These Chocolate Biscuits make breakfast more like dessert. Top with whipped cream, and you’ll have a perfect treat.
These chocolate biscuits are flaky, buttery, and chocolatey – a fantastic twist on a traditional biscuit recipe. I love one with a pat of butter, but they also make the best chocolate strawberry shortcake dessert. So it’s a recipe for breakfast and dessert – what’s better than that?
The first time I made chocolate biscuits was for breakfast – I remember it was spring break, the kids were all home, and we had this fun breakfast in the middle of the week. They were a hit – flaky biscuits made with chocolate? Yum. Oh, and some fresh strawberries and whipped cream didn’t hurt either.
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The chocolate biscuits sparked a debate among them. What is the best breakfast treat? As much as they loved these flaky biscuits, they all agreed that crepes are still their favorite. I laughed and said, oh well, I’m just glad these chocolate biscuits are an excellent second-place breakfast!
My favorite thing about this recipe is that you can serve it in many ways – I love that! They are a great treat, perfect for a tea party, brunch, breakfast, or even dessert, which might be my favorite. The biscuits make the best chocolate strawberry shortcake.
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They are lovely with just a smear of butter and honey, or pair them with any fruit topping or Greek yogurt. Serve them with eggs and béchamel sauce, and you’ll have a brunch better than any fancy restaurant.
What is the secret to fluffy layers in your biscuits?
A technique called “laminating” is used to create layers in biscuits. This involves folding and rolling the dough multiple times with butter or other fats, which results in alternating layers of dough and butter.
Baking biscuits involves melting and steaming the butter layers within the dough, creating air pockets that give biscuits flaky texture. It is essential to handle the dough with care and avoid overworking it to ensure that the layers are distinct and not blended. Otherwise, the biscuits may end up with a dense and tough texture.
So whether you make these for an early am treat or as a chocolate strawberry shortcake for dessert later in the day, you will love how these chocolaty biscuits taste, but the presentation is gorgeous.
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Chocolate Biscuits
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons white granulated sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons cocoa powder start with 2 and add more to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 cup chilled butter salted
- 2/3 cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 415 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium mixing bowl sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, sugar, cream of tartar, and sea salt.
- Using a pastry blender, your hands, or a knife and fork, cut in the butter until the flour resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add the milk and stir with a fork until the mixture comes together. On a lightly floured surface pull out the dough and knead until it is smooth.
- Dust counter top or surface you will roll out the dough on with cocoa powder. Then roll out dough until it is 1/2 inch thick. Cut out dough using a 3 inch biscuit cutter, or you can cut into squares. With remaining dough, reform and roll out to 1/2 inch and repeat until all the dough is used and made into biscuits.
- Arrange biscuit dough on prepared baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until risen.
- Serve immediately, or set on counter or serving dish until ready to serve.
Notes
These look delicious and just right for spring.
These are such a fun and unique recipe. My Southern family is going to flip!
I can’t wait to try this! I love biscuits with chocolate gravy, and this recipe just cuts out the middle man. Put the chocolate right in them!
Such a fun recipe, love the chocolate flavor!
Where have these been my whole life they look fabulous!
My kids thought this was the best breakfast ever! Thanks for the easy recipe!
The best way to start the day! I will make these biscuits for our family brunch!
I’ve made it and my daughter loved them! Now she is asking me continuously to make them!
I can’t wait to give it a go! I like biscuits with chocolate gravy, and this recipe eliminates the middleman. Put some chocolate in them!
It’s a perfect combine! I really like to eat chocolate biscuits for breakfast.
I can’t wait to try it out! I like chocolate gravy on biscuits, and this recipe cuts out the middleman.
I’m very excited to try it out! I like biscuits with chocolate gravy, and this recipe takes out the middleman. Fill them with chocolate!
I tried your recipe but with my unskillful hands, the cakes I made are not as fluffy as your photo. I don’t know where I went wrong.
What kind of flour did you use? Also, was the butter chilled?
Oh wow! This is such a fabulous treat! YUM!
This was the perfect dessert biscuit! I added strawberries and whip cream and it was so tasty!
My kids will surely love this!
My Southern family is going to flip!
just right for spring
Can’t help but love chocolate biscuits for breakfast, even though I’m type one diabetic. It’s my guilty pleasure!! 🙂
Looks so delicious. My kids will surely gonna love this!
Looks so delicious. My kids gonna love these biscuits.
These were a delicious treat!! I added a chocolate glaze (cocoa powder, powdered sugar, almond milk) for added sweetness!
Thank you for your wonderful recipe, I tried this recipe and it was delicious
This was the perfect dessert biscuit!
This was the perfect dessert biscuit!
Chocolate biscuits sounds like a delightful combination. I cannot wait to try these!