Chocolate Pudding Cake

This chocolate pudding cake adapted well to the crock pot and had intense dark chocolate flavor in both the cake and pudding. In the past I have always been disappointed with not enough chocolate flavor in this type of recipe. However to get that flavor, melted butter and chocolate chips are added; this is also not the usual low fat dessert. I do not like chocolate desserts without the texture of nuts or fruit, but past experiments with nuts were not successful as they became soggy. The addition of ½ cup of dried cherries with the chocolate chips resulted in fully hydrated juicy cherries, a delicious complement to the chocolate. I used my round, 5 quart slow cooker which does not run hot, so I did not use the foil collar. It took an additional 25 minutes to fully cook. Be sure to be the one to scrape the last out of the slow cooker as a lot of chocolate goodness is left at the bottom.