My Favorite Chocolate Recipe
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Today I’m sharing my favorite chocolate recipe with you. It is SO GOOD.
I guess that’s why it’s called Death By Chocolate. What a name. I didn’t name it. I’d have named it something like A Little Piece of Chocolate Heaven. Or Just When You Think It Can’t Get any Chocolatier. Or Chocolate Covered Chocolatey Chocolate.
Well…anyway. Death By Chocolate is a recipe my mom found somewhere when I was a teenager. I remember her serving it when she wanted to make something special for company. She always put walnuts in hers…and I always picked ‘em out. :) I’m not a fan of nuts in my food. But you can put walnuts in yours if you want to. I’ll just pick ‘em out if I come over and share it with you. (Which I’d love to do…come over and share it with you.)
As I remember also…the original recipe called for a box of brownie mix…a box of chocolate pudding…and a container of cool whip. The way I make it now…it is all made from scratch. And Oh. My. Goodness. Do try it. You won’t be sorry.
Death By Chocolate
Recipe for Creamy Chocolate Pudding
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Recipe for Fudge Brownies (with or without the chocolate chips)
¾ cup heavy whipping cream
½ t. vanilla
1 t. sugar or a few drops of stevia
1 cup pecans or walnuts, optional
Bake Brownies according to recipe. Allow to cool. Make Chocolate Pudding according to recipe. Allow to cool.
In a large glass serving bowl, begin to layer your Death by Chocolate.
Cut or crumble brownies into small crumbs or pieces.
I usually cut mine into one inch squares.
Place one third of them into serving bowl.
Pour one third of your pudding over the brownie pieces.
Continue this brownie – pudding layering twice more.
Choose the cutest person you can find to whip your cream.
With beaters, whip cream until soft peaks form.
Add vanilla and sugar or stevia. Mix in with beaters.
Spread the whipped cream on top of your brownie-pudding layers.
If you’re talented and have time…put something fancy on top like put chocolate shavings. As you can see…I’m not that talented.
Oh, but look how pretty that is!!
This is the very bowl my mom always made Death By Chocolate in. I’m so thankful to have this bowl in my own kitchen now.
Okay…chocolate lovers! Come up with some excuse to make this!!! Invite someone over. Have a party. Invent a new holiday. You HAVE to make Death By Chocolate!! (Ooh, someone should invent a new holiday…JUST to celebrate CHOCOLATE!)
Anyone else a chocolate lover like I am?!
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Wow, I’m the first to leave a comment!
I will definitely be making this desert sometime soon! Looks Delicious!
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Oh wow! I will definately be making this one! By the way, the article in the paper about you was great!
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MMM I love chocolate!! I’m gonna have to try this one!
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This looks amazing, but I csn’t find the recipe for chocolate pudding. Both links seem to go to the brownie recipe. Am I missing something?
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Okay, link is fixed…hopefully! :) Thanks Allyson!
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Oh, wow. Chocolate covered chocolatey chocolate. My dream come true! And, I don’t think you skipped the fancy chocolate shavings because you are “not talented”…I think it may have more to do with the fact that you are raising 4 boys, being a godly wife, running a household, homeschooling, preparing yummy meals, runnning a website, etc, etc,etc, and maybe you just didn’t have quite enough time on your hands to shave little pieces of chocolate for your chocolate covered chocolatey chocolate;) Just a thought:)
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Did someone mention chocolate? :D This sounds delicious!
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Oh. my. word. That looks so delicious!!! I’m going to have to try this. I love the usual death by chocolate out of a box but I don’t eat it anymore and I’m sure this would taste way better anyway. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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Due to my recent shock over getting on the scales I will pass on this one but BOY it looks good!
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Last night, craving something sweet but having pretty much purged (ie. eaten) all ready made sweet things from the house, I made your chocolate brownies and icing from basic cooking ingredients (I was low on butter, so I used coconut oil for the brownies). My husband couldn’t finish his small square because it was so rich! When he found out that I had used whole wheat flour in the brownies he said, “You mean, our kids are going to grow up thinking that brownies are health food?” = )
I’ll have to try this recipe though. I always have fresh cream on hand which rises to the top of our raw milk. I can see it being a hit at holiday gatherings and a little different than the ubiquitous pumpkin pie (which my husband says I should leave at home for his consumption only)!
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I just made your chocolate peanut butter pie and I must have done something wrong! I followed the directions exactly . . . the filling did not ‘pour’ into the crust; I had to scoop it and spread it around. It is not ’silky smooth’ it’s a bit grainy. I used all organic products except for the PB – I haven’t converted hubby over yet. I used organic cane juice crystals for the sugar. I measured everything properly. Any advice?! I’m taking this as a dessert to friends who invited us for dinner tonight – they don’t mind that I try out new recipes on them, but I can’t figure out what I did wrong.
BTW – we’ve been trying and eating lots of your recipes and loving all of them! Maybe I should have made chocolate chip cookies like my husband requested . . . (I didn’t have any chocolate chips, so it would have been a bit challenging.) I’m not trying to complain or whine to you! Just curious what I did wrong!
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Hello!
Let me know if you see my husband over at your house. He can smell something like this a mile away. I’ll have to give it a try; it looks soooo yummy!
Take Care,
Trixie
http://farmhomelife.blogspot.com/
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This looks delicious. We would love it at our house.
How neat that you make it in the same bowl your mom used to.
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Uhh, yum! Definitely not what a preggo gal should be seeing a picture of at 10 pm. :)
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Oh yum.. Looks so good!!!
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Just to follow-up regarding the Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie – it was so RICH and DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a tad bit grainy, not silky smooth, but still YUMMY – just like all of your other recipes : – )
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I am not a big chocolate fan myself, but I have a house full of chocolate lovers and this dessert would make a perfect ending to a Christmas dinner. I am bookmarking this recipe because I will definitely be making this recipe soon. Thank you for posting it.
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Oh, my! When I saw the name of the post, I had to come by and check it out being a chocoholic.
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