Who doesn't like chocolate? Now every second person buys two ice creams in the summer hot heat. One in three will not be able to resist the beautiful delicacies in the window and will surely taste them. Every fourth in a bag always has a chocolate bar to cheer up. Fans of sweets are surrounded by almost every person. Therefore, today we will consider what chocolate desserts can be prepared for the joy of these sweet tooth.
Types of chocolate
To begin, consider what chocolate generally happens:
- Milk is the most preferred chocolate among children and adolescents, as it is considered more sweet and delicious. Moreover, it is the most common in stores. Now on the shelves of supermarkets you can find hundreds of different taste variations: with raisins, peanuts, hazelnuts, with cookies, dragees, popcorn, crackers, pieces of berries and fruits, oreo, with caramel, coconut, yogurt, fruit, milk filling and even alcohol .
- Bitter (dark, black) - in such chocolate there is a high cocoa content (up to 99%). It has little oil and sugar, it contributes to weight loss, so it is precisely it that people who lose weight like to eat. It is also appreciated by older people, since it is dark chocolate that is considered a healthy product.
- White - there is no cocoa powder in this product. Such chocolate contains milk, cocoa butter and sugar, as well as a minimum of antioxidants. Vanillin is used as a flavoring. The first white chocolate was launched by Nestle in 1930.
These are the most common types of chocolate. They have long been loved by consumers.
The benefits of chocolate
Let's find out which type of chocolate is the most useful and what exactly.
- Dark chocolate boosts “good” cholesterol.
- The product should be consumed with high blood pressure or with headaches.
- A nutritious treat that can quickly satiate. However, remember that saturation is fast.
- Dark chocolate is able to prevent thrombosis, has a beneficial effect on the state of blood vessels.
- Chocolate contains caffeine (about 30 mg per bar). It has a stimulating effect on the nervous and cardiovascular system. The product relieves fatigue and restores vitality.
- Able to activate mental processes and brain activity.
- It fights depressive moods due to serotonin (a hormone that boosts mood).
- Dark chocolate is rich in antioxidants that prevent oxidative processes from developing.
As you can see, the most useful is dark chocolate. Try to use it. However, never forget that you still need to eat this product moderately.
Three Chocolate Dessert
What is your favorite sweet tooth dessert? Of course, the correct answer is chocolate. But what if you combine as many as three types of different desserts and make this a delicious cake consisting of bitter, milk and white chocolate?
What is required for the test:
- 50 g of granulated sugar;
- two chicken eggs;
- Art. a spoon (about 30 g) of cocoa;
- 40 grams of flour.
What you need to have for making souffle:
- 630 ml cream;
- 10 grams of gelatin;
- two tbsp. tablespoons of sugar;
- 60 grams of butter;
- a bar of white chocolate;
- a bar of dark chocolate;
- bar of milk chocolate.
Tips before cooking:
- It is best not to use granulated sugar, but icing sugar.
- Cream should be oily (from 30%).
- You can take gelatin both in plates and in powder.
- Chocolate bars are best taken without any fillers. Do not take porous chocolate.
- The oil must be softened. Put it out of the refrigerator before cooking. Leave for three hours at room temperature.
- To make the butter soft, cut it into small pieces.
- Eggs must be chilled.
- Chocolate must be melted before being poured in a souffle, in a water bath.
- How to check if a biscuit is ready? Using a toothpick. If the stick remained dry when exiting the biscuit, then the cake is ready.
Cooking method:
- Gelatin should be soaked in a small amount of cream.
- Cooking a biscuit: beat eggs in a separate bowl with sugar (powder) until doubled in volume. Pour in cocoa powder and flour. Knead the dough.
- In a mold covered with parchment, greased with oil, pour the dough. Bake for about seven minutes at 180 ° C in the oven.
- Cooking soufflé: beat the chilled cream with sugar until foam.
- A bar of dark chocolate, along with butter and a third part of gelatin, should be melted with a water bath.
- Add two hundred grams of whipped cream to the chocolate mass (it should be chilled). Mix clockwise (independently, without using a mixer).
- With all the resulting mass, we fill in the cake. Now cool in the freezer for about an hour. At this time, we are preparing the second layer, only using the milk bar of chocolate. Pour them a cake. We put it in the freezer again for an hour.
- The last layer of cake with us will contain a white bar of chocolate. Pour the cake again and put in the freezer for an hour.
- You can decorate the cake with whipped cream, berries, whole and sliced fruits, sprinkle with grated chocolate or cocoa - to your taste. You can also make icing.
So now you know how to make the Three Chocolates dessert. The perfect cake consists of a biscuit, a souffle of three layers, glaze and decoration. Surprise your family and friends with this amazing delicacy!
Hot chocolate
This is a classic dessert recipe with chocolate. With the photo you can make your perfect sweet drink. If you wish, you can decorate it with fruit, chocolate chips or supplement with a small cake. Dessert "hot chocolate" will appeal to everyone who tastes it.
What is needed:
- 150 ml of milk;
- 50 ml of coffee dissolved in boiling water;
- 50 g of white chocolate;
- 50 g of dark chocolate;
- marshmallows.
Cooking method:
- Milk must be boiled. Add pieces of white and dark chocolate, stirring the mass.
- Add fifty ml of coffee, stir.
- Remove the pan from the stove. Pour into glasses. Add star anise or cinnamon.
Garnish with hot chocolate when serving can be marshmallows (marshmallows). This will improve the mood of your tasters!
Creamy chocolate dessert in glasses
This dessert will be a great end to any gala dinner. The ideal ingredients for dessert are cream and chocolate. Such a delicacy can be prepared even by a child or an inexperienced hostess. It is insanely light. You can do it literally in thirty minutes (excluding the time spent on freezing). Do not be afraid to take such recipes!
What we need:
- a bar of milk chocolate;
- 300 ml of fat cream (35%);
- three tbsp. tablespoons of powdered sugar;
- 25 grams of gelatin;
- 150 ml of water.
Cooking method:
- In cold boiled water, you need to soak the gelatin. Leave to swell for about an hour.
- Now put the resulting mass on the stove, heat until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Next, you need to strain the gelatin solution.
- Smash chocolate bar. Pieces of chocolate are put in a pan and melt in a water bath.
- Whip the cream.
- A third of the cream is introduced into the cooled melted chocolate. Thoroughly but carefully mix from the bottom up with a spatula. Now add the remaining cream and mix.
- Add the gelatin solution. Mix everything until smooth.
- Pour the resulting mass into tall glasses. You can rub a bar of bitter or white chocolate for decoration. By the way, dessert will look even more beautiful if you decorate it with a mixture of bitter and white grated chocolate. Moreover, it will positively affect the taste of goodies.
- We put our glasses to cool.
- After the dessert has cooled, it will resemble chocolate soufflé or light pudding in consistency and taste.
Make friends and family happy with sweet desserts. Decorate their lives with such delicious treats. For example, a cream and chocolate dessert will surely become a frequent dish on your table.
Chocolate cake without baking
Let's look at another recipe for a chocolate dessert. And this is again a cake, but without baking. Mistresses can save time and energy. Chocolate and marshmallows dessert just melts in your mouth! Be sure to cook it.
What we need:
- 300 grams of biscuits;
- 150 grams of plums. oils;
- four tbsp. tablespoons of cocoa;
- 250 g cream cheese;
- 100 grams of powdered sugar;
- 200 g of chocolate (two tiles);
- 100 g of cream.
Step by step recipe:
- Cookies will serve as a base or cake. Melted plum. combine butter with cookie crumbs (grind it in any way - rolling pin, hammer, blender, coffee grinder, etc.) and cocoa. Stir everything until smooth. We lay out the form in a layer that will serve as a cake. Distribute and align. Put the cookie form in the fridge.
- Cooking the filling: we begin to whip the cream cheese, gradually introducing the powdered sugar.
- Melt the chocolate in a water bath. Then cool and add to the mass of cream cheese. Beat everything thoroughly again.
- Whip the cream in a separate container. Now add them to the chocolate mass, gently stirring from the bottom up with a spatula.
- We get our cake-cookies from the refrigerator. Spread and carefully distribute our chocolate filling. Now the cake should stand in the refrigerator for at least four hours, so that it completely has time to freeze.
- Before serving, decorate it with marshmallows (small marshmallows). They will add tenderness to the cake and add color to the cake.
Maybe you invited the guests just for tea? Then this cake can deservedly be the main dish on the festive or everyday table. Indeed, thanks to marshmallows, it looks amazing and very presentable, regardless of the occasion on which you had a tea party.
Chocolate Smoothie
A great drink that can refresh anyone. Especially if you first hold it in the refrigerator.
Ingredients:
- Art. a spoon of cocoa;
- a glass of low fat yogurt;
- half a glass of almond milk;
- chocolate chip.
Preparing a drink:
- Mix milk with yogurt and cocoa in a blender.
- Pour the mixture into a tall glass. Sprinkle with grated dark chocolate.
The drink can be drunk not only chilled in the summer heat. Warm it - and in your diet there will be an excellent substitute for hot chocolate.
Chocolate Yogurt with Berries
Make a light dessert for your loved ones in just two minutes. Do not believe? Try it yourself!
What we need:
- half a glass of fat-free cottage cheese;
- Art. a spoon of cocoa;
- Art. a spoon of honey;
- any berries.
Cooking method:
- Low-fat yogurt must be mixed with sugar, honey and cocoa.
- Garnish generously with berries. The dessert is ready.
It is the perfect breakfast, snack or light dinner. Serve with tea.
Cheesecakes with chocolate and banana
Cheesecakes - a traditional dish of Russian cuisine. They are incredibly useful for people of all ages, because they are prepared from cottage cheese, rich in calcium and protein. Cheesecakes are an ideal option for baking, if your children do not like to eat cottage cheese in its pure form. Moreover, you can also make calcium and protein replenish their body using the bait: we will add chocolate and banana to the cheesecakes, which will make our dessert even tastier and sweeter.
What we need:
- 250 g of cottage cheese;
- egg;
- Art. a spoonful of sugar;
- three tbsp. tablespoons of flour;
- banana;
- 50 grams of milk chocolate (or chocolate drops);
- a pinch of salt.
Cooking a dessert of cottage cheese, chocolate and banana:
- Put the cottage cheese in a bowl. Add the egg, mix.
- Then add sugar and salt to the bowl. Do not think that a tablespoon of granulated sugar will not be enough, because the bananas and chocolate, which are part of the composition, will add sweetness to cheesecakes.
- Peel and finely chop the banana. Add to the dough, mix.
- Now add the flour.
- We form balls and flatten them. Put a piece of chocolate inside. Bread in flour.
- Fry on both sides over high heat for about 1.5 minutes, until browned.
- Serve the cottage cheese pancakes hot (so that the chocolate flows out) along with sour cream, honey, jam, condensed milk, jam or with berries, grated with sugar.
This dessert with chocolate inside will not leave any of your tasters indifferent. Even those who do not particularly like sweet or cottage cheese pastries. Perhaps it is with this dessert with chocolate and bananas that their love for sweets and cottage cheese will begin.
Chocolate banana
Treat your children a dessert with milk chocolate and banana!
Ingredients:
- 2 bananas;
- bar of milk chocolate.
Cooking method:
- Peel the banana. Cut into slices 4-5 cm wide, put on a wooden skewer or ice cream stick.
- Melt the chocolate in a water bath. Dip a piece of banana in chocolate. Allow to freeze.
Such an interesting, tasty, and most importantly light dessert can be prepared for a children's birthday.
Tiramisu with mascarpone and coffee liqueur
Who does not know about tiramisu? And who ever tried it? Let's cook this amazing cake at home now.
What we need:
- a pound of mascarpone cheese;
- 24 pcs. Savoyardi cookies
- three chicken eggs;
- two tbsp. tablespoons of coffee liquor;
- 50 g of dark chocolate;
- three tbsp. tablespoons of cocoa;
- half a glass of powdered sugar;
- 150 ml of freshly brewed coffee.
Cooking a cake:
- Squirrels are separated from the yolks. Beat whites to whisk until foam.
- In a separate container, beat the yolks with sugar. Add the mascarpone and mix until smooth.
- Add whipped proteins gradually to the cream.
- We make coffee, cool. Now we add to it three tbsp. tablespoons of liquor. In this mixture we will dip the savoyards.
- We spread the cake in layers: soak the savoyardi with a coffee mixture (dip cookies there for a second), then put half of the cream. Next - again a layer of cookies and cream.
- We put the resulting dessert overnight in the refrigerator.
- Before serving, garnish with cocoa or grated chocolate.
Enjoy the delicate and fragrant Tiramisu in a cozy home environment with family. Do not miss the opportunity to gather with household members at the evening table and drink tea.
Chocolate Muffins with Cherry
Seasonal fresh cherries should be used for this chocolate dessert dessert recipe (photos of different options were presented above). Frozen berries will not give such juiciness and will not add saturation to taste.
What we need:
- 200 g of flour;
- a bar of milk chocolate;
- 100 g of sugar;
- two teaspoons of baking powder;
- egg;
- half a spoon (tablespoon) of corn starch;
- 50 g plums. oils;
- 200 ml of milk;
- 100 grams of fresh cherries.
Cooking method:
- Melt chocolate with pieces of butter in a water bath. Allow to cool.
- Pour melted chocolate into a separate bowl with milk and mix.
- In another bowl, mix the flour with sugar and baking powder for the dough. Mix.
- Remove the seeds from the cherry with a special device. Mix with starch, so as not to settle when baking to the bottom.
- Now combine the contents of both bowls (flour and chocolate milk).
- Knead the dough. It should be with small lumps.
- We arrange them on muffin tins, greasing them with oil. Put 2 cherry berries in each tin.
- Bake at 200 ° C in the oven for twenty minutes.
You can decorate dessert with cherries and chocolate before serving with chopped nuts, whipped cream, crumbs of waffles, dragees - whatever you like. Do not be afraid to experiment. This delicacy with milk chocolate and cherries can not be ruined.
Calorie and nutritional value of chocolate
This is the most interesting section in articles for people on a diet or healthy lifestyle. Let's look at how many calories are contained in 100 g of the product, and also study the content of BZHU:
- White Chocolate: 6 g of protein; 34 g of fat; 56 g of carbohydrates; 554 kcal.
- Dark chocolate: 5 g protein; 35 g of fat; 52 g of carbohydrates; 544 kcal.
- Milk chocolate: 5.5 g protein; 28 g of fat; 60 g of carbohydrates; 520 kcal.
What about the popular chocolate bars that people like to snack on the go?
- Kit Kat: 6 g of protein; 29 g of fat; 61 g of carbohydrates; 530 kcal.
- "Mars": 4 g of protein; 21 g of fat; 43 g of carbohydrates; 380 kcal.
- Snickers: 9 g of protein; 22 g of fat; 60 g of carbohydrates; 480 kcal.
- “Twix”: 4 g of protein; 24 g of fat; 64 g of carbohydrates; 498 kcal.
- “Picnic”: 7 g of protein; 28 g of fat; 56 g of carbohydrates; 504 kcal.
- "Bounty": 4 g of protein; 25 g of fat; 57 g of carbohydrates; 471 kcal.
Let's also consider other favorite chocolate desserts:
- Chocolate marshmallows: 2 g protein; 13 g of fat; 71 g of carbohydrates; 410 kcal.
- Choko Pai: 4 g of protein; 16 g of fat; 71 g of carbohydrates; 430 kcal.
- Golden Step candy: 30 g protein; 28 g of fat; 51 g of carbohydrates; 488 kcal.
- Raffaello sweets: 9 g protein; 48 g of fat; 39 g of carbohydrates; 623 kcal.
- Dessert "3 chocolates" (cake): 5 g protein; 28 g of fat; 27 g of carbohydrates; 401 kcal.
- Halva in chocolate: 14 g protein; 33 g of fat; 47 g of carbohydrates; 528 kcal.
Now you know the energy and nutritional value of foods that you often consume.
Conclusion
We hope our recipes inspired you to create your own chocolate masterpieces. Diversify your diet. Enjoy your meal!