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Easy Chocolate Desserts

Chocolate chip cookies, brownies, lava cake and more easy chocolate recipes everyone will love.

An overhead image of two white bowls filled with chocolate mousse sprinkled with flaky sea salt. A spoon is tucked into one of the bowls. — David Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.

Recipes

Bittersweet Chocolate Mousse With Fleur de Sel
Melissa Clark
2979 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,979
10 minutes
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Easy Skillet Brownies
Melissa Clark
528 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
528
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
6395 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,395
25 minutes
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Easy
Nutella Brownies
Jessie Sheehan
1029 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,029
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
2001 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,001
45 minutes
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Easy
Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
605 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
605
5 minutes
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Easy
Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
711 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
711
About 2 hours
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Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
317 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
317
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
382 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
382
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
94 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
94
40 minutes
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Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The New York Times
3534 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,534
About 30 minutes
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Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1605 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,605
20 minutes
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Easy
Hot Fudge and Salted Chocolate Bits Sundae
Dorie Greenspan
99 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
99
20 minutes, plus 45 minutes to freeze the chocolate bits
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Chocolate Truffles
Mark Bittman
748 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
748
30 minutes, plus at least one hour’s chilling
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Easy
Scotcheroos
Samantha Seneviratne
775 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
775
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Dump-It Cake
Amanda Hesser, Judith Hesser
7928 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,928
1 hour 45 minutes
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2184 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,184
45 minutes
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Easy
Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
824 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
824
35 minutes, plus 45 minutes' cooling
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Nutella Panna Cotta
Melissa Clark, Karen DeMasco
318 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
318
20 minutes
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Chocolate Mug Cake
Margaux Laskey, Deanna F. Cook
4201 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,201
5 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
993 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
993
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3604 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,604
About 1 hour
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Blender Chocolate Mousse
Tejal Rao, Monica Stolbach
2999 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,999
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy
Tiny, Salty, Chocolaty Cookies
Alison Roman
3148 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,148
20 minutes
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Chocolate Shell Ice-Cream Topping
Melissa Clark, Thomas Keller
743 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
743
5 minutes
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Easy
S’mores
Tanya Sichynsky
229 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
229
30 minutes
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Easy
Easy Brownies
Mark Bittman
4241 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,241
40 minutes
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Easy
Puppy Chow
Ali Slagle
1023 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,023
20 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Pudding With Raspberry Cream
Yossy Arefi
1508 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,508
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Peppermint Bark
Samantha Seneviratne
744 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
744
25 minutes, plus 4½ hours' setting
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2602 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,602
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Pete Wells, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
1609 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,609
40 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1731 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,731
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1076 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,076
50 minutes, plus chilling
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No-Bake Chocolate Clusters
Dorie Greenspan
428 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
428
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy Chocolate Fudge
Julia Moskin, Michael Chu
1104 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,104
15 minutes
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Pistachio Chocolate Bark
David Tanis
188 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
188
2 hours 10 minutes
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Easy
Easiest Chocolate Sauce
Mark Bittman
383 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
383
5 minutes
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Easy
Maple-Pecan Bourbon Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
690 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
690
45 minutes
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Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
767 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
767
5 minutes
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Easy
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