This dairy-free Chocolate Pots de Creme recipe is easy to make with only 5 ingredients –dark chocolate, coconut milk, egg yolk, stevia, and salt, and is so creamy it melts in your mouth. So even though the name “pot de creme” is quite fancy, don’t be intimidated by this recipe!
My husband inhaled these and the boys enjoyed them too, in spite of their aversion to dark chocolate. I like this Paleo dessert because it relies on stevia as its primary sweetener and does not have any added honey. It can also work well for those on a keto diet if made with dark chocolate that is 80% cacao or more. Serve this dairy-free dessert after dinner or at the end of a family brunch.
Chocolate Pots de Creme
Ingredients
- 1 (13.5 ounce) can full fat coconut milk
- 2 egg yolks
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla stevia
- pinch celtic sea salt
- 4 ounces chocolate chips
Instructions
- Place coconut milk in a medium saucepan
- Stir in egg yolks, stevia, and salt
- Heat over medium-heat 5-10 minutes, stirring constantly
- Remove saucepan from heat
- Transfer mixture to vitamix, and add chocolate
- Blend on high for 30 seconds
- Transfer scant ½ cup of mixture into 6 half-cup ramekins
- Refrigerate overnight or for 8 hours
- Serve
This recipe for dairy-free Chocolate Pots de Creme is based on an award winning recipe by one of my favorite bloggers, Michelle of Nom Nom Paleo. Michelle is an amazing person and chef, and both she and her recipes are beloved and admired in the Paleo community.
Here are some of my other favorite healthy chocolate dessert recipes:
Like this Chocolate Pots de Creme recipe, they’re all super easy to make and incredibly delicious!
Linda Pruitt says
I was wondering if you could use regular sugar?
Elana says
Linda, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Ava says
This looks delicious! How much does it serve?
Elana says
Thanks Ava! This serves 6 :-)
Martha Burton says
This looks wonderful, but I do wish you’d use raw cacao your recipes. $70 for chocolate chunks is a little beyond my budget.
Elana says
Hi Martha, thanks for your comment and for sharing your concern. Any dark chocolate that is 70-80% cacao will work for this recipe. You don’t need to buy the 5 pound bag that I link to :-)
Melanie Bigras says
OMG! I’m in love with this recipe! I add white chocolate because I didn’t have enough of milk chocolate! I’m in heaven!
Ashley H. says
This looks Delicious! Could I substitute Cacao Powder for chocolate chunks? If so, any idea approx how much?
Kimberly O says
I’m going to do the same thing Ashley, and it will be 1/2 cup cocoa powder. If you want more next time, increase it each time until your Chocolate monster is satisfied. ;)
Jennifer C says
Remember when substituting cocoa powder for solid chocolate that there is also an oil component that you need to account for. It also depends on what kind of chocolate you are looking to substitute. For every one ounce of bitter or semi-sweet chocolate you replace with powder, you would need to also increase the sweetness and add an oil (probably coconut oil in this case). The chocolate that is recommended in this recipe is definitely bittersweet.
Renee says
Wondering the same but then we’d need to add more stevia?
Angie says
This looks absolutely delicious!
It’s great that there’s only stevia in it too, so it’s great for a hyperglycemic like myself. I can have my chocolate fix & eat it too~?
Emily says
Oh my goodness! I think i just found tonight’s dessert! adding a can of coconut milk to my grocery list now!
Tracey says
Thank you for posting this recipe. I made it for thanksgiving and it was absolutely delicious. I would have liked it a little thicker. I’m not sure if I heated the milk too long, or blended all the ingredients together too long. Either way, it was very good.
Barbara says
Is there a substitute for the Stevia, like maple syrup or agave? Also, how much would I use in place of the Stevia. Thanks. This looks delicious.
Lonnda Paige says
My I use trader Joes almond flour in your recipes ( ask for blanched almond flour?) I am just starting out. your recipes look great, but dont want to buy a 5 lb bag at this time.
thank you Lonnda brlosp@msn.com
Lonnda Paige says
sorry May I