Recipes with Mexican chocolate
18 verified Mexican recipes with Mexican chocolate.
Mexican table chocolate — grainy, spiced with cinnamon and cane sugar — was born to be frothed with a molinillo: hot chocolate, champurrado, and as the bitter-sweet note that rounds off mole poblano and mole negro. Mexico domesticated cacao; these recipes are its direct inheritance.
This page gathers 18 verified Mexican recipes with Mexican chocolate, ordered A to Z — including Asado de Boda (Zacatecan Wedding Stew), Chocolate Atole, Champurrado (Chocolate Atole). Total times range from 15 to 330 minutes, so there are weeknight options as well as weekend pot-cooking projects. The quickest is Chocolate de Agua (15 minutes in total). Indicative UK price: £6.99 per 200g (researched for our cost estimates).
Asado de Boda (Zacatecan Wedding Stew)
Traditional Zacatecan pork stew in a dried chilli and chocolate sauce served at celebrations.
130 minmedia8 servings
Chocolate Atole
Thick maize drink with Mexican chocolate, comforting and creamy.
30 minfacil6 servings
Champurrado (Chocolate Atole)
Thick, warming chocolate atole made with masa, piloncillo and cinnamon.
40 minmedia6 servings
Oaxacan Hot Chocolate with Water
Frothy Oaxacan chocolate whisked with water.
15 minfacil4 servings
Churros with Mexican Hot Chocolate
Crispy fried churros rolled in cinnamon sugar with thick Mexican hot chocolate for dipping.
40 minmedia6 servings
Mole Enchiladas
Chicken-filled tortillas bathed in rich mole poblano with sesame seeds.
50 minmedia4 servings
Enchiladas de Mole Coloradito (Oaxacan Red Mole Enchiladas)
Chicken-filled tortillas bathed in Oaxacan mole coloradito made from chillies and chocolate.
135 mindificil6 servings
Mole Coloradito (Oaxacan Red Mole)
Oaxacan brick-red mole made with ancho chillies, tomato, chocolate and spices.
150 mindificil8 servings
Prune Mole from Guerrero (Mole de Ciruela Pasa)
Guerrero black mole with prunes, dried chillies, dark chocolate and spices over chicken.
150 mindificil8 servings
Turkey Mole Poblano (Mole de Guajolote)
Turkey in traditional mole poblano with over 20 ingredients and Mexican dark chocolate.
240 mindificil8 servings
Turkey Mole Poblano with Rice
Turkey in mole poblano with 30+ ingredients, served with rice — Mexico's most emblematic dish.
300 mindificil10 servings
Mole de Panza (Puebla Tripe Mole)
Mole with beef tripe, Puebla style.
225 mindificil8 servings
Oaxacan Black Mole
The most complex of the Oaxacan moles, with charred chilhuacle negro and chocolate.
270 mindificil12 servings
Mole Poblano
A complex sauce of chillies, chocolate and spices served over chicken.
180 mindificil10 servings
Mole Ranchero (Ranch-Style Mole)
Rustic ranch mole with mulato, ancho and pasilla chillies over chicken.
75 minmedia6 servings
Pato en Mole de Ciruela (Duck in Oaxacan Plum Mole)
Duck in Oaxacan plum mole with dried chillies and chocolate.
135 mindificil6 servings
Turkey in Oaxacan Black Mole (Mole Negro)
Turkey in Oaxacan black mole with blackened chilhuacle, mulato and bitter chocolate.
330 mindificil10 servings
Chicken in Mole Sauce
Chicken bathed in mole sauce made with mole paste, chillies, chocolate and spices.
55 minmedia6 servings
Frequently asked questions
How many recipes with Mexican chocolate are there on Recetas Mexas?
We have 18 published Mexican recipes using Mexican chocolate, all with verified ingredients, steps and timings. A few examples: Asado de Boda (Zacatecan Wedding Stew), Chocolate Atole, Champurrado (Chocolate Atole).
What's the quickest recipe with Mexican chocolate?
Chocolate de Agua, ready in 15 minutes in total. The rest of the recipes on this page range from 15 to 330 minutes.
How much does Mexican chocolate cost in the UK?
The indicative price we use in our cost estimates is £6.99 per 200g, researched across UK supermarkets and Mexican grocers. Each recipe page shows its calculated cost.
I've got Mexican chocolate and not much else — what can I cook?
Use our "What can I cook?" tool: tick Mexican chocolate plus whatever else you have at home and it tells you which recipes you can make in full and which are only one ingredient away.
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Recipes curated by Edmond Bojalil. Last updated: 2026-06-16.
Founder, Recetas Mexas
Mexican from Puebla, IT professional and foodie. Author of 1000+ authentic Mexican recipes adapted for home kitchens worldwide. Based in Madrid since 2018.
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