354 semi sweet chocolate recipes

Chewy peanut butter brownies made with melted semi-sweet chocolate, creamy peanut butter, and chopped walnuts. Dense, fudgy, and rich with a peanut butter flavor that deepens the chocolate.

A showstopper Boston cream pie with four layers of airy genoise, white chocolate pastry cream between each layer, a glossy dark chocolate ganache coating, and fresh raspberries on top. Patisserie-level dessert.

Egg-free chocolate cake layered with a ganache filling loaded with sliced Snickers bars, then frosted in glossy chocolate and crowned with chopped peanuts. If you've ever wanted to hide a candy bar inside a cake, this is your blueprint.

Two-layer brownies with fudgy chocolate base topped with cream cheese-almond swirl studded with mini chocolate chips: baked together, chilled until firm, sliced into rich squares.

Tagalong cheesecake turns the peanut-butter-and-chocolate Girl Scout cookie into a dessert. A Tagalong cookie crust, peanut butter cream cheese filling, glossy chocolate ganache and crushed peanuts.

Lemon cats' paw cookies piped from almond dough with lemon zest and vanilla, sandwiched and dipped in dark chocolate. An elegant bakery-style cookie worth the effort.

Devil's food cake loaded with chocolate chips, walnuts, and graham cracker crumbs, then layered with coffee-kissed whipped cream. A semi-homemade showstopper that starts with a box mix but finishes like a bakery original.

Double chocolate cherry cookies that a favorite during Christmas. A chocolate cookie with and embedded maraschino cherry covered with a baked on chocolate frosting. Takes a bit of time, but the results are over the top spectacular.

Chocolate chunk cookies with semi-sweet chocolate, brown sugar, and a full cup of butter. Thick, chewy, and loaded with big chocolate pieces in every bite.

Peanut cluster cookies with salted cocktail peanuts in a brown sugar dough, baked golden then dipped in melted semi-sweet chocolate. Crunchy, salty, and sweet.

Pecan brownies made with melted semi-sweet chocolate and a full cup of dark brown sugar for deep, fudgy texture and a shiny crackled top. A bakery-style brownie with toasted nuts.

Peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate with a smooth peanut butter and powdered sugar center coated in a semi-sweet chocolate shell. A no-bake candy similar to Buckeyes that's a holiday favorite and makes 4 dozen.

Refrigerator mocha torte layers graham crackers between rich chocolate-coffee buttercream in a loaf pan, chilled until firm. No-bake icebox cake with sliceable mocha layers. Serves 10.

Lemon cinnamon cookies are crisp rolled shortbread-style cutouts scented with fresh lemon zest and warm cinnamon, glazed with egg wash and sparkling sugar. Old-world cookies leavened with baking ammonia for a shatter-crisp snap.

Slice and bake chocolate chip cookies with a make-ahead freezer dough. Shape four logs, freeze for up to 6 months, and bake fresh cookies anytime in 10 minutes.

Chocolate cherry cheesecake with a chocolate wafer crust, melted chocolate chip filling spiked with cherry liqueur, and cherry pie filling on top. A show-stopping dessert that chills for 24 hours.