| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 42 min |
| Prep: | 20 min |
| Cook: | 22 min |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter, plus more for coating ramekins
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar, plus more for coating ramekins
- 8 ounces good quality dark chocolate, chopped
- 7 eggs, separated
- Pinch salt
- Melted vanilla bean ice cream, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Butter 6 ramekins or 1 large souffle dish and coat with granulated sugar, tapping the side of the ramekins while upside down to remove any excess sugar. Heat the chocolate and butter in a glass bowl over simmering water in a double boiler, until blended, stirring occasionally. When blended, remove the bowl from the double boiler.
- Using a hand mixer, beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt in a mixing bowl until soft peaks form. Add the 1/3 cup granulated sugar gradually, beating constantly until stiff peaks form. In a small bowl, whisk the egg yolks until slightly paler in color. Add the whisked egg yolks to the melted chocolate mixture, then fold in the egg whites.
- Spoon or pipe the chocolate mixture into the prepared ramekins and arrange them on a baking sheet. Carefully put them in the middle of the oven and bake until the souffles are risen and cooked, about 18 to 25 minutes Remove the souffles from the oven and serve immediately with melted vanilla bean ice cream, in a pitcher, to be poured over the souffles. Enjoy!
- Other serving suggestions: lightly sweetened whipped cream or a dusting of powdered sugar or cocoa powder.
- Cook’s Note: To help the souffles rise evenly, run the tip of your thumb around the inside edge of the ramekins before baking.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 387 |
| Total Fat | 26 g |
| Saturated Fat | 14 g |
| Carbohydrates | 29 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Sugar | 20 g |
| Protein | 10 g |
| Cholesterol | 203 mg |
| Sodium | 113 mg |
Reviews
This is the only recipe I’ve tried and the only one I will try! I’ve this at least a half a dozen times and it comes out perfect everyrime! Amazing!
I’ve never made a souffle before. Who knew it could be so simple? I will never be afraid to make this again!
My first souffle. Delicious and super easy. Have all ingredients prepped and ready and it’s a breeze! We used Semi-sweet chocolate, more kid friendly. Aweseome!
This was the first time I had ever made a soufflé and it was easy. It also tasted delicious!!
These were delicious! Nice, Rich, and Chocolatey
Everyone loved them!
Everyone loved them!
Way tasty! everyone LOVED them. Thank you.
This was very easy to make and turned out great. I used four larger individual ramekins (because that’s all I had and cooked for 32 minutes because I like when they are drier.
Kids thought it was a little bitter because of the very dark chocolate taste. There’s not much sugar added so that kept the dark chocolate taste front and center … which I thought was great. There is a mistake where the ingredient list says 1/4 c. sugar and the recipe says 1/3 so maybe I could have used more sugar.
Awesome for a gluten-free dessert!
Never made souffle before, but have eaten plenty. I loved it! Don’t think I need to find another chocolate souffle recipe, after all why when this one is delicious and super easy! Thanks Claire!
For a 5 ingredient souffle, this is great! Not extremely tasty, but in a pinch, this is a super easy, super fast and good-tasting dessert!
I actually was able to see Claire make this desert. The trick is to have all your ingredients prepared. I have never made a souffle before, and it came out perfect. TRULY EASY! I added a teaspoon of expresso powder to the chocolate, it brings out the rich flavor of the chocolate. Served with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream in the center. My 15 year old son said he was in heaven. Awe! It doesn’t get any better than that.