Chocolate dessert recipes
Welcome to dessert heaven. We’ve chosen our very best chocolate dessert recipes and popped them in one handy place. Whether you’re looking for a romantic pud for two, or a showstopping chocolate confection to wow a crowd, scroll down to discover your perfect dessert.
When you’re in need of a slice of chocolate decadence, one of our indulgent tarts, tortes and pies will satisfy your sweet tooth. Try our Mars bar-style tart, a fudgy torta from Italy and the ultimate chocolate tart for Nutella fans.
Warm up on chilly nights with cosy puds. Think molten-middle fondants, a salted-caramel choc pud to share or old-school chocolate parkin with lashings of custard.
Celebrate a special occasion with a spectacular chocolate meringue tower, irresistible trifle or frozen parfait.
The hardest part is deciding which recipe to try first…
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Baked cheesecakes
Mint ‘Viennetta’ New York cheesecake
Packed with nostalgic retro flavours, this mint chocolate cheesecake is baked in a loaf tin to give it that classic ‘Viennetta’ look and feel
Dinner party desserts
Chocolate pannacottas with pine nut and puffed rice praline
These chocolate pannacottas are silky and rich, and a showstopper dessert for a dinner party. Top with a pine nut and puffed rice praline.
Pavlova
Mini chocolate and blood orange pavlovas
Need an easy but delicious winter dessert? These mini chocolate and blood orange pavlovas need just six ingredients and 20 mins to assemble.
Chocolate orange
Chocolate orange blackout cake
Edd Kimber's blackout cake has tiers of chocolate sponge and an orange mascarpone filling. A perfect festive bake for chocolate orange fans.
Dark chocolate
Dark chocolate mousse with blood orange gel and hazelnut crumb
Dark chocolate mousse is a delight with toasted hazelnut crumb and sweet-sharp blood orange gel in this festive make-ahead dessert.
Perfect puddings
Malt chocolate self-saucing pudding
The toasty flavour of malt brings an extra layer of comfort to this easy, self-saucing chocolate pudding. Bring it to the table and dig in!
Italian desserts
Chocolate budino
With only five ingredients, this creamy Italian pudding – chocolate budino – is incredibly simple but beautifully smooth and indulgent.
Impressive recipes for a special occasion
Chef-style chocolate, coffee and orange dessert
This impressive but achievable iced dessert is directly inspired by chef James Knappett's cult pud 'Chocolate, orange and coffee.'
Fondants
Tom Kerridge’s cappuccino fondants
These melting-middle cappuccino fondants by Tom Kerridge are hard to resist thanks to the combo of indulgent chocolate and aromatic coffee.
Cheesecakes
Caramelised white chocolate cheesecake
This showstopping cheesecake has a chocolatey biscuit base, a creamy caramelised white chocolate filling and golden ganache topping.
Retro puddings
Chocolate parkin with marbled custard
Sticky chocolate parkin shares top billing with chocolate and ginger custard rippled with spiced cream in this retro pudding recipe.
Sweet tarts
Black forest bakewell tart
When black forest gateau meets bakewell tart, something magical happens. These two nostalgic desserts combine perfectly.
Italian desserts
Bonet (Italian chocolate and amaretti pudding)
Bonet is a classic Piedmontese dessert showcasing two of the Italian region’s favourite things – chocolate and amaretti biscuits.
Chocolate tarts, tortes and pies
Ravneet Gill’s gianduja chocolate tart
Ravneet Gill's rich gianduja chocolate tart has a velvety-smooth filling and wonderfully crisp pastry. Serve with chilled pouring cream.
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