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  • Chocolate Stout Cupcakes

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 33 minutes

    Chocolate stout or coffee stout flavors these chocolate cupcakes, and they’re topped with an Irish cream frosting! These chocolate stout cupcakes will please everyone this St. Patrick’s Day!

  • Chocolate Sponge Cake

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 50 minutes

    This chocolate sponge cake is light, airy, and delicately flavored with cocoa. It’s made with whipped egg whites for volume and structure, without the heaviness of butter-based cakes. Serve it simply with a dusting of powdered sugar or split and fill it with fruit preserves or whipped cream. You can also drizzle each slice with chocolate sauce for an elegant dessert that’s easy to prepare and naturally dairy-free.

  • Quick Homemade Chocolate Sauce (Ready in 8 Minutes)

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 8 minutes

    This easy chocolate sauce is rich, smooth, and ready in just 8 minutes. Made with cocoa, sugar, milk, and vanilla, it’s the perfect topping for ice cream, pound cake, brownies, or even fresh fruit. Store it in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks and warm it before serving for the ultimate dessert drizzle.

  • Chocolate Meringue Cookies (Gluten-Free)

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 20 minutes

    These chocolate meringue cookies are made with just six simple ingredients — egg whites, sugar, melted chocolate, nuts, salt, and vanilla. They’re crisp on the outside, slightly chewy on the inside, and entirely flourless. The light texture and rich chocolate flavor make them a perfect sweet treat for any occasion.

  • Chocolate Icebox Cookies

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 20 minutes

    These easy chocolate icebox cookies are an easy preparation and quick bake. The cookie dough can be shaped and frozen for another day. A good reason to double the recipe!

  • Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 7 hours 22 minutes

    Make this rich and creamy chocolate ice cream with or without chocolate chips or toasted pecans. Add some edible cookie dough or cookie crumbs!

  • Chocolate Hazelnut Fudge

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 18 minutes

    Hazelnuts and Frangelico or bourbon flavor this fabulous chocolate fudge. Make a big batch or scale it down and chill it in a loaf pan.

  • Chocolate Glaze for Cakes, Brownies, and Pastry

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 12 minutes

    This chocolate glaze firms up nicely to make a shiny chocolate finish for cakes, doughnuts, brownies, and eclairs or cream puffs.

  • Chocolate Coconut Oil Cake and Frosting (Vegan)

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 45 minutes

    This fast and easy chocolate cake is the perfect dessert to satisfy a chocolate craving! Not only is it quick and easy—the cake and frosting are egg and dairy free!

  • Chocolate Chip Scones

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 35 minutes

    These sweet chocolate chip scones have amazing flavor and texture. Each bite is chock-full of chocolate chips and chopped pecans!

  • Chocolate Chip Sablé Cookies

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 3 hours 28 minutes

    French-style chocolate chip sablé cookies with a sparkly sugar crust and buttery, tender texture.

  • Chocolate Chip Pancakes

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 45 minutes

    Everyone will love these scrumptious, soft chocolate chip pancakes, and they are super easy to prepare and cook. Use morsels or chopped chocolate.

  • Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 7 hours 20 minutes

    Enjoy this delicious chocolate chip ice cream. The cooked custard mixture makes a smooth and creamy vanilla ice cream base.

  • Chocolate Chip Cake

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 42 minutes

    Moist, buttery chocolate chip cake loaded with chocolate and pecans—perfect for dessert or potlucks.

  • Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 10 minutes

    Smooth, velvety, and wonderfully decadent, our chocolate buttercream frosting is a luscious cake topping perfect for any occasion!

  • Chocolate Butterball Cookies

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 29 minutes

    These chocolate butterball cookies make an easy and delicious weekend treat. They’re also great holiday cookies!

  • Chocolate Bourbon Truffles With Chopped Pecans

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 7 hours 15 minutes

    Celebrate the day with a special treat, like these rich and creamy chocolate and bourbon truffles!

  • Chewy Sugar Cookies

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 24 minutes

    These chewy sugar cookies are soft and tender with a crisp sugar coating. An easy, classic recipe that’s perfect for holidays, parties, or anytime you need a quick homemade treat.

  • Moist Carrot Muffins

    ByDiana Rattray
    Total Time: 35 minutes

    These moist carrot muffins are filled with currants or raisins and some chopped walnuts. Serve them with a flavored cream cheese spread or butter.