Chocolate Puff Puff – deep fried dough that is slightly crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside with a touch of sweetness paired with chocolate sauce that is ready you to swoon over. A sweet version of the classic and popular African snack Puff Puff.
For Valentine’s Day there is one food profile that has come to define love day – chocolate. So I would suggest you add an exciting twist to a Classic West African street food, you guessed right –chocolate is the twist. Paired with chocolate sauce and you would swoon with puff-puff pleasure.
Now tell me, is there anything more decadent than chocolate? Is it so wrong to up the flavor in our beloved puff-puff?
Puff-puff purists, hold your horses, try making this before you stone me – you never know…I might just convert you.
If you have never tried puff-puff before, it is deep fried dough, just like bread dough – slightly crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside with a touch of sweetness. Here is a puff puff recipe, one of my most popular African recipes – thanks to you!
What makes this puff-puff appealing is the addition of butter. I first tried it without butter and it was dense and good…. but not great. Butter makes it airy and really crunchy. It also adds flavor and a rich sweetness to it. I know my original recipe for puff is great however, this is my favorite to date!
Here is the deal, you MUST ditch the pepper sauce people, it doesn’t belong here! Make chocolate sauce to go with this! And some fruit on the side. Maybe strawberries?
Enjoy!
Watch How to Make It
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Chocolate Puff Puff
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Ingredients
- ½ Tablespoon salt
- 1/2- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup warm water
- 3 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm milk
- ¼ cup butter 57 grams
- 1 large egg
- 3 1/2 cups flour may need to add about 2 tablespoons if mixture too light
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- Oil for deep frying
Chocolate sauce
- 1 cup chocolate semi sweet and milk chocolate
- ¼ cup cream
- 1 tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Mix salt, sugar, water, and yeast. Set aside for 5 minutes
- Melt butter with milk in the microwave
- Add melted butter , egg and milk to the yeast mixture , followed by flour and cocoa powder and mix thoroughly with spoon or hands
- Let the mixture rise for approximately 1- 2 hours
- In a large, sauce pan pour vegetable oil into a pot, until it is at least 3 inches (or about 5 centimeters) high (too little will result in flatter balls), and place on low heat.
- Test to make sure the oil is hot enough by putting a ‘drop’ of batter into the oil. If it is not hot enough, the batter will stay at the bottom of the pot rather than rising to the top.
- Using your hands grab a little bit of mixture at time and drop in the oil
- When the oil is hot enough, use a spoon to dish up the batter, and another spoon or spatula to drop it in the oil, sort of in the shape of a ball.
- Fry for a few minutes until the bottom side is golden brown.
- Turn the ball over and fry for a few more minutes until the other side is golden brown.
- Use a large spoon or something like that to take it out of the oil. I usually place them on napkins right away to soak up some of the excess oil.
- Melt cream, butter and chocolate chips and mix.
- Serve chocolate sauce with these puff-puff.
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Fola says
Wow.Mrs Imma I come from Nigeria and I have never seen puff puff made like that it is delicious
Fola says
Thank you so much for teaching me Mrs Imma
ImmaculateBites says
My Pleasure Fola :)!
Daniel says
Good day, l really love the recipe a lot. It was so lovely, my friends really loved it and asked for more and more.
And also, is there a Video on this recipe for those who will want to learn?
imma africanbites says
Hi Daniel,glad it turned out great for you. I haven’t made a video yet for this chocolate puff puff here.
Joy says
This is amazing hope to try this asap, but plz I don’t know what a chocolate sauce is, can u hekpbout. Thanks
ImmaculateBites says
Chocolate sauce is a combination of melted chocolate and cream. It’s optional
kenzi kardeen says
I love these they are divine i look forward to making some for my class and sharing them.
ImmaculateBites says
Awesome! Do let me know how they turn out. Thanks
Kehinde says
Thank you so much for this recipe. Please can I replace the butter with mangerine
ImmaculateBites says
You sure can.
Joanne says
Hi,
I made your traditional puff puff last year and they turned out great! I made them for my Nigerian friend. He really enjoyed them. I decided to make your chocolate puff puff and waiting to fry them. However, I too noticed that you have an egg in your ingredients list but no egg in the description on how to make them so I didn’t add it assuming it was a mistake! Well, after reading through the comments I learned that it indeed is in the recipe but I didn’t include it because there was no mention of it until someone commented, which you did address but it would have beneficial to edit the recipe to included “add egg after the butter and milk mixture” because I didn’t read the comments until now, and that’s when I learned of it. I just hope that they turn out especially after using high quality cocoa powder.
I like the pictures you provide and step by step procedures. It’s very helpful.
Thank you.
p.s. I didn’t rate this recipe because I have not finished making yet. I’m waiting for it to rise but once I get a chance to try one, I will update my review. However, seeing that I did not add the egg, I’m not sure what to expect. Cross your fingers!!
ImmaculateBites says
My apologies!!! Fingers cross. Will get on it right now. Hope it all works out well for you.
Lesego says
I want to use the no yeast version but I want the chocolate one. Do I still use beer?
ImmaculateBites says
No don’t have to use beer if you do not want to replace with with water
ImmaculateBites says
My bad, after you add the butter and milk mixture. Recipe update!!!
Tottie says
IMMA, When do I add the egg? lol
laviv says
Love Ur twist to puff puff…… I tried the coconut puff puff today and It’s was awesome….. thxxx for letting me know I can Make my puff more tasteful.
ImmaculateBites says
Thanks laviv
Lois Jack says
Just wanting to say that you are my new favourite cooking website 🙂 Thanks!
ImmaculateBites says
Awww thanks- really appreciate you taking the time to comment.
Udie says
Hi Imma, I’m looking forward to trying this chocolate puff puff recipe out as well as your recipes too! I am a foodie too and love the fact you are taking risk with our Nigeria cuisine by bringing it into the 21st century! I’ve done the same with many recipes and am always eager to mix or fuse different flavor profiles & cultures together in foods. For instance I have a seafood moin moin that would knock socks off any traditional plain moin moin easily but as you are well aware it was outsiders who really took to the flavors first the traditionalist had to warm to it after they saw others eating enjoying and not collapsing over first. ..lol
Our people are too funny sometimes the way they behave when it comes to our food. Anyway, great job I’ll post when I make the recipe 🙂
Uduak
ImmaculateBites says
Udie thanks for taking the time to comment – I would love to have that seafood moin moin recipe- you just got my mouth watering.
Bibs @ Tasteometer says
These look and sound amazing. The name too is rather appealing. Will try these soon and your other puff puff recipe too, thanks.
ImmaculateBites says
Aww thanks Bibs, let me know how you like them!
Mystery Maiden says
Same here
Joel A. says
I would love to indulge in these anytime.
ImmaculateBites says
Joel, you should, they are heavenly!
Pam says
This looks wonderful. I am looking forward to looking at your other recipes; so unique and tempting. You have a lovely blog.Thank you for sharing
ImmaculateBites says
Thanks Pam, and thank you for taking the time to comment.