Chocolate

5 Ethically-Sourced Chocolates to Buy This Chocolate Season

Sourcing ethically-produced chocolate can be difficult. We asked experts for the bars and boxes you can actually feel good about.

Cardamom-Pistachio Bûche de Noël

A pistachio custard filling makes for an enchanting moss-green spiral inside this cardamom sponge cake Yule log.

How to Make a Yule Log or Bûche de Noël

The mushrooms look so real, your little sister will refuse to eat them.

These Sourdough Brownies Are the Best Thing I Made This Year

In 2019, I thumbed through a lot a cookbooks and tested a lot of recipes. This is the one that I can't get out of my head.

Sourdough Rye Brownies

You’ll find these a fudgy, sweet and lightly fermented addition to your brownie repertoire.

Chocolate Pudding Pie

A dazzling chocolate pudding pie cloaked in voluminous whipped cream. The secret to that whipped cream’s great height: Setting it with dissolved gelatin means it won’t deflate or weep when chilled.

This Thanksgiving Eve, Throw a Pie and Cocktails Party

While you're prepping for Thanksgiving, make an extra pie and invite everyone over.

Black-Bottom Hazelnut Pie

This pie features a coating of bittersweet chocolate underneath the gooey, espresso-infused filling and a delectable topping of crunchy sugar-coated hazelnuts.

Chocolate-Hazelnut Cookies

Coarse raw sugar gives these nutty, chocolate-laced cookies a subtle crunch in every bite.

Killer Chocolate Cake

Moist and rich, the true secret ingredient here is the soy sauce in the frosting. FOR REAL. It adds just a little salty note that really pulls the cake together.

Should We Be Adding Soy Sauce to Chocolate?

According to a new cookbook, the answer is yes.

Gain a Defining Sense of Self By Finding the Right Brownie Pan for You

Because unlike your soulmate, the perfect brownie pan is only one Amazon click away.

An overnight freeze solidifies classic brownie batter into something entirely different—a scoopable cookie dough that holds its shape when rolled and then transforms into soft, fudgy, cream cheese-filled cookies in the oven.

Bourbon Sugar and Pretzel Truffles

We can think of lots of uses for the bourbon sugar that coats these pretzel-studded bites: use it to top crème brûlée, stir it into your afternoon tea, or sprinkle it over berries and serve with whipped cream for an easy dessert.

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Five Ways the Freezer Makes Cooking Easier

Sure, the freezer is a perfect preservation tool (where else will blueberries last for months?). But it's also the tool you need to get the thinnest slices of pork and the fastest, flakiest pies.

This Incredible Stuffed Cookie Only Works if You Freeze It

The secret cream cheese filling makes it worth the extra step.

Raw Caramel Peanut Crunch Bars

Combine puréed dates, peanut butter, and puffed rice into these no-cook treats and gloss with a generous coating of chocolate for a (healthier-than-store-bought) candy bar whenever a craving strikes.