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Chocolate Heaven Awaits! Explore a world of decadent & delightful recipes for every chocoholic. From classic cakes like this Single Layer Chocolate Guiness Cake to trendy treats like these Fudgy Brown Butter Brownies, find your perfect chocolate bake!

Brown Butter Classic Blondies Recipe with Chocolate Chips


I posted my first blondie recipe more than a decade ago (see these Salted Caramel Blondies that are TO DIE for!!) and it’s taken me this long to give us just a pared-down, classic Brown Butter Blondie Recipe that’s buttery, chewy, fudgy, loaded with caramel flavor, easy to make and just 10 ingredients. Yes, sometimes we can have it all.…

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An overhead shop of brownies with sea salt flakes over the tops.

The Best Ever Fudgy Brown Butter Brownies Recipe


Everything that browned butter touches is pretty magical, but these Brown Butter Brownies are SPECTACULAR. I’m talking beyond, toe-curling magical. They have so much flavor. I was worried that the chocolate would overpower the brown butter (and make the effort worthless) and WOW, was I surprised. These fudgy brownies are perfectly chewy, perfectly fudgy and just honestly, my new ultimate…

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The Best Chewy Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies


I’ve been in love with adding hard caramel (also called ‘burnt sugar’ in some of my recipes) to desserts since I first came across it in the Ovenly cookbook. I was so taken with it (because it’s so good!), that I created the Burnt Sugar Ginger Cookies for The Cookie Book (I took these cookies to every book signing!). To…

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Chocolate Lover’s Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe


I set out to create a really delicious, classic Chocolate Lover’s Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe and I’m so happy to *finally* deliver it to you! I promise these will satisfy any chocolate craving you’re having! This easy cookie is LOADED with pure chocolate flavor and has a soft, chewy-around-the-edges, cookie texture. I wanted it to have all of the…

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Incredible Chocolate Peppermint Cookies (Vegan)


I’m SO EXCITED to share these Vegan Chocolate Peppermint Cookies with you! There are no eggs or butter in them, and the cookie base is an easy peasy, one-bowl, no rest cookie dough (LOVE).  These vegan peppermint cookies use chocolate chips, cocoa powder and melted chocolate, as well as a chocolate glaze, for the ultimate chocolate experience! The peppermint candy cane bits…

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The Best Banana Skillet Cake with Chocolate Chips


We love baking with bananas and The Best Banana Skillet Cake with Chocolate Chips is the perfect example of this love! Why I made this cake? I wanted a) another banana recipe (we can never have too many). But I also wanted something that was a little more elevated than banana bread. Something I could serve after dinner with friends…

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Delicious Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins Recipe


Everything you want in a Delicious Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffin Recipe is here! These soft, tender, fluffy pumpkin muffins get the most beautiful rise! The texture is so light and loaded with warm, fall spice. This is a super simple pumpkin muffin with chocolate chips that comes together fast! You’ll only need one bowl (or you can use an electric…

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Mega Moist Double Chocolate Banana Bread


This is the yummiest Mega Moist Double Chocolate Banana Bread that’s loaded with bananas, cocoa powder, vanilla and finished with a sprinkling of chocolate chips (mini or regular). I can never have too many banana recipes and I hope you feel the same! I refer to this banana bread as ‘bread’, ‘loaf cake’ and/or just ‘cake’ throughout this post. Banana bread is…

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The Best Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies


These are THE BEST Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies! I promise, you will love them! These homemade oatmeal cookies are a one-bowl wonder that is ready in 25 minutes (YAY!). There are lots of delicious, classic oatmeal cookie flavors in here: think cinnamon, brown sugar and vanilla with lots of old-fashioned oats and perfectly chewy centers.  I love cinnamon and…

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Fluffy Banana Oat Snacking Cake


The most delicious Fluffy Banana Oat Snack Cake that’s loaded with vanilla, brown sugar, nutmeg and finished with a sprinkling of oats, sugar and chocolate chips. YUM. This is a super simple cake but with mega jazz hands. I love baking with bananas! Some of my other favorite banana recipes include these The Best Banana Skillet Cake with Chocolate Chips,…

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Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies


You are going to absolutely love these Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies. This genius recipe comes from Heather Mubarak‘s debut cookbook, Stuffed: The Sandwich Cookie Book. Heather is also the creator of the blog Browned Butter Blondie. Thanks for sharing this recipe with us Heather and congratulations on your beautiful cookbook! What Makes These Cookies Fabulous? Let’s make some brownie cookies!…

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Chocolate Pavlova Recipe with Berries & Whipped Cream


Brace yourself for the magic that is this Chocolate Pavlova Recipe with Berries and Whipped Cream. For this showstopper, we whip up meringue until it holds stiff, shiny peaks and then barely (and I mean barely) fold in the decadent trio of espresso powder (always optional), cocoa powder and finely chopped chocolate. I included a holiday palova in The Cake Book (in…

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Fudgy Chocolate Brownie Meringue Cake


Welcome to the magic that is this Fudgy Chocolate Brownie Meringue Cake! What This Chocolate Brownie Meringue Cake Is and Isn’t(this is important) First, let me tell you there is zero separating egg whites from yolks in this recipe. This feels important to say. I have a meringue cake in The Cake Book (the Chocolate Horchata Meringue Cake and it…

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Moist Single-Layer Chocolate Guinness Cake


This Moist Single-Layer Chocolate Guinness Cake with Chocolate Malt Buttercream is the perfect combination of soft, light chocolate cake capped with a thick layer of lush malted buttercream. This cake has ALL THE THINGS. I love special holiday treats (yes, this is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day) but honestly, this cake is so damn good (and with nary a drop…

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5-Minute Chocolate Malt Buttercream


This 5-Minute Chocolate Malt Buttercream is ALL THE THINGS. Chocolate-malt flavor combos are one of my most favorite things (see these Malty Cupcakes!). This particular recipe was created specifically for my Chocolate Guinness Cake which is a beautiful, light, simple chocolate cake…and together they make magic. However, this buttercream is delicious on any chocolate cake, yellow cake, as well as…

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A close up of a banana chocolate chip muffin.

Small Batch Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins with Streusel


To me, these Small Batch Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins with Streusel are THE PERFECT banana muffins! I started messing around with a banana muffin recipe a year ago (!!) and every time I started working on them I didn’t *love* them. Last week I starting futzing around again and was SO excited when I landed on these! These muffins are…

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The Best Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe


Can I say these are The Best Small Batch Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies? Yes, yes I can. To say I love chocolate chip cookies is the great understatement of the century. I LOVE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. I devoted an entire chapter of The Cookie Book to chocolate chip cookies and there are over a dozen Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes…

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A little chocolate cake with a bite out of it covered in vanilla ice cream and caramel on a white plate.

Warm Chocolate Pudding Cakes for Two


Warm Chocolate Pudding Cakes for Two, what could be better?! Also known as molten lava cakes, these delicious cakes are cake-y around the exterior and fudgy in the middle. Craving something delicious? Easy? Decadent? But healty-ish? I GOT YOU. These fudgy cakes deliver all the above and more. Only a handful of ingredients and about a half hour of your…

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