Chocolate recipe collection

Chocolate crackle cookies: fudgy chocolate dough rolled in powdered sugar that splits into white-and-black crackle patterns as they bake. Holiday cookie tin classic.

Fudge brownie muffins with cocoa, butter, cinnamon, and optional pecans. Dense brownie texture in handheld portion-controlled muffin form, ready in 40 minutes.

Fudgy picnic muffins: a brownie-meets-muffin hybrid with melted semi-sweet chocolate, two cups of pecans, and just enough flour to hold it together. Freezes well for picnics and lunchboxes.

NOTE: I think paste food color works better than liquid food coloring when tinting cookie dough. It's available in specialty markets and some party stores. Be careful: A little goes a long, long way.

Holiday chocolate chip cookies follow the classic Toll House blueprint: butter, brown sugar, semisweet chips, and a fistful of chopped nuts. Crisp at the edges, soft in the middle, ready in 30 minutes. The cookie tin standard.

Microwave hot chocolate made in a single mug from chocolate syrup, a splash of vanilla and milk, hot in under two minutes. The syrup dissolves smooth with no clumps and no powder. Top with a marshmallow.

Mocha truffles: melt-in-your-mouth chocolate ganache balls infused with instant coffee and Kahlua, rolled in cookie crumbs or chopped nuts. Five ingredients, no candy thermometer.

Moist chocolate brownies use sweetened condensed milk, cocoa, and semisweet chips for a fudgy, no-butter brownie that bakes in 20 minutes. A leaner brownie with all the deep chocolate flavor.

Classic homemade fudge brownies with melted unsweetened chocolate, butter, and chopped pecans. The from-scratch recipe that beats any boxed mix for fudgy texture.

Mom's peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies bake up with chewy centers, crisp edges and pockets of melted chocolate. A bake-and-share batch of 48.

Double chocolate cookies baked low and slow for fudgy centers and crisp edges. Cocoa powder plus semi-sweet chips deliver deep chocolate flavor in every bite.

Unsweetened chocolate melts into butter and sugar for intensely fudgy brownies that bake in just 18 minutes at high heat.

Buttery shortbread-style cookies studded with chocolate chips and slivered almonds, perfumed with both vanilla and almond extract. Eggless, no-fuss, and ready for any party tray.

Crispy, sweet and delicious small treats. Is there no match better than peanut butter and chocolate?

Pumpkin chocolate chip muffins spiced with pumpkin pie spice and studded with chocolate chips and toasted almonds. Moist, tender and quick to mix, a cozy fall and holiday breakfast bake.

Rich double-chocolate cake or brownies from one batter: melted unsweetened chocolate plus a fold of chocolate chips, baked thick for brownies or thin for cake. Topped with chocolate glaze.