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Oh, Just Bring on the Chocolate

Last Updated July 07, 2020

Chocolate

Times like these call for chocolate. Use your at-home time wisely! These recipes will satisfy your sweet tooth – and make sure to share.

Orange Chocolate Loaf Cake from Florida

We used extra-dark cocoa (black cocoa from King Arthur Flour) to make Maida Heatter's orange-scented loaf cake especially chocolatey.

Phudge

This is the quickest, easiest, most foolproof recipe for fudge we've seen, using cream cheese and unsweetened chocolate – and if you make it in a roll, just slice it off and serve. It's better cold...

Coconut Grove Cookies

These are slightly soft cookies topped with a chewy coconut meringue. Place a generous dollop of the meringue on top of the cookie dough; it shrinks slightly in the oven. Reprinted with permission...

Chocolate Coffee Angel Pie

Angel pies – meringue shells piled high with whipped-cream fillings - are popular entries in regional cookbooks and home cook repertoires. This version, adapted from Miami Beach dessert maven Maida...

86-proof Chocolate Cake

Don't be fooled by its humble appearance. This easy-to-make cake from the late dessert queen Maida Heatter is chocolate-y and delightfully boozy.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Chocolate Cookies

Add these to your cookie repertoire – they're super-chocolatey. Use pecans instead of walnuts for a Florida flavor. From Maida Heatter's Happiness Is Baking.

Chocolate Rum Balls

Make these jet-black, no-bake confections at least a week in advance to give flavors time to mellow.

Deep Dark Chocolate Cake with Amaretto Ganache

This easy-to-make vegan cake is topped with a fudgy, shiny ganache.

Dark Chocolate Almond Bark with Cherries and Ginger

From Vegan Vegetarian Omnivore by Anna Thomas: I could not end without a taste of fine dark chocolate. Toasted almonds, tart cherries, and a zippy touch of ginger give this simple bark a complex...