When I first started baking, Chocolate Hot Pots would regularly feature on my table after dinner or as a midnight snack. A batch consisted of 4 ramekins and sometimes I’d bake these in disposable foil cups so I could sneak in one after lunch at work.
When it came to deciding what I wanted to bake for the first time in my brand new kitchen, a new space that I hope to soon call my own, I went back to my comfort zone of baking a family favorite.
A bite of rich molten chocolate just melting in your mouth, the brownie like cracked surface (you know how much I like that), Hot Pots make for a dreamy dessert. A perfect chocolate fix.
This post also marks the beginning of a delicious series I’m going to call ‘Desserts for Two’. With an unpacked kitchen, limited pantry supplies and I barely making it to the oven without stepping on a hundred packed boxes, it’s a great opportunity for me to bake and keep myself challenged. Desserts for Two will be my gratification for every box opened.
Come back next week because I have a bunch of strawberries staring at me.
- 1 stick plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, with 60 percent cocoa solids
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup superfine sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- Special equipment: 4 (2/3 to 1-cup capacity) ramekins
- Place a baking sheet in the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F.
- Butter the ramekins with 1 tablespoon butter.
- Either in a microwave or in a bowl suspended over a pan over simmering water, melt the dark chocolate and 1 stick butter, then set aside to cool a little.
- In another bowl, mix the eggs with the sugar and flour with a hand whisk and beat in the cooled butter and chocolate mixture. Divide the mixture between the 4 buttered ramekins. Bake for about 20 minutes, by which time the tops will be cooked and cracked and the chocolate gooey underneath.
- Place each ramekin on a small plate with a teaspoon and serve.
This month’s bloghop is all about chocolate. So if you have a chocolate recipe that you’ve posted this month or plan to post this month, remember to hop along by linking it here.
Co-Hosted By:
A Little Bit of Everything, Astig Vegan, Badger Girl Learns to Cook, Baker Street, Baking and Cooking A Tale of Two Loves, Baking Extravaganza, BigFatBaker, Bon a Croquer, CafeTerraBlog, Cake Duchess, Cakeballs Cookies and More, Cooking with Books, Creative Cooking Corner, Easily Good Eats, Elephant Eats, Georgie Cakes, Hobby and More, Java Cupcake, Kitchen Belleicious, Mike’s Baking, Mis Pensamientos, No One Likes Crumbley Cookies, Oh Cake, Preheat the Oven, Rico sin Azucar, Savoring Every Bite, Simply Reem, Smart Food and Fit, Soni’s Food for Thought, Sprint 2 the Table, Teaspoon of Spice, That Skinny Chick Can Bake!!!, The Dusty Baker, The More than Occasional Baker, The Spicy RD, The Wimpy Vegetarian, Vegan Yak Attack!, Vegetarian Mamma, You Made That?
Happy Baking!
The way you described this does sound heavenly. Rich chocolate desserts like this are perfect for Valentines day! Your pictures are so enticing-yum! You do have my curiosity on the strawberries and I like the new theme, so I will be back to see more of your goodies!
Oooh…these are sinfully delicious! I’d love to bring on for lunch too!!!
I have the same molds!
Greetings from the #chocolatelove bloghop ;-)
bet these make for a great post meal dessert. and i love your theme idea.. each box will definitely need some creativity.
The sunshine over your chocolate pots looks fantastic!
I need to get on this chocolate fix for the month. These looks so delicious and decadent. Lovely for a Valentine’s Day treat. Good luck with the unpacking.
Ooo..la..la..that Ramekin with chocolate hot pot just needs a spoon to dig in and indulge…
I want to dive right into one of those delicious looking chocolate pots!
yum, and I love the idea of making them in tin cups so you can sneak them to work;p
I admire your spirit. Baking means so much to you. Love the chocolate pots and I am gonna keep an eye on this space for more “Baking for two” entries.
Great minds think alike :-). Your hot pots look divine, and I’m loving the idea of more desserts for two! Love your carrot cranberry muffins as well-gorgeous! I’m thinking a little muffin dunked in a hot pot would be a yummy breakfast :-) Happy Monday!
Lovely and so delicious looking!’Dessert for two’ sounds like a great idea!Will be looking forward to it :)
Amazing! I am drooling over your chocolate hot pot. This would be so perfect for Valentine’s Day! I think I’m in love!
Love these chocolate hot pots. I have some new red ramekins, just begging for chocolate. Now I have the recipe.
Gorgeous pics. Sending #chocolatelove your way!
Ohhhh… I love the idea of a “Desserts for Two” series. It’s like forced self-control. Which I need around something and delicious as these hot pots! :)
Much #ChocolateLove your way!
oh wow! these little chocolate goooey cakes look DELISH! i hope you are well Anu! sending some #chocolatelove to u!
Gulp. This is the kind of thing that is my undoing. Looks amazing! I can only imagine how perfectly molten the inside is :)
Desserts for two = perfect for Vday =) Congrats on the new kitchen & fab recipe!
oh wow…this looks sinfully delicious….yum!
xoxo
Jen
This looks super yummy! I love that this make a small batch! This looks like this might be in my near future! YUM!
Perfect dessert for Valentines day!
oh, these are so good! they always make me feel a little guilty, but totally worth it…
I adore the name of this recipe! Think I need to make me a batch of hot pots for the month :)
Looks so yummy,thanks for hosting :)
FABULOUS!!! I’d have to make a quadruple batch:)
I love the name! So cute and the idea of these ooey gooey chocolate pot of heaven is just to much for me to take! Delish! Great recipe for the bloghop
EVERYTHING about this dessert is making me smile! :D
A chocolate blog hop, I think I’ve died and gone to heaven! Can’t wait to check out all the wonderful chocolaty goodness. Thanks so much for hosting <3
this does look like it could be the perfect late-night snack! it reminds me a little of a souffle crossed w/ a lava cake… mmmmhhhh
I have never tried this, sounds like molten lava cake, perhaps a more decadent version
Holy Shmoly! This looks amazing…gooey and wonderful! yum!
Ooh, those are pretty! What a perfect little portion of dessert!
I love Hot Pots!!! These look Delish!
Wow, An, these look spectacular!
Oh wow, this sounds like chocolatey heaven! I absolutely have to try this immediately. I’ve been looking for a similar dessert recently, with the molten chocolate mmm….
OMG…this chocolate hot pot is looks so delicious, so decadent…
I will be enjoying your “Dinner for Two” series, since it is just hubby and I, YAY! I love the simplicity of this recipe, yet it looks so elegant! Hugs, Terra
Perfect!!!!
These are truly sinful!!!! And that makes me love them even more….
Trust me I too make choco pots alot, my kids love them…
Will make ur recipe next time…
Sending you loads oof #chocolatelove.
Woah, these look amazingly indulgent! Love them!
Looks soooo succulent! I love it!
“Happy Cooking”
This looks so rich and decadent! Perfect dessert!
they look amazing! perfect dessert with vanilla ice cream!
i love the idea of baking for two! perfect since i normally bake for me and my partner only. i’m definitely going back :)
This is a cool and easy dessert! Could i replace the chocolate you used with white chocolate ?
Thanks K! I’ve never tried it with white chocolate but I think it could easily replace dark chocolate. White chocolate would taste delicious and maybe you could give it a balsamic strawberry topping.
Aaahhh.. I am having chocolate overload until Valentines day — need to make this ASAP. Looks too drool-worthy. Love the name ;)
Ahh I want this so bad! Molten chocolate is sorta kinda my obsession in life. Perhaps I should treat myself to one of these delicious hot pots on Valentine’s Day?
You absolutely must.
Wow. These look so chocolatey and amazing. Happy V Day!
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All these chocolate photos and recipes are making me crave it more than usual. I could eat two of these hot pots :)
I am a shared lover of crackly-type brownie toppings. This looks amazing!
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Oh..these choco hot post are just sinful and indulgent, and molten chocolate..give me any time. truly named as just for two. loved it. will try it ASAP nd will let u know.
thought of sharing a Oreo cheesecake with chocolate drizzle for the blog hop
These just look gorgeous!
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This looks so cute and addictive – definitely something to pick me up :D
I love this recipe!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
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This looks so good, one my absolute favourite things. Wish I could put a spoon through the screen.
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These look far too yummy! I am so going to have to go and make some of these right now! :-D
how much is one stick butter?
113 grams or 1/2 cup. :)