Chocolate chips are basic for any home baker.

"125 Best Chocolate Chip Recipes" features creative recipes for everything from cakes, pies, breads, puddings, bars, squares and muffins to hot and cold beverages and sauces. This reissue features an all-new cover and 16 new color photographs.

No cookbook on chocolate chips would be complete without cookie ideas, and Julie Hasson provides plenty of them, based on her vast baking experience. She streamlines all her recipes back to their basic form without sacrificing taste or flavor, while eliminating any intimidation factor completely. By simplifying complicated techniques, preparation and baking time are decreased significantly. These recipes are designed for maximum impression and superb taste with minimum fuss, and made in minutes.

Beverages Cookies-and-Cream Shake, Chocolate Caramel Cream Shake, Chocolatini

Breakfast Chocolate Chip Hotcakes, Chocolate Cherry Chip Granola, Apricot Chip Scones

Cakes Chocolate Espresso Lava Cake, Chocolate Mousse Cake, Coconut Cupcakes

Cookies Chocolate Chip Meringues, The Quintessential Chocolate Chip Cookie, Oat Bars

Frozen Desserts Coconut Chip Sorbet, Mississippi Mud Pie, Banana Chip Foster, Affogato

Muffins Chocolate Chip Cranberry Muffins, High-Octane Espresso Chip Morning Muffins

Pies, Tarts and Puddings Chocolate Chip Brownie Tart, Banana Fanna Pie, Chocolate Tiramisu.

Novice and experienced bakers alike will enjoy these sumptuous recipes.

"Julie's previous book, 125 Best cupcake recipes, has over 50,000 copies in print."

Cupcakes are the perfect dessert and it seems everyone agrees as even more bakery shops and television shows dedicated to showcasing cupcakes continue to flourish.

Julie's cupcake and frosting recipes are fully tested, and are so easy and appealing you'll want to try them all. This new edition features not only a new cover treatment and light interior redesign but 25 bonus vegan recipes which will be showcased as a separate chapter. In addition there will be 8 additional photos, bringing the total photo count up to 24.

These are just some of the delectable possibilities that await: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes, Green Tea Cupcakes French Toast Cupcakes, Boston Cream Cupcakes Blueberry Apricot Cupcakes, S'more Cupcakes Pink Lemonade Cupcakes, Confetti Cupcakes Cookies and Cream Cupcakes

Also included are decorating tips and techniques for everything from rustic to fancy cupcakes as well as theme decorating ideas for occasions from Valentine's Day to weddings and birthdays. A tools and equipment glossary make this a truly complete cupcake baking guide. Home bakers can bring the baked goodness and delight of cupcakes into their homes today with this collection of outstanding recipes.

"Pie-baking made easy."

What could be better than a fresh summer pie brimming with sweet ripe fruit, or a steaming chicken pot pie? Baking a homemade pie from scratch is surprisingly easy with Julie Hasson's guidance, and the results are rewarding.

The Complete Book of Pies is like having your grandmother in the kitchen with you. The entire pie-making process is covered in easy-to-follow detail from start to finish. The book is filled with hundreds of recipes for fruit, cream and savory pies along with dozens of special tips and time-saving shortcuts to help make pie-baking a breeze. There are tips for making dough and rolling it; ideas for decorative pie tops; and quick and easy alternatives to pastry dough.

These luscious recipes are among the many that are sure to please: Apple cranberry spice crumb pie, brown sugar apple pie with almond crumb topping Blueberry pie, boysenberry pie, bumbleberry crumb pie, peach pie, sour cherry pie White chocolate key lime pie, chocolate cream pie, butterscotch cream pie, coconut cream pie Chocolate chip pecan pie, rum pecan pie, chocolate truffle tart, chocolate peanut butter mousse pie Caramelized onion, thyme and olive tart, quiche lorraine, chicken pot pie with mushrooms and leeks.

Both the novice and experienced baker will benefit from the author's extensive baking expertise. Sixteen pages of color photographs and extensive illustrations provide baking guidance and inspiration. The Complete Book of Pies is a basic reference for any home baker.

"All the rich delights of chocolate captured in one volume of decadence."

Only chocolate is so rich, smooth and satisfying for so many of us. Whether bittersweet, semisweet, milk or white, there is a chocolate for everyone to love. Square or chip, grated or melted, the world's favorite baking ingredient is chocolate.

300 Best Chocolate Recipes is an outstanding collection of chocolate recipes originally published in two books, "125 Best Chocolate Chip Recipes" and "125 Best Chocolate Recipes." This delicious array of recipes ranges from the traditional to the sophisticated, and from the simple to the challenging.

Featuring incredibly creative and luscious recipes for everything from cakes, cookies, pies, breads, puddings, bars, squares and muffins to hot and cold beverages and sauces, these are fail-safe recipes for a baker with any level of experience. Here is a sampling: Chocolate-dipped coconut macaroons Raspberry chocolate chip cookies High-octane espresso chip morning muffins Chocolate mousse cake Double chocolate cheesecake ice cream.

Every recipe is easy to follow -- and works to perfection every time.

"Chocolate really is the world's perfect food."

Rich, smooth and complex, there are few foods that people feel as passionate about as chocolate. So it comes as no surprise that chocolate is the world's favorite baking ingredient.

In 125 Best Chocolate Recipes, baker and chocolate lover Julie Hasson brings together the love of chocolate with superb recipes ranging from traditional to sophisticated: Chocolate Espresso Cake Chocolate Devils (mini cakes filled with a fluffy vanilla filling and topped with a decadent chocolate glaze) Chocolate Macaroon Bars White Chocolate Key Lime Pie Chocolate Dipped Fruit Skewers Baklava with Walnuts, Chocolate and Honey Syrup.

These recipes are easy-to-follow and work to perfection every time. There are also baking tips and techniques as well as recommended tools and equipment. Practical information is provided on all the different types of chocolate from store-bought milk and dark chocolate to Italian-made Amedei Procelana... the world's most expensive chocolate at $90 a pound.

So whether you are a chocolate fanatic or simply love to cook and bake with chocolate, this cookbook is sure to become a favorite.