Dads like sweets (not just meats). Check out these chocolate gifts for Father's Day.

All dads have their particular favorite sweet treat, but I'd wager at least 97% of them out there love chocolate. And to most dads, the simplest, purest form of chocolate is cake.

Growing up, all my cousins (and my uncle) had chocolate cake for their birthday (probably why I prefer strawberry shortcake for mine). So it was no surprise to me when I started at Zingerman's Deli in 1994 that the chocolate cake was the top dog.

30+ years later, it still is. Don't complicate things too much for dad. He'll brag about this cake and the kid that sent it to him.

Why? Because it's chocolate from top to bottom, all around and in between. There's not a spot of light on it, it's black brown everywhere: dense buttermilk chocolate cake, layered inside, covered in luscious chocolate buttercream frosting.