Saturday, February 12, 2011

Top 10 Valentine’s Day Desserts for Chocolate Lovers

What's a romantic holiday without some gooey rich chocolate? These 10 decadent dishes will satisfy any sweet tooth.

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1. Chocolate Peanut Cheesecake

Ready in a mere 22 minutes, this pressure-cooked cheesecake is a decadent treat made rich with peanut butter, bittersweet chocolate, and cream. Making this smooth-as-silk cheesecake topped with toasted peanuts and crunchy crumbled chocolate wafer cookies is easier than pie.Recipe: Chocolate Peanut Cheesecake





2. Cocoa-Gingerbread Brownies







With a few standard baking ingredients — flour, salt, semisweet chocolate morsels, baking soda, butter, and sugar — these luscious Cocoa-Gingerbread Brownies are whipped up and ready for dessert in no time. The fresh and powdered ginger add spicy but soothing warmth, while the rich chocolate satisfies the sweet tooth.



Recipe: Cocoa-Gingerbread Brownies





 3. Chocolate-Caramel Bread Pudding



Melted caramel coats this chocolate-chip challah-bread pudding, served warm.





Recipe: Chocolate-Caramel Bread Pudding










  
 4. "Hot" Chocolate Cake




This decadent cake pairs rich cocoa and bittersweet chocolate with a hint of spicy cayenne pepper — a warming choice for a winter snack.
 





Recipe: "Hot" Chocolate Cake
More Chocolate Cake Ideas
5. Chocolate Caramel Cream Pie






The cookie crust for this luscious cake only takes 10 minutes in the oven and the filling is no-bake. Use store-bought caramel sauce to save even more time.

 







Recipe: Chocolate Caramel Cream Pie

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