Today Special : National Chocolate Souffle Day
Get your spoons ready, February 28 is National Chocolate Soufflé Day! The chocolate soufflé is the height of French decadence — and deliciousness. The dessert is often associated with momentous occasions, so it’s only fitting that it have its own day to be celebrated. So let’s put on our aprons, pre-set our ovens, and gather our finest ingredients (or head to our favorite French restaurants) and enjoy National Chocolate Soufflé Day!
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE DAY ACTIVITIES
- Bake a chocolate soufflé : Don your chef’s hat and your favorite apron, put on some Edith Piaf on the stereo, pull up a favorite recipe (we have suggestions) and get cooking! Baking a chocolate soufflé can the perfect culmination to a nice meal, or works just as well after take-out pizza. The most important thing is to serve this impressive dish just out of the oven, so make sure you’ve left room for dessert!
- Order a chocolate soufflé : If you’d rather leave the baking to the experts, we don’t blame you — and in fact are excited for you to explore the ecstasy of a chocolate soufflé baked by an expert chef! Head to your favorite French restaurant for steak frites, coq au vin, bouillabaisse, or ratatouille and end the meal with a perfect-cooked chocolate soufflé. Magnifique!
- Have a chocolate soufflé bake-off : Make your celebration social by inviting friends over for a friendly and bake-off. Line up ingredients and have your friends compare egg-beating, batter-folding skills, and oven-watching skills, then make things competitive by declaring a winner! The best part? Chocolate soufflé for everyone!
WHY WE LOVE NATIONAL CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE DAY
- They make us feel fancy : French is synonymous with fancy, and just saying the phrase “chocolate soufflé” makes us feel chic and continental. The chocolate soufflé is more delicate than a chocolate cake, more sophisticated than a chocolate pudding, and more interesting than chocolate ice cream. Ordering it makes us feel cosmopolitan, and making it makes us feel like gourmands.
- They are deceptively easy to make : The chocolate soufflé is a seriously fancy dessert, but it’s also seriously easy to make. Many people think the dish is hard — we’ve all heard of the dreaded deflated soufflé! But here’s a secret: they are delicious even when imperfect! Chocolate soufflés require simple ingredients and minimal effort in the kitchen and yield maximum and magnificent results.
- Everyone loves them : If you like chocolate, you’ll love a chocolate soufflé. Even picky or unadventurous eaters go crazy for this delightful dessert. Skeptical? You’ve probably had one and may not even know it! Chocolate lava cake — the rich cake with a gooey chocolate center that can be found on most dessert menus and frozen food aisles — is in fact a variation on the classic chocolate soufflé!
