Creamiest, Easiest Classic Chocolate Creme Brulee made with only 5 ingredients and can be made in under an hour!
Half way through the week. Phew. How have you guys been?? I already feel burnt down and my to do list for this week is not even halfway done!
But first let’s have some dessert and then we can worry all about deadlines.
This 5 Ingredient Chocolate Creme Brulee!!!
If you know me by know, you will know that I have a big sweet tooth. I need dessert after almost every meal and sometimes (or most of the times!) coffee with loads of sugar is a perfect satisfying dessert to me. But not since I made this!It’s creme brulee I crave all the time. In a week I already made it twice in the name of perfecting this recipe and ended up eating way more than I was supposed to.
This 5 Ingredient Chocolate Creme Brulee is simple and you have a classic French dessert ready in under an hour!!! Can you even believe it?!I don’t know about you but for me it was a wonderful surprise as I have always loved eating this and every time we used to go out for dinner, if this was on the menu, I knew what I was ordering for dessert! Custardy base and thick super hard crunchy caramely top is what I am talking about. I mean seriously how can you not love this?!
Ok so now the fun part. I feel this is one of the easiest desserts I have made in a while. Just warm up the creme and in another bowl stir eggs and sugar until pale. To the warm cream, add chocolate and add this chocolate creme mix to egg mix. Stir and add vanilla and you are DONE!! Bake for around 30 minutes and chill. Once ready to eat, sprinkle some sugar, caramelize it using a blow torch or broiler and there you got yourself one of the best classy fancy dessert.
Planning on calling your friends over this weekend and looking for a quick make ahead kind of dessert? This is it. I am telling you , your friends will be amazed at your cooking skills ( no need to tell them how easy it was!).
And if you don’t own a blowtorch , don’t freak out. Though it’s not too expensive so if you are planning on making a lot of these, I would suggest you to buy one but otherwise broiler works great too.
During my first attempt at these, when we were ready to eat, we realized that we had no gas in our blowtorch. So I just popped them in a super hot oven and broiled for 7-10 mins. Though you might not get a uniform crust but it does work. After that a quick popping them in your freezer for 10 mins and voila you have it!
Valentines Day is almost here and this is a perfect dessert if you are planning on making a homemade dinner for your loved ones.
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ cup semi sweet chocolate, chopped or chips
- 2 egg yolks
- 5-6 Tbs. sugar, divided
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 325ºF. Have a pot of boiling water ready.
- In a saucepan over medium heat, warm the cream until small bubbles form around the edges of the pan, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate until melted and blended. Let cool slightly.
- In a bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and 1 Tbs. of the sugar until the mixture is pale yellow and thick ribbons fall from the whisk, about 5 minutes. Slowly stir in the warm chocolate cream, then stir in the vanilla.
- Place four ramekins in a deep oven safe pan. Pour the chocolate mixture through a fine-mesh sieve set over a clean bowl. Divide the chocolate mixture among the ramekins. Add boiling water to fill the pan halfway up the sides of the ramekins and cover the pan loosely with aluminum foil.
- Bake until the custards are just set around the edges, 27 to 30 minutes. Transfer the ramekins to a wire rack and let cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Just before serving, sprinkle 1 Tbs. sugar evenly over the surface of each custard. Using a kitchen torch, move the flame continuously in small circles over the surface until the sugar bubbles and just begins to turn golden, 20 to 30 seconds per custard. Serve immediately.
- If using broiler, heat oven to broiler settings. Place the chilled ramekins under the broiler. Broil for 7-10 minutes. Keep an eye as some parts will start getting burnt much quicker than the rest.
- Once done, let them cool to room temperature. Transfer covered to freezer for 10 minutes and serve.
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My to-do list is out of control, too. But now I want to put everything on hold so I can make this creme brulee!!
Hehe thanks Sues!!
OMG!!!! If I lived near you, I’d be knocking on your door and begging for this right now! I love creme brûlée in general, but this chocolate version sounds just perfect.
I wish too!!! I would love to send you tons of this!! It’s so delicious Shinee!! Give it a try!
OH my goodness Ami, they does look amazing!!! And, so delicious & easy. 🙂
Thanks Anu!
I’ve never had chocolate creme brulee before, but everything is better with chocolate right!
Kari chocolate makes everything better!! You need to try this friend!
Quick and easy recipes ALWAYS catch my attention! Your creme brulée looks absolutely stunning — will be testing it soon!
Thanks Sharon!
one of my favorite desserts…you make it look so easy Ami! looks wonderful 🙂
Hehe thanks Manali!! You rock!!
Fantastic recipe! I love this!
Thanks friend!!
Oh my god I can’t believe that has only 5 ingredients, it looks way too good to be true! Such an awesome recipe you have there! 🙂
Christina totally give it a try!!
Wow! thats amazing. You are a genuis.. thanks so much for the inspiration!
Thanks for stopping by Claudia!!
Creme brulee is my favorite dessert but I’ve never had a chocolate one before! This looks even more amazing! Love it!
You should so try it then Kelly!! Chocolate creme brulee is my husband’s favorite!
any substitute for eggs in choc creme brulee recipe?
Never made it without eggs Chhaya!! Sorry I am not sure how to make it without eggs!
This is going to be a big surprise for my husband on his next day off. He is the kindest man I have ever know. I love him so much for all he does for me. I have been disabled for 14 years and instead of Retiring after 20 years in the Air Force and working for the last 14 years for me I can do the little things for him. Thank you so much. Tina Cline.
You touched my heart dear! I hope this makes his day !! And he is one amazing person :)) best wishes to both of you!
at what settings should one broil the brulee?
Hi Sabina! For broiling, turn your oven to broil setting. Now if you are going to broil in stead of using a torch, I will suggest place the creme brulee directly under the broiler for 4-5 mins or may be less depending on ho burnt you like your sugar granules. Then I place creme brulee in freezer so they get cold again and the top shell hardens!
Basically if you don’t see a broiler setting option on your oven, then simply heat it to it’s highest setting!
As unbelievable as this sounds I have never actually had creme brulee! I have always wanted to try it but the thought of making it always scared me lol but this looks so simple I can’t wait to make it! Best part is I don’t even have to go to the store I already have Everything!
Fabulous post Amishi ❤️
What kind of sugar? Caster? I’m going to try these tonight =)
Yes castor sugar! Do let me know how you like it Jessie! It’s our favorite!!
Hi Amishi just wanted to make this recipe by replacing egg yolks any ideas let me know pls
Hi! I have never tried making this without eggs but you can find online sources where they use gelatin instead. Hope this helps! 🙂
Hey I totally forgot!! I do have a no bake creme brulee recipe that uses avocado – delicious it is!! It is a no egg chocolate pudding but bruleed! Here in case you want to try ->> https://www.naivecookcooks.com/avocado-chocolate-pudding-brulee/