"If it's not chocolate, it’s not candy!" If that refrain sounds familiar, you've come to the right place. Chocolate purists will delight in bittersweet truffles coated in a simple dusting of cocoa powder. Chocolate bark sprinkled with colorful candy, marshmallows, nuts, dried fruit, or marshmallows will bring out the kid in everyone. You'll also find our favorite recipes for fudge, peanut butter cups, turtles, and more.

 

Dark chocolate, orange liqueur, and a pinch of coarse salt give these truffles a lusciously sophisticated flavor. If you prefer, use raspberry, mint, hazelnut, or coffee liqueur in place of the orange.

Melted bittersweet, milk, or white chocolate in parchment-lined loaf pans presents many delicious topping possibilities. Try one of our bark variations below or experiment with your own favorite flavors.

Movie Theater Bark
Cherry and Orange Peel Bark
S'mores Bark
Peppermint Bark
Lime and Macadamia Nut Bark
Pistachio, Dried Cranberry, and Toasted-Coconut Bark
Cookies-and-Cream Bark
Crackly Two-Tone Bark
Chocolate-Almond Wood-Grain Bark
Basic Bark

This foolproof fudge recipe gets its smooth, light texture from melted marshmallows. The fudge may be topped with chopped walnuts, pecans, slivered almonds, or crushed candy canes.

Bittersweet chocolate and white chocolate are marbled together to make a beautiful, easy holiday treat perfect for gift-giving. This chocolate bark is studded with salted peanuts; you may like to try pistachios, cashews, or dried cranberries.

Ganache made of semisweet chocolate, cream, and a splash of bourbon is at the center of these truffles. The chilled ganache is formed into balls and rolled in chopped pecans. These truffles can be stored in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

This easy chocolate bark is swirled with chopped hazelnuts and orange zest, and sprinkled with coarse salt. The recipe takes only 15 minutes to prepare and can easily be doubled or tripled.

Like an easy version of chocolate-caramel turtles, these nut clusters are made by pressing a square of purchased caramel candy over a pair of pecan halves and heating in the oven until the caramel is soft. Chunks of bittersweet chocolate go over the caramel, and then the clusters are returned to the oven just until the chocolate begins to melt. A sprinkle of chopped pecans adds the finishing touch to these candies.

A layer of bittersweet chocolate and chopped hazelnuts adds flair to an easy-to-make toffee. Feel free to use any nuts in place of the hazelnuts. To give as a gift, adhere chocolate and hazelnut flavor stamps to a button-closure envelope for a package sure to delight your recipient.

Bittersweet chocolate balances the sweetness of these rich caramels and gives them a deep, dark chocolate hue. This recipe makes 150 bite-size candies.

These salty-sweet candies are a snap to prepare. Simply form balls out of peanut butter, sugar, butter, and crushed pretzels, then dip them in melted chocolate for an irresistible treat.

Chopped nuts are arranged in small pools of melted chocolate to create attractive candies for gift-giving. This recipe gives instructions for tempering chocolate, a process of heating, partially cooling, and reheating that aligns the chocolate crystals so that the finished product is shiny and firm.

Chocolate ganache infused with cardamom and orange peel forms the rich center of these easy truffles. Roll them in confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, and assorted chopped nuts to create a variety of truffles perfect for giving as gifts.

Toasted pecan halves are covered in caramel flavored with vanilla and dark rum. The layer of bittersweet chocolate that coats the bottoms of the clusters provides the perfect balance for the sweetness of the caramel.

Condensed milk gives this fudge its smooth richness, while pretzels add crunch and a touch of salt. Feel free to use trail mix, your favorite chopped candy, or crushed cookies in place of pretzels.

Drops of chocolate are coated with tiny sugar beads in the colors of your choice. This old-fashioned chocolate candy is a favorite with kids.

Basic ganache made from bittersweet chocolate and cream forms the center of these truffles that can be rolled in a variety of coatings. Try toasted coconut, cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar, colored candy sprinkles, or finely chopped pistachios, pecans, almonds, or other nuts.

A creamy filling made from peanut butter, confectioners' sugar, and softened butter is piped into bittersweet chocolate shells. These peanut butter cups should be kept in the freezer until ready to eat.

Brush white chocolate, followed by bittersweet, onto a plastic wood-grain texture mat to create the elegant rustic finish on this bark. In place of almonds, you could use pecans, crushed peppermints, or toffee pieces. For gift-giving, tie the bark with a pretty ribbon and finish with a faux-bois gift tag.

These sophisticated chocolate truffles are infused with Armagnac, a type of brandy. You may use any other variety of brandy, or orange liqueur, for this recipe.

These easy candy clusters are created by arranging toasted nuts and dried fruit on small pools of melted white chocolate. Use a combination of cashews, macadamia nuts, pecans, pistachios, or walnuts, with dried cranberries, apricots, pineapple, cherries, or raisins.

Whole almonds are lightly coated in cinnamon syrup and then covered in melted chocolate. Half of the chocolate-covered almonds are dusted in cocoa powder and half in confectioners' sugar to create a decorative display of contrasting colors.

This recipe for basic chocolate truffles uses the very best ingredients for extraordinary results. The seeds of a whole vanilla bean make the ganache especially aromatic.

Bittersweet chocolate and white chocolate are marbled together to make a beautiful, easy treat perfect for gift-giving. This chocolate bark is studded with salted peanuts; you may like to try pistachios, cashews, or dried cranberries as well.