Chocolate Creme Brulee

📝 Ingredients

• 1 quart heavy cream
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 10 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder (I used Hershey's unsweetened)
• Sugar to caramelize the top (1 1/2 tablespoons each should suffice)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Set ramekins in...: Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Set ramekins in a deep baking dish where you can fill water into it later.
2. 2Pour cream, sugar, and vanilla into a saucepan,...: Pour cream, sugar, and vanilla into a saucepan, and place over medium heat. Melt chocolate chips in the microwave until it is semi-soft then add to cream mixture. When mixture begins to simmer, remove from heat. Place egg yolks in a large bowl, and slowly whisk in the hot cream mixture, about 2 tablespoons at a time, until you have added approximately a cup of cream to the yolks. At this point, pour in the remaining cream, and whisk until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips, and set aside for 5 minutes.
3. 3Stir the mixture until the chocolate is smooth...: Stir the mixture until the chocolate is smooth and evenly distributed. Pour into ramekins. Once ramekins are filled, fill baking dish with water until it comes half way up the ramekins. Bake in preheated oven until the center is just set about 30 minutes. You will know when it's done when you shake a ramekin gently and the custard jiggles like jell-o. Remove from oven, and allow to cool for 20 minutes, then place into the refrigerator, and chill until cold, about 6 hours.
4. 4When custards are chilled, pour 1 1/2 tablespoons...: When custards are chilled, pour 1 1/2 tablespoons of sugar on top and shake it around so that it is spread evenly. Torch the cremes in a circular motion until there is no more white sugar visible. You can also pour sugar on all the cremes all at once and place them under the broiler. Keep an eye on them if you use this method though, b/c you don't want to recook your cremes. You should eat this right away, otherwise you will regret it.