French Chocolate Recipes

There are chocolate recipes floating around for every taste. Here is a selection of fantastic French recipes that are in perfect balance to allow the showstopper – chocolate – to take center stage. You’ll notice that all levels of cooking skills are included. Even if you just learned how to boil water yesterday, you too can make a chocolate dessert that will be the envy of your friends. Bon appetit!

French Chocolate Recipes for Beginner Skills:

These classic French recipes are great for beginners and young, budding chefs. Easy to prepare, they require very little cooking or technique and are done rather quickly.

• Basic Chocolate Truffles Recipe
• Corsican White Chocolate Mendiants Recipe
• Dark Chocolate Sorbet Recipe
• French Hot Chocolate Recipe
• Grand Marnier Truffles Recipe

French Chocolate Recipes for Intermediate Skills:

These dishes are for cooks who enjoy spending time in the kitchen and have a good deal of home-cooking experience. The recipes sometimes have several steps and require a bit of practiced finesse on technique.

• Chocolate Crepes Recipe
• Chocolate Mousse Recipe
• Chocolate Pastry Cream Recipe
• Chocolate Pistachio Ice Cream Recipe
• Dark Chocolate Torte Recipe
• Hazelnut Chocolate Mousse Recipe
• Raspberry White Chocolate Mousse Recipe

French Chocolate Recipes for Advanced Skills:

These recipes are for the self-styled gourmands and cooks who want to push their own culinary envelope a bit. Getting a beautiful result requires time and patience from a cook who’s willing to tinker in the kitchen.

• Crepes Belle Helene Recipe
• Individual Chocolate Soufflés Recipe
• Orangettes Recipe
• Pears Belle Helene Recipe

Melted Chocolate Photo: Daniel Wildman