What to Cook this Weekend: Chocolate

Looking for something to cook this weekend? Get the whole family involved with some irresistible chocolate recipes. We've got everything you need, from chocolate-chip cookies to chocolate cake. Or if you’re feeling a little ambitious, chocolate mousse.

Cooking with chocolate is the ideal way to get the kids involved, while away a few hours, and make happy memories. And then you’ll have some delicious sweet treats to look forward to - once you’ve let your results cool completely, of course.

Chocolate is such a versatile ingredient. It can be tart, savoury, sweet and fruity, and it pairs with so many other flavours. It’s great for beginners, and equally good for the seasoned home cook. So forget about the mess and cook with chocolate this weekend.

Chocolate Truffle Slice by Andreas Caminada

Learn how to make chocolate truffle slice with the three-Michelin-star chef Andreas Caminada.

Soft Chocolate Cake

This chocolate cake has a gooey centre and a soft springy sponge. It's the perfect recipe to get the family involved as it's virtually foolproof.

Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Take your chocolate chip cookies to another level with Kathy Gunst's tahini chocolate chip cookie recipe (taken from the book Rage Baking), and discover an altogether richer, nuttier and more sophisticated cookie.

Chocolate Mousse

An easy and soft chocolate mousse, which you can turn into a chocolate fondant, by chef Vladimir Niza from Daylesford cooking school

Chocolate Fudge Brownies

Looking for the definitive chocolate fudge brownie recipe? Try this one and you'll come back to it time after time. Quick, easy and always a winner, it's a great recipe to have in your arsenal, especially with teenagers in the house.

Basic Chocolate Chip Cookies

Babish takes us through a basic chocolate chip cookie recipe. It's hard to beat this one as a definitive recipe to have at your disposal.

Chocolate Raspberry Roll

If you're feeling like creating something a bit different, get some eighties nostalgia with this recipe for chocolate raspberry roll.

Chocolate Fondant

An easy French recipe for a decadent chocolate fondant to devour, by the bakers Michel et Augustin.

Gluten-Free Chocolate Brownies

If you're avoiding gluten or you're intolerant, you can still indulge in a sweet treat this weekend, with this easy recipe for gluten-free chocolate brownies.

Double Chocolate Tart

Double the fun, double the chocolate, double the guilt, but hey it's worth it.

Chocolate Panforte

A super-easy traditional Italian dessert, made with nuts, fruits, chocolate and honey, to serve after a hearty meal of pasta, and to finish on a sweet note.