Chocolate Wave — Red Lobster Desserts Menu 2026

Red Lobster Chocolate Wave warm, molten center chocolate cake stacked with silky cocoa frosting, crowned by a melting scoop of vanilla ice cream. $8.99  slice delivers the ultimate cocoa hug, baked to order so every forkful oozes comfort. Gluten friendly request available; ready in 9 minutes.  Reserve via app and let the sweet finale hit the table just as your last biscuit disappears.

At 1,110 calories, the Chocolate Wave is by a wide margin the heaviest item on the Red Lobster Desserts menu and also, consistently, the most ordered. There’s a reason people don’t usually check the calorie count before ordering this one; warm, molten centered chocolate cake stacked with more chocolate isn’t really a dish people order with restraint in mind.

The wave in the name comes from the layered presentation cake stacked with chocolate mousse or ganache, often finished with a scoop of ice cream, creating height and contrast between warm cake and cold cream. It’s built to be shared or split, even though it’s sold as a single dessert; few tables finish one of these solo.

For context, 1,110 calories is more than several full entrées on the menu the Atlantic Salmon (480 cal), the Grilled Chicken kids’ option (180 cal), even the Crispy Chicken Tenders entrée (440 cal) all come in lower. That’s not a reason to skip it, just useful to know going in, especially if it’s capping off an already substantial meal.

At $8.99, it’s priced in the middle of the dessert range not the cheapest, not the most expensive, but the one that gets ordered regardless of price because it’s the dish people specifically come back for.