25 Chocolate-Centric Desserts Perfect For Your Valentine's Day

Chocolate can take any dessert to the next level.

Rich Chocolate Tart

Most chocolate tart recipes have similar ingredients, but why do some turn out d…

Chocolate-Toffee Bark

For a sweet treat that’s great for gifts, we make a buttery, nutty layer of toff…

Torta Caprese

Torta caprese often trades on cloying fudge-like density and one-note chocolate …

Chocolate Semifreddo

Italy's elegant alternative to gelato (and ice cream) is rich and decadently cre…

Chocolate-Caramel Layer Cake

The cake and frosting we weren’t worried about. But a caramel filling that was c…

Chocolate-Espresso Dacquoise

This multilayered showpiece of meringue and buttercream coated in ganache might …

Chocolate Chai Masala Truffles

Turning out dense, creamy, professional-quality chocolate truffles at home was e…

Creamy Chocolate Pudding

Nostalgia isn't enough to make a dessert worthwhile. To rescue chocolate pudding…

Triple-Chocolate Mousse Cake

To rate a perfect 10, this triple-decker confection would need to lighten up and…

The Best Easy Chocolate Cake

This easy wartime cake made with mayonnaise had a lot of good things going for i…

15-Minute Chocolate Walnut Fudge

Classic fudge is frustrating and completely unpredictable. After months of tests…

German Chocolate Cake with Coconut-Pecan Filling

This cake has made it into the dessert hall of fame, but a closer look reveals s…

Chocolate Cream Pie with Cookie Crust

Two kinds of chocolate and Oreo cookies produce a pie with rich chocolate flavor…

Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake

Tired of great-looking chocolate Bundt cakes that are bland and boring? So were …

Simple Chocolate Sheet Cake

For an easy, foolproof, last-minute cake that packs in great chocolate flavor, j…

Chocolate Souffle

The secret to a bold, intense chocolate soufflé is a high proportion of chocolat…

Triple Chocolate Chunk Pecan Pie

After patiently scouring dozens of recipes, we finally create a pie with silky s…

Chocolate Ice Cream

The very best ice cream is made with egg yolks, but, for optimum flavor, cut bac…

Chocolate, Matcha, and Pomegranate Tart

There’s more to this tart than meets the eye. And there’s a heck of a lot that m…

Chocolate Hazelnut Tart

For those times when a spoon and a jar of Nutella just isn’t fancy enough.

Sous Vide Chocolate Pots De Crème

Pots De Crème is rich, decadent, and with the help of sous vide, supersimple to …

Chocolate Chunk Financiers

These buttery, nutty, two-bite treats with chewy centers and crisp shells are a …

Chocolate-Raspberry Torte

To make this dessert more than a mere elegant centerpiece, we ditched the dull, …

Millionaire's Shortbread

Britain’s triple-decker combo of buttery cookie, sweet caramel, and dark chocola…

Chocolate Volcano Cakes with Espresso Ice Cream

This warm chocolate cake has an intense chocolate flavor—but for even more impac…