248 baking chocolate recipes

Turtle shells are a novelty edible-insect snack: cooked cicadas dipped in warm chocolate glaze and cooled into crunchy, chocolate-topped morsels. A bold entry into entomophagy for the adventurous.

Four ways to shape holiday butter cookie dough: cutouts with egg paint, spritz cookies, chocolate caramel marbles, and coconut macaroon wreaths. One dough, endless options.

Classic Boston cream pie with a tender cake flour sponge, vanilla custard cream filling, and chocolate glaze. A from-scratch version of the iconic layered dessert.

Quick-fix cookies turn store-bought refrigerated cookie dough into two bakery-style treats: chocolate-drizzled chocolate chip sticks and orange-cinnamon sugar leaves. Two batches, twenty minutes of work.

Smores cake layers fluffy graham cracker sponge with toasted miniature marshmallows and mini chocolate chips broiled until bubbly. Low-fat campfire-flavored cake without leaving the kitchen.

Oatmeal, dried cranberries, and chocolate chips are all my favorites. I always use low-fat yogurt to replace sour cream if possible. These cookies are so yummy.

Bourbon-soaked vanilla wafer crumbs blended with melted chocolate and condensed milk, shaped into bite-sized balls. Roll in cocoa or walnuts for a crowd-pleasing treat.

Gooey butter pecan bars layered with melted marshmallows, chocolate chips, and coconut on a cake mix crust. A 5-minute prep, no-fuss dessert bar that disappears at every potluck and bake sale.

Easy chocolate pudding cake bakes its own fudgy sauce underneath a tender cake layer. A no-egg, no-butter self-saucing dessert that magically separates in the oven.

Authentic biscotti di Prato (cantucci): the traditional Tuscan twice-baked almond cookies, made with no butter for a hard, crunchy bite built for dunking in coffee or vin santo.

Easy elephant ears cookies (palmiers) bake from rolled puff pastry, sugar, and egg wash into crisp golden hearts, dipped in melted chocolate. Four-ingredient bakery-style treats ready in 40 minutes.

Ritz crackers sandwiched with peanut butter and dipped in melted chocolate. A 3-ingredient no-bake treat that's salty, sweet, crunchy, and ridiculously addictive.

Instant cheesecake fakes the real thing in five minutes with a chocolate digestive biscuit, a swipe of cream cheese, and half a fresh strawberry. Snack-sized, no-bake, ready before the kettle boils.

Little snow people cookies: holiday snowman cookies shaped from festive dough with three stacked balls, decorated with mini chocolate chip eyes, cinnamon candy buttons, and peanut butter cup hats.

Chocolate banana split cake with cocoa-banana layers, fresh sliced bananas, homemade chocolate sauce, whipped topping, and a cherry on top. No butter, no egg yolks.

Santa Claus cookies are soft drop cookies with bright lemon zest, baked then frosted and decorated into jolly Santa faces. A Christmas cookie tray classic for kids.