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
3007 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,007
10 minutes
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Easy Skillet Brownies
Melissa Clark
562 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
562
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
6650 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,650
25 minutes
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Easy
Nutella Brownies
Jessie Sheehan
1061 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,061
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
2498 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,498
45 minutes
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Easy
Three-Ingredient Cranberry Chocolate Bites
Carolina Gelen
175 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
175
2 hours 45 minutes
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Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
909 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
909
5 minutes
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Easy
Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
888 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
888
About 2 hours
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Chocolate Malted Brownies
Samantha Seneviratne
26 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
26
2 hours 10 minutes
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Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
369 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
369
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
384 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
384
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
104 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
104
40 minutes
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Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The New York Times
3749 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,749
About 30 minutes
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Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1703 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,703
20 minutes
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Easy
Hot Fudge and Salted Chocolate Bits Sundae
Dorie Greenspan
100 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
100
20 minutes, plus 45 minutes to freeze the chocolate bits
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Chocolate Truffles
Mark Bittman
756 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
756
30 minutes, plus at least one hour’s chilling
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Easy
Scotcheroos
Samantha Seneviratne
786 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
786
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Dump-It Cake
Amanda Hesser, Judith Hesser
8051 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,051
1 hour 45 minutes
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2359 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,359
45 minutes
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Easy
Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
845 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
845
35 minutes, plus 45 minutes' cooling
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Nutella Panna Cotta
Melissa Clark, Karen DeMasco
323 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
323
20 minutes
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Chocolate Mug Cake
Margaux Laskey, Deanna F. Cook
4472 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,472
5 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
1044 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,044
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3704 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,704
About 1 hour
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Blender Chocolate Mousse
Tejal Rao, Monica Stolbach
3038 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,038
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy
Tiny, Salty, Chocolaty Cookies
Alison Roman
3209 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,209
20 minutes
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Chocolate Shell Ice-Cream Topping
Melissa Clark, Thomas Keller
757 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
757
5 minutes
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Easy
S’mores
Tanya Sichynsky
231 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
231
30 minutes
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Easy
Easy Brownies
Mark Bittman
4352 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,352
40 minutes
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Easy
Puppy Chow
Ali Slagle
1057 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,057
20 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Pudding With Raspberry Cream
Yossy Arefi
1521 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,521
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Peppermint Bark
Samantha Seneviratne
746 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
746
25 minutes, plus 4½ hours' setting
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2679 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,679
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Pete Wells, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
1682 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,682
40 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1743 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,743
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1087 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,087
50 minutes, plus chilling
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No-Bake Chocolate Clusters
Dorie Greenspan
433 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
433
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy Chocolate Fudge
Julia Moskin, Michael Chu
1112 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,112
15 minutes
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Pistachio Chocolate Bark
David Tanis
191 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
191
2 hours 10 minutes
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Easy
Easiest Chocolate Sauce
Mark Bittman
389 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
389
5 minutes
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Easy
Maple-Pecan Bourbon Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
697 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
697
45 minutes
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Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
797 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
797
5 minutes
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Easy
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