18 chocolate recipes to cure that craving - Today's Parent (2024)

This is the treat you make just because: because it’s delicious, because it’s easy, because it’s fun. And because why in the world wouldn’t you? Get the recipe:Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

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You won't want to miss out on this sweetness. Ganache is a thick French chocolate sauce that can be used as a glaze, as icing or as pastry filling. Get the recipe:Dark-Chocolate Ganache

Kids can help whip up these cookie-like squares. Switch up the cranberries and white chocolate for their favourite stir-in ingredients, like dark chocolate, peanut butter chips or chopped nuts. Get the recipe:Cranberry and White Chocolate Squares

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This easy recipe is a bake-sale saviour. It delivers on chewy, chocolatey cookies, without having to bake multiple sheets. Get the recipe:Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

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Oh sh*t! There's a bake sale at your kid's school tomorrow and you totally forgot. Don't worry—sheet pan brownies to the rescue. This recipe makes a tripe batch of triple-chocolate brownies in less than an hour. Prepare to be the star of the bake sale! Get the recipe:Sheet Pan Triple-Chocolate Brownies

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Unexpected party, bake sale, cookie cravings: All of these are no big deal thanks to that freezer stash of dough you’re about to whip up. Get the recipe:Big Batch Oatmeal Chocolate Raisin Cookies

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If you love chocolate as much as you claim to, you need to make a stack of these excessively gooey, fudgey cookies stat. The addition of dried cherries really puts these cookies over the edge.Get the recipe:The Ultimate Chocolate Chocolate Chunk Cookie

Need a next-level ice cream sandwich that puts flimsy storebought ones to shame? Squisha square of your favourite frozen flavour between two moist brownies. To keep consistent with the theme, your preferred ice cream flavour had better be chocolate. Get the recipe:Brownie Ice Cream Sandwiches

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Let’s getback to the basics: Cornstarch pudding is simple, quick and always yields delicious results. Throw a pudding party with tons of toppings—candies, cookies, nuts and sure, fruit, why not? Get the recipe:Double-Duty Homemade Pudding

A dense fudgey cake topped with rich chocolate glaze is the ultimate. You could try doing better than this, but you won’t. Good luck anyway. Get the recipe:Chocolate Pound Cake with Fudgy Glaze

When you want chocolate, you want it in all of its forms. This recipe meldschocolate pie crust with chocolate ice cream with chocolate shavings. How’s that for a triple threat? Get the recipe: Triple-Chocolate Ice Cream Pie

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S’mores are so…flat. This three-dimensional dessert is basically your favourite caramel-filled chocolate bars melted down, then topped with a toasty layer of marshmallows which you dig into with graham crackers. Lots of graham crackers. What a lovely mess. Get the recipe:Caramel Skillet S’Mores

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You know what’s worth the work you have to put in? Thesepillowy cake sandwiches, that’s what. The white stuff in the middle? Oh, that’s just marshmallow fluff. Aww, yeah. Get the recipe:Hot Chocolate Whoopie Pies

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Finding theperfect, crackle-topped, chewy-fudgey brownie recipe is tough. Until now—this is the one. Get the recipe from Chatelaine:Triple-Chocolate Brownies

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Ice cream without an ice cream maker? Yup. This silky frozen mousse comes together easily and can be sliced or scooped—it really all depends how quickly you want to get it in your mouth.Get the recipe:Malted Milk-Chocolate Semifreddo

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Freeof eggs, nuts and dairy, these fudgey wonders are friendly for all folks and the lunchbox. Ha. As if there will be any left to pack for lunches. Get the recipe:Chocolate Crinkles

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Girl Guides make good cookies, but what to do when they’re not in season? Make this recipe, that’s what you do. Fight your urge to eat them all and stash a few in the freezer—they’re even better cold! Get the recipe from Chatelaine:Chocolate-Mint Thin Cookies

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A chocolate gallery has to be indulgent and these balls, though they’re stuffed with healthy flaxseeds, dates and nuts, have the taste and texture of a brownie. We’re chocolate experts—you can trust us. Get the recipe:No-Bake Brownie Bites

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