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
3096 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,096
10 minutes
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Easy Skillet Brownies
Melissa Clark
611 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
611
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
7887 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,887
25 minutes
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Nutella Brownies
Jessie Sheehan
1237 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,237
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3551 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,551
45 minutes
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Chocolate Truffle Cakes
The New York Times, Wolfgang Puck
14 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
14
30 minutes
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Brownie Brittle
Samantha Seneviratne
117 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
117
2 hours
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Coconut Almond Macaroons
Samantha Seneviratne
93 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
93
55 minutes
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Three-Ingredient Cranberry Chocolate Bites
Carolina Gelen
306 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
306
2 hours 45 minutes
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Turtle Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
297 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
297
1 hour
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Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
1617 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,617
5 minutes
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Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
1801 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,801
About 2 hours
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Chocolate Malted Brownies
Samantha Seneviratne
42 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
42
2 hours 10 minutes
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Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
520 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
520
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
399 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
399
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
146 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
146
40 minutes
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Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The New York Times
4542 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,542
About 30 minutes
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Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1873 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,873
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
847 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
847
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Dump-It Cake
Amanda Hesser, Judith Hesser
8481 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,481
1 hour 45 minutes
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2827 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,827
45 minutes
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Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
883 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
883
35 minutes, plus 45 minutes' cooling
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Nutella Panna Cotta
Melissa Clark, Karen DeMasco
342 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
342
20 minutes
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Chocolate Mug Cake
Margaux Laskey, Deanna F. Cook
5254 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,254
5 minutes
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Peanut Butter Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
1104 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,104
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3879 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,879
About 1 hour
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Blender Chocolate Mousse
Tejal Rao, Monica Stolbach
3307 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,307
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Tiny, Salty, Chocolaty Cookies
Alison Roman
3391 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,391
20 minutes
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Chocolate Shell Ice-Cream Topping
Melissa Clark, Thomas Keller
789 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
789
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
4556 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,556
40 minutes
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Puppy Chow
Ali Slagle
1118 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,118
20 minutes
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Chocolate Pudding With Raspberry Cream
Yossy Arefi
1551 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,551
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
2934 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,934
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Pete Wells, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
1841 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,841
40 minutes
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Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1854 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,854
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1102 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,102
50 minutes, plus chilling
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No-Bake Chocolate Clusters
Dorie Greenspan
452 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
452
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy Chocolate Fudge
Julia Moskin, Michael Chu
1161 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,161
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
404 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
404
5 minutes
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Maple-Pecan Bourbon Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
720 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
720
45 minutes
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Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
863 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
863
5 minutes
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