Seneviratne
826 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
826
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Dump-It Cake
Amanda Hesser, Judith Hesser
8352 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,352
1 hour 45 minutes
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2673 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,673
45 minutes
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Easy
Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
865 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
865
35 minutes, plus 45 minutes' cooling
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Nutella Panna Cotta
Melissa Clark, Karen DeMasco
336 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
336
20 minutes
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Chocolate Mug Cake
Margaux Laskey, Deanna F. Cook
4967 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,967
5 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
1094 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,094
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3810 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,810
About 1 hour
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Blender Chocolate Mousse
Tejal Rao, Monica Stolbach
3140 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,140
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy
Tiny, Salty, Chocolaty Cookies
Alison Roman
3351 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,351
20 minutes
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Chocolate Shell Ice-Cream Topping
Melissa Clark, Thomas Keller
767 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
767
5 minutes
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Easy
S’mores
Tanya Sichynsky
233 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
233
30 minutes
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Easy
Easy Brownies
Mark Bittman
4470 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,470
40 minutes
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Easy
Puppy Chow
Ali Slagle
1102 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,102
20 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Pudding With Raspberry Cream
Yossy Arefi
1537 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,537
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
2740 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,740
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Pete Wells, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
1777 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,777
40 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1844 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,844
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1097 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,097
50 minutes, plus chilling
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No-Bake Chocolate Clusters
Dorie Greenspan
447 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
447
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy Chocolate Fudge
Julia Moskin, Michael Chu
1157 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,157
15 minutes
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Pistachio Chocolate Bark
David Tanis
196 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
196
2 hours 10 minutes
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Easy
Easiest Chocolate Sauce
Mark Bittman
398 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
398
5 minutes
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Easy
Maple-Pecan Bourbon Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
716 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
716
45 minutes
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Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
836 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
836
5 minutes
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Easy
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