23 warm chocolate desserts for winter

When the temperature dips, there’s no denying the allure of a warm chocolate dessert. It could be chocolate pudding or a batch cookies, still warm from the oven, or a fat slice of ginger-chocolate tart crowned with roast pears. For an elegant touch, the chocolate soufflé wins over all, and for an double-chocolate celebration, it’s got to be the brownie cakes with fudge sauce.

Burnt cocoa sponge cake

Burnt cocoa sponge cake

Bread and butter pudding with ricotta and chocolate

Bread and butter pudding with ricotta and chocolate

Chocolate scrolls

Chocolate scrolls

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Date, gingerbread and yoghurt naked layer cake with burnt orange caramel

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Mango and lemon verbena trifle with verjuice jelly and salted lime meringue

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Blue swimmer crab cocktail with avocado cream

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Marinated heirloom tomato and stracciatella

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Gluten-free passionfruit and almond cake with honey-roasted pineapple by Frida's Field

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A large plate of figs with burrata, garnished with pomegranate arils and fennel sprigs

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Stout and chocolate puddings with chocolate malt ice-cream

Stout and chocolate puddings with chocolate malt ice-cream

Chocolate brioche

Chocolate brioche

Chocolate, tahini and pear pancakes

Chocolate, tahini and pear pancakes

Chocolate and salted macadamia cookies

Chocolate and salted macadamia cookies

Savarins

Savarins

Warm chocolate and peanut butter skillet brownie

Warm chocolate and peanut butter skillet brownie

Churros and chocolate sauce — Photo: Alicia Taylor

Churros with chocolate sauce

Churros with chocolate sauce

Ginger-chocolate tart with roast pears

Ginger-chocolate tart with roast pears

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Panettone and mango trifle with lemon verbena and verjuice jelly

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Chocolate and marmalade croissant pudding

Chocolate and marmalade croissant pudding

Self-saucing chocolate and almond milk pudding

Self-saucing chocolate and almond milk pudding

Chocolate self-saucing pudding with miso and sesame crunch

Chocolate self-saucing pudding with miso and sesame crunch

Kaya madeleines with chocolate sauce

Kaya madeleines with chocolate sauce

Chocolate soufflé

Chocolate soufflé

Soft-centred chocolate budini with milk ice-cream

Soft-centred chocolate budini with milk ice-cream

Warm choc-chip peanut butter cookies

Warm choc-chip peanut butter cookies

Stokehouse Q’s dark chocolate pots de crème with ginger pear

Stokehouse Q’s dark chocolate pots de crème with ginger pear

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Panettone and mango trifle with lemon verbena and verjuice jelly

Blue swimmer crab cocktail with avocado cream

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Little brownie cakes with fudge sauce

Little brownie cakes with fudge sauce

Chocolate hotcakes with fudge sauce

Chocolate hotcakes with fudge sauce

Chocolate whiskey soufflé

Chocolate whiskey soufflé

Chocolate ricotta pudding

Chocolate ricotta pudding

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Burnt cocoa sponge cake

Bread and butter pudding with ricotta and chocolate

Chocolate scrolls

Stout and chocolate puddings with chocolate malt ice-cream

Chocolate brioche

Chocolate, tahini and pear pancakes

Chocolate and salted macadamia cookies

Savarins

Warm chocolate and peanut butter skillet brownie

Churros with chocolate sauce

Ginger-chocolate tart with roast pears

Chocolate and marmalade croissant pudding

Self-saucing chocolate and almond milk pudding

Chocolate self-saucing pudding with miso and sesame crunch

Kaya madeleines with chocolate sauce

Chocolate soufflé

Soft-centred chocolate budini with milk ice-cream

Warm choc-chip peanut butter cookies

Stokehouse Q’s dark chocolate pots de crème with ginger pear

Little brownie cakes with fudge sauce

Chocolate hotcakes with fudge sauce

Chocolate whiskey soufflé

Chocolate ricotta pudding

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