These easy chocolate recipes are optimized for summer, because a decadent chocolatey dessert is a necessity no matter what the season!
Don’t sideline your chocolate obsession for the summer ~ there are plenty of ways to enjoy everybody’s favorite flavor when it’s hot out. Just follow my tips below to find your perfect summer chocolate dessert!
Add zucchini
Nothing summer-izes a recipe like zucchini. My chocolate zucchini bread pushes the envelope with a silky chocolate ganache frosting.
Churn it
Cool and creamy, desserts like this classic chocolate frozen custard make those summer memories that stick with us for life.
Make it minty
Mint chocolate chip sheet cake is a potluck friendly chocolate recipe that packs a cool, minty punch ~ it’s the cake that thinks it’s ice cream!
Stash it in the fridge
Every fridge should have one of these cold chocolate snacking cakes on the shelf all summer long, preferably with a fork in there with it 😉
Make some magic
Homemade magic shell is the best thing since sliced bread. Use your favorite chocolate for a gourmet version of this childhood favorite.
Skip the oven
The chocolate crumb crust for this chocolate mousse pie gets baked for 10 minutes…in summer we cheat and skip that step, no one seems to mind!
Whip it
Lightness and chocolate don’t always go together, but this 3 minute miracle mousse is chocolate in its air-iest form, almost like biting into a cloud!
Add berries
Fresh berries and whipped cream take a chocolate layer cake right into summer!
Give it the freeze
Frozen bananas dipped in dark chocolate is the ultimate summer treat when it’s hot out.
Put it on a stick
Pulling a Dutch cocoa popsicle with a crackly vanilla bean shell out of the freezer on a hot day is pure bliss.
Take a cue from the Queen
Queen Elizabeth II’s dessert obsession was this no bake chocolate biscuit cake. This unusual chocolate cake is the perfect ending to a summer meal.
