What Is Dark chocolate and How Can I Use It?
If dark chocolate has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 39 recipes to try it in.
| In Chinese: | 黑巧克力 | |
| British (UK) term: | Dark chocolate | |
| en français: | chocolat noir | |
| en español: | chocolate oscuro |
Recipes using dark chocolate
There are 39 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Orange Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Citrus-kissed oatmeal cookies with chocolate chunks, orange juice, and zest. Customize with craisins or walnuts for 36 chewy cookies in just 30 minutes.
Chocolate Roulade with Coffee Cream
A very decadent dessert indeed. The chocolate roulade was packed with chocolate flavor, and the coffee cream was rich, creamy and delicious. You don't need much, only one slice is enough to knock your socks off.
Dark Chocolate Chunks & Dried Mango Cookies
Dark chocolate chunks and dried mango pieces make these let these cookies die for. Chocolaty, fruity, buttery and crispy, all these good things you can find in every bite.
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Crispy Bars
These delicious three layer bars are made with chocolate, peanut butter, coconut flakes, and puffed rice. They are perfect for breakfast or a tasty snack.
Hot Chocolate
Chocolate contains compounds believed to boost serotonin and endorphin levels in the brain. Among them are theobromine and caffeine, which can increase alertness and trigger a pleasurable feeling similar to the natural high after exercise. Another group of compounds, called flavonoids, has been found to benefit heart health. Studies suggest they improve blood flow by relaxing the blood vessels.
Banoffi
Classic banoffee pie with buttery biscuit crust, rich caramel toffee, fresh bananas, and whipped cream drizzled with dark chocolate for indulgent British desserts.
Kate's Kiss Off Chocolate Peanut Pie
No-bake chocolate peanut butter pie with a cream cheese and whipped cream filling in a chocolate wafer crust, topped with a ganache-style chocolate layer.
Chocolate Chunk Brownies
Fudgy, chewy brownies packed with over a pound of chocolate: semisweet in the batter and Swiss dark chocolate chunks folded in and scattered on top. Walnuts add crunch. An overnight rest deepens the flavor and gives you clean-cut bars.
Chocolate Filled Eggs
Real egg shells hollowed out and filled with dark chocolate hazelnut ganache, then chilled and served in egg cups. A stunning conversation-starter dessert for Easter or dinner parties.
Dark Chocolate Torte with Orange Confit Sauce & Zest
Elegant dark chocolate torte layered with rich chocolate mousse on a thin cocoa sponge, served with homemade orange caramel confit sauce. A restaurant-level dessert you can make at home.
Chocolate Fruit Balls
No-bake chocolate fruit balls with dried apricots, raisins, sultanas, and orange zest, dipped in dark chocolate. A rich, fruity homemade candy with no oven needed.
Chocolate Fruit Balls
No-bake chocolate fruit balls with dried apricots, raisins, sultanas, and orange zest, dipped in dark chocolate. A rich, fruity homemade candy with no oven needed.
Pears Belle Helene
Poires Belle Helene, the classic French dessert of vanilla-poached pears served with vanilla ice cream and warm dark chocolate sauce. Elegant and timeless.
Pressure Cooked Chocolate Cheesecake
Pressure cooker chocolate cheesecake with dark chocolate, cream cheese, and a chocolate cookie crumb crust. Steams in 20 minutes with no cracking, no water bath fuss.
Waffles with three toppings
A nice dessert, there are three great toppings on the top, mixing very well!
Connor's Sipping Chocolate
A sweet, sipping chocolate, perfect on a cold winter day. I use 85% chocolate. The amount of sugar can be decreased, or the chocolate can be increased for a richer chocolate flavor.
Chocolate Fudge Cake with Caramel Sauce
A decadent chocolate fudge cake will make everyone who tastes it give you a big "wow"!
Gluten Free One Bowl Chocolate Cake
Rich gluten-free chocolate cake with almond meal, raw cacao, and coconut sugar. Includes chocolate ganache topping for 15 servings.
Five-Layer Cheesecake
Five-layer cheesecake with swirled dark and white chocolate layers on a graham cracker crust. Baked with sour cream, cream cheese, and real vanilla.
Mocha Fudge
No-bake mocha fudge made with dark chocolate, sweetened condensed milk, butter, and instant coffee. Just 5 ingredients melted together for a rich, creamy coffee-chocolate candy.
Mocha Mousse Slice
Layered no-bake mocha mousse slice with coffee-soaked sponge fingers, white chocolate cream, and a dark chocolate Kahlua mousse top. An Australian tiramisu cousin that slices clean and cold.
Walnut Cake with Coffee Cream
Flourless walnut cake topped with a rich coffee cream made from dark chocolate, Madeira, and whipped cream. A European-style frozen dessert garnished with crystallized flowers for an elegant finish.
Three Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Chocolate and strawberries are always a good pair, the flavor of these two is perfectly delicious. Here we dip fresh strawberries into three kinds of melted chocolate. Needless to say that it's to die for.
