April 21, 2019

Chocolate Cobbler

Name: Chocolate Cobbler
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; 2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2/3 cup sugar; 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa; 2 tablespoons butter (melted); 1/2 cup milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional); 1/4 cup sugar; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon cocoa; 1 cup water (boiling)

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 good luck putting that spoon down! 😉

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Chocolate Cobbler in a small bowl with vanilla ice cream on top.

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!!!

Growing up, my siblings and I requested this dessert probably more than any other. Luckily, it's super easy to throw together and bakes up quickly.

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.

She'd typically have some sort of meat (meatloaf is my fav!), a potato dish, some sort of veggie, and dessert. If Mom was in a hurry to get a meal on the table, this Chocolate Cobbler from one of the old cookbooks was a go-to dessert! Long story short, if you want an easy recipe with simple ingredients that's sure to get your chocolate fix!

Chocolate Cobbler in a small bowl with vanilla ice cream on top and a scoop of cobbler on a spoon.

Cobbler for Chocolate Lovers

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 cobblers!

Ingredients Needed

All Purpose Flour
Baking Powder
Salt
Sugar
Cocoa Powder
Butter
Milk
Vanilla
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 - I'm all about fewer dishes to clean! 🙂

Dry ingredients for the chocolate cobbler topping.

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.

Boiling water being poured into the chocolate cobbler dish.

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!

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!

Chocolate Cobbler on a plate with vanilla ice cream on top.

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! However, if you don't eat the entire thing in one sitting, you can store it in an airtight container in the fridge.

When you want to satisfy your next chocolate craving, pop it in the microwave, heat it up and top with a scoop of ice cream!

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