Recipes, Appetizers, Desserts & Healthy Cooking Tips

Very Chocolate Chip Brownies

Chocolate chips and melted chocolate make these doubly delicious. They're a treat I love to bake and share.

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Double Chocolate Sheet Cake

Here’s a great dessert for a big family or to bring to the potluck or church supper. The tender, moist cake and chocolaty frosting...

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Chocolate Zucchini Snack Cake

I like to make this when the zucchini in my garden gets ahead of me. It’s a great way to get children to eat their veggies!

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Chocolate Almond Brittle

Here in Kern County, there are thousands of acres of almond orchards. I like to experiment with recipes-always trying to come up with...

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Chocolate-Mint Cookie Cups

When chocolate and mint get together with a hint of peppermint, mmm…magic happens. If you don't have mini muffin pans to make these...

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Chocolate Truffle Raspberry Cheesecake

No matter how full they are, guests won't be able to pass up this showstopper of a dessert that stars a velvety truffle layer atop...

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Chocolate-Cherry Sandwich Cookies

I make these often at Christmastime, but they're a winner for summer parties, too. Chilling the cookies before you dip them into chocolate...

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Chocolate Pinwheels

"My husband's 95-year-old grandfather was intrigued with how the swirls got in these cookies!"

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Chocolate Spritz Trees

I like to decorate these tasty chocolate morsels with a bit of chocolate or vanilla icing. In a pinch, confectioners' sugar works,...

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Chocolate-Covered Cherry Thumbprints

When I dig out my best cookie recipes, they remind me of baking when my children were little. These thumbprints with cherries elicit...

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Blackberry-Filled Chocolate Thumbprints

Pretty blackberry jam peeks out from behind a thin layer of white chocolate in these soft milk chocolate cookies. The flavors just...

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Chocolate-Cherry Thumbprint Cookies

These look so pretty at Christmas on a tea table with other decorated cookies. They taste as good as they look, and they are eaten...

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