Dishes made with chocolate
20 dishes from around the world that list chocolate as a main ingredient.
Hot chocolate
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 moreA warm drink made from chocolate or cocoa, milk or water, and sugar
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
Easter egg
🇷🇺 Russia and 5 moreEggs dyed or decorated for Easter, symbolizing resurrection and new life
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
SachertorteVegetarian
🇦🇹 Austria and 1 moreAustrian chocolate sponge cake with apricot jam and a glossy chocolate glaze
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
Hanukkah geltVegetarianחנוכה געלט / דמי חנוכה
🇮🇱 Israel and 1 moreChocolate coins or money given as gifts during Hanukkah
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Chocolate brownieVegetarianBrownie
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreDense chocolate squares baked as a bar, often served warm or with toppings
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Soufflé
🇫🇷 FranceA French baked egg dish that puffs up in the oven
Main dish
Chocolate cakeVegetarian
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreCake made with chocolate or cocoa, often layered or topped with icing
Sweet or dessert, Tea time, Snacks
Mousse
🇫🇷 FranceLight, airy foam made sweet or savory, often served as dessert
Sweet or dessert
Yule logVegetarianBûche de Noël
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreA rolled sponge cake decorated to look like a wooden log for Christmas
Sweet or dessert
Pain au chocolatVegetarian
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreA flaky pastry filled with bars of dark chocolate
Pie or savoury pastry, Breakfast, Snacks
MacaroonVegetarian
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreSweet biscuit or small cake made from nuts or coconut and egg whites
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
Hamantashהמן־טאַשן
🇮🇱 IsraelTriangular filled cookie for the Jewish festival of Purim
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Mole
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreA thick, complex Mexican sauce made with chilis, nuts, spices and sometimes chocolate
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Lunch, Dinner
Babkaעוגת שמרים
🇵🇱 Poland and 4 moreSweet braided loaf with rich fillings like chocolate or cinnamon
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Tea time
Ovos molesVegetarian
🇵🇹 PortugalEgg yolk and sugar filling in crisp wafer shells from Aveiro, Portugal
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Tea time
Nanaimo barVegetarian
🇨🇦 CanadaNo-bake Canadian bar with a crumb base, custard icing, and chocolate top
Sweet or dessert
Champurrado
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreThick Mexican hot chocolate drink made with corn dough and spices
Drink, Breakfast, Snacks
CuccìaVegetarian
🇮🇹 ItalyBoiled wheatberries sweetened and eaten for Saint Lucy’s Day in Sicily
Sweet or dessert
Punsch-rollVegetarianpunschrulle
🇸🇪 SwedenGreen marzipan pastry with a chocolate-dipped, liqueur-flavoured cake filling
Pie or savoury pastry, Snacks, Tea time
MarquesitaVegetarian
🇲🇽 MexicoCrisp rolled crepe from Yucatán with sweet and salty fillings
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sachertorte: Hellokitty893112 at en.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
- Macaroon: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Yule log: Jebulon, CC0, source
- Chocolate brownie: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Champurrado: Tom White - Toboris at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
- Hot chocolate: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mole: William Neuheisel, CC BY 2.0, source
- Soufflé: Mark Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nanaimo bar: Stephanie Spencer, CC BY 2.5, source
- Mousse: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, source
- Hanukkah gelt: liz west, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pain au chocolat: Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marquesita: Sharon Hahn Darlin, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chocolate cake: Tracy Hunter, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hamantash: Travellers & Tinkers, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Babka: Hanina at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Cuccìa: Elitre, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Punsch-roll: Godisgirl, Public domain, source