Editors’ Collection

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
3077 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,077
10 minutes
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Easy Skillet Brownies
Melissa Clark
598 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
598
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
7712 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,712
25 minutes
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Easy
Nutella Brownies
Jessie Sheehan
1146 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,146
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3170 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,170
45 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Truffle Cakes
The New York Times, Wolfgang Puck
11 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
11
30 minutes
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Easy
Brownie Brittle
Samantha Seneviratne
82 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
82
2 hours
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Coconut Almond Macaroons
Samantha Seneviratne
80 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
80
55 minutes
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Three-Ingredient Cranberry Chocolate Bites
Carolina Gelen
297 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
297
2 hours 45 minutes
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Turtle Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
232 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
232
1 hour
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Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
1483 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,483
5 minutes
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Easy
Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
1614 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,614
About 2 hours
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Chocolate Malted Brownies
Samantha Seneviratne
39 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
39
2 hours 10 minutes
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Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
489 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
489
50 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
397 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
397
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
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Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
136 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
136
40 minutes
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Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The New York Times
4304 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,304
About 30 minutes
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Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1822 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,822
20 minutes
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Easy
Hot Fudge and Salted Chocolate Bits Sundae
Dorie Greenspan
101 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
101
20 minutes, plus 45 minutes to freeze the chocolate bits
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Chocolate Truffles
Mark Bittman
804 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
804
30 minutes, plus at least one hour’s chilling
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Easy
Scotcheroos
Samantha Seneviratne
827 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
827
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Dump-It Cake
Amanda Hesser, Judith Hesser
8374 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,374
1 hour 45 minutes
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2713 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,713
45 minutes
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Easy
Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
869 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
869
35 minutes, plus 45 minutes' cooling
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Nutella Panna Cotta
Melissa Clark, Karen DeMasco
339 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
339
20 minutes
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Chocolate Mug Cake
Margaux Laskey, Deanna F. Cook
5013 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,013
5 minutes
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Easy
Peanut Butter Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
1097 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,097
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3828 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,828
About 1 hour
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Blender Chocolate Mousse
Tejal Rao, Monica Stolbach
3225 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,225
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy
Tiny, Salty, Chocolaty Cookies
Alison Roman
3360 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,360
20 minutes
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Chocolate Shell Ice-Cream Topping
Melissa Clark, Thomas Keller
767 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
767
5 minutes
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Easy
S’mores
Tanya Sichynsky
234 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
234
30 minutes
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Easy
Easy Brownies
Mark Bittman
4482 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,482
40 minutes
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Easy
Puppy Chow
Ali Slagle
1103 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,103
20 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Pudding With Raspberry Cream
Yossy Arefi
1540 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,540
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Peppermint Bark
Samantha Seneviratne
767 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
767
25 minutes, plus 4½ hours' setting
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Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2750 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,750
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Pete Wells, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
1786 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,786
40 minutes
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Easy
Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1847 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,847
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1099 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,099
50 minutes, plus chilling
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No-Bake Chocolate Clusters
Dorie Greenspan
448 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
448
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy Chocolate Fudge
Julia Moskin, Michael Chu
1157 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,157
15 minutes
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Pistachio Chocolate Bark
David Tanis
196 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
196
2 hours 10 minutes
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Easy
Easiest Chocolate Sauce
Mark Bittman
398 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
398
5 minutes
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Easy
Maple-Pecan Bourbon Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
716 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
716
45 minutes
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Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
841 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
841
5 minutes
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Easy
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