Chocolate Popsicles Recipe
These Chocolate Popsicles are the perfect afternoon treat for everyone to enjoy, not just the kids, especially after being drizzled with extra melted chocolate! They're rich, creamy, chocolatey and so easy to make...bonus!
Servings: 10 Popsicles
Calories: 240kcal
Equipment
- Popsicle Mold
Ingredients
Popsicles
- 100 g granulated sugar sifted
- 35 g cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoon cornflour (corn starch)
- ¼ teaspoon fine salt
- 420 ml double cream (heavy cream)
- 360 ml whole milk
- 55 g milk chocolate chips
To decorate (optional)
- dark chocolate 70%, melted to drizzle over pops
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients together. Add the sugar, cocoa powder, corn flour and salt into a medium saucepan and mix them together to remove any lumps from the cocoa powder and corn flour.
- Add wet ingredients and chocolate chips. Pour the cream and milk into the saucepan whisking all the time. Add in the chocolate chips, whilst whisking continuously, heat gently on the stovetop on medium heat until the mixture starts simmering around the edges.Stir until the chocolate has fully melted and the mixture has thickened slightly. This can take about 1 minute, but stir all the time so that it doesn't catch on the bottom of the saucepan. It will continue to thicken as it cools.Remove the saucepan from the heat and pour the mixture into a jug with a pouring spout. It makes it much easier to fill the popsicle molds this way. Set aside to cool. (Pass the mixture through a fine mesh sieve if there are any lumps).
- Fill popsicle molds and freeze. Divide the chocolate pudding mixture between your favourite popsicle molds, add the popsicle sticks into each compartment, and freeze for a minimum of 4-6 hours, or until solid.When the popsicles are fully frozen, remove them from the popsicle molds by running the molds under room temperature water for a couple of seconds and pulling gently to remove the popsicle. Lay them on parchment paper and place them in the freezer until you are ready to decorate. Drizzle melted chocolate over each popsicle.
Notes
Step-by-Step Photos: My blog post includes helpful step-by-step photos to help guide you through making this recipe.
To Freeze: If you just leave the popsicles in the cold, over time they can take on odors from the freezer and get freezer burn on the bottom. I recommend taking out each popsicle and individually wrapping them in plastic wrap or parchment paper before putting the wrapped popsicles into a freezer-safe container or ziplock back. Freeze for up to 3 months.
Tip 1: The extra milk chocolate inside these popsicles makes them supper fudgy.
Tip 2:Pass the chocolate mixture through a sieve if it has lumps in it.
Tip 3: Drizzle dark chocolate over the chocolate pops. The crunch of the slightly bitter dark chocolate is sensational against the creaminess of the fudge pops. Go one step further and sprinkle flaked sea salt over each one!
Tip 4: These melt fast so enjoy them right away after removing from the molds!
Nutrition
Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 52mg | Sodium: 85mg | Potassium: 165mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 681IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 82mg | Iron: 1mg