Growing up, we had this probably once a week. I always thought it was because everyone liked it so much but according to Mama, the frequency of this dessert had a lot more to do with it being so quick, easy, and most importantly: budget friendly. Generally, most folks have these ingredients on hand. It doesn’t hurt that you don’t even need an egg for it!
As kids, we always called this “Mud Pie”. I guess it was a fun name for the three of us. “We’re having mud pie for supper!”. I was introduced to the actual name only a few years ago while at a quilt retreat with my mother. I was speaking with a few of her friends and someone mentioned “Oh! I had your mother’s chocolate cobbler, it was WONDERFUL!”. I was awful confused. Mama makes chocolate cobbler? I’ve never had chocolate cobbler. When did she make this? Having honestly tasted everything my mother has made in the past thirty —umm…something years, I was a bit put off that she had not shared what was obviously a grand success of a recipe. After asking her, she shook her head and waved it off “Oh, its just mud pie!”.
This cobbler bakes up magically. When you pull it out of the oven you’ll have a rich chocolate cake layer on top and a hot fudge saucy layer beneath. I highly recommend it be served with ice cream.
We frequently package the dry ingredients and give them along with the recipe as Christmas Gifts. People are always intrigued by the name and very happy with the results!
You’ll need some self rising flour (see my buttermilk biscuit tutorial on how to substitute plain for self rising), vegetable oil, milk, sugar, cocoa, brown sugar, and vanilla.
To this, add milk…
In a separate bowl, combine brown sugar and more cocoa(As always, actual recipe at bottom of page).
S-L-O-W-L-Y🙂
Have I got you paranoid about pouring it slow enough now? Good, you’ll do it right then. 😀
Place in 350 oven for forty to forty five minutes.
Its gonna look like this…and smell like……omg…..
Oh LAWD. Just make it already!!!
Ingredients
- 1 Cup self Rising Flour
- 3/4 Cup sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Cocoa
- 1/2 Cup Milk
- 1 teaspoons Vanilla
- 2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
- 3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Cocoa
- 1 3/4 Cup hot tap water
- 1 Cup chopped pecans optional
Instructions
- Mix together flour, sugar, and cocoa. Add milk, vanilla, oil, and nuts (if using). Mix well. Pour into greased 8x8 inch pan. Mix 3/4 C brown sugar and 1/4 C cocoa together. Sprinkle over batter. Pour, very slowly, hot tap water over dry mixture and batter. Bake in 350 oven for forty to forty five minutes.
Yum 
How is it that I am the very first to comment on this! HOLY MOLY it looks good. So tell me…. do you think my kids will think that I am AWSOME if I make this! I’ll give you ONE guess! YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT BAYBEEEE!
LOL!
Terri, I LOVE your enthusiasm! How can it not be contagious!!!???
You know, even my three year old (whom I am thinking of renaming Princess PickyPants) ate some of this! She doesn't EVER stray from her chicken nugget/mac and cheese/PB&J/Cantaloupe Diet!
You let me know if you get to try it and what they thought, alright?
It really is soooooooooo very good…….sooooooo very good. I just wish I could incorporate smellovision on my website!
L@@K at that. I have been waiting for you to post the recipe since you added it to the top of the page. Goodness let me pick my jaw up off the floor and wipe off all the drool. Ok I am making this Christy and with ice cream yummo. I am going to do this at Christmas time like you stated what a wonderful gift. I always give baked goodies baskets for the holidays this will be such a treat. In my opinion thats comparable to the “betetr than sex cake” well at least for me it is LOL.
Instead of just smellovision (which would be awesome) you could do your website Willy Wonka-esque, by making it so we can just reach out and take a bite of that big pan of chocolaty, gooey deliciousness!
Or I can just make it myself. 🙂
OH Stephanie, I think you are on to something! I’m calling Willy Wonka tomorrow!! hehe
I still can’t get over that pic of your son diving face first into his cake!
I just had a bowl of chocolate cobbler with a cold diet dr pepper. I can’t imagine the queen of england had a better dessert!
OK CHRISTY, I have been thinking about this cake all day today. I am making it tomrrow Ü. I have to stay home and wait on my sons new bedroom set to be delivered so what better way then to bake. I am so syked. I will let you know…. I feel like i am commenting to much on your blog, I just cant help it girl I love this food!!! Keep um coming.
Now can you double this to a 13X9? Or does it flop then? Just Curious I have never tried this recipe! Oh and i have a request. Its a Pumpkin thing that you use a cake mixture on top and it has a soft gooey pumpkin bottom on it? Clear as mud right?? LOL
I love this food!!!your tutorial is so good… thanks for sharing..
Tina at Mommy’s Kitche: Too many comments? HAVE YOU BEEN HIT OVER THE HEAD!!! LOL
There is no such thing!!! I LOVE that you comment like you do!!!!
Pinky: You sure can double it! I’m going to ask around for the pumpkin dish you mentioned and I’ll get back with you. Of COURSE I know just what you mean! hehe
MyViews: Thank YOU for reading!!!
What a cool recipe! I’m totally making it for my chocolate addict boyfriend today. I’m not sure it’ll go with Thai food, but I’m willing to go with it.
Great! I hope he loves it! Be sure to let me know! So glad you stopped by, docone back often and let me know if you have any questions!
~Christy
Well, I made the chocolate cobbler, and might I just say.. “YOWZA”! It was soooo good. The only thing was… my vegetable oil was kinda.. how shall I say… OLD. So there was a little something off, but nothing that the chocolate didn’t cover up! The family loved it! Thanks so much!
Terri
Terri, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME KNOW THEY LIKED IT!!!!!
I’m so glad they did!! Sorry about your oil but…I’m glad chocolate came to the rescue!!
You know, I made shortbread once ~pauses and shudders as she remembers~, I used real butter, as the recipe calls for. Thing is, I had my stick of butter sitting right next to a chopped onion which I had stored in a rather thin ziplock bag….
Can you imagine? Well, the shortbread turned out just perfect in texture and appearance but..have you ever had made shortbread with onion flavored butter before? That was one mistake I couldn’t cover it. ~sighs~
Just not something you can turn folks onto either! I had to trash the whole batch but at least it was funny!
I made this last night and it is excellent! My sister tasted it and immediately told me I’m going to have to make it again. I didn’t have any pecans, but we did have some nuts left over from Christmas, so I used half walnuts and half hazelnuts (filberts).
Catherine, I’m so glad you and your sister liked it! Thank you for letting me know! The only thing I love more than feeding people is vicariously feeding them through others!
Chocolate Cobbler rides again!! I’m spreading it through the world, I tell you!
Ok, I made this today. It was awesome for sure. I made it for my dad but I will make it with Splenda from now on.
Thanks for the recipe!
Oh, I put my MySpace URL by my name but its not coming up.. I guess Blogger.com and MySpace had a fight or something lol.
It’s http://www.myspace.com/billfw
if you want to view it since other commenter’s have a link too.
Hey Bill!
It’s so strange seeing you comment because sometimes it seems just about every male I am related to is named Bill! I always wonder if my brother has finally discovered how to hit that little “comment” button!
I do look forward to your comments though and am so grateful for your taking the time to let me know that you’ve tried recipes and how they turned out!
You know, I make a lot of things with Splenda. I’m not able to eat a lot of sugar. Sweet potato pie and banana pudding are two things I always use Splenda on. I use just a hair less splenda than the amount of sugar it calls for and everything works out just fine! I’ve never made a baked good (such as the cake part in chocolate cobbler) with splenda so please let me know how that turns out because lord knows I’d love to try it!
If I make a recipe with the sugar it calls for, I can have a bite or two, but if I use Splenda I can really enjoy it! ~grins~
Thank you for posting your url! I always click on the name of anyone who comments to go visit their site!
I chanced on your blog last week, and saw this recipe and knew my family would love it. I translated the recipe (I’m in the UK)and made it yesterday, and everyone thought it was one of the best puddings I’ve made, this is definately a keeper!
Thank you so much, Ros!
I hate that you had to go to the trouble of translating it, but I’m so glad you did!
I really appreciate you letting me know how it turned out! Have you looked at banana pudding yet?
~grins~
Someone visited a while back from England and said they had never heard of it, that is why I asked.
I’m so glad you found Southern Plate! Please come back often!
I use a lot of American recipes, so I'm used to translating them into pounds & ounces (old school, no metric for me!)
I did read the banana pudding recipe, it reminds me of a pudding I had all the time as a kid, banana custard, but without nilla wafers, we don't have those.
Makes me feel nostalgic!
This is one of my fav-o-rite desserts! I always sprinkled some chocolate chips over it before putting the hot water on because..ya know..no such thing as too much chocolate!
Just found your blog recently and have enjoyed looking through the recipes so much. I’m from GA originally living in CT (hubby is in the military) so these recipes remind me of being home with family.
WOW.. the pictures make the whole thing come alive I could almost smell it!! Wil try this soon.. Love the site!! : )
Oh my goodness, Girl, I have been lookin’ for this recipe for years. My dad’s mother used to make this. I have asked around searched and when I least expect to find it…here it is. I swear, if it were not 10PM and I weren’t exhausted, I’d be making it right now!!
SP – Just came across your site – don't know where I've been? I have hopped from recipe to recipe – love your photo tutorials – and read so many out loud to my husband & daughter!
Can't decide what to try first… apple skillet? Mud Pie??
nice to have met you –
Kathleen!! Welcome to Southern Plate!! Its so good to have you here!!!
My vote for first recipe to try is Chocolate Cobbler!!! hehe!!
I am just tickled you are reading my site, don’t hesitate to email me if you have any questions at all now!!!
christy@southernplate.com
Now, I’m going to go cook a REAL family meal…hot dogs! lol
Christy
That’s an astonishing cake — I’ll have to try it. I won’t force it on my family until I’m SURE its good. If I have to eat the whole thing, just to be sure…well, whatever it takes. Maybe I should make more than one…
Incidentally, I think you meant “she shook her head…” rather than “she shook her had…”
Bill, I really like your thinking!!!
You hang in there and do what you gotta do! ~winks and grins~
Christy
yum, this is a new one on me here in Scotland, but I’m about to start baking! thank you, it looks absolutely delicious 🙂
fingers crossed, I’m no expert!
pamela
Yum! This is a new one on me here in Scotland but I’m about to start baking! It looks absolutely delicious, thank you 🙂
pamela