Recipes Desserts Cookies Chocolate Cookies By Food & Wine Editors Updated on March 12, 2018 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: © Quentin Bacon Whatever the form, be it sandwich or wafer, homemade chocolate cookies are a perennial favorite. Infused with butterscotch, hazelnut, and mint, these recipes are for chocolate lovers of all stripes. 01 of 11 Chocolate-and-Pistachio Biscotti © John Kernick Kevin Sbraga varies these wonderful nutty biscotti, sometimes dipping them in melted dark chocolate for an extra layer of flavor. Get the Recipe 02 of 11 Ganache-Stuffed Chocolate-Chip Cookies © Con Poulos A stuffed cookie is like a sandwich cookie, only with more cream on the inside — it's fatter, fuller and (if you're the kind of person who twists apart the cookies to get to the cream) better. Pastry chef Jessica Sullivan makes hers with nutty chocolate-chip cookies and silky chocolate ganache. Get the Recipe 03 of 11 Chocolate-Cayenne Cocktail Cookies © Quentin Bacon Dorie Greenspan loves using Valrhona cocoa to make these spicy, unexpectedly tender cookies, flecked with flaky Maldon salt. "It's so rich and dark," she says. Get the Recipe 04 of 11 Cherry-Nut Mudslides Here is the chocolate lovers' cookie: a deeply rich, moist cookie speckled with hazelnuts, pistachios and dried cherries. Get the Recipe 05 of 11 Fudgy Chocolate-Walnut Cookies New York pastry chef François Payard's divinely gooey chocolate cookies are flourless, which makes them ideal for Passover baking. Get the Recipe 06 of 11 Chocolate Cookies 'n' Cream Towers Matt Lewis and Blair Vansant, specialize in homey desserts with a modern twist, like this tower of crispy chocolaty cookies sandwiched with chocolate pastry cream and whipped cream. When it comes time to assemble the parts, Lewis says, they never seem to have enough cookies — a result of excessive employee snacking. Get the Recipe 07 of 11 Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies © Ditte Isager These marvelous Christmas cookies combine chocolate with spicy gingerbread. "I was tired of basic gingerbread," says Matt Lewis. "And my connection to chocolate is really deep." An added benefit of these cookies: The supple dough is very easy to work with, and the scraps can be rerolled and cut out. Get the Recipe 08 of 11 Crispy Chocolate Cookies From the authors of Heirloom Cooking with the Brass Sisters, these slender wafers have a deep cocoa flavor and a wonderful cornmeal crunch. Get the Recipe 09 of 11 Cocoa Nib Chocolate Chip Cookies Chocolate with cocoa nibs adds an ingenious twist to the classic chocolate chip cookie. Get the Recipe 10 of 11 Butterscotch Chocolate Sandwich Cookies Be the star of a cookie swap with these gorgeous sandwich cookies. If you're feeling lazy, opt for Maury's Cookie Dough, available at most supermarkets. Get the Recipe 11 of 11 Sugar-Crusted Chocolate Cookies © Quentin Bacon This is Jacques Torres's recipe for sablés, a classic French butter cookie with a sandy, crumbly texture (sablé means "sandy") — though this fabulously dense version is actually more like shortbread. Get the Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit