Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Chocolate magic shell does seem like something ...

Witnessing Magic Shell for the first time was a collective wonder for most kids growing up in America. We all thought the same thing when we saw the liquid chocolate transform into a hard, crackly ...

Growing up in New England, I know firsthand that summers aren't complete without a few things: lobster rolls, a trip to the ...

I aspire to be one of those people who can pull off a fun dessert on a whim. We keep ice cream on hand at all times, and when I serve it on its own, I often want to zhuzh it up a bit. Alas, I almost ...

This three-ingredient simple chocolate topping from Krista Kern Desjarlais, chef-owner of Bresca and the Honeybee in New Gloucester, Maine, works well on any type of ice cream, hardening to a shell ...