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
3085 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,085
10 minutes
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Easy Skillet Brownies
Melissa Clark
601 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
601
40 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
7796 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,796
25 minutes
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Nutella Brownies
Jessie Sheehan
1197 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,197
35 minutes, plus cooling
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Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3340 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,340
45 minutes
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Chocolate Truffle Cakes
The New York Times, Wolfgang Puck
12 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
12
30 minutes
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Brownie Brittle
Samantha Seneviratne
97 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
97
2 hours
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Coconut Almond Macaroons
Samantha Seneviratne
86 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
86
55 minutes
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Three-Ingredient Cranberry Chocolate Bites
Carolina Gelen
300 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
300
2 hours 45 minutes
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Turtle Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
266 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
266
1 hour
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Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
1544 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,544
5 minutes
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Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
1693 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,693
About 2 hours
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Chocolate Malted Brownies
Samantha Seneviratne
40 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
40
2 hours 10 minutes
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Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
505 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
505
50 minutes, plus cooling
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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
140 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
140
40 minutes
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Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The New York Times
4395 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,395
About 30 minutes
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Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1841 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,841
20 minutes
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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
809 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
809
30 minutes, plus at least one hour’s chilling
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Scotcheroos
Samantha Seneviratne
837 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
837
20 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Dump-It Cake
Amanda Hesser, Judith Hesser
8414 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,414
1 hour 45 minutes
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2775 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,775
45 minutes
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Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
875 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
875
35 minutes, plus 45 minutes' cooling
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Nutella Panna Cotta
Melissa Clark, Karen DeMasco
341 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
341
20 minutes
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Chocolate Mug Cake
Margaux Laskey, Deanna F. Cook
5098 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,098
5 minutes
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Peanut Butter Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
1100 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,100
25 minutes, plus chilling
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Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3852 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,852
About 1 hour
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Blender Chocolate Mousse
Tejal Rao, Monica Stolbach
3277 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,277
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Tiny, Salty, Chocolaty Cookies
Alison Roman
3377 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,377
20 minutes
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Chocolate Shell Ice-Cream Topping
Melissa Clark, Thomas Keller
777 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
777
5 minutes
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S’mores
Tanya Sichynsky
235 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
235
30 minutes
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Easy Brownies
Mark Bittman
4516 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,516
40 minutes
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Puppy Chow
Ali Slagle
1113 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,113
20 minutes
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Chocolate Pudding With Raspberry Cream
Yossy Arefi
1546 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,546
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
2880 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,880
15 minutes, plus cooling
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Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Pete Wells, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
1810 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,810
40 minutes
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Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1849 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,849
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1100 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,100
50 minutes, plus chilling
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No-Bake Chocolate Clusters
Dorie Greenspan
450 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
450
20 minutes, plus chilling
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Easy Chocolate Fudge
Julia Moskin, Michael Chu
1158 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,158
15 minutes
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Pistachio Chocolate Bark
David Tanis
197 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
197
2 hours 10 minutes
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Easiest Chocolate Sauce
Mark Bittman
401 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
401
5 minutes
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Maple-Pecan Bourbon Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
717 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
717
45 minutes
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Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
852 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
852
5 minutes
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