My Chocolate Season 2025: Chocolate Granita

                         Wishing everyone a wonderful start to the New Year!

I definitely appreciate rich desserts - full of butter, cream cheese, sugar, whole eggs and, of course chocolate. And I've had a ball making many of them throughout My Chocolate Season 2025.

But after our multi-day Christmas celebration and all of the delicious 'excess' that abounded in our desserts, this five star-rated Chocolate Granita seemed like a perfect way to finish this year. With only four primary ingredients - cocoa powder, sugar, salt and warm water - and no fat content, it's also a perfect vehicle for finishing up the last of the season's whipped cream.

Deep chocolate flavor is a perfect way to describe this completed dessert. And that dressed up individual serving of completed granita (above) is far prettier than the freezing pan of granita is. VOE: Despite the suggested dusting of salt on top I opted for another sprinkle of finely grated chocolate.

Has this recipe grabbed you as much as it grabbed me? Just be sure to carve out availability for stirring the granita each half hour for about three hours. Quick errands or a walk, anyone?

Above: Combining ingredients in warmed water.

​Above: When the pan is filled for the first freezer round. VOE: As is typical when I'm asked to pour liquid during recipe prep, I used my trusty ladle to transfer this mixture from saucepan to 'freezer pan,' until very little remained.

VOE: From the first time I removed the granita pan from my freezer, I knew my hands couldn't handle the cold. Pulling on my kitchen gloves solved the problem throughout recipe prep. See multiple stages of freezing/stirring, below.