Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cobbler

T his old-fashioned chocolate cobbler is a chocolate lover’s dream! This has become my new favorite dessert.

It’s made with just a few simple ingredients and can be whipped up in a snap! Perfect for dinner parties, potlucks, or anytime you are craving something yummy and chocolate.

This chocolate cobbler reminds me of visits to my grandmother’s house and her homemade chocolate pudding while I was growing up.  It was rich, chocolatey, gooey, creamy, and oh so delicious! It tasted so much like this chocolate cobbler. Who knows it might have been a chocolate cobbler! I just know it was so yummy and comforting!

What happy, delicious memories! Do certain kinds of food bring back happy childhood memories for you, too? 

This recipe is similar to a lava cake, chocolate pudding cake, or a hot fudge cake because it’s exploding with hot rich chocolate! Yum!

I’ve worked on this recipe for quite a while to get it to taste exactly as I wanted it to. There are a lot of chocolate cobbler recipes out there, but I can tell you for sure this recipe will be your favorite because it’s definitely mine. I absolutely love it and I can’t wait for you to get one in the oven as quickly as possible. 

It’s made like the rising crust fruit cobblers that are made with the butter at the bottom of the dish and a layer of batter and then another layer of fruit and juice then the crust rises to the top. Anyway, I just wanted you to get an idea of how this chocolate cobbler will be made. I promise that I will walk you through the whole process of making this fabulous dessert.

What you will need to make chocolate cobbler (Be sure to see the printable recipe at the bottom of the post for the full recipe)

• Butter
• Sugar
• Self-rising flour
• Whole milk
• Unsweetened cocoa 
• Heavy whipping cream 
• Vanilla extract
• Vanilla ice cream, optional (You just gotta have it with ice cream!😋)

It’s actually amazing with just a few simple ingredients you can make the most elegant delicious dessert.

How to make Chocolate Cobbler (It’s basically three simple steps)

1. In the first layer, melted butter is poured into the bottom of the baking dish. I made mine in an iron skillet!
2. Next, for the second layer, you mix up the batter that you will pour over the melted butter. You use self-rising flour, sugar, and milk to make the batter. This magically rises to the top and makes the delicious crust. DO NOT STIR when you pour the batter over the melted butter.
3. The last layer or third layer is the chocolate sauce. It’s what will be the rich hot fudge sauce-pudding mixture after it’s done. The chocolate sauce is really easy to make. It’s a mixture of sugar, cocoa, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla. You cook it over low heat until it reaches a boil. Once it comes to a soft boil, add the vanilla extract and pour the chocolate sauce over the batter. DO NOT STIR. (Note: Be sure to use the heavy whipping cream for the sauce. The extra fat and richness in the heavy whipping cream take this cobbler to a whole new level.)You can see all three layers here in the picture. Spread the chocolate sauce evenly over the batter layer. When it’s baking, the batter will cook and rise to the top and form the crust. 
4. Now, bake ( at 350 degrees) in a preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until the chocolate crust has risen to the top and the edges are hot and bubbly.

Pour yourself a cold glass of milk and enjoy this delicious chocolate cobbler with a big ole scoop of vanilla ice cream. I promise it will taste heavenly!

Delicious Variations for this recipe 

• For Chocolate Cherry Cobbler, add a can of cherry pie filling over the batter before adding the boiling chocolate sauce. (Be sure not to stir when you spoon the pie filling over the batter
• For a mocha taste, you can add freshly brewed coffee to the chocolate sauce. Just reduce the whipping cream to 1 cup and add 1 cup of coffee or add a teaspoon or two of espresso powder to the chocolate sauce.

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