Chocolate

These cookies are inspired by the most trusted human energy source: trail mix. They’re crammed with toasted nuts, dried fruit, hearty oats, and chocolate.

We took millionaire bars—shortbread plus caramel plus chocolate—and gave them an upgrade (hence, billions) with sesame seeds and tahini. The shortbread is tender, the filling is gooey, and the chocolate ties it all together.

It’s less effective than straight-up bee pollen but infinitely more delicious. 

We're taking chocolate to the chopping block.

When’s the last time a chocolate chip cookie surprised you? This one, which gets its speckled look, earthy, nutty flavor, and chewy middle from buckwheat flour, might just become your new favorite.

Who will get the dreaded raspberry star???

Assembling these dessert cups in muffin tin liners (just the liners!) helps speed up the process and ensure the sticky date caramel doesn’t get out of hand.

Send off 2019 in the right way. With lots of sugar.

Here's the cookie to bake when you want to impress your friends at the cookie swap but you're not about to spend hours cutting out reindeers and piping royal icing. 

The cool kids from Elena in Montreal know how to hunker down and cook.

A deconstructed Mexican mole visually inspired by the Mesoamerican pyramids with stained-glass-like bits of dried fruit. NBD.

This deceptively simple chocolate tart has a press-in nut crust that just so happens to be gluten-free.

A dazzling chocolate pudding pie cloaked in voluminous whipped cream.

These irresistible cookies from Ochre Bakery in Detroit have stripes of melted chocolate and crunchy bites of hazelnut and raw sugar. Yes, you need another chocolate chip cookie.

There's a secret ingredient that helps replace the dairy in this vegan, fudgelike treat. Just kidding; it's not a secret...it's avocado!

When you have a stash of this homemade cake mix on hand, a celebratory chocolate cake is just a whisk away.

Pure homemade birthday love. If you've got a bowl, a cheap hand mixer, and a couple of measuring cups, you can make this rich, chocolatey cake.

Whether you're trying to impress a date or taking the whole thing straight to the dome, this flourless chocolate cake is what you need.

This (gluten-free!) flourless chocolate cake is decadent, rich, and super-easy to make.

See what we did there? Oh, and it happens to be gluten- and dairy-free.

Earthy-sweet beet purée gives this gluten-free chocolate cake a beautiful red velvet hue.

The Feel Good Food Plan knows that a square of dark chocolate does NOT equal “dessert.”

Send your guests home with a slice of sweet-savory halva instead.

Did we lose you with the miso? Don't go!