490 chocolate frosting recipes

Gingerbread men cookies with oats, molasses, cinnamon, and ginger rolled thin and decorated with frosting, red cinnamon candies, and chocolate. A holiday baking favorite.

Midnight cake with Dutch-process cocoa, buttermilk, and oil for a dark, tender crumb. Filled with raspberry jam and frosted with whipped chocolate cream.

Mound cake: copycat dessert tasting like a giant Mounds candy bar. Devil's food layers with marshmallow-coconut filling and rich chocolate cream cheese frosting.

Classic German chocolate cake: three light layers of sweet chocolate cake with whipped egg whites folded in, stacked with a cooked coconut-pecan frosting made from evaporated milk and egg yolks. The real, from-scratch version.

Buche de Noel: the iconic French Christmas yule log cake. Light sponge rolled around fruit jam, frosted with chocolate buttercream, and decorated to look like a snowy birch log. The classic holiday showstopper.

Classic New York black and white cookies: soft cake-like rounds half-frosted with vanilla fondant and half with chocolate. Bakery-style recipe with traditional warm fondant icing.

Cookie dough brownies layer a fudgy cocoa brownie with a buttery, eggless cookie-dough frosting and a glossy chocolate glaze. All the taste of raw cookie dough, safely baked into a decadent layered bar.

A layered Italian cassata cake with orange-ricotta filling, chocolate, candied citron, and vanilla frosting topped with pistachios. A Sicilian bakery classic you can make at home.

Loaded carrot cake packed with crushed pineapple, coconut, walnuts, and cinnamon, topped with chocolate cream cheese frosting. A moist, oil-based cake baked in two loaf pans.

Insanely fudgy walnut brownies with a blender chocolate frosting. Baked low and slow for a dense, moist crumb with a thin crackly crust on top.

Chocolate heart sandwich cookies with almond extract, pink buttercream frosting, and a peek-through cutout center. A Valentine's Day baking project with show-stopping results.

No-bake peanut brownies with graham cracker crumbs, peanut butter, chopped peanuts, and a melted chocolate chip frosting. A fudgy, crunchy treat that sets in the fridge in just 1 hour.

Peanut butter cream cheese pies frosted with chocolate pudding and topped with chopped peanuts. The recipe makes two 9-inch pies, with real whipped cream folded into the peanut butter base for serious lift.

Half moon cookies with a soft, cake-like buttermilk crumb, frosted half white and half chocolate. The classic upstate New York holiday cookie, also known as a black-and-white.

German sweet chocolate cake built on a chocolate cake mix base enriched with extra butter, buttermilk, and folded egg whites for a tender, tall three-layer cake. Designed for the classic coconut-pecan frosting on the tops only.

No-bake refrigerator confetti brownies with graham cracker crumbs, colored mini marshmallows, walnuts, and a melted chocolate-chip frosting. Chill, slice, and serve. No oven needed.