Name: Chocolate Cobbler
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1¼ cups sugar (divided); 1 cup flour; 6 tablespoons cocoa powder (divided); 2 teaspoons baking powder; ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ cup milk; ⅓ cup butter (melted); 1½ teaspoons vanilla; ½ cup brown sugar; 1½ cups hot water; 1 cup chocolate chips

Chocolate Cobbler may be the easiest dessert you will ever make. With just a few ingredients you probably have in your pantry you can make the best gooey chocolate pudding cake. All you need is some hot water and an oven and you have a no-fail dessert that will curb your chocolate craving.

A baking dish of chocolate pudding cake with a spoon

Last week was the last week with our college student for a while so I cooked a lot trying to cram in all of her favorites in one week. I’m not sure how she doesn’t gain weight! She was craving something chocolate so I made a chocolate cobbler. You might also have heard it called chocolate pudding cake or a self saucing pudding.

Both of the girls loved it so much that it has become one of their favorites and one I’ll make when I haven’t planned a dessert as I almost always have the ingredients on hand.

A baking dish of half of chocolate pudding cake with a spoon

What is chocolate cobbler

Technically this is not a cobbler as there is no fruit or dough on top. Instead its similar to a lava cake with a brownie like top and a gooey chocolate sauce on the bottom. This old fashioned chocolate pudding cake is so easy and delicious that we made it two nights in a row so we could experiment with different proportions and ingredients and did not get tired of it. We decided that chocolate chips make it even better!

What you’ll need for a super simple chocolate dessert

Basic pantry items: white and brown sugar, flour, baking powder, vanilla and salt.
Cocoa powder, and chocolate chips – semi sweet or dark chocolate.
Butter and milk.

How do you make a chocolate pudding cake from scratch

This is one of those super simple desserts but you need to follow the directions or it won’t work.

Step 1: Combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt with melted butter and milk. It will be a thick cookie like dough. Add chocolate chips and press into a glass baking dish.

The dough for chocolate cobbler in a baking pan

Step 2: Combine more cocoa powder, brown and white sugar and sprinkle this over the batter.

Step 3: Pour 1 ½ cups of boiling or very hot water over the top. DO NOT STIR. Just let it sit on top and place it in the oven to bake for 30 minutes. The top will be slightly firm but the bottom will be gooey.

A baking dish of chocolate cobbler with hot water poured over top

Make sure you follow the directions and don’t mix it after you add the water. It looks weird but somehow it works.

Old fashioned chocolate cobbler with a scoop of ice cream on top

How do you reheat chocolate cobbler

If you happen to have leftovers, the best way to reheat this is to place it in a 350º oven and let it get warm. It might not be quite as gooey as it is fresh out of the oven but it will still have some liquid chocolate on the bottom and it’ll taste just as yummy.

It’s a great dessert to whip up in a hurry as you probably have all the ingredients in your pantry. It’s like a self saucing pudding if you’re a Great British Bake Off fan.

This is now my go-to dessert when I don’t have anything planned but am craving chocolate. The girls are always thrilled when they smell this baking in the oven. While not necessary, it is even more delicious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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Adapted from Bake or Break

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Natalie says

March 10, 2020 at 3:31 pm