Creamy Chocolate Pudding

Meryl's Note:

This pudding is very easy and delicious and I've made it many times. The best part is it's rich and creamy and tastes fattening, but it's LOWFAT!!!

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 3

• 5 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
• ¼ cup cornstarch
• ½ cup sugar , plus
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• ½ teaspoon instant espresso (if not available, can use instant coffee)
• 2 cups low-fat milk (can use regular milk, if desired)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Sift all dry ingredients together in a bowl and mix until combined.
2. Place mixture in a medium saucepan.
3. Stir in just enough milk to create a smooth paste.
4. Gradually mix in remaining milk.
5. Cook over medium heat and stir slowly and constantly until mixture thickens and starts to boil. Let it boil another 30 seconds or so, gently stirring constantly.
6. Remove from the heat and gently stir in vanilla.
7. Pour pudding into 3 or 4 dessert dishes and chill until set, about 4 hours.

Reviews

[Tebo]

I made this with skim milk and some extra vanilla. It had a very rich, creamy chocolate full mouth taste. It may be so long Jello I'll do it myself!!! Good recipe Meryl.

[timhammond]

Woo hoo!

[Lucky in Bayview]

This is chocolate pudding perfection! I used evaporated milk, only because I was running low on fresh milk and instant coffee. The pudding turned out creamy and rich. I have another can of milk in the pantry and will be using it to make this again soon. Thanks so much for posting.