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The Best Black-and-White Dessert Recipes

Because you shouldn't have to choose between vanilla and chocolate

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Are there any quotidian decisions as difficult as choosing between chocolate and vanilla? OK, maybe a few. But now you’ll never have to pick a side again. Here, our favorite black-and-white dessert recipes. See, you can have the best of both worlds.

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Black-and-white Pudding

Fact: homemade pudding is way better than the boxed stuff.

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ERIN MCDOWELL

The New Black-and-white Cookie

In our riff on the classic cookie, each one has half vanilla dough with chocolate chips and half chocolate dough with vanilla chips. So you get a little of both flavors in every bite.

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ERIN MCDOWELL

Checkerboard Cake

Two boxes of cake mix go a long way. We’ll even show you how to assemble this masterpiece.

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ERIN MCDOWELL

Chocolate Cupcakes With Vanilla Frosting

Finally, cupcakes that everyone can agree upon. Plus, this recipe makes the perfect amount--four cupcakes total.

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Ice-cream Cupcakes

Umm, excuse us, but these cupcakes are frozen. (And part vanilla, part chocolate.)

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ERIN MCDOWELL

Nutella Sandwich Cookies

What do you get when you pair meringue cookies and chocolate-hazelnut spread? These little bites of heaven.

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erin jeanne mcdowell

Freelance Food Editor

Erin Jeanne McDowell is a recipe developer, food stylist and author of multiple cookbooks, including The Fearless Baker, which was named one of the Best Baking Books of 2017 by...