Home » Chocolate Pot de Crème (EASY) Chocolate Pot de Crème (EASY) January 23, 2021As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.EASY Chocolate Pot de Creme   The ULTIMATE chocolate fix! This easy pot de creme recipe takes just 5 minutes of prep time and the result is irresistibly delicious! If anyone were to ask me, “What is the ultimate chocolate dessert?”, my answer without hesitation would be Chocolate Pot de Crème. For chocolate richness, this dessert is unrivaled. A classic French favorite since the 17th century, a love affair with chocolate is incomplete without a rendezvous with Pot de Creme.

Pot de Crème is traditionally made with chocolate or as a vanilla custard. It can be prepared in one larger bowl with servings scooped out, or in individual serving-sized ramekins (Pots de Crème in plural form). The traditional process of making chocolate pots de creme is a little lengthy.

 It involves heating, whisking, straining, pouring and water bathing. This version has all the richness and elegance of traditionally-made Pot de Creme, but skips the water bathing process and is whipped in just 5 minutes! A few years ago, shortly after I developed this recipe, my mother-in-law was visiting from Arizona and I made these for dessert. She took a couple of bites, looked up at me, and said, “this is wicked.”   You have to understand, my mother-in-law is a (now retired) school teacher and “wicked” isn’t generally part of her vocabulary

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