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Chocolate Cobbler has a warm, fudgy pudding covered with a moist chocolate cake. It’s like a chocolate lava cake, but wayyyy easier and just as delicious. Top it with a scoop of ice cream, and it’ll soon be at the top of your list of easy chocolate dessert recipes!!
A couple of my siblings told me lately that they “couldn’t believe” I hadn’t added this family favorite to the blog yet. It’s a recipe I’ve been meaning to add for awhile now and let me tell you, it’s worth the wait!!!
You see, my mom is simply incredible….she become a chiropractor, raised four kids, helped on the farm and she was (still is!) a fantastic cook! For lunch, she’d typically serve some sort of meat (meatloaf is my fav!), a potato dish, some sort of veggie, and dessert. If Mom was in a hurry, this Chocolate Cobbler from one of the old cookbooks was a go-to dessert!
A Chocolate Lovers Dessert
I’ve heard this dessert be called many different things over the years. My mom always called it Baked Chocolate Pudding. A former boss of mine called it boiled water cake. I’ve heard chocolate pudding cake, molten chocolate cake, molten lava cake and everything in between! But no matter what you call it, you’ll love a change from your typical fruit cobbler recipes!
Ingredients Needed
- All Purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Sugar
- Cocoa Powder
- Butter
- Milk
- Vanilla Extract
- Walnuts or Pecans, Optional
- Brown Sugar
- Boiling or Very Hot Water
How do you make Chocolate Cobbler?
For real, this is a super easy chocolate cobbler recipe. There are just a couple important steps that you’ll want to pay close attention to…
First, you’ll make a simple batter and spread it into the bottom of the baking dish. Or better yet, simply use the baking dish as a bowl to mix the ingredients! This batter is quite thick – that’s just fine!
Then in a separate bowl, you’ll combine the dry ingredients for the “topping” and sprinkle it over the cake batter.
Lastly, you’ll pour a cup of boiling water over the top and put it right in the oven. It’s super important that you DO NOT stir after pouring the water on top. I know, it seems odd, but it works.
While the cobbler bakes, the cake batter will cook and rise to the top and a fudgy chocolate sauce will form underneath. It’s. So. Good!
Tried this and it is GREAT!!!! Everyone should make this if you love chocolate. So easy and quick.
Sandy
Other Add-Ins and Toppings
- Use pecans or walnuts in the batter. Toast them ahead of time for even more flavor!
- Sprinkle the top with chocolate chips or drizzle with caramel sauce once it comes out of the oven.
- Try using hot coffee or espresso in place of the boiling water! Coffee will enhance the flavor of the chocolate even more!
- Top with a scoop of ice cream or homemade whipped cream!
How do you know when the cobbler is done?
Once the chocolate cobbler has been in the oven for about 25 minutes, I like to take a fork and see if the center of the cake is done.
If it’s done on the outsides and still looks like batter in the middle, it needs more time. Once the cake is done on top (no longer looks or feels like batter in the center), the next part is up to you…
Want a lot of sauce on the bottom (which I highly recommend)? Then, your chocolate cobbler is ready to eat! If you want a little less fudgy sauce, let it cook a little longer as more water will evaporate and there will be less sauce.
This Chocolate Cobbler is absolutely incredible as-is, but adding a scoop of vanilla ice cream is the best way to enjoy it! The ice cream will melt into the hot fudge sauce and turn into a chocolatey, creamy, delicious mess!
How to Store Leftover Chocolate Cobbler
I always think that chocolate cobbler is best fresh out of the oven. The texture and chocolate flavor is just so perfect when it’s fresh! But leftovers are understandable…
Store at Room Temperature
If you plan to eat the cobbler in the next day (24 hours-ish), let the cobbler cool to room temperature and cover with plastic wrap.
Stored in the Fridge
If you plan to store this for more than 24 hours, you can keep it in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. I don’t recommend freezing the cobbler.
How to Reheat
When you want to satisfy your next chocolate craving, add a scoop of the cobbler onto a microwave-safe plate. Pop it in the microwave for 20-30 seconds to heat it up and top with a scoop of ice cream!
Delicious Dessert Variations
- Chocolate Cobbler in the Slow Cooker
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Cobbler
- Chocolate Turtle Cobbler
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Cobbler
- Chocolate Cobbler for Two
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Chocolate Cobbler
Equipment
- 1 1.5 qt. casserole dish or square baking dish
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts optional
Topping
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 cup water boiling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and cocoa. Then stir in the melted butter, milk and vanilla.
- Spread the mixture into a greased 1.5 qt casserole dish (or square pan). Set aside.
- In another bowl, combine the dry topping ingredients (sugar, brown sugar, salt and cocoa). Sprinkle on top of the batter; do not stir.
- Pour the boiling water on top; do not stir.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until the top of the cake is almost set. The cake will rise to the top and a pudding will form on the bottom.
- Serve warm with ice cream.
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As I’ve mentioned before, I grew up on a pig, corn and soybean farm. We all helped out – my dad, mom, and all of us siblings. Okay now, I’ll admit that my brothers helped out quite a bit more than my sister and I, but we did help nonetheless.
Today, my brothers and dad run the farm, Mom does the paperwork (and lots of the field work), and my sister and I…..well I guess you could say we’re moral support 😉
But no matter how busy life on the farm was, Mom would always make time to keep our bellies full. Especially in the summer when the four of us kids were home, we’d come inside for lunch with a big appetite.
My siblings and I requested this dessert probably more than any other. Luckily, it’s super easy to throw together and bakes up quickly. I still look forward to meals back home! <3
NOT A FAN!. If I had little kids I may have given it a higher mark. It just didnt blow us away and I just threw the rest of the recipe I made away.. Consistency was a bit strange, gooey bottom, left me blah. Made it last weekend for a pizza movie night with neighbors up the street. Each of us age a bowl of cobbler with Handels’ Vanilla ice cream..all I can say is the Ice cream made it better than it really was.. wont add it to my recipe book.. Sorry. wanted to like it,
Thanks for the honest review! It’s really helpful!
Yummy, and I love the thick chocolate sauce that it creates while baking. In my opinion, it is definitely better the second day after the flavors have had a chance to blend well with each other. Thanks for sharing!
Tried this and it is GREAT!!!! Everyone should make this if you love chocolate. So easy and quick.
Should the first layer be super thick? I just made it tonight for the first time, it’s in the oven as we speak. I’m just concerned bc the first mixture came out very thick. Wondering how it’s going to bake.
Sooooo delicious! Esp with some vanilla ice cream
Although it has the color of chocolate, the flavor was weak. Would be good for those who don’t like a rich flavor. I was hoping for a rich, lava cake flavor. May try the recipe again with more cocoa powder and perhaps chocolate chips.
I used a similar recipe recently but it called for 2 tbs cocoa in the batter and 4 more in the topping. It was super chocolatey!
Try putting espresso in with the cocoa powder. It enhances the chocolate flavor.
Yes! I’ve also used boiling coffee rather than boiling water! So good! 🙂
My Family loves this I have made it 5 times.
Yesssss!!! Glad you enjoy it! ~Kelsey
Delicious! A lot like the lava cake at many restaurants.
Amazing! I used to make this years ago, but the addition of brown sugar and nuts definitely stepped it up a notch!
I made this recipe for the first time over a month ago.
Followed the recipe, but I added semi-sweet chips and pecans and topped with ice cream and caramel sauce.
I found the chocolate flavor very mild. I LOVE chocolate(hence the chococalte chips!) My hubby and son liked it though.
So, I decided to play around with it…..swapped unsweetened cocoa for dark cocoa. Still added chocolate chips and pecans.
The dark cocoa made it much richer yet not bitter. There’s plenty of sugar to balance it out.
This dessert has become a new staple in our house!
It’s like cake with a built in thick chocolate sauce.
Thank you for sharing!!!
Can you double this recipe and use a 9×13 pan?
Yes! That should work just fine! ~Kelsey
Love this recipe! Didn’t have any white sugar so made it with all brown sugar and it still turned out fine.
Delicious!. Will be making it again.
Awww good!!! So glad you enjoyed it. ~Kelsey
Loved it! Added dark chocolate with sea salt in it and it was over the top delicious.
I never leave reviews on recipies usually. This was great! I was honestly expecting it to be pretty bad but was willing to take the risk. I used my King Arthur gf flour and mine was real thick so I added extra milk and was still thick but not as bad , did the sauce. It felt wrong but oh my goodness it came out so wonderful. However I will be playing with this recipie because it seemed too liquidy so I think I will try less water next time. I want to add chocolate chips next time for more chocolate. The nuts are such a must for a wonderful texture and more flavor! I WILL be KEEPING this recipie in my back pocket. A super moist cake is my type of dessert. Also I added extra cocoa powder cuz I love chocolate and I reccomened you do too if you love chocolate cuz the recipie doesn’t have enough imo. I used all brown sugar, wonderful. Thank you for this recipie oh and no eggs!! Yayyy!
I made this Saturday and it’s a big hit with my family. We loved it. It’s a very easy dessert. I will be making this again soon. Thanks for sharing 🥰
So happy to hear! Thanks for sharing, Penny! ~Kelsey
Can you do this in the crockpot?
Yes!! Here’s a link to my recipe of Crockpot Chocolate Cobbler! It’s very similar, but there are instructions for the slow cooker! 🙂
Really easy to make. The entire family loved it. We didnt put any ice cream on top and it was delicious as is. I did add a spoonful of our home made yogurt on top after trying it with nothing added to top, that was very good as well! I did use 1/2 cup leftover coffee with the remainder 1/2 cup water. I boiled that together and poured on top where the recipe calls for 1 cup boiling water. The coffee enhances the chocolate flavor, but I did half and half because our kids were going to be eating this too. I did use walnuts and I added 1/3 cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips folded in with the nuts. Definitely saving this recipe and will definitely make again! I used a square dish that was a little bigger than 1.5 QT, it was probably a 2 QT and it worked perfect.