Christmas chocolate recipes
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without chocolate – would it? So we’ve put together a collection of our very best Christmas chocolate recipes designed for indulging in over the festive period.
Check out our chocolate Christmas pudding, if you’re not a fan of the traditional version, or find hot chocolate, make-ahead desserts and more.
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Italian dessert recipes
Chocolate budino
With only five ingredients, this creamy Italian pudding – chocolate budino – is incredibly simple but beautifully smooth and indulgent.
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Chocolate cake recipes
Chocolate, blood orange and hazelnut cake
This terrific chocolate hazelnut cake gets its moistness from whole cooked oranges, and is topped with candied orange peel.
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Italian dessert recipes
Bonet (Italian chocolate and amaretti pudding)
Bonet is a classic Piedmontese dessert showcasing two of the Italian region’s favourite things – chocolate and amaretti biscuits.
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Christmas recipes from around the world
Bicerin (Italian coffee and chocolate drink)
Bicerin is a hot drink from Turin, Italy. Espresso is topped with a layer of melted chocolate followed by a layer of whipped cream. Heaven.
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Festive desserts
Michel Roux Jr’s Yule log
Supremo chef Michel Roux Jr shows you how to create a classic bûche de Noël or Yule log, the traditional French Christmas dessert.
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Christmas chocolate recipes
Passion fruit snowball truffles
You only need four ingredients to make these pretty snowball truffles, with tangy passion fruit and creamy white chocolate.
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Show-stopping Christmas dessert recipes
Triple chocolate baubles
With a triple-threat of white chocolate shell, milk choc truffle and dark choc mousse, these baubles are a stunning make-ahead Christmas pud.
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Show-stopping Christmas dessert recipes
Black forest ‘forest’ trifle
This dramatic Christmas dessert embraces the elements of a black forest gateau – cherries, chocolate and kirsch – using trifle-like layers.
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Chocolate orange recipes
Orangettes (chocolate candied orange peels)
Orangettes are crystallised strips of orange peel and dark chocolate. The French chocolates make the perfect after-dinner treat with coffee.
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Chocolate dessert recipes
Ravneet Gill’s gianduja chocolate tart
Ravneet Gill's rich gianduja chocolate tart has a velvety-smooth filling and wonderfully crisp pastry. Serve with chilled pouring cream.
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Patisserie recipes
Chocolate and chestnut macarons
Iconic French macarons come in many colours and flavours. Here, layers of chocolate sandwich a light, soft and creamy chestnut purée.
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Christmas chocolate recipes
Paul A Young’s vegan chocolate truffles
These intense dark chocolate truffles (which happen to be vegan) make great food gifts - if you can resist gobbling them up yourself.
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Snacks and nibbles
Chocolate-dipped stuffed dates
These jewel-like stuffed dates don’t just look pretty – each houses a cluster of nuts, providing crunch to contrast with the sweet stickiness.
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Pear recipes
Michel Roux Jr’s poached pears with chocolate almond sauce
Michel Roux Jr says "I love poached pears – they’re so versatile. This recipe has vanilla in the syrup, but you could use cinnamon, allspice and star anise, or flavour the syrup with wine or a little bit of lemon zest.
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Dinner party dessert recipes
Chocolate orange pithivier
Chocolate orange lovers won't be able to resist this decadent dessert. Our chocolate pithivier has a rich filling encased in golden pastry.
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