Chocolate

  • Butterfinger Fudge Brownies

    Butterfinger Fudge Brownies

    December 26th, 2013

    It’s true. If you chop up 3 Butterfinger chocolate bars and toss them (lovingly) on top of your brownie batter, your kitchen and living room will smell like a Butterfinger factory as it bakes for 28 minutes.  And the mysterious crumbly filling of said chocolate bars will kind of bake up and congeal into a […]

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  • Ganache Stuffed Fudge Brownies

    Ganache-Stuffed Fudge Brownies

    December 14th, 2013

      This dessert has the potential to change your life. I know you might think that’s a bit of a bold statement, and I know you might think I’m a bit of an exaggerator (I’ve bragged relentlessly about the Decadent Deep-Dish Pecan Pie and the Classic Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, because they too […]

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  • Chocolate Hazelnut Torte

    Chocolate Hazelnut Torte

    November 30th, 2013

    This is rich.  And dense.  And chocolately.  And hazelnutty.  Think of it as Nutella for adults, in the form of a cake.  (By the way- do you say it like nut-ella or noo-tella?  I say nut-ella because I pronounce the word nut like nut.  I’d never say “this cake has hazelnoots“.  Please join me in the campaign to say […]

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  • Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies

    Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

    November 9th, 2013

    I used to think that white chocolate was destined to be stirred into a cookie batter with its exotic (and expensive) friend, the macadamia nut.  I used to think it couldn’t get any better than that for white chocolate, because after all, the White Chocolate Macadamia Nut & Lime Cookie IS monumental.  (Oh, so is the […]

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  • Rolo Cupcakes

    Mini Rolo Chocolate Cupcakes

    October 16th, 2013

    I’m so excited by these cupcakes.  And I think you are, too, judging by how your pulse quickened a bit after reading the title of this post.  Look at the picture.  See that gooey Rolo tucked into the best chocolate cake batter ever?  See it in all its tempting glory?  Yes, I know.  It’s almost […]

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  • Chocolate Sour Cream Cake with Chocolate & Sour Cream Glaze

    Chocolate Sour Cream Cake with Chocolate & Sour Cream Glazes

    October 5th, 2013

    Don’t get all “sour cream?” on me, with that look on your face. You know that a baked potato would be nothing but for the sour cream (and the cheese and the bacon and the chives, and the butter, too, but you grasp my point), so why question it in a cake? I wondered about […]

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  • Chocolate Cherry Loaf

    Chocolate Cherry Loaf

    September 28th, 2013

    Chocolate + cherry = unique + good, but maybe not for everyone.  You either like it or you don’t.  If you don’t like it, move on to something more boring like my most excellent Classic Shortbread Cookie.  If you do like the combo, then read on, partner. There used to be a chocolate candy with […]

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  • Dark Chocolate Banana Truffles

    Dark Chocolate Banana Truffles

    September 25th, 2013

    Wow. Gooey and chewy and sweet on the inside.  Crunchy dark chocolate coating on the outside.  (I know you’re sold.  You could stop reading now and just skip to the recipe, based on that succinctly wooing description, I know.) Another wow: this is the easiest recipe you’ll make since the Quickie Toffee Graham Cracker Cookies were […]

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  • Raspberry Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Raspberry Cream Cheese Frosting

    September 7th, 2013

    These are almost too freaking cute to eat, but I’m sure you’ll get over it and down a few anyways.  What the heck- down a dozen- they’re mini cupcakes, for God’s sake! Okay, so there are some people that go all crazy for the combo of raspberry and chocolate.  (If it’s not for you, don’t abandon […]

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  • Brownie Blondie Layer Bars

    The Ultimate Brownie Blondie Layer Bars

    September 4th, 2013

    It happened. I was in a seminar the other week and my mind drifted towards brownies (as it usually does, especially when in seminars about things like accountability and execution and other scintillating business topics).  I was thinking about the half-baked batch of Buttery Blondies that I had wrapped up in the freezer, wondering what […]

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  • Hazelnut Brioche Bread Pudding with Chocolate Cake Chunks

    Hazelnut Brioche Bread Pudding with Chocolate Cake Chunks

    August 31st, 2013

    I couldn’t stop myself. The dessert is amazing on its own, I know.  But I had a mini-loaf of my favorite chocolate cake (well, one of my most favoritest chocolate cakes ever) in the freezer, and it seemed to call out to me.  Asking to be baked into this bread pudding.  Who am I to resist? […]

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  • The Astonishing Chocolate Bar Cake...

    The Astonishing Chocolate Bar Cake

    August 17th, 2013

    This cake doesn’t even need an introduction, because: a) it’s entirely obvious it’s the most colossally incredible cake you will ever come across, and b) by making you read silly things like words I am wasting the precious time you could be using to START BAKING THIS MASTERPIECE.  (Yes, I do mean to be yelling […]

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  • Frosting Fudge Brownies

    Frosting Fudge Brownies

    August 4th, 2013

      Some of you might find this disgusting, but for those of you who don’t (my kind of reader), cheers to an over-abundance of frosting. I know your type.  You’re the one that angles for the corner piece of a big square birthday cake when it’s being sliced at a horrible office party, because it’s all […]

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  • Mini Brownie Sandwich Cookies with Toffee Crunch

    Mini Brownie Sandwiches with Toffee Crunch

    July 28th, 2013

      I keep stunning myself with brownie possibilities. Not just any brownie, though- The World’s Greatest Fudge Brownie.  But you knew I was going to say that. I have already made 753 different flavor variations to the brownie recipe (remember the Bailey’s Irish Cream ones?  Oh, and what about the Panko and Sea Salt Crunch […]

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  • Mini Chocolate Nut Cakes

    Mini Chocolate Nut Cakes

    July 21st, 2013

    Bigger isn’t always better. When it comes to dessert. (As long as you can have more of the “good things come in small packages” dessert in question, that is.) Take these little cakes, for example.  Although weensie (made in your mini muffin pan, and therefore ready before you know it- a huge plus in the […]

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  • Chocolatey Oatmeal PB Bars

    Chocolatey Oatmeal PB Bars

    July 18th, 2013

    These bars are really quite innocent, even though they look like a one way ticket to diet hell. Other than the chocolate, which isn’t exactly purely evil (antioxidants- hello?), the bars are made with healthy things like oats (keeping More Sweets, Please readers regular), peanut butter (protein-packed), peanuts (protein again, but with a crunch), honey […]

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  • Peanut Butter and Dark Chocolate Ganache Pots

    Peanut Butter & Dark Chocolate Ganache Pots

    July 11th, 2013

    Who needs crust? (Hold on.  I need to temper that question, because we all know that crust is more than a want, it’s a need when it comes to pies like the Classic Key Lime Pie [think graham cookie crust], or the Proper Peach Pie [think buttery, flaky, lattice-topped crust].  To say that one doesn’t need crust borders on […]

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  • German Chocolate Cupcakes

    Mocha German Chocolate Cupcakes

    July 4th, 2013

    Yes, we’ve been down the Sweet German Chocolate road before- but never in the form of cupcakes, and never with a brilliantly caffeinated twist.  (You should be nodding right now, in a sort of mesmerized stupor, thinking “yes, it all makes sense- why didn’t I think of adding espresso to German chocolate cake before this moment […]

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