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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
2988 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,988
10 minutes
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Easy Skillet Brownies
Melissa Clark
535 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
535
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
6487 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,487
25 minutes
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Easy
Nutella Brownies
Jessie Sheehan
1041 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,041
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
2140 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,140
45 minutes
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Easy
Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
734 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
734
5 minutes
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Easy
Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
772 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
772
About 2 hours
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Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
333 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
333
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
383 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
383
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
100 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
100
40 minutes
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Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The New York Times
3620 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,620
About 30 minutes
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Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1664 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,664
20 minutes
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Easy
Hot Fudge and Salted Chocolate Bits Sundae
Dorie Greenspan
100 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
100
20 minutes, plus 45 minutes to freeze the chocolate bits
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Chocolate Truffles
Mark Bittman
749 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
749
30 minutes, plus at least one hour’s chilling
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Easy
Scotcheroos
Samantha Seneviratne
781 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
781
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Dump-It Cake
Amanda Hesser, Judith Hesser
7972 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,972
1 hour 45 minutes
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2250 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,250
45 minutes
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Easy
Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
830 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
830
35 minutes, plus 45 minutes' cooling
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Nutella Panna Cotta
Melissa Clark, Karen DeMasco
321 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
321
20 minutes
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Chocolate Mug Cake
Margaux Laskey, Deanna F. Cook
4269 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,269
5 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
997 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
997
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3643 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,643
About 1 hour
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Blender Chocolate Mousse
Tejal Rao, Monica Stolbach
3014 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,014
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy
Tiny, Salty, Chocolaty Cookies
Alison Roman
3166 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,166
20 minutes
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Chocolate Shell Ice-Cream Topping
Melissa Clark, Thomas Keller
748 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
748
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
4284 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,284
40 minutes
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Easy
Puppy Chow
Ali Slagle
1034 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,034
20 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Pudding With Raspberry Cream
Yossy Arefi
1515 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,515
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
2619 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,619
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Pete Wells, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
1628 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,628
40 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1734 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,734
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1080 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,080
50 minutes, plus chilling
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No-Bake Chocolate Clusters
Dorie Greenspan
430 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
430
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy Chocolate Fudge
Julia Moskin, Michael Chu
1106 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,106
15 minutes
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Pistachio Chocolate Bark
David Tanis
191 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
191
2 hours 10 minutes
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Easy
Easiest Chocolate Sauce
Mark Bittman
385 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
385
5 minutes
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Easy
Maple-Pecan Bourbon Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
692 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
692
45 minutes
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Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
775 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
775
5 minutes
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Easy
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