The Most Deliciously-Chocolatey Dessert Recipes

There will always be place in the world for a little black dress and for a chocolate dessert. From a smorgasbord of chocolate cakes and dark chocolate & sea salt tarts to molten chocolate lava cakes and fondants – with all manners of craveably-chocolatey cookies, brownies and puddings thrown in between – gathered here best dessert recipes involving copious levels of chocolate.

While this collection does include some eggless recipes, if you are looking for only eggless recipes, do click through to this dedicated round-up of eggless chocolate desserts.

But First.

From recommendations for the best chocolate to use at home, to tips for intensifying that chocolatey flavour and getting a super smooth finish on a ganache cake – Isha Shetty, pastry chef extraordinaire behind Vanilla Miel is sharing her hacks for better baking with chocolate.

BAKING WITH CHOCOLATE 101

The Best Chocolate Cake Recipes

We see your request for the best chocolate cake recipe and up the ante with not one, not a few but ten of deliciously-different chocolates. The craveable collection runs the gamut from a liquid chocolate comfort cake to Swedish Kladdakaka (a sticky chocolate cake), ultimate dark chocolate loaf cake and so much more!

THE BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPES

Chocolate Molten Cakes & Fondants

Who doesn’t love a good lava cake? These soft molten cakes break apart to reveal the most glorious gush of chocolate, making for desserts that are as impressive as they are startlingly-easy to rustle up. In fact, once you start experimenting, there are a whole world of possibilities to discover with exciting riffs on the classics, from a dulce de leche lava cake to a low-carb healthy(ish) dark chocolate fondant!

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Eggless Chocolate Desserts

No-Bake Dark Chocolate Nutella Tart

An easy no-bake tart featuring richly-smooth Nutella dark chocolate ganache propped up by a chocolatey crust.

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Dark Chocolate & Sea Salt Caramel Tart

There’s lots to love about this eggless recipe from Foodhall Cookery Studio (FCS), featuring a few of our very favourite things – dark chocolate, sea salt and caramel!

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Eggless Self Saucing Hot Chocolate Pudding

A rich pudding with a warm molten centre, moist cakey texture and a liquid pool of chocolate floating underneath!

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Hot Chocolate Pudding

Whisked together with a handful of store-cupboard staples, this Hot Chocolate Pudding is best served in your most whimsical cups with a swoop of crème fraîche on top or a scattering of cacao nibs for a bittersweet woodsy crunch.

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MORE EGGLESS DESSERTS FOR CHOCOLATE LOVERS

Chocolatey Cookies

Double Chocolate-Chunk Cookies Recipe

Giant double chocolate cookies with crisp edges, soft centres and gooey puddles of melted chocolate chunks.

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Mudslide Cookies

Unapologetically chocolatey bakery-style "Mudslide Cookies" baked with melted dark chocolate, cacao powder and bittersweet chocolate chips packed into the cookie dough!

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Hello: Brownies

You didn’t think that we’d leave out cocoa-rich brownies from the mix did you, especially when there’s the added prospect of melted chocolate involved. Think triple chocolate mudslide brownies, fudgy vegan dark chocolate salted brownies and more…

THE BEST BROWNIES TO GET YOUR BAKE ON

Hot Chocolate Bombs

Elevate your hot chocolate fix with these insanely-Instagrammable hot chocolate bombs, which explode in a in a cup of piping hot milk, revealing a gush of marshmallows and hot chocolate mix. A quick stir later and you’re sipping on a beautiful cuppa cocoa!

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We’d love to hear from you! Do let us know if you try any of these recipes – leave a comment below; and tag us in your delicious creations on Instagram @the_foodiediaries.