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Hershey Chocolate Cake Recipe

Hershey's Chocolate Cake

Forever? Completely? Sounds like words used only in conjunction with things that inspire lasting love. Like this cake.

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  • 55 M
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Thousand Layer Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Thousand-Layer Chocolate Chip Cookies

Okay, these cookies may not contain literally a thousand layers, but you gotta admit, the title made you count, yes?

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  • 30 M
  • 1 H, 30 M
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Homemade Snickers Bar Recipe

Homemade Snickers Bars

Know what really satisfies? Making these DIY, gooey, peanutty, caramel-y, milk chocolate-y Snickers bars.

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  • 25 M
  • 2 H
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Banana Cream Pie

Marie Howard’s Banana Cream Pie

Behold, the pie that prompted Beth M. Howard’s parents’ marriage proposal. One taste and we understood why. We think you will, too.

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  • 45 M
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  • 4
Milkiest Chocolate Ice Cream

The Milkiest Chocolate Ice Cream in the World

Milkiest? Chocolatiest? We think so. This creamy, dreamy little concoction is smoooooothness on a spoon.

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  • 45 M
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Black Coffee Ice Cream

Black Coffee Ice Cream

Know how every once in a while you taste something that’s so insanely satiating that a single spoonful pretty much satisfies? Nah, neither do we. Pass the ice cream, please.

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Classic Manhattan Cocktail

Classic Manhattan Cocktail

Few cocktails are classier or sassier than a Manhattan. Rye whiskey, vermouth, Grand Marnier, and bitters all work the devil’s magic here.

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DIY Nutella Recipe

Homemade Nutella

No longer are you safe from temptation just because you summoned enough fortitude to skip the Nutella aisle at the store. Not safe at all.

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Brown Butter Pasta

Brown Butter Pasta

This tempting tangle of fettuccine, brown butter, and eggs makes paltry pantry items somehow seem perfectly lovely for brunch, lunch, or a late, late, late supper.

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Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Hog Island Grilled Cheese

This much-ballyhooed ‘wich from Hog Island Oyster Bar in San Francisco is stuffed with fromage blanc, Gruyere, Cheddar, and Harvarti. Talk about the stuff romance is made from…

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Semolina Gnocchi

Semolina Gnocchi | Gnocchi di Semola

This sexy, simple gnocchi is all Roman La Dolce Vita, made with semolina flour and not potato. See for yourself how seductive it can be.

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  • 30 M
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Grapefruit in Moscato

Grapefruit in Moscato

A drinkable dessert composed of, quite simply, bitter grapefruit segments soused with sweet sparkling wine. Cin cin!

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Homemade Twinkies

Homemade Twinkies

Just like the classic, these delicate sponge cakes are crammed to almost bursting with irresistibly sweet and creamy goodness.

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  • 1 H, 15 M
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New York-Style Cheesecake

New York–Style Cheesecake

How do you define a true New York-style cheesecake? A sweet graham cracker crust cushioning a smooth, rich, moan-inducing filling with a lemony lilt. In other words, this recipe.

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  • 2 H
  • 23
Root Vegetable Gratin

Root Vegetable Gratin

This gratin is a great way to hide your veggies. Even from the kids. The hero? Cheese, natch. It’ll have your whole family chowing down.

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  • 2 H
  • 12
Baked Asparagus with Parmesan Cheese

Baked Asparagus with Parmesan and Balsamic Vinegar

These spring spears, albeit buried beneath a behomoth amount of Parmesan, have made converts of even the most reticent veggie eaters.

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Prosciutto Crottina Salad Recipe

Prosciutto and Crottin Salad with Creamy Lardon Vinaigrette

This salad is a bit of an intrigue, what with the velvety goat cheese crottins cozying up to the salty and oh-so-velvety prosciutto. Shame!

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Lobster Fra Diavolo Recipe

Lobster Fra Diavolo
 | Aragosta Fra Diavolo

This swanky pasta dish, gilded with chunks of sweet, sweet lobster and hints of finely chopped chile, lends a little extravagance to everyday spaghetti.

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Open Mushroom Lasagna

Open Lasagna of Mushrooms, Pine Nuts, and Thyme

Elegance was never achieved with such ease. Simply stack cooked lasagna noodles with sauteed ‘shrooms and smother with a luxurious cream sauce for some everyday extravagance.

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  • 25 M
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Mexican Hot Chocolate

Mexican Hot Chocolate | Chocolate Caliente

This concoction of hot milk and Mexico’s incomparable chocolate is whipped into a frenzy with a milinillo–Mexico’s unplugged answer to the immersion blender.

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