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Not-Too-Heavy Chocolate Souffles

Posted By FreshTartSteph on Feb 14, 2012 at 3:45PM

Happy Valentine's Day!

For someone who digs the savory over the sweet, it's not my usual to post two desserts in a row. But I couldn't resist sharing these perfect Valentine's Day chocolate souffles, from Alice Medrich's marvelous chocolate cookbook BitterSweet.  Despite their decadent, chocolate-y goodness, these souffles are really rather light (around 200 calories without whipped cream), which makes them the perfect end to any menu you can dream up.  No flour (gluten- and grain-free!), a small amount of butter, and a splash of milk mean these are mostly chocolate and eggs.

Everyone - and I mean everyone - adores them, hot from the oven, topped with a dollop of whipped cream.  If you have leftovers, make sure to reheat them in the micro for a bit, since they really must be warm to shine.

You can make these up to two days ahead of time - I'm not kidding.  Just cover and refrigerate, then bake for 15 minutes before you serve.  I make them so often that I have the recipe memorized.

Recipe for Not-Too-Heavy Chocolate Souffles at Dara & Co./Minnesota Monthly Magazine.

Tagged with: desserts, souffle, GLUTEN-FREE, grain-free
10 Comments --
posted by Anonymous
1/06/11

HEAVENLY!!! Congratulations on five years. Keep sharing your gift...you do such a great job. You inspire me.


posted by Amy P.
1/06/11

These look absolutely delicious, I'm totally craving chocolate now. Congrats on your anniversary!


posted by Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles
1/06/11

Your blog birthday AND your actual birthday?! Wow, what a day! These look absolutely yum. Happy birthday all around!


posted by
1/06/11

Thank you Kelli, you always make me feel great - you're the best. And thank you Amy! And Brenda - yes, I started my blog on my birthday, funny...and easy to remember Eye-wink Thank you so much!


posted by
1/07/11

Happy Birthdays! Smiling These chocolate soufflés look so good. And I love that they're rather light. I will have to give them a try for sure.


posted by
1/08/11

Thanks FinnLover! Good birthdays, both of them. I like that these are light too - some chocolate souffle recipes are so unbelievably rich with butter and cream, they need to stand alone, not conclude a meal, you know? These are just warm chocolate yum Smiling


posted by K.Deanne
1/08/11

Made these tonight - very good and easy! Just the flavor/consistency I'm usually craving after pretty much every meal. Thanks for sharing! And congrats on 5 years of blogging - at one year in, I can tell that's a major achievement.


posted by
1/08/11

Excellent, so glad to hear that you enjoyed them. The whole BitterSweet cookbook is just lovely. And thank you for the congratulations, I really appreciate it - in no time, you'll be at 5 years yourself! I clicked through to your blog and am utterly impressed that you're blogging while in school - huge. Your blog looks fantastic. My mother-in-law went to Duke! Good luck wrapping up the school year, Stephanie


posted by Feast on the Cheap
1/10/11

I can see why these have become a staple, they look absolutely delicious. Love the little drizzle of vanilla-cream.


posted by
1/10/11

Thanks Feast! The cool cream against the warm chocolate really makes them.


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