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
3026 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,026
10 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy Skillet Brownies
Melissa Clark
572 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
572
40 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
6819 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,819
25 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Nutella Brownies
Jessie Sheehan
1087 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,087
35 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
2842 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,842
45 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Three-Ingredient Cranberry Chocolate Bites
Carolina Gelen
273 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
273
2 hours 45 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
1052 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,052
5 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
972 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
972
About 2 hours
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Malted Brownies
Samantha Seneviratne
29 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
29
2 hours 10 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
397 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
397
50 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
389 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
389
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
107 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
107
40 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The New York Times
3931 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,931
About 30 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1732 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,732
20 minutes
or to save this recipe.
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
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Truffles
Mark Bittman
767 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
767
30 minutes, plus at least one hour’s chilling
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Scotcheroos
Samantha Seneviratne
814 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
814
20 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Dump-It Cake
Amanda Hesser, Judith Hesser
8116 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,116
1 hour 45 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2466 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,466
45 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
849 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
849
35 minutes, plus 45 minutes' cooling
or to save this recipe.
Nutella Panna Cotta
Melissa Clark, Karen DeMasco
325 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
325
20 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Mug Cake
Margaux Laskey, Deanna F. Cook
4544 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,544
5 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Peanut Butter Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
1086 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,086
25 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3740 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,740
About 1 hour
or to save this recipe.
Blender Chocolate Mousse
Tejal Rao, Monica Stolbach
3084 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,084
20 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Tiny, Salty, Chocolaty Cookies
Alison Roman
3296 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,296
20 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Shell Ice-Cream Topping
Melissa Clark, Thomas Keller
759 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
759
5 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
S’mores
Tanya Sichynsky
231 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
231
30 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Easy Brownies
Mark Bittman
4395 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,395
40 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Puppy Chow
Ali Slagle
1080 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,080
20 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Chocolate Pudding With Raspberry Cream
Yossy Arefi
1525 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,525
25 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Peppermint Bark
Samantha Seneviratne
765 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
765
25 minutes, plus 4½ hours' setting
or to save this recipe.
Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2708 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,708
15 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Pete Wells, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
1725 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,725
40 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1747 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,747
45 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1092 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,092
50 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
No-Bake Chocolate Clusters
Dorie Greenspan
443 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
443
20 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Easy Chocolate Fudge
Julia Moskin, Michael Chu
1141 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,141
15 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Pistachio Chocolate Bark
David Tanis
195 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
195
2 hours 10 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Easiest Chocolate Sauce
Mark Bittman
393 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
393
5 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Maple-Pecan Bourbon Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
713 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
713
45 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
814 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
814
5 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

More Editors’ Collections