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9 To-Die-For Chocolate Recipes
Warning: if you’re looking for guilt-free chocolate recipes, this is not the article for you.
“Your hand and your mouth agreed many years ago that, as far as chocolate is concerned, there is no need to involve your brain.”
― Dave Barry
If you keep reading, you’ll only find absolutely delicious chocolate indulgences that will lead your heart and your stomach by the nose (so to speak).
Proceed at your own caution.
Easy Chocolate Recipes
Okay, we’re starting off slowly here. These 3 recipes are easy to make and deliver some fantastic chocolate love without spending hours in the kitchen.
Salted Caramel Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Sometimes you need a bit of chocolate. Sometimes you need something crunchy. This chocolate-covered pretzel recipe even sneaks in some caramel and salt to really elevate your munching experience. Half-Baked Harvest really won with this one.
Easy 2-Minute Chocolate Mousse
Chocolate mousse feels like the ultimate luxury when you smooth it off the spoon, doesn’t it? There’s no hard work when enjoying mousse, you’re just expected to bite and “mmmmm”. You certainly won’t want to share this recipe from InstruPix with anyone in the house.
Rice Krispie Treats are such a fun and easy way to get some snacking going. Why have we never thought about adding chocolate? Try Just So Tasty’s chocolate rice Krispie treat recipe at your own risk – the kids will never let you rest again.
Chocolate Recipes With A Bit More Work
Right, you’ve satisfied the chocolate monster living inside you with the easy recipes above. Now you can get a bit more serious and take a little longer to make the next 3 gorgeous bites.
These little bites of heaven don’t just look fantastic, they taste like being on a European holiday paid for by someone else. Raspberries are native to Europe; thought to have originated from Greece. From there it spread to Italy, the Netherlands and then everywhere else. Including these on the dessert board that you serve to your guests will make them call you a chocolate maestro from then on. Wild Wild Whisk has many other recipes to tempt your tastebuds, too.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Oat Cups
Oats are traditionally seen as healthy, and we’re sorry about that. We promised a sugar bomb explosion of recipes, and here we go adding something containing oats for sugar’s sake. Don’t despair, these peanut butter cups from Nadia’s Healthy Kitchen are so delectable that you won’t even notice the risk of healthy anything. Pinkie Promise.
Shiny Hot Chocolate Bombs With Marshmallows
There’s nothing new about hot chocolate bombs. You pop them into warm milk and stir for an instant yummy cuppa. These particular bombs are so pretty, though, that you’re going to want to add them to your dessert tray with the raspberry truffles to show off a little. Thank Sugar Geek Show the next time you’re asked to make these for a party.
Chocolate Recipes for Serious Chocolatiers
This is where we separate the real chocolate lovers from those who merely dabble in cacao. These take a little longer to make and are more intense. But the payoff! Go on, indulge yourself.
No-Bake Espresso Chocolate Pudding Pie
A butter and chocolate biscuit crust. Smooth, melt-in-your-mouth espresso and chocolate filling. A sweet pillow of cream to round it off. This Pudding Pie from Baker By Nature looks like the just desserts you get after a life of good works.
How difficult is it to walk past that cinnamon bun shop in the mall and not buy one? The smell alone draws you in like a spider into its web. Now, imagine that but with some good quality chocolate to push it to new heights. Marsha’s Baking Addiction knew exactly how tempting this recipe would be.
We certainly left the best of the best for last. What are slutty brownies? Well, when you break it down, slutty brownies are: A bottom layer of chocolate chip biscuits, followed by Oreo cookies and topped with a brownie layer. In other words: yum; double yum; and yummmm. There are quite a few slutty brownie recipes out there, but Just So Tasty has our favourite one.
Time for a Nap
Now that you have indulged your every chocolate craving and need, there’s only one thought to leave you with:
“May your life be filled, as mine has been, with love and laughter; and remember, when things are rough, all you need is … Chocolate.”
― Geraldine Solon
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