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
3059 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,059
10 minutes
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Easy Skillet Brownies
Melissa Clark
593 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
593
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
7535 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,535
25 minutes
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Easy
Nutella Brownies
Jessie Sheehan
1123 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,123
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3016 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,016
45 minutes
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Easy
Brownie Brittle
Samantha Seneviratne
50 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
50
2 hours
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Coconut Almond Macaroons
Samantha Seneviratne
44 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
44
55 minutes
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Three-Ingredient Cranberry Chocolate Bites
Carolina Gelen
291 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
291
2 hours 45 minutes
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Turtle Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
139 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
139
1 hour
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Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
1331 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,331
5 minutes
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Easy
Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
1402 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,402
About 2 hours
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Chocolate Malted Brownies
Samantha Seneviratne
33 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
33
2 hours 10 minutes
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Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
424 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
424
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
395 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
395
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
125 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
125
40 minutes
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Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The New York Times
4138 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,138
About 30 minutes
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Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1778 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,778
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
791 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
791
30 minutes, plus at least one hour’s chilling
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Easy
Scotcheroos
Samantha Seneviratne
821 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
821
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Dump-It Cake
Amanda Hesser, Judith Hesser
8276 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,276
1 hour 45 minutes
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2586 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,586
45 minutes
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Easy
Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
858 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
858
35 minutes, plus 45 minutes' cooling
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Nutella Panna Cotta
Melissa Clark, Karen DeMasco
333 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
333
20 minutes
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Chocolate Mug Cake
Margaux Laskey, Deanna F. Cook
4853 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,853
5 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
1092 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,092
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3782 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,782
About 1 hour
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Blender Chocolate Mousse
Tejal Rao, Monica Stolbach
3122 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,122
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy
Tiny, Salty, Chocolaty Cookies
Alison Roman
3327 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,327
20 minutes
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Chocolate Shell Ice-Cream Topping
Melissa Clark, Thomas Keller
764 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
764
5 minutes
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Easy
S’mores
Tanya Sichynsky
232 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
232
30 minutes
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Easy
Easy Brownies
Mark Bittman
4444 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,444
40 minutes
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Easy
Puppy Chow
Ali Slagle
1100 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,100
20 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Pudding With Raspberry Cream
Yossy Arefi
1536 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,536
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
2730 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,730
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Pete Wells, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
1759 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,759
40 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1833 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,833
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1095 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,095
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
1152 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,152
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
396 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
396
5 minutes
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Easy
Maple-Pecan Bourbon Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
715 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
715
45 minutes
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Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
830 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
830
5 minutes
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Easy
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