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
3090 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,090
10 minutes
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Easy Skillet Brownies
Melissa Clark
603 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
603
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
7814 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,814
25 minutes
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Nutella Brownies
Jessie Sheehan
1206 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,206
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3392 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,392
45 minutes
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Chocolate Truffle Cakes
The New York Times, Wolfgang Puck
13 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
13
30 minutes
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Brownie Brittle
Samantha Seneviratne
103 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
103
2 hours
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Coconut Almond Macaroons
Samantha Seneviratne
90 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
90
55 minutes
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Three-Ingredient Cranberry Chocolate Bites
Carolina Gelen
302 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
302
2 hours 45 minutes
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Turtle Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
271 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
271
1 hour
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Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
1557 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,557
5 minutes
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Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
1715 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,715
About 2 hours
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Chocolate Malted Brownies
Samantha Seneviratne
41 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
41
2 hours 10 minutes
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Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
509 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
509
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
398 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
398
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
142 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
142
40 minutes
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Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The New York Times
4419 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,419
About 30 minutes
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Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1846 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,846
20 minutes
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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
809 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
809
30 minutes, plus at least one hour’s chilling
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Scotcheroos
Samantha Seneviratne
844 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
844
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Dump-It Cake
Amanda Hesser, Judith Hesser
8430 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,430
1 hour 45 minutes
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2780 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,780
45 minutes
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Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
876 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
876
35 minutes, plus 45 minutes' cooling
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Nutella Panna Cotta
Melissa Clark, Karen DeMasco
341 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
341
20 minutes
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Chocolate Mug Cake
Margaux Laskey, Deanna F. Cook
5117 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,117
5 minutes
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Peanut Butter Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
1101 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,101
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3862 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,862
About 1 hour
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Blender Chocolate Mousse
Tejal Rao, Monica Stolbach
3283 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,283
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Tiny, Salty, Chocolaty Cookies
Alison Roman
3381 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,381
20 minutes
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Chocolate Shell Ice-Cream Topping
Melissa Clark, Thomas Keller
780 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
780
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
4531 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,531
40 minutes
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Puppy Chow
Ali Slagle
1114 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,114
20 minutes
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Chocolate Pudding With Raspberry Cream
Yossy Arefi
1549 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,549
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
2888 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,888
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Pete Wells, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
1816 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,816
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
450 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
450
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy Chocolate Fudge
Julia Moskin, Michael Chu
1159 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,159
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
403 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
403
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
854 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
854
5 minutes
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