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
3092 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,092
10 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy Skillet Brownies
Melissa Clark
607 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
607
40 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Lava Cake for Two
Yossy Arefi
7854 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,854
25 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Nutella Brownies
Jessie Sheehan
1223 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,223
35 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Chewy Brownie Cookies
Vaughn Vreeland
3456 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,456
45 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Truffle Cakes
The New York Times, Wolfgang Puck
14 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
14
30 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Brownie Brittle
Samantha Seneviratne
106 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
106
2 hours
or to save this recipe.
Coconut Almond Macaroons
Samantha Seneviratne
93 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
93
55 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Three-Ingredient Cranberry Chocolate Bites
Carolina Gelen
305 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
305
2 hours 45 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Turtle Bars
Samantha Seneviratne
286 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
286
1 hour
or to save this recipe.
Microwave Nutella Pudding Cake
Ali Slagle
1589 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,589
5 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
1765 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,765
About 2 hours
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Malted Brownies
Samantha Seneviratne
42 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
42
2 hours 10 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Triple-Chocolate Brownies
Vaughn Vreeland
515 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
515
50 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Earl Grey Crème Brûlée
Yossy Arefi
399 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
399
45 minutes, plus 2 hours’ cooling
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Crepes
Zaynab Issa
144 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
144
40 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
The New York Times
4488 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,488
About 30 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Microwave Chocolate Pudding Cake
Samantha Seneviratne
1857 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,857
20 minutes
or to save this recipe.
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
or to save this recipe.
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
or to save this recipe.
Scotcheroos
Samantha Seneviratne
847 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
847
20 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Dump-It Cake
Amanda Hesser, Judith Hesser
8453 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
8,453
1 hour 45 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2811 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,811
45 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Blondies
Samantha Seneviratne
878 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
878
35 minutes, plus 45 minutes' cooling
or to save this recipe.
Nutella Panna Cotta
Melissa Clark, Karen DeMasco
341 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
341
20 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Mug Cake
Margaux Laskey, Deanna F. Cook
5139 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,139
5 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Peanut Butter Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
1103 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,103
25 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Supernatural Brownies
Julia Moskin, Nick Malgieri
3874 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,874
About 1 hour
or to save this recipe.
Blender Chocolate Mousse
Tejal Rao, Monica Stolbach
3301 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,301
20 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Tiny, Salty, Chocolaty Cookies
Alison Roman
3385 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,385
20 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Shell Ice-Cream Topping
Melissa Clark, Thomas Keller
785 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
785
5 minutes
or to save this recipe.
S’mores
Tanya Sichynsky
235 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
235
30 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easy Brownies
Mark Bittman
4546 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,546
40 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Puppy Chow
Ali Slagle
1117 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,117
20 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Pudding With Raspberry Cream
Yossy Arefi
1550 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,550
25 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Peppermint Bark
Samantha Seneviratne
767 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
767
25 minutes, plus 4½ hours' setting
or to save this recipe.
Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Genevieve Ko
2915 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,915
15 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Pete Wells, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero
1830 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,830
40 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Self-Saucing Cake
Yossy Arefi
1852 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,852
45 minutes, plus cooling
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Samantha Seneviratne
1101 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,101
50 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
No-Bake Chocolate Clusters
Dorie Greenspan
451 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
451
20 minutes, plus chilling
or to save this recipe.
Easy Chocolate Fudge
Julia Moskin, Michael Chu
1159 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,159
15 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Pistachio Chocolate Bark
David Tanis
197 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
197
2 hours 10 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Easiest Chocolate Sauce
Mark Bittman
403 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
403
5 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Maple-Pecan Bourbon Balls
Samantha Seneviratne
718 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
718
45 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
860 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
860
5 minutes
or to save this recipe.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

More Editors’ Collections