344 semisweet chocolate recipes

Swirled chocolate raspberry cheesecake on a chocolate wafer crust with sour cream, raspberry preserves, and a glossy chocolate ganache topping. Pure indulgence.

Double-chocolate shortbread cookies dipped on each end in white and semisweet chocolate. Rich, buttery, and elegant with a tender snap and triple chocolate flavor.

Intensely rich chocolate silk mousse cake baked in a water bath with a pound of semi-sweet chocolate and a glossy ganache glaze. Make up to 3 days ahead. Serves 8.

Chocolate yogurt cheesecake on a chocolate wafer crust with semi-sweet chocolate in the filling and a glossy chocolate glaze on top. Baked in a water bath for a crack-free, silky texture.

Showstopping chocolate mousse pie with brandy-soaked chocolate-dipped cherries, a cookie crust, and a filling loaded with 12 oz of chocolate, coffee, and whipped cream.

Better than sex cake: German chocolate poke cake soaked with sweetened condensed milk and caramel, topped with whipped topping and crushed Heath bars. The Midwestern potluck classic.

Flourless-style chocolate mini-cakes baked in a heart pan with semisweet morsels, butter, walnuts, and just two tablespoons of flour. Finished with ganache.

Hand-dipped chocolate truffles made with heavy cream, butter, and orange liqueur, coated in dark chocolate. A luxurious homemade candy that rivals any chocolatier.

Chocolate bundles are flaky puff pastry purses twisted around pools of semi-sweet chocolate and crunchy walnuts, baked golden and dusted with powdered sugar. A three-ingredient French-style dessert that looks far fancier than the effort behind it.

Three-ingredient triple fudge brownies built on chocolate pudding mix, chocolate cake mix, and semi-sweet chips. Dense, fudgy, and fast. The semi-homemade trick that fooled every PTA bake sale.

Easy two-layer peanut butter and chocolate fudge with sweetened condensed milk. No candy thermometer, no boiling sugar. Five ingredients, ready in three hours.

Oven-baked banana s'mores with graham crackers, marshmallows, chocolate chips, and sliced bananas. Indoor campfire treat ready in 20 minutes, no fire needed.

Homemade Almond Roca: buttery toffee cooked to deep mahogany, whole almonds stirred in, topped with semi-sweet chocolate and ground walnuts. A classic holiday candy that breaks into gorgeous bark-style pieces.

Buttery melt-in-your-mouth shortbread bars studded with chocolate chips. Made with rice flour for extra crumble, baked low and slow until golden. Just 5 ingredients and 8 minutes of prep.

Breton brittle, also known as Christmas crack: layered stone-ground wheat crackers under a brown sugar butter toffee, topped with melted chocolate chips and chopped nuts. Five ingredients, irresistibly snappable.

Cherry cake mix cookies dipped in semi-sweet chocolate and sprinkled with toasted almonds. A clever shortcut treat that looks bakery-fancy with under 10 minutes of hands-on work.