192 hot chocolate recipes

Banana split sundaes for two with a microwave hot fudge sauce made from semisweet chocolate, sweetened condensed milk, and corn syrup. A 10-minute date-night dessert.

Classic Tollhouse cookies with chocolate chips, walnuts, brown sugar, and butter. Crunchy, crumbly, and baked to a golden crisp with vanilla and a touch of hot water.

Coffee-spiked red devil's food cake with cocoa, hot coffee, buttermilk, and a hit of red food coloring. Deep chocolate flavor with a striking red-tinted crumb.

Moist chocolate cake with hot coffee, cocoa, and vegetable oil for an extra-tender crumb. Topped with the old-fashioned cooked-flour buttercream that tastes like whipped cream.

Intensely rich chocolate mousse with semi-sweet chips, egg, vanilla, almond extract, and crème de cacao whipped with hot cream: few can eat more than one small serving.

A no-bake frozen dessert layered with crushed Oreos, mint chocolate chip ice cream, smashed Skor bars, hot fudge, and whipped topping. Zero oven time, maximum wow factor.

City school red devil's food cake made with cocoa, hot coffee, buttermilk, cake flour, and a touch of red food coloring. The nostalgic cafeteria chocolate cake from scratch.

Classic chocolate sheet cake with cinnamon and vinegar in the batter, topped with warm cocoa icing poured over the hot cake so it soaks into every prick-marked inch.

Barbara Bush's signature chocolate chip cookies with a quirky splash of hot water in the dough that yields a crisp-edged, soft-centered cookie. A small-batch White House classic.

Texas-style chocolate sheath cake with buttermilk and a warm marshmallow-nut cocoa icing spread on while the cake is still hot. One pan, one hour, and feeds a crowd.

Fat-free cocoa squares with applesauce instead of butter or oil. A hot cocoa-brown sugar sauce poured over the batter before baking creates a gooey, self-saucing chocolate dessert.

Rich chocolate layer cake with cocoa, hot coffee, and a hint of almond extract. Colette's recipe bakes into two moist 9-inch layers that are begging for your favorite frosting.

Chocolate summer fruit cake with whole wheat flour, fresh stone fruit, coconut, raisins, and walnuts, soaked in a hot buttermilk glaze. A dense, fruit-packed sheet cake for seasonal baking.

Granny's chocolate cake is a one-bowl wonder with cocoa, hot water, and egg whites baked into a moist single-layer square. Old-fashioned weeknight cake dusted with powdered sugar.

Old-fashioned chocolate sheet cake with a boiled cocoa frosting that goes on while everything's still hot. Buttermilk keeps it moist, chopped nuts add crunch. Ready in under an hour.

Old-fashioned chocolate sheath cake with cocoa, buttermilk, and a hint of cinnamon, frosted while still hot from the oven. A classic Texas-style sheet cake with a fudgy topping.