Chocolate Recipes, Quick to Project
In most chocolate recipes the chocolate is the recipe. Cocoa percentage changes sweetness, set and texture, and swapping brands changes the result more than any technique you apply.
So the useful note is which chocolate you used, and recipes almost never give you a place to put it.
11 recipes to start from
Each one opens as a recipe page here, with the ingredients and timings, and credits the creator who published it.
01
Chocolate Quinoa Bark
andianne.com · 1h 25m
Made with maple syrup, uncooked quinoa and shredded coconut. 1h 25m, 10 ingredients.
02
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip bars
andianne.com · 50 min · makes 16
Made with ground ginger, ground nutmeg and allspice. 50 min, makes 16, 12 ingredients.
03
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bark
caileeeats.com · 2h 20m · makes 15
Made with bananas, unsweetened chocolate chips and crushed peanuts. 2h 20m, makes 15, 5 ingredients.
04
Chocolate Cake
cakemehometonight.com · 5h · makes 16
Made with buttermilk substitute, heavy cream and dark chocolate chips. 5h, makes 16, 20 ingredients.
05
Chocolate Cupcakes
cakemehometonight.com · 1h 20m · makes 12
Made with semisweet chocolate chips, heavy cream and chocolate sprinkles. 1h 20m, makes 12, 18 ingredients.
06
Chocolate Sourdough Bread
countryroadssourdough.com · 12h 40m · makes 12
Made with sourdough starter and heath bits. 12h 40m, makes 12, 8 ingredients.
07
Chocolate Chip Sourdough Scones
countryroadssourdough.com · 29 min · makes 8
Made with butter frozen, chocolate chips and sourdough discard cold. 29 min, makes 8, 12 ingredients.
08
Almond Flour Chocolate Cake
eatwithclarity.com · 45 min · makes 16
Made with honey, full fat coconut milk well shaken and apple cider vinegar. 45 min, makes 16, 18 ingredients.
09
Chocolate Chip Oat Flour Cake
eatwithclarity.com · 38 min · makes 12
Made with plain greek yogurt, honey and tapioca starch. 38 min, makes 12, 17 ingredients.
10
White Chocolate Bark
funmoneymom.com · 15 min · makes 12
Made with white chocolate chips, pretzel and mini chocolate candies. 15 min, makes 12, 5 ingredients.
11
Mexican Hot Chocolate
funmoneymom.com · 20 min · makes 2
Made with milk chocolate chips, ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg. 20 min, makes 2, 12 ingredients.
What makes chocolate different to organise
- Percentage matters more than brand. A 70% and a 55% behave differently in the same recipe, and many recipes just say "dark".
- Melting and tempering are different skills with different failure modes. Note which the recipe actually needed.
- Cocoa powder is not interchangeable either. Dutch-processed and natural react differently with the raising agent.
- These range from five-minute to genuinely difficult, so the time tag does real work in this collection.
How to build it
- Write down the chocolate you used, percentage included.
- Note whether it was tempered or just melted, and how it set.
- Check whether the recipe assumes Dutch-processed cocoa before substituting.
- Tag by effort. This collection spans five minutes to a whole afternoon.
Frequently asked questions
Does the brand of chocolate matter?
Less than the cocoa percentage, which changes sweetness and how it sets. A recipe that just says "dark chocolate" is leaving the most important variable to you, so record what you used.
Can I swap cocoa powders?
Not freely. Dutch-processed is alkalised and natural is acidic, and they react differently with baking soda or powder. Check which the recipe assumes before substituting.