Ten seriously scrumptious vintage chocolate desserts

Given the hefty heat wave that much of the world is melting away under right now, the first day of August might not seem like ideal time for a post about chocolate desserts. Valentine's, Easter, or Halloween perhaps, I hear you say, but I have good reason for busting out the vintage chocolate as we launch into the eight month of the year, sun a blazing away wildly over head.

You see, next Monday, the 6th, just happens to my sweet husband's birthday, and Tony is a chocoholic if ever there was one! Though he's the first to admit he has a sweet tooth in general, chocolate has always been his dessert passion and culinary guilty pleasure of choice, so in honour of Tony's 32nd birthday, I thought it would be oodles of fun to gather of ten vintage chocolate based desserts that I've been stashing away to use in recipe posts for some time now.

As it's a birthday that we'll soon be toasting, there you'll find several cakes amongst the list, but there are also mouth-watering recipes for splendid looking pies, a silky cream roll, and a comforting chocolate bread pudding, too. It's safe to say that there's at least one recipe here to please nearly every chocolate fan!

{Chocolate Chip Cake}

{Chocolate Pear Cream Pie}

{Chocolate Bread Pudding}

{Checkerboard Cake}

{Chocolate Fudge Pie}

{Choco-Walnut Potato Cake}

{Chocolate Meringue Pie}

{Chocolate Almond Cream Roll}

{One Bowl Chocolate Cake with Chiffon Frosting}

{Double Chocolate Marble Cake}

{All vintage recipe images above are from Flickr. Please click on an image to be taken to its respective Flickr source.}

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While August often dictates frozen desserts, iced coffees, and no-bake cheesecakes, should you happen to have a birthday or anything else important that you're planning to celebrate this month, I hope you'll find one or more awesomely yummy yesteryear chocolate recipes from amongst this selection that will fit the bill for your special event to a tee.

Though Tony's big day is still nearly a week away, I can't help but feel giddy with excitement about it already! Now though, the real question becomes, which of these sweet, sinfully fabulous chocolate desserts should I make him?


*PS*

Tony's not the only one who's in line to receive a delightful treat soon. If you haven't already, be sure to enter Chronically Vintage's giveaway this week for a $40.00 gift certificate from Malta based etsy vintage fashion seller Fairyfiligree, and you too could see soon be celebrating with a fantastic new gift of your own!
 

Wonderfully delicious, summertime-friendly Magic Chocolate Pie recipe

✯ Day 215 of Vintage 365 ✯

 

Summer brings with it many interesting - sometimes even humorous - paradoxes, one of which is that it's amongst the most social times of the year (just think of the many barbeques, picnics, pool parties, graduations, bridal showers, weddings, and long weekend celebrations), yet it's also undoubtedly the toastiest. This leads to the conundrum of needing to whip up meals and desserts when your kitchen feels about as warm as the surface of the sun.

Aside from tried-and-true frozen desserts, chilled refrigerator pies that require little or no cooking can be a hostess' dream way to wrap up a great summertime meal. They're usually straightforward and relatively quick to prepare (especially if you use a precooked pie crust, either store bought or homemade in advance), can be relatively economical, and tend to be major crowd-pleasers.

Today's scrumptious Magic Chocolate Pie recipe is sure to appeal to chocoholics and those with a general sweet tooth alike.

I love that most of us have all the ingredients called for on hand right now (who wants to run out to the grocery store when the mercury is boiling over?) and this is one of those great dishes that still leaves you plenty of time to work on the other elements of your meal (or do whatever else you please).

{Click here for a larger version of this tasty Magic Chocolate Pie recipe, which comes by way of Shelf Life Taste Test on Flickr.}

 

This chocolaty 1950s dessert would work great after an array of meals, from a sit down buffet brunch for twelve to a burger and hot dog fest in backyard with the kids. You could add some nuts, caramel, coffee, strawberries, bananas, marshmallows, or coconut to the mix (or as a decorative touch on top), or simply enjoy this sweet treat exactly as it appears in the recipe above.

No matter how you slice it, this is one fun, lovely summertime pie that keeps you from spending too much time in the kitchen this season while still delivering impressive, very inviting looking results - and that is definitely a culinary good thing!