Editors’ Collection

Our Best Chocolate Dessert Recipes

Double chocolate cookies, lava cakes, rich puddings and all kinds of brownies to satisfy your sweet tooth. Discover more Valentine's Day ideas here.

Armando Rafael for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Yossy Arefi.

Recipes

Chocolate Shell Ice-Cream Topping
Melissa Clark, Thomas Keller
759 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
759
5 minutes
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Easy
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
4967 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,967
About 30 minutes
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Devil’s Food Cake With Black Pepper Buttercream
Melissa Clark
680 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
680
2½ hours
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Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies
The New York Times
13473 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
13,473
About 45 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
8813 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,813
1½ hours
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Easy
Earl Grey Tea Cake With Dark Chocolate and Orange Zest
Samantha Seneviratne
5356 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,356
1 hour, plus chilling
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Millionaire’s Shortbread
Samantha Seneviratne
3123 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,123
1¾ hours
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Chocolate-Cardamom Pots de Crème
Yossy Arefi
445 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
445
1 hour, plus steeping and chilling
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Classic Chocolate Éclairs
Samantha Seneviratne
357 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
357
2½ hours, plus cooling
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Fudgy Nutella Brownies
Yossy Arefi
1372 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,372
45 minutes
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Chocolate Pavlova With Chocolate Mousse
Melissa Clark
637 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
637
4 hours
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World’s Best Chocolate Cake
Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh
7014 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
7,014
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Nutella Banana Bread
Yossy Arefi
3780 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,780
1 hour 20 minutes
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No-Bake Chocolate Mousse Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
3812 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,812
30 minutes, plus chilling
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German Chocolate Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3040 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,040
45 minutes
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Chocolate-Chocolate Birthday Cake
Dorie Greenspan
3359 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,359
Baking and cooling: About 3 hours
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Salted Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies
Julia Moskin, Danielle Oron
6600 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,600
45 minutes, plus 12 hours' refrigeration
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Olive Oil Brownies With Sea Salt
Melissa Clark
3087 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,087
40 minutes
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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
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Easy
Chocolate Guinness Cake
Nigella Lawson
12329 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
12,329
1 hour 15 minutes
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
3690 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,690
1 hour plus at least 24 hours' chilling
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Bittersweet Chocolate Ice Cream
Melissa Clark
486 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
486
20 minutes
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Chocolate Cupcakes
Suzanne Lenzer, Maida Heatter
2581 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,581
About 1 hour
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Dark Chocolate Pudding
Melissa Clark
1542 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,542
20 minutes, plus at least 4 hours’ chilling
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Chocolate Peppermint Bars
Melissa Clark
1029 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,029
1 hour 10 minutes, plus chilling
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Chocolate Streusel Poundcake
Melissa Clark
975 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
975
2 hours, plus cooling
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1092 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,092
50 minutes, plus chilling
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Vegan Chocolate Pudding With Cinnamon and Chile
Mark Bittman
1979 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,979
10 minutes, plus chilling
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Gateau Reine de Saba
Nigella Lawson
448 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
448
55 minutes
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Fudge Brownies
Alex Witchel, Kate Moses
1268 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,268
1 hour, plus several hours’ resting
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Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake
Alex Witchel, "The Junior League at Home"
2312 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,312
45 minutes
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Intense Chocolate Mousse Cake
Nigella Lawson
2698 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,698
1 hour 5 minutes
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Chocolate Whiskey Cake
Melissa Clark, Marti Buckley Kilpatrick
3166 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,166
1 hour 25 minutes
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Chocolate Babka
Melissa Clark
3986 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,986
3½ hours, plus 6 to 24 hours' rising
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Tahini Chocolate Cakes
Florence Fabricant, Maria Elia
516 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
516
40 minutes, plus 20 minutes’ cooling
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Chocolate-Crusted Banana Blondies
Melissa Clark
733 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
733
1 hour
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Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3740 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,740
About 1 hour
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Chocolate-Molasses Cookies
Alison Roman
1957 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,957
About 40 minutes
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Doris’s Salty Hot Fudge
Kim Severson
393 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
393
10 minutes
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New Classic Brownies
Julia Moskin, “Alice Medrich’s Cookies, Brownies”
1532 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,532
40 minutes
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Vegan Chocolate Pudding Pie
The New York Times
1376 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,376
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy
Lisbon Chocolate Cake
Dorie Greenspan
4969 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,969
About 1 hour, plus cooling
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Texas Sheet Cake
Genevieve Ko
1260 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,260
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
Margaux Laskey, Odette Williams
720 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
720
50 minutes, plus soaking
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Peppermint Brownies
Erin Jeanne McDowell
895 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
895
1¼ hours, plus cooling and chilling
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Blackout Cake
The New York Times, Ebinger’s
2285 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,285
3 hours plus chilling
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Bittersweet Brownie Shortbread
Melissa Clark
2707 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,707
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
Melissa Clark
2745 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,745
50 minutes, plus cooling
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