In celebration of the annual chocolate frenzy that is Easter, we’ve compiled some of our favourite chocolate recipes. Lovers of the classic Easter egg; beware. These aren’t the traditional chocolate recipes for Easter.
The addition of warm spices, toasted nuts, or a hint of sea salt elevates chocolate to new heights, balancing its richness with complexity. For those seeking a touch of nostalgia, classic Easter flavours can be reimagined with a modern, refined twist, transforming simple pleasures into something truly special.
Pairings matter just as much as preparation. Whether served with coffee, a glass of dessert wine, or fresh seasonal fruit, chocolate is best enjoyed when complemented by select accompaniments. However you choose to snack — melted, whipped, or tempered — there’s no denying that Easter is the ultimate excuse to revel in the pure joy of chocolate.
From the white chocolate lovers to the dark chocolate believers and the milk chocolate traditionalists: there’s a chocolate recipe for you and yours here.
The best Easter chocolate recipes in 2026
Chocolate ricotta cake
This perfect match of rich chocolate and airy ricotta makes for an irresistible cake.
Chocolate tart
A perfect specimen of a dessert.
Flourless chocolate cake with hazelnut and buttermilk
Every great baker needs a great flourless chocolate cake recipe. Here’s the one we swear by.
Dark chocolate, pear and pistachio cake
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for dark chocolate, pear and pistachio cake from Tartine in Armadale, Victoria
Guillaume Brahimi’s salted caramel and chocolate ganache tart
It doesn’t get much better than praise-worthy dessert.
Raspberry chocolate truffles
A recipe for chocolate truffles laced with lush raspberry and a cacao crunch.
Chocolate cake with fudge icing
This simple recipe is everything you want a chocolate cake to be: rich, dense and generously iced.
Date, coconut and chocolate slab
Proof that dairy-free doesn’t mean taste-free.
Chocolate and buttermilk slab cake
Buttermilk is the bakers’ secret weapon here, adding a subtle tang to the sweet frosting and contributing to an ultra-tender crumb in the cake itself. Try it for yourself and see.
Chocolate-cornflake cookies with mocha ganache
Chocolate cookies, with a bit extra.
Flour & Stone’s blackberry and chocolate meringue roulade
Chocolate meringue and blackberry compote coiled inside an impossibly light chocolate sponge. This is what dreams are made of.
Chocolate lamington cake
Chocolate sponge cake soaked in chocolate panna cotta and spread with a dark chocolate glaze: this is one serious chocolate cake.
Stokehouse Q’s dark chocolate pots de crème with ginger pear
These baked chocolate custards are a winning trifecta of dark chocolate, pear and ginger.
Chocolate and hazelnut Kugelhopf
Hobart’s Sweet Envy have crafted their own version of the Central European cake with a crunchy hazelnut filling and a drizzle of dark chocolate ganache.
Chocolate and hazelnut cake with espresso ganache
This fudgy, meringue-based cake is the perfect finale to a sophisticated dinner party.
Chocolate coconut meringue pie
Milk chocolate and toasted coconut, a winning combination that endures in pie form.
Baked chocolate creams with roasted strawberries
And a touch of ouzo too.
Chocolate Negroni cannoli
Double the batch.
Chocolate self-saucing pudding with miso and sesame crunch
The addition of red miso paste might sound odd in a dessert, but it adds a delicious, salty umami to this chocolate and sesame pudding.
Chocolate scrolls
These chocolate scrolls are best eaten warm while the filling is still melty. Make ahead and serve whenever someone pops by, or you’re feeling like an afternoon treat.
Flour and Stone’s chocolate Manjari cake
The famous signature chocolate Manjari cake by Nadine Ingram from Sydney bakery Flour & Stone.
Chocolate whiskey soufflé
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for chocolate whiskey soufflé.
Chocolate and almond simnel cake
An Easter dessert recipe for chocolate and almond simnel cake.
Salted chocolate layer cake with whipped ganache
This is the chocolate cake to save for a special occasion.
Chocolate, tahini and pear pancakes
A sweet stack we’d happily have for brunch or dessert.
Chilli chocolate lava cake
Chocoholics delight, because this chocolate lava cake is all things spiced, gooey and delicious.
Jaci Koludrovic’s rocky-road cake
This recipe has all the pleasures of a rocky-road – pillowy marshmallow, fudgy chocolate – in cake form.
Little brownie cakes with fudge sauce
In theory, you could share one of these rich chocolate cakes between two. But in reality? Well, that’s a different matter.
Caramelised honey and popcorn bars with salted chocolate
What’s better than popcorn? Popcorn with chocolate, of course.
Sweet Envy’s chocolate millefeuille with burnt white chocolate cream
A double-chocolate delight from Sweet Envy’s Alistair Wise.
Nougat, salted peanut caramel and milk chocolate tart
It’s a Snickers bar, all grown up.
Choc-coconut macaroon cake
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for choc-coconut macaroon cake.
Triple chocolate praline tart
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for triple chocolate praline tart.
Chocolate raspberry layer cake
Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for chocolate raspberry layer cake.
Chocolate-hazelnut meringue cake
Dense and fudgy chocolate cake contrasts beautifully with feather-light chocolate meringue in this moreish cake.
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