14 Over-The-Top Chocolate Desserts That Are Better Than Being In A Relationship

After all the arguments about bungled dinners, forgotten birthdays, and which direction the toilet paper roll should face -- you can finally cross 'being in a relationship' off the list of things you need from your life. But chocolate? Chocolate is forever.

1. Dulce de Leche and Chocolate Mousse Jars

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Chocolate cake soaked in dulce de leche, then smothered in chocolate mousse and whipped cream, to be eaten with a spoon while watching 'Sleeping with Other People.' Recipe here.

2. Spiced hot chocolate cake

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Like all your happy childhood memories of a post-skate or post-ski hot chocolate, but baked into a cake. Recipe here.

3. Triple chocolate banana bread

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The road to singlehood is often paved with freezers slowly being taken over by ripe bananas. Fight back with this insane banana bread that totally passes for a breakfast food. Basically a smoothie, right? Recipe here.

4. Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge + Crunchy Toffee Topping

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If there's a dessert out there that can't be improved with peanut butter and Skor bits, I've yet to encounter it. Recipe here.

5. Chocolate Chip Layer Cake with Chocolate Fudge Frosting

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Chocolate chips? Check. Melted chocolate? Check. Cocoa powder? Check. Recipe here.

6. Paleo chocolate orange bars

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If this is what Paleo looks like, find me a time machine and send me back! Clearly our ancestors were onto something. Recipe here.

7. Chocolate Spice Meringue Torte with Mulled Cranberry Compote

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Supposedly serves 12, but meringues are mostly air and whipped cream is mostly air, so I'm pretty sure you're just looking at a single XL serving. Thank you, science! Recipe here.

8. Vegan Champurrado {Mexican Hot Chocolate Atole}

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Chewing can be such a drag sometimes! Drinking chocolate forever and always. Recipe here.

9. Snickers Cheesecake Cake

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Chocolate cake, peanut butter cheesecake, peanut butter frosting, caramel, salted peanuts, chocolate ganache and chopped Snickers bars. This is madness and I want more. Recipe here.

10. Pecan Brownies

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Pair with an entire bottle of pinot noir and you've got a winning Sunday combination. Recipe here.

11. Chocolate Almond English Toffee

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Chocolate recipes = heaven. Chocolate recipes that begin with a full cup of butter? Where heaven wants to go when it dies. Recipe here.

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*Tears of joy streaming down face* Recipe here.

13. Chocolate Hazelnut Meringue Cake (gluten-free!)

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Gluten lovers, rejoice! A dessert to bake for your GF friends that doesn't taste like sandpaper. Recipe here.

14. Flourless Dark Chocolate Souffle with Earl Grey Cream

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Earl Grey whipped cream because you're a grownup. Recipe here.