These chocolate bread rolls are soft, chewy and have a rich chocolate flavor. They are just 3 ingredients and don’t require any yeast, eggs, butter or oil. The dough takes only about five minutes to prepare and then it’s ready to be baked.
Everyone in my family loves chocolate so I have been working hard on trying to create a chocolate version of my easy bread rolls. These rolls are so soft and tender. They have a deep chocolate flavor and are lightly sweetened.
Ingredients
- Sweetened Cocoa Powder
- Self-Rising Flour
- Vanilla Greek Yogurt
Sweetened Cocoa Powder: This recipe uses sweetened cocoa powder. This is cocoa powder that is already mixed with sugar. It is sometimes sold as sweet ground cocoa powder or hot cocoa mix. Make sure it is just cocoa powder and sugar in the ingredient list (and maybe vanilla flavoring). You don’t want to use a cocoa mix that contains other additions like milk powder because that will change the amount of actual cocoa powder contained in the mix which will affect the outcome of the dough. I used Starbucks hot cocoa mix. If you can’t find sweetened cocoa powder, you can also just use unsweetened cocoa powder (dutch process preferred) and regular granulated sugar.
Self-Rising Flour: Self-rising flour is all-purpose flour already pre-mixed with baking powder and salt. If you don’t have self-rising flour, you can also make your own by mixing all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt.
Vanilla Greek Yogurt: Vanilla Greek yogurt adds some sweetness and vanilla flavoring to the bread rolls. I don’t recommend using plain Greek yogurt because the bread rolls will not be sweet enough. Make sure to use Greek yogurt and not regular yogurt. Regular yogurt will require a lot more flour to form a dough.
How to Make Chocolate Bread Rolls
Whisk together the cocoa powder and flour. Then add in the yogurt and mix until a sticky dough forms. The dough is then divided and rolled into balls and placed onto the prepared baking sheet. The bread is then ready to be baked. These bread rolls are best enjoyed while still warm.
Tips
The bread rolls are best enjoyed warm. If eating them the next day, reheat them briefly in the microwave, air fryer, or toaster oven.
These rolls can be made with natural or dutch process cocoa powder but dutch process will give them a richer flavor and deeper chocolate color.
More Easy Bread Roll Recipes
3 Ingredient Chocolate Bread Rolls
Ingredients
- 1 cup (125 g) self-rising flour
- 1/2 cup (80 g) sweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup (244 g) vanilla Greek yogurt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add flour and cocoa powder to a large mixing bowl. Whisk until evenly combined. Add in yogurt. Stir with a spatula until all the flour and cocoa are fully incorporated and a dough forms. Your dough will be a little sticky, but you should be able to divide it up with a spatula and place the dough pieces onto your prepared baking sheet. If your dough is too sticky to work with, mix in another 1 tbsp of self-rising flour.
- Divide the dough into 6 pieces. Wash and dry your hands but leave them slightly damp. Leaving your hands slightly damp will make it easier to roll the dough between your palms without the dough sticking to them. Pick up a piece of dough and roll between your palms until it forms a round ball. Place the dough ball onto the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough (rewashing your hands as needed in between), spacing dough balls 2 inches apart.
- Place rolls into oven and bake for about 18-20 minutes or until rolls are done. Rolls are best consumed warm.
Notes
- These bread rolls are only lightly sweetened. If you prefer sweeter bread, I recommend adding 1/3 cup chocolate chips to the dough. Stir it in after the dough has formed.
- Make sure your sweetened cocoa powder contains only sugar, cocoa powder and maybe vanilla flavoring. You don't want to use one that has milk powder or other similar ingredients because that will affect the amount of actual cocoa powder you are adding to the recipe. I used Starbucks hot cocoa mix.*
- *This product link is an affiliate link. This means I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases
- To make your own sweetened cocoa powder, mix together 5 tbsp dutch process cocoa powder (35 g) and 4 tbsp of granulated white sugar (48 g). If using natural cocoa powder, mix together 6 tbsp natural cocoa powder (30 g) and 4 tbsp sugar (48 g).
- I recommend dutch process cocoa powder if you have it because the bread rolls will have a richer chocolate flavor and color. They will also be slightly sweeter.
- To make your own self-rising flour, whisk together 1 cup all purpose flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt.
- Make sure to use vanilla Greek yogurt and not regular vanilla yogurt.
- The bread is best enjoyed warm. Reheat any leftovers before eating.
Nutrition
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a professional nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
Hi, can I use vegan yogurt?
Sorry, but we haven’t tried that.
This is awesome
Thanks!
I thought these were good but confused a bit by the instructions that had me place the dough on the baking sheet two different times. (for me, the recipe made twelve rolls, not six.)
I’m glad they tasted good. If you got 12 rolls it sounds like you made them much smaller than mine were. As for the instructions, the first time I place the dough on the baking sheet is just to put all the divided dough pieces on the sheet. The dough is then rolled into balls. I think this is the easiest and most efficient method but if you want to keep the dough in the bowl and roll them and then place them on the sheet so they are only placed once, that is fine too.