Hey everybody, it's National Chocolate Chip Day! Did you even know that was an important holiday? The more you know. No one gets this day off work or school (why?!?), but I think some celebrating is in order anyway. Here's an idea -- think beyond the chocolate chip cookie. Those little chocolate bits are about so much more than that. Here are 11 excellent ideas for chocolate chip treats.

When it comes time to get a cake for a birthday, party, family get-together, or just for fun, sometimes it's easier to pick one up from the supermarket or a local bakery. But what if you could be reassured that you'd be able to make one just as good -- no, better -- with an amazing, delicious recipe?

This is the cake recipe, which the popular NYC bakery, Amy's Bread, uses for their "Pink Cake," a delicate vanilla butter cake paired with heavy, super-sweet buttercream frosting. Uh, yeah. Wow. Who even needs a special occasion as an excuse to try their hand at this one?

It's almost Mother's Day, and if you're looking for the perfect desert to surprise your favorite mom with, I've got a great one for you. This crunchy chocolate malt cupcake recipe has it all going on. It's rich and creamy, but with that sweet, crunchy malted surprise. It's almost a candy bar -- only it's been baked with love.

It's also made with malted milk powder and crispy rice cereal -- that's where the crunch comes in. Top with a few chocolate malt balls and some sprinkles to make it extra fun.

Something about spring puts me in the perfect mood for fruit desserts. Even if most of our fruit isn't quiiiiite in season yet, it's definitely time for some sweet and tart flavor only fresh fruit can delivery. So I've pulled together some positively ambrosial fruit dessert recipes -- some classic, others surprising but tempting. Here's eight fruit desserts I'd love to try this spring.

When it comes to perfect springtime desserts, I can't think of one better than angel food cake. It's light, fluffy, and delicious topped with some fresh whipped cream and fruit. Not to mention the fact that it's fat-free so it won't blow your bikini dreams as we head into summer.

Sure, you could make it from a box, but this recipe for a homemade version from The Idea Room is so easy and much more delicious too. It only takes a few ingredients, and when it's done, you can top it any way you like it. It's nothing short of heavenly. (Note: You don't have to have an angel food cake pan, a bread loaf pan works fine too.)

Designing a special occasion cake, it turns out, is a very personal experience. My fiance and I did our wedding cake tasting with two sets of parents, and although we listened to their feedback, in the end, we went with what we both loved the most. For us, that's going to be a gold-sequined, overflowing champagne-inspired cake. For others, it might be a cake with blood, guts, and zombies. Hey, to each their own.

This week, Reddit user mikemchenry posted a photo of the Walking Dead-inspired cake served at a wedding he attended last weekend. The zombies you see here are made out of Play-Doh. "Best part was, one broke and fell off the side of the cake, but the character's arm was still hanging from where it was supposed to be anchored. Everyone was like, well, it's a zombie, I guess it's okay that its body is falling apart..." Haa!

If this kind of cake is your thing, you're in luck. There are a lot more cakes -- wedding and otherwise -- along the same lines ...

I don't know about you, but we love pizza at our place. We love pizza from the pizza joint around the corner, and we love making our own pizza at home. But for the ultimate pizza-inspired snack, there's pizza roll-ups made with crescent rolls. They're kind of like hot pockets without all the creepy, mysterious ingredients. Calzones without the insane calorie count. Best of all, they're fun and easy enough for kids to make with you. Here's a recipe for making your own crescent pizza roll-ups.

I'm typically not a huge fan of fruit-flavored desserts, but these chocolate orange pinwheel cookies are a major exception because they're out of this world. Besides being adorable and so fancy-looking, the flavor combination is amazing.

The recipe is from Virtually Homemade, and it's so much easier than it looks. It mixes a rich, chocolate dough with a creamy vanilla one and just a hint of citrus. They're the perfect cookie with coffee, for after-school snacks, or even boxed as a sweet end-of-the-year gift for teachers.