24 Reasons to Love White Chocolate

- Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Kat Boytsova1/24
Cinnamon White Hot Chocolate
The ultimate companion to white chocolate, cinnamon lends warming complexity to this comforting, creamy, cold-weather drink.
- Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Nathaniel James, Food Styling by Laura Rege2/24
White Chocolate Pumpkin Mousse
White chocolate adds a rich, creamy sweetness to this quick pumpkin mousse.
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White Chocolate Tiramisu Trifle With Spiced Pears
Put on your winter whites for this elegant dessert featuring spiced, wine-poached pears, ladyfingers, and a white chocolate–mascarpone mousse.
- Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Ali Nardi4/24
Pistachio Cardamom Butter Cookies
Creamy white chocolate makes a rich, milky finish for these deliciously spiced slice-and-bake cookies.
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Dried Cranberry and White Chocolate Biscotti
Toasty, dried fruit–studded biscotti get a finishing drizzle of sweet white chocolate.
- Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Katherine Sacks6/24
Matcha White Hot Chocolate
This rich and creamy white hot chocolate has tropical notes thanks to the coconut milk, plus a boost of caffeine and bold green color from matcha powder.
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Lemon and White Chocolate Mousse Parfaits With Strawberries
Tangy lemon curd and a white chocolate ganache are each folded with whipped cream to form airy mousses. They're layered here with pretty sliced strawberries, but any berry or soft ripe fruit will work.
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Rhubarb and White Chocolate Lattice Tart
Sweet white chocolate balances the bitterness of rhubarb in the jammy filling for this pie.
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White Chocolate and Lime Cheesecake Bars
White chocolate + lime + cream cheese = your wildest dreams served over a chocolate cookie crust.
- Joseph De Leo10/24
Green-Tea Truffles
Matcha's subtle sharpness reins in the sweetness of white chocolate in these creamy truffles.
- Jenny Zarins11/24
White Chocolate and Cardamom Rice Pudding with Marmalade and Cointreau Sauce
Rice pudding for grownups gets a knock of cointreau and—you guessed it—some white chocolate.
- Lucy Schaeffer12/24
Cocoa-Carrot Cupcakes with White Chocolate Chips
How to make carrot cupcakes better? Lace 'em with white chocolate.
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White Chocolate and Marmalade Vanilla Wafers
A thick cloak of white chocolate hides a surprise: marmalade filling.
- Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott, food styling: Susan Spungen14/24
Matcha-White Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Matcha green tea powder turns these white chocolate cookies a lovely spring green.
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Yogurt & Matcha Swirl With Mango
White chocolate sweetens Greek yogurt in this fruity, energizing breakfast/dessert/anytime treat.
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Almond-Barley Porridge with Fruit
Similar to rice pudding, this creamy Norwegian dessert is enriched with white chocolate and lightened with whipped cream.
- Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott17/24
Marbled Mint-Chocolate Pudding
A white chocolate–mint pudding is swirled with a dark chocolate pudding in this nostalgic dessert. Want to gild the lily? Use Thin mints instead of plain chocolate cookies to top them off.
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Spiced Chocolate Torte Wrapped in Chocolate Ribbons
Edible white chocolate ribbons crown this showstopping dessert.
- Photo by JP Bevins, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell19/24
Mirror Cake Glaze
This glossy, three-tone marble glaze starts with sweet, simple white chocolate chips.
- Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Diana Yen20/24
Iced Christmas-Cookie Letters
Give your cookies winter cheer all year long with this decorating technique using melted white chocolate.
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Cappuccino Brownies
A topping of white chocolate ganache on these chocolate-coffee brownies mimics the steamed-milk foam on the top of a cappuccino.
- Photo by Chelsea Kyle, food styling by Katherine Sacks22/24
3-Ingredient Japanese Cheesecake
Who knew that something so magical could be made with just white chocolate, cream cheese, and eggs?
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Devil's Food Cake with Peppermint Frosting
Listen, the rich chocolate cake layers here are really, really good, but if you push them aside to get at more of the white chocolate whipped cream in the middle, we completely understand.
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Black and White Croissant Bread Pudding
This easy bread pudding, made with day-old croissants, is studded with both white chocolate and dark chocolate chips.

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