Chocolate cookies and brownies are always a welcome sight, so we've collected the very best we have to offer, including soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies, double-chocolate brownies, cheesecake squares, blondies, rocky road bars, and more.

Chili powder and cinnamon make these chocolate cookies pop.

This delicious recipe from famed pastry chef and chocolatier Jacques Torres is one of Martha's all-time favorites.

These brownies get a healthy boost from whole-wheat flour and applesauce, while cocoa powder and semisweet chocolate make them nice and fudgy.

These everything-but-the-kitchen-sink cookies contain chewy dried cherries, toffee pieces, and chunks of bittersweet chocolate.

Ground chicory, the roasted and ground root of the endive, lends a pleasantly bitter note to these biscotti-like cookies. A bit of instant espresso powder can also be used.

A layer of creamy cheesecake is enriched with a chocolate base and generous chocolate crumbles.

Delight chocoholics with these rich cookies, featuring a peppermint-flavored ganache filling and a shiny chocolate glaze.

Oversize and supremely moist, these cookies include big chunks of milk chocolate.

For those who can't choose between chocolate chip or oatmeal as their favorite cookie, here is the ultimate compromise. The cookie jar won't stay full for long.

Graham crackers serve as the base for these easy treats loaded with almonds, toffee bits, and chocolate chips.

Inspired by the Mallomar, each of these tender cookies has a gooey marshmallow lodged inside and is covered in chocolate. The cookies are perfect for sharing at holidays and events or for selling at bake sales.

A double dose of chocolate -- bittersweet and cocoa powder -- makes these the most satisfying brownies around. The better the quality of chocolate you use, the better the results. Store brownies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

Inside each of these light, crisp cookies is a cache of rich chocolate.

A shortened list of ingredients creates crumbly cookies with an irresistible peanut-butter flavor.

Reinvent snack size candy treats as an extra-chocolaty, no-bake bar cookie.

The classic, perfected: a sugar- and butter-rich batter gives these cookies their chewy texture. Use semisweet or milk chocolate chips -- or a combination of the two.

Try a new take on oatmeal cookies by swapping in apricots and white chocolate for raisins. The sweet chocolate and tangy fruit create a balanced batch with mass appeal.

These unbeatable brownies get their mint flavor from store-bought peppermint patties, which cuts prep time down to just 10 minutes.

These cluster cookies are a no-bake treat that kids and adults will love. This three-ingredient cookie is ready in about 15 minutes.

Cut down on oven time by baking the familiar tastes of chocolate chip cookies in bar form.

Cocoa powder and semisweet chocolate give these one-bite cookies their deep flavor.

Bring campfire cuisine indoors with these delightful, marshmallow-topped treats.

These easy-to-make jumbo-size cookies pack a cocoa punch.

This all-purpose dough bakes up deliciously rich and dark, and is resilient enough that scraps can be rolled again and again with little compromise in texture. Get creative using our recipe as a guide, or cut and bake as directed in other cookie recipes.

These minty, brownie-like cookies get their characteristic appearance by being coated thoroughly in confectioners' sugar before they go in the oven. They'll flatten and "crack" on their own as they bake.

This unbeatable blondie recipe combines the buttery flavor and chocolate chips of everyone's favorite cookies with the appealing texture of the best brownies.

These tiny, tender cakes sandwich a smooth chocolate-ganache filling. Prepare the ganache when the cakes are ready to be filled, and keep the finished product up to 1 full day in the refrigerator.