The one pot chocolate custard with biscuits is the most perfect summer and party dessert! So quick and easy to do, with minimum fuss. Great dessert to make ahead of time for any event. The chocolate custard lays in between two layers of chocolate biscuits that soften and is easily cut through with a spoon. Well balanced in sweetness, refreshing and light to eat despite the amount of milk added.

Milk tea biscuits

The biscuits I use to lay under and over the one pot chocolate custard are plain milk tea biscuits. As I’m using a rectangular dish, I tend to use the imported rectangular shaped biscuits I always find at the international grocers. Alternatively, you may also use the round Marie or milk coffee Arnott’s biscuits just as well, although the latter is not always available.

The chocolate custard

Custard is the creamy mixture involving milk, sugar, egg yolks and a thickener with a pudding like texture. Typically, the custard is made by whisking the eggs with sugar and then slowly adding sweetened warm milk to it. To set it one may add cornflour or flour and adjust the ratios depending on how thick the final result is to be.

The one pot chocolate custard is a fast-tracked way of making it. Basically, the recipe involves cooking whole eggs with the milk, vanilla, sugar and drinking chocolate first on the stove and then helping it thicken with a cornflour slur. The result is a smooth and flavourful custard.

The variety of the drinking chocolates available for purchase is vast. Hence depending on the brand and cocoa percentage you use the final result may vary in sweetness. As an indication I used the 27% cocoa Hush blend drinking chocolate.

Setting and storage

Once the dessert is ready and it cools down you need to place it in the fridge to set further. After about 4 hours it is ready to be enjoyed or you may also leave it overnight. By that time the biscuits will be softened due to the moisture and the custard will be thickened and chilled. The dessert keeps well for up to five days after making it.

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