Wow-mazing white chocolate cranberry drop cookies

Almost anyone who’s ever tried white chocolate and cranberries together will tell you it’s a winning combination. The mild, creamy-sweet white chocolate and zingy-tasting fresh berries balance one another nicely, plus they provide a pretty eye-catching color contrast. Toss ‘em on the T-giving table...

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Pistachio and cranberry white chocolate bark

Peppermint bark has become a holiday tradition here at GL, but when editor-in-chief Karen Bokram whips it up for guests and gifts, she likes to switch things up for a sophisticated surprise. Her add-ins of choice? Pistachios and cranberries. But you can choose...

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Poached pears with Mexican chocolate sauce

This elegant dessert will impress anyone, from grandma to your girls. What could be better than combining our favorite sweet treats—fresh fruit, chocolate and ice cream? Answer: Nothing! For a professional presentation, serve each pear upright in a shallow bowl and accented with...

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Chocolate-beet cupcakes

Inspired by red velvet cake, this cupcake batter is a glorious magenta color. Adding chocolate turns the batter purple before it is baked into delicious cupcakes that don’t taste at all like beets. If there is one way to get kids to eat...

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The best thing ever: chocolate bread

Kick your breakfast up a notch with this so-awesome-it-should-be-illegal recipe for, yes, chocolate bread. With bits of bittersweet chocolate scattered through, it’s sweet and sharp and delicious for just about whenever that chocolate craving comes to call. Ingredients: Makes one 10-inch loaf 2 ½ cups...

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Homemade creme-filled cupcakes go vegan

Move over, you other name-brand cupcakes found in a little plastic bag! These are homemade, have half the fat and are still crème-filled delicious. Check out the recipe below from Chloe Coscarelli’s amazing new vegan cookbook, Chloe’s Kitchen: 125 Easy, Delicious Recipes for Making...

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All-grown-up s'mores pie

This pie is a grown-up version of the nostalgic s’mores of childhood. To help enhance the toasty sweetness of the marshmallows, a little sea salt is sprinkled over the top of the pie before it goes under the broiler . The finished product...

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Cocoa-kissed red velvet pancakes

This V-Day weekend, treat your fam, your sleepover sistahs or just Y-O-U to a breakfast so decadent it’s more like dessert. Turn spectacular red velvet pancakes (thanks for the recipe, Nestle!) into edible Valentines by grabbing heart-shaped cookie cutters. Indulge, girlies—Heart Day only...

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The best hot chocolate recipe ever is a piece of cake

When we set out to find the best hot chocolate recipe around, we thought we could count on a few certainties: a spoon, a mug, a ridiculously rich mix and maybe a pinch of cinnamon. But when we came across this recipe, adapted...

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Our 11 favorite comfort food recipes

Here at GL HQ, we’ve always got food on the mind. From the gooiest brownies to the best mac ‘n’ cheese ever, we’re always dishing—teehee!—about the best bites around. Get in on our good eats secrets with GL’s very best recipes ever. Homemade...

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