10 Best Homemade Chocolate Desserts
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Are you seriously in love with chocolate? Find chocolate dessert recipes here that will indulge every craving — everything from chocolate cakes, chocolate chip cookies, frozen desserts and more.
Chocolate is delicious AND eating chocolate releases endorphins that make you feel good. There’s no better way to treat yourself to a little something to make your sweet tooth very happy!
In my cookbook Family Style which is a collection of simple recipes for gathering, I was able to include just a few desserts, and of course I had to include a chocolate cake in the mix 🙂
Scroll down for a sampling of some of our most popular easy chocolate recipes from Familystyle Food!
Ultimate Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
When you’re craving chocolate, nothing beats a cookie. This is a recipe for chewy, chocolate chip cookies you’ll make over and over! These cookies have crispy edges, chewy insides and gooey chocolate chunks.
Fallen Chocolate Soufflé Cake
One of the easiest — and most impressive chocolate desserts to add to your recipe file. This cake is light, moist and intensely chocolaty! Serve with softly whipped cream, ice cream or just a simple dusting of powdered sugar.
Want more chocolate desserts? Check out all the chocolate recipes here.
Double Chocolate Sea Salt Cookies:
An easy, scoop-and-bake cookie dough produces chewy chocolate cookies with crunchy edges. For a “fancy” touch, dip the cookies in melted chocolate and top with my favorite flaky sea salt.
Gooey Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies:
Intensely flavored and super-moist flourless brownies with chocolate-hazelnut spread, a dreamy dessert for hazelnut fans!
Brown Sugar Brownies with Sea Salt:
Moist, fudgy brown sugar brownies topped with creamy chocolate glaze (ganache) and crunchy sea salt flakes in every bite.
Chocolate Almond Caprese Cake:
A moist, and utterly simple gluten-free chocolate almond cake recipe that’s a classic cake from the Italian Amalfi coast.
Chunky Double Chocolate Whopper Cookies:
Big, chunky, double chocolate brownie fudge cookies with rich chocolate flavor. These babies are packed with chocolate chips, crunchy pecans, and walnuts, inspired by dessert maven Maida Heatter.
Chocolate Semifreddo:
Individual frozen chocolate semifreddo dessert recipe with mascarpone. This creamy, cold and luscious treat is perfect for sharing!
French Chocolate Madeleines:
A simple recipe for classic chocolate madeleines. These are little French cakes that are combination cake and cookie, moist on the inside with a thin, crisp crust.
Chocolate Budino Cakes
If you love chocolate pudding cakes that have an almost molten texture (like chocolate mousse) when you stick a fork (or spoon) in, you will love this easy gluten-free recipe! It’s full of healthful ingredients like almond flour, vanilla and superfood cacao nibs.
10 Homemade Chocolate Desserts, Including Chocolate Madeleines
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) melted butter
- 10 tablespoons (150 g) butter
- 6 ounces (175 g) dark or bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 ½ cups (180 g) powdered confectioners sugar
- ½ cup (70 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (55 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 6 (185 ml) large egg whites (¾ cup)
Instructions
- Brush a madeleine baking pan with the melted butter.
- Put remaining butter and the chocolate in the top of a double boiler or in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water (be sure the water doesn’t touch the bowl). Heat until chocolate and butter are almost melted, 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir together until smooth.
- Sift powdered sugar, flour, cocoa and salt into a bowl using a mesh strainer.
- Beat egg whites in a large bowl with an electric mixer or by hand until very frothy, about 2 minutes. Stir in flour mixture until combined. Add chocolate mixture and mix with a spatula until well blended.
- Portion batter into the pan, filllig each cup with about 1 heaping tablespoon of batter. Chill in the refrigerator one hour. If your pan makes only 12 at a time, chill remaining batter in a bowl and bake in batches.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Bake about 12 minutes, or until madeleines are springy to touch. Cool in pan 1 minute, then unmold madeleines onto a rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Karen’s Notes and Tips
- Recipe will yield 18-14 madeleines, depending on your pan size.
- The madeleines will have the ideal crisp outside/soft inside texture just after baking. They will keep for a few days at room temperature in a covered container, but they will soften and become more cake-like — still delicious!
Nutrition
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Hey, I’m Karen
Creator of Familystyle Food
I’m a food obsessed super-taster and professionally trained cook ALL about creating elevated dinners with everyday ingredients. Find simplified recipes made from scratch and enjoy incredibly tasty food! Read more about me here.