17 Marvellous Chocolate Recipes and April’s We Should Cocoa
Well I thought March was all about Mother’s Day, but is seems I’m wrong – again! We have 17 marvellous chocolate recipes for this month’s We Should Cocoa, but not one Mother’s Day cake, bake or other treat. We do have brownies for St Patrick’s Day, cookies for Red Nose Day and a variety of chocolate treats for Easter, which isn’t so very far away now. Do take a look and follow the links of any you feel particularly inspired by.
If you’d like to join in with next month’s #WeShouldCocoa, scroll down to the bottom of the post and you’ll find the April link-up. If you haven’t joined in before or need a reminder, you can find the guidelines on the We Should Cocoa page.
17 Marvellous Chocolate Recipes
Chonnie from Baked to Imperfection brings us the very first Easter recipe of the season. She baked these mini egg millionaire’s shortbread as part of her first blog birthday celebrations.
There’s more Easter fun from Camilla at Fab Food 4 All with her easy creme egg cookies. They are crispy on the outside, gooey in the middle and made with pecan nuts.
Happy 2nd blog anniversary to Angela at Only Crumbs Remain. She chose to celebrate by crafting these gorgeous hazelnut and caramel chocolates.
Shaheen over at A2K – A Seasonal Veg Table made this glorious upside down Sicilain blood orange chocolate cake to please her husband, but as it turned out she rather liked it too.
A cake come dessert is the best type of cake I reckon. Caroline made a red velvet cheesecake to fulfil this function for a late Valentine’s dinner.
With a nod to St Patrick’s Day my contribution to March’s #WeShouldCocoa were these luscious black velvet cheesecake swirl brownies with stout caramel sauce.
Great minds think alike. Kat over at The Baking Explorer had a similar idea, but used Baileys rather than stout – Baileys cheesecake chocolate brownies.
Suelle over at Mainly baking brings us an unusual but delightful combination of flavours in these date and ginger chocolate chip biscuits.
We have another Easter contribution from Jenny at Mummy Mishaps. Who could resist a slices of this Malteser bunny & mini egg white chocolate cheesecake?
Red velvet is popular this month and now I realise why. Stuart at Cakeyboi made these red velvet cookies to mark Red Nose Day.
If you’ve never made your own chocolate custard, you can find out how at Charlotte’s Lively Kitchen.
Tiffin is one of my favourite things so I’m really glad to see this no bake creme egg biscuit cake amongst these 17 marvellous chocolate recipes. I’m hoping Kate at The Gluten Free Alchemist has made this just for me.
Lucy over at Baking Queen has made a chocolate Malteser loaf cake. Perfect for a red nose cake sale or Easter, who could resist?
I’m a massive matcha fan and I’m now dying to try these vegan chocolate matcha truffles from Nico at Yumsome.
Johanna’s daughter Sylvia is a very lucky girl. I would have loved to have a birthday hedgehog cake when I was a child. I’ve always had a fondness for hedgehogs AND chocolate cake. Doesn’t he look cute?
Much as I love cake, I find it almost impossible to resist a good bun. These cinnamon and chocolate hazelnut buns from Dom at Belleau Kitchen are completely irresistible.
Now if you’re feeling you need a break from all these sweet treats, Elizabeth gives us this super healthy black bean & hemp brownie protein shake.
Why not pin these 17 marvellous chocolate recipes for later?
Angela / Only Crumbs Remain
1st April 2017 at 4:23 pmI just love Johanna’s Hedgehog Cake! He really is v cute!
Angela x
Choclette
3rd April 2017 at 9:16 pmI’m with you there. Even I’m tempted to give this a go.
Nico @ yumsome
1st April 2017 at 8:36 pmI agree – that hedgepiggy cake is beyond cute! I love the look of your black velvet brownies too, and those cinnamon rolls are calling my name as well.
What a smashing round-up – thanks so much, Choclette! xx
Choclette
3rd April 2017 at 9:18 pmThank you for joining in Nico. I’m not really into fiddly, but I’m quite tempted by that cute cake. Your truffles have my name written all over them too.
Johanna @ Green Gourmet Giraffe
2nd April 2017 at 4:00 amJust lovely – have barely thought of easter but it is coming fast now so I need all the chocolate inspiration I can get and this is a perfect place to start!
Choclette
3rd April 2017 at 9:19 pmYour hedgehog cake would make a wonderful Easter cake – I’m quite tempted.
Camilla
2nd April 2017 at 7:59 amOh my goodness, where to start! Just loving each and every one of these fabulous recipes. Thanks for a lovely royndup☺️
Choclette
3rd April 2017 at 9:20 pmThanks for joining in Camilla. Your biccies sound gorgeous.
Shaheen
2nd April 2017 at 8:46 amThanks you for hosting, so many good recipes. I am quick off the mark this month with my contribution to WSC, as I kept my recipe back from a few months back to share here. Its an old one, but a popular one.
Choclette
3rd April 2017 at 9:21 pmThanks for joining in Shaheen, I always look forward to your contribution. I’m super impressed with your enthusiasm this month 😉
Elinor Kugler
2nd April 2017 at 12:40 pmWhat a lovely round up Choclette! There’s so many chocolate options here, I don’t know where to begin! I think I’m in heaven! 🙂
Choclette
3rd April 2017 at 9:22 pmYes indeed. If only we could actually try them all – or maybe not!
jenny paulin
2nd April 2017 at 4:06 pmthank you for including my cheesecake in your round up. There are so many delicious looking recipes here – I do love an easter themed bake x
Choclette
3rd April 2017 at 8:03 pmThanks for joining in with your lovely cheesecake Jenny 🙂
Elizabeth
3rd April 2017 at 7:48 amWhat a gorgeous collection of recipes! Thank you for including my rather bizarre shake too, lol! I’ll try and join in again this month but I’m away for much of April, so I think the blog might take a back burner for a little bit.
Choclette
3rd April 2017 at 8:02 pmOh, are you off on your next adventure? How very exciting. You might need to take a few of these to help fuel you on your way!
Andrea @ The Petite Cook
3rd April 2017 at 9:31 amWhat a wonderful collection of chocolate recipes! Love that there are so many Easter ideas, Im absolutely tempted by the creme egg biscuit cake!
Choclette
3rd April 2017 at 9:13 pmI’m definitely in the mood for Easter baking after seeing this lot.
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
3rd April 2017 at 1:06 pmSo much amazing choice! That red velvet cheesecake is calling my name though. YUM!
Choclette
3rd April 2017 at 9:15 pmMy trouble is everything’s calling to me 😉
All That I'm Eating
3rd April 2017 at 4:05 pmThese all sound delicious, that mini egg shortbread has got my attention!
Choclette
3rd April 2017 at 8:01 pmAfter seeing this, all I can think of are mini eggs and Easter.
Kate - Gluten Free Alchemist
3rd April 2017 at 9:16 pmWhich to choose? Which to choose? So many amazing treats….. and ALL of them SO yummy…… quite a phenomenal round up! Thanks for hosting Choclette xx
Choclette
3rd April 2017 at 9:24 pmIt’s easy Kate. Choose them all 😀 Thanks for joining in with your stunning tiffin.
Lucy
4th April 2017 at 2:49 pmWha a great roundup of chocolatey goodness! I love the hedgehog cake too, I have fond memories of those from mu mum’s 80s baking book as well. so cute! Thanks for hosting. I already have an entry for next month and will add it asap!!
Choclette
4th April 2017 at 4:46 pmOh I do feel I’ve missed out big time. I’ve never had a hedgehog cake! But really pleased you’ll be joining in with #WeShouldCocoa again this month 🙂
Jo @ Jo's Kitchen Larder
11th April 2017 at 7:34 pmSome delectable chocolate recipes in this roundup. I love how beautiful little hazelnut and caramel choccies are! So excited about joining in the next round 🙂
Choclette
11th April 2017 at 7:59 pmThere are always heaps of recipes I want to try in these We Should cocoa round-ups. It’s probably just as well I don’t really have the time 😉 Glad to have you on board this month.