My Favorite 2-Ingredient Dessert Is a Little Controversial

It’s so easy to make. This two-ingredient recipe is gluten-free and requires almost no effort to prepare. You can make this recipe with a rice cooker or on the stovetop—no special tools needed. Personalize your chocolate rice with spices, toppings, or even turn it into a mousse. One afternoon, I was craving something comforting and sweet, but nottoosweet. Lately, I’d been using myrice cookerto cook anything and everything: purple sweet potatoes, cheese, meats, you name it. I spotted a couple of leftover chocolate bars in my pantry and thought, “What if I just cooked chocolate with rice?”I filmed the process, posted it online, and just like that, mynow-infamouschocolate rice recipe was born. To my surprise, my idea went viral (24 million views and counting!) and was even featured onToday. Of course, the Internet is divided. Some folks called it genius. Others? Well, let’s just say not everyone is ready for chocolate and rice to be besties. I’ve even seen my recipe and video concept blatantly copied. Chocolate and Rice Are a Great Combination Now, to be clear, I didn’t invent chocolate rice. In the Philippines, there’s champorado, a beloved sweet cocoa rice porridge that is sometimes enjoyed with salted fish or anchovies. In Western cuisines, there’s chocolate rice pudding, and who doesn’t love chocolate rice cereal treats? But I may be the first to have gone viral by cooking actual chocolate bars with rice in a rice cooker. The beauty of this gluten-free recipe lies in its simplicity: It’s just two ingredients, almost no effort if you’re cooking it in the rice cooker, and there are endless possibilities for personalization. So, let that chocolate melt in the rice cooker and let the haters talk. Because once you take a bite of my chocolate rice, it’ll all just make sense. Making

It’s so easy to make.