My mother comes running into the door and her face is filled with glee and I can tell she is excited about something. 

Whenever she tries a new food item, she recreates it at home. This is the story of the birth of these Chocolate Bouchons.

“I have to tell you about these amazing chocolate bouchons I tried!” she says.

As she is describing the richness and decadence of this french dessert. I am looking at her wide-eyed… “Boo what?” 

She doesn’t miss a beat “they are brownie-like velvety and shaped like a cork, they have chocolate chips in them that just melt in your mouth and dusted with powdered sugar”. She is happy as a clam and looking at my face for the same excitement. I look at her and before I can respond my son comes running in from the family room and this time he has the same look of excitement and says, “We have to MAKE these!!!” 

My friends, the inspiration for this recipe is from Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Bakery In NYC. We have recreated these so many times!! They are everything my Mom said they would be and one bite will leave you with that same excitement on your face. Enjoy!

Hera’s Pinch

One can package these individually and gift them to family, teachers, friends and neighbors.

Also a timbale mold is needed for these babies and thats okay, they are that good! My son added milk chocolate in place of semisweet to our recent batch. The result was magnificent.