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Looking for some Easy Chocolate Recipes for Kids? From brownies and chocolate cakes to fun chocolate cookies, these delicious treats make baking a joy for little chefs.

They are simple enough that kids can make them and delicious enough that both kids and adults will love to eat them too.

A collage of chocolate recipes for kids, chocolate chip cookies, a milkshake, a chocolate snack cake, and a reese's peanut butter cup pie.
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The Best Chocolate Recipes for Kids

Easy Chocolate Breakfast Recipes

Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
5 from 2 votes
Chocolate Chip Pancakes are the perfect easy breakfast recipe. Fluffy pancakes filled with melted chocolate and topped with melted butter and maple syrup – it is one of my absolute favorite things.
Chocolate Chip Pancake Recipe
Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Bowl
5 from 1 vote
This Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Bowl is the perfect way to start your day. It is filling and delicious – loaded with bananas, peanut butter, and chocolate!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie Bowl Recipe
Peanut Butter Chocolate Oat Smoothie
Thick and creamy like a milkshake, but packed with protein, you can feel good about these peanut butter chocolate oat smoothies.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Oat Smoothie Recipe
Favorite Chocolate Baked Donuts
Combine simple ingredients to make the yummiest Chocolate Baked Donuts. They’re fun for breakfast, snack, or dessert for kids!
Donut Recipe

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Tip: Best Cocoa Powder

My favorite cocoa powder for baking is Ghirardelli Unsweetened Dutch Process Cocoa Powder. Hershey’s Cocoa Powder works fine, but the more expensive stuff really takes the taste over the top. (You can buy it at Walmart, so it isn’t too crazy of an ingredient to find!)

Chocolate Breads and Muffins

If you have an abundance of ripe bananas, chocolate and bananas are an excellent combination to make delicious banana bread – especially if you add chocolate chips. (Or grab some frozen bananas from the freezer stash and start baking!)

We love making muffins so choose a delicious recipe from some of my favorites below!

This Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is moist from the bananas and extra sweet from the chocolate chips.
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is a classic and beloved treat that is easy to make and is perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth. This delicious and moist loaf combines the flavors of ripe bananas and melted chocolate to create a mouth-watering dessert.
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
5 from 3 votes
Chocolate Chip Banana Muffin Recipe
This Dark Chocolate Raspberry Banana Bread is great for breakfast or dessert!
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Banana Bread
5 from 7 votes
This Dark Chocolate Banana Bread is so flavorful and delicious. With the addition of raspberries, this recipe will become a family favorite recipe in your house!
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Banana Bread Recipe
mini chocolate chip muffins
Mini Chocolate Chip Muffins
5 from 1 vote
Mini Chocolate Chip Muffins are the perfect quick breakfast for a busy morning. They are soft, sweet, and delicious – the perfect size for a grab-and-go breakfast on the way to school or work.
Mini Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe
Banana walnut chocolate chip muffins covered in glaze.
Banana Walnut Muffins with Chocolate Chips
5 from 1 vote
These Banana Walnut Muffins combine ripe bananas, sweet mini-chocolate chips, & crunchy walnuts for a perfectly moist and unique Banana Nut Muffin breakfast bite. They are easy to make, and the glaze over the top is the perfect finishing touch.
Banana Walnut Muffin Recipe
Chocolate Raspberry Banana Muffins
Chocolate Raspberry Banana Muffins
5 from 4 votes
Chocolate Raspberry Banana Muffin Recipe
Dark Chocolate Chip Raspberry Banana Jumbo Muffin
Chocolate Chip Raspberry Banana Jumbo Muffins View Recipe

Tip: Baked Good Storage

Store homemade breads, baked goods, and muffins in an airtight container. You can also wrap individual portions in plastic wrap and freeze them in a freezer bag for quick access.

Delicious Chocolate Dessert Recipes for Kids

Satisfy your sweet tooth with any number of cookies, brownies, or chocolate cakes. The perfect dessert balances the perfect amount of sweetness with deep rich flavors.

Chocolate Bars & Brownies

Magic Bars
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Cookie Bars on table next to a white mug
Cookie Bars
5 from 3 votes
These Cookie Bars are filled with chocolate chips and M&M candy to make a delicious dessert that is quick and easy to make! 
Cookie Bar Recipe
4 Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Bars
No-bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Bars are great for snacks or for a healthier dessert. You probably already have all you need.
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Homemade brownies in an 8 x 8 pan with plates and spoons next to it
Homemade Brownies
4.67 from 3 votes
These homemade brownies are delicious and so easy to make. They are full of chocolate flavor and are perfect for any chocolate lover.
Brownie Recipe

Homemade Chocolate Cookies

One of our favorite things to make are chocolate chip cookies. We think this is the Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe:

A plate of chewy chocolate chip cookies.
Our Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies
5 from 1 vote
This is the BEST chocolate chip cookie recipe ever! They are soft and chewy, classic chocolate chip cookies that are SO easy to make with a secret ingredient!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
5 from 1 vote
Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
Several S'mores Cookies on a white plate with a glass of milk next to them
S’mores Cookies
5 from 4 votes
These S'mores Cookies are just what you are looking for when you are craving a delicious s'more. They are jumbo in size and flavor with melty chocolate and marshmallows – which makes them even more irresistible!
S’mores Cookie Recipe
Ultimat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ultimate Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
5 from 1 vote
Ultimate Peanut Butter Cookies are seriously the ultimate cookie. Loaded with peanut butter, M&Ms, and chocolate chips – they are absolutely delicious.
Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
5 from 1 vote
Easy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies give you the best of both worlds: peanut butter cookies combined with chocolate chip cookies! They’re soft, chewy, and loaded with chocolate chunks. Everyone loves them.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookie Recipe
bakery style chocolate chip cookies
Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
We love cookies in our house…particularly chocolate chip cookies. This recipe makes the best bakery-style chocolate chip cookies I have ever had! They are soft, chewy and so delicious! 
Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies on green and red napkins
Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
5 from 1 vote
These Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies are a delicious classic cookie. With the addition of drizzled melted chocolate, they are even tastier!
Peanut Butter Kiss Cookie

Chocolate Ice Cream Sundaes

Make some no-churn ice cream and homemade fudge sauce to make some delicious sundaes.

A waffle bowl of no churn cookie monster ice cream.
No-Churn Cookie Monster Ice Cream
5 from 2 votes
Making No-Churn Cookie Monster Ice Cream could not be easier – no ice cream machine needed. Loaded with cookies and using heavy cream and sweetened condensed milk as a base, the options are limitless.
No Churn Cookie Monster Ice Cream Recipe

Skip the store-bought chocolate syrup and make homemaker chocolate hot fudge sauce!

Easy Hot Fudge Sauce Recipe
This easy hot fudge sauce is thick, rich, and exploding with chocolate flavor. The simple ingredients come together in just ten minutes!
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Homemade Hot Chocolate

Choose your favorite milk – whole milk or non-dairy milk – and customize a hot chocolate bar with your favorite toppings for holiday gatherings.

Homemade Hot Chocolate
The best homemade hot chocolate made with just chocolate chips and any type of milk. A super easy recipe for creamy, rich hot chocolate.
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How to Set Up a Hot Chocolate Bar
Set up a Hot Chocolate Bar for your next cold weather gathering. Provide stir-in ingredients, toppings, and even alcohol so that everyone can customize.
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Holiday Treats

Halloween Desserts

Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods are a quick and easy treat. You can use milk chocolate or dark chocolate for dipping the pretzels!

Pretzel Rods that were dipped in melted chocolate and crushed up candy and edible eyes added to them.
Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods
5 from 2 votes
Quick and Easy Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods are a sweet and salty treat that is so delicious. Salty Pretzel Rods are so fun to decorate for any holiday.
Pretzel Rod Recipe
Peanut butter cookies made with candy spiders on top placed next to a glass of milk on a table
Spider Cookies
5 from 2 votes
These delicious yet spooky cookies are a sweet treat for your Halloween!  Delicious peanut butter cookies topped with chocolate candy spiders are sure to please any sweet tooth.
Spider Cookie Recipe
A bowl of candy corn party mix with a red spoon.
Candy Corn Snack Mix
4.67 from 6 votes
If you are looking for a tasty treat for the Fall and Halloween season, this Easy Candy Corn Snack Mix is for you. The combination of sweet candy corn and salty peanuts makes a great snack for kids and adults and has become a family favorite at our house! 
Candy Corn Snack Mix Recipe
Vanilla milkshakes that are in a clear glass and decorated as ghosts
Halloween Ghost Milkshakes
4.50 from 2 votes
These Halloween Ghost Milkshakes are the perfect treat to your Halloween! Both kids and adults will love these milkshakes!
Milkshake Recipe
Halloween dirt cake - vanilla pudding covered with crushed up Oreo cookies covered with pumpkin and tombstone edible decorations.
Dirt Cake
4.67 from 9 votes
Dirt Cake is a fun dessert to serve up on Halloween, Easter or any other holiday for kids and adults. It is a quick and easy no bake recipe that is so tasty!
Dirtcake Recipe
Cookies that are decorated as Pilgrim Hats sitting on a white table with a glass of milk
Thanksgiving Cookies
4.50 from 2 votes
These delicious Thanksgiving Cookies that look like pilgrim hats will look so festive at your holiday dinner table! Also, they are perfect for kids to help make!
Pilgrim Hat Cookie Recipe

Christmas Desserts

These Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats include a little bit of chocolate but they are fun to make and they are delicious:

Green Rice Krispie Trees decorated with M&M candy and white icing.
Christmas Rice Krispie Treats
4.34 from 6 votes
These Christmas Rice Krispie Treats are great to make with kids. They are easy and fun to make, plus they look so festive for the holiday season!
Christmas Rice Krispie Treat Recipe
Chocolate chow mein haystack cookies on a white plate.
Christmas Chow Mein Noodle Cookies
5 from 4 votes
Haystack Cookies are an easy treat to make during the holiday season. They are delicious no bake cookies that are made from a combination of melted chocolate, creamy butterscotch, salty peanuts, and crunchy chow mein noodles.
Haystack Cookie Recipe
Elf on the shelf sitting with elf donuts
Elf Donuts
5 from 1 vote
Elf Donuts are fun to make and leave out for your “Elf on the Shelf” and all of Santa’s elves this Christmas season.
Elf Donut Recipe
Christmas Meringue Cookies
Christmas Meringue Cookies
These melt-in-your-mouth Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies are perfect for any occasion and are a favorite holiday cookie recipe in my house.
Meringue Recipe

Chocolate Fudge is a sweet treat that is fun to make during the holidays – and any time of the year. (You can make a wreath for the holidays or a square the rest of the year!)

Fudge that is shaped into a Christmas wreath with gumdrops as the berries
Easy Fudge
4.67 from 3 votes
Easy Fudge is a quick and easy delicious recipe.  Making it into a Christmas wreath is so simple.  It is great to serve as a holiday dessert and it also is a perfect holiday gift!
Fudge Recipe

These Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookies are perfect for Valentine’s Day (or Christmas):

Sugar Cookies made in the shape of hearts that are half dipped in chocolate. They have red, white and pink heart sprinkles on them and are sitting on a table with a glass of milk.
Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookies
4.50 from 2 votes
These Easy Sugar Cookies are ones that will become your go-to sugar cookie recipe. They are delicious on their own but even sweeter dipped in chocolate!
Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookie Recipe

Chocolate Cakes and Chocolate Pies

Slice of Eclair Cake on a white and green plate with a fork.
No-Bake Eclair Cake
5 from 8 votes
Eclair Cake is an Icebox cake made with instant chocolate pudding, graham crackers, and thawed whipped cream. Oh – and delicious chocolate frosting. You can't go wrong with some fudgy chocolate frosting!
no bake eclair cake recipe
A slice of ice cream pie on a plate with a spoon and two strawberries next to the pie
Chocolate Ice Cream Cake (Ice Cream Pie)
5 from 4 votes
This delicious and creamy pie is quick and easy to make.  It makes the perfect dessert for any chocolate or ice cream lover!
Ice cream pie recipe

If you love chocolate and you love peanut butter, you will love this Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie.

A Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Pie in a glass baking dish.
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Pie
4.50 from 2 votes
If you love peanut butter and chocolate, this Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Pie is a dessert for you. It is chocolatey, peanutty, cold, creamy & so delicious.
Peanut butter pie recipe
Sliced M&M KitKat Cake on a white dessert plate with a clear glass of milk and the sliced cake next to it
M&M Kit Kat Cake Recipe
5 from 1 vote
Enjoy the ultimate M&M Kit Kat Cake Recipe with this tried and true Kit Kat birthday cake. Get creative with chocolate cake, candy bars, and plenty of M&M's!
Kit Kat Cake Recipe
Easy Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe
These moist vegan cupcakes are a chocolate lover’s dream, and so easy to make! Top with homemade dairy-free frosting.
Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
A collage of chocolate recipes for kids, eclair cake, cookies, a smoothie bowl, and chocolate banana bread.

Healthy Chocolate Recipes and Snacks

Believe it or not, healthy chocolate recipes for kids do exist. You can sweeten your sweet treats with maple syrup or honey if desired.

Homemade Trail Mix in a red bowl
Homemade Trail Mix
4.67 from 3 votes
This Homemade Trail Mix recipe is bursting with flavor! Made with granola, dried fruit, chocolate, & nuts – it is easy to make and has something for everyone.
homemade trail mix recipe

Hide some healthy fats using peanut butter or tahini in Energy Bites or avocado in Chocolate Avocado Pudding!

No bake energy bites, one with a bite taken out of it.
No Bake Energy Bites
5 from 2 votes
If you're looking for a quick, healthy snack that will give you an energy boost, you can't go wrong with No-Bake Energy Bites. These little balls of goodness are easy to make, require no baking, and can be customized to your liking with a variety of healthy ingredients.
no bake energy bite recipe
Peanut butter energy balls in front of a red bowl with a bite taken out of one of them.
Peanut Butter Energy Balls
5 from 1 vote
Looking for a tasty and nutritious snack to keep you going throughout the day? Look no further than these Peanut Butter Energy Balls! These little balls of goodness are packed with healthy ingredients like peanut butter, oats, nuts, and seeds, and they're the perfect pick-me-up when you need a quick boost of energy.
Peanut Butter Energy Ball Recipe
Easy Chocolate Avocado Pudding (SO Good)
With simple ingredients, no cooking, and a method that takes about 2 minutes, this Chocolate Avocado Pudding is the BEST!
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Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Perfect Bars
Peanut Butter Perfect Bars with Chocolate Chips are creamy, peanutty, sweet, and delicious. Perfect bars are packed with protein and are a great afternoon snack for kids and adults.
Perfect Bar Recipe
These Dark Chocolate Pretzel Granola Bars make a great afternoon snack.
Dark Chocolate Pretzel Granola Bars
5 from 1 vote
Dark Chocolate Pretzel Granola Bars are an amazing after-school snack. Loaded with pretzels and chocolate – the good stuff – they are both filling and delicious.
Homemade Granola Bar Recipe
Chocolate Covered Bananas
Serve up a healthy dessert of easy Chocolate Covered Bananas frozen into banana pops…made with a super delicious chocolate pudding coating. Nutritious and so yummy!
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After School Snacks

A collage of chocolate recipes for kids, chocolate chip pancakes, m and m cookies, sugar cookies, and Christmas tree rice krispie treats.

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I love making recipes that bring family and friends to the table. Here you will find delicious, family-friendly, and Tried and True recipes that are quick & easy to make.

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