Happy Valentine’s day everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful time with the people that you love.
I want to share the recipe with you for one of my favorite desserts, flan, but this time I made a chocolate version to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Simple and easy to make, yet special and delicious.
Feliz Dia del Amor y la amistad!
Ingredients
(6 Servings)
Caramel
1 cup sugar
¼ cup water
Flan
5 Whole eggs
2 egg yolks
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can evaporated milk
1 cup heavy cream
1 ½ tablespoon sugar
3/4 cup cocoa powder
Directions
1. To prepare the caramel, put 1 cup of sugar in a small pot with ¼ cup of water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Stir once and reduce the heat to medium and cook about 5 minutes or until the syrup turns a caramel color.
2. Immediately pour an equal amount of the caramel into each ramekin or any oven proof mold you want to use. Swirl each dish to coat the base with the caramel, work fast as the caramel will harden quickly as it cools. Place all the ramekins in a large roasting pan and set aside.
3. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
4. In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, mix the eggs, egg yolks and 1 ½ tablespoons of sugar for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the condensed milk, heavy cream, evaporated milk and cocoa powder and mix for 1 more minute.
5. Carefully pour an equal amount of the flan mixture into the caramelized ramekins in the roasting pan. Then add hot water to the roasting pan, not to the ramekins, until the water comes half way up the sides of the ramekins.
6. Place the roasting pan in the oven and bake for 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the center of the flan comes out clean.
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This is a decadent dessert guaranteed to make your loved one fall in love with you all over again – Happy Valentine’s Day!
What a great idea to make a chocolate flan, I put grated coconut on my sometimes, Happy Valentines day To you and yours!
This looks so yummy. Maybe I’ll have to try and make this chocolate flan one day
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I’ve never heard of chocolate flan. I may try this.
Happy Valentine’s Day to you & hubby!
It looks so smooth and creamy…perfect for Valentine’s Day! Have a great Valentine’s Day Erica!
Thank you for visiting and for the comments!
I love flans, it looks mouth watering. Happy V day to you too.
mmmm…flan de chocolate sounds great! I’ve got to make one of my flan-making friends to make it for me.
Looks wonderfull. A lovely desert for the Valentines. Wish you a great one!
Fabulous recipe, Erica! I adore flans. But have never made a chocolate one…I think sweetened condensed milk makes flans so special and rich! Can’t wait to try it in chocolate!
OMG I love simple, easy and delicious!! Your photos are fantastic!!
wow looks divine u are so good at flans
Happy Valentines
love ya
Thank you guys
Oh my husband is a HUGE fan of flan… This looks so great! And it’s chocolate!
Yummy! Perfect for Valentine’s Day.
MMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, chocolate flan looks simply divine !!! hope you had a wonderful day too!!!
This looks amazing! Love the flavours. would like to try it without the choclate as Im not a great chocolate fan. Can I just omit it from the recipe?
Ruth-Yes!
i won’t lie–flan’s not my favorite dessert. however, i’ve never had a chocolate version, so i may be changing my tune!
Erica fabulous recipe, I love Flans, they are so easy to make and always turns out great
Happy Valentines day
Amalia
Great recipe as a treat. I would like to make it at Halloween. Looks so yummy. Can’t wait more to make it. Will make it soon. Thanks for sharing!
I love flan just about any way I can get it, but this chocolate version sounds especially tasty!
Wow. I’ve never seen chocolate flan but this looks absolutely gorgeous. Hope you had a good Valentine’s Day!
Chocolate Flan looks delicious Erica! I’ve been wanting to get over here to wish you a happy blogiversary! I’m so glad to have found your wonderful site and thank you for the amazing recipes!! Looking forward to another wonderful year
Mmmm … what a super decadent dessert! I hope you had a great Valentine’s day! I made your hot chocolate & yuca bread for our breakfast yesterday, we loved it – I will post about it tomorrow!
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Thank you all!
This is so beautiful! I never had very good luck with flan, I called mine Fla-op
If hubby saw this, he would so want me to try again! I just mastered baking cheese cake. What happens when you are on the line cooking, but no pastry chef skills 
Hope your Valentines Day was beautiful!
Glossy, perfect, rich, creamy. Sooooo good!
Waw,….Erica!! A very tasty & fabulous looking chocolate flan!! I am amazed by your culinary skills!
Regular flan is so wonderful, but chocolate just puts it over the top!
YUM! I missed my chance to make this for Valentine’s day, but I don’t care. I will make this anyway, holiday or not!
This is so muc like the pudim de caramelo ,have been eating forever ,minus the chocolate ….can imagine how good this is….sure looks fantastic ….but then so do all ur recipes…love ur hot chocolate with coconut milk….
Que Magnifigue este…bravo!!!!
Oh yeah….LOVE IS IN THE AIR….SO IS ROMANCE N WISHING YA ALL LOADS N LOADS OF IT @ 365
I have never seen chocolate flan before. It looks delicious! I can see why it would be your favorite!
Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments!
that was the best.
u sould make more recipes.
hello Erika
i have a question, is 3/4 cup cocoa? it doesnt say cups or tbsp
thanks for sharing these wonderful recipes!!
Doris-3/4 cup……Thank you
Today I made this wonderful flan, was delicious!
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