Honey Sweetened Chocolate Pots de Creme

I love my blender.

Last night I was craving something sweet, but didn’t want to put too much effort in.  And then I discovered I could make pots de creme with my blender. It was really fast. About 10 minutes to make the recipe, and 45 to chill in the fridge.

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 tsp espresso powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 oz baking chocolate (unsweetened)
• 3/4 cup cream (sub coconut milk for dairy free or paleo)

Directions:

• Set the cream to heat on the stove (try to take it off the burner just before boiling)
• Chop chocolate
• Mix eggs, honey, vanilla, and espresso powder in the blender
• Add chocolate
• Pour hot cream over the chocolate
• Blend (I used ice cream mode on mine)
• Pour into ramekins (2 of these guys, or 4 of these)
• Refrigerate

Using ice cream mode on my BlendTec (have I mentioned I love that thing?), even the un-chilled pots de creme were edible. The blender thickened them up into a very rick chocolate pudding.

This makes for a rich dark chocolate, slightly on the bitter side. You can easily add whipped cream to the finished product if you want it sweeter (or have a significant other who would want it sweeter).