Thick Chocolate Pudding

"This is the perfect chocolate pudding. It has a rich chocolate flavor, great texture and is not high in fat. I can't count the number of times I have made this. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do."
 
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Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a 2-qt. microwave-safe bowl, combine the first four ingredients.
  • Stir in milk until smooth.
  • Microwave, uncovered on high for 3 minutes; stir.
  • Microwave 4-6 minutes longer or until thickened, stirring after each minute.
  • Stir in vanilla.
  • Pour into individual serving dishes; cool.
  • Refrigerate.
  • Garnish with whipped topping if desired.

Questions & Replies

  1. Can it be used as a pie filling ?
     
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Reviews

  1. This is delicious and chocolatey, like a good hot chocolate. Very quick and easy. And I love that it's not too sweet. The first time I made this (in the microwave), I did encounter some lumps. I only needed 2 minutes in step 4 for an 1100 watt microwave. The second time I made this, I used the stove, and had no lump problems. I also decided to turn it into a mocha pudding - which was awesome! I added two tablespoons of instant coffee, plus one extra tablespoon of sugar.
     
  2. Ok, a summary of things people have done:<br/>adding instant coffee; adding some chocolate chips; stirring in a large tbsp of PB until blended;<br/>changing up for other types of milk, including almond and soy; varying the amount of vanilla; subbing splenda and sucanant etc for sugar; cooking on stove -- bring milk to warm and then whisk in all of the other ingredients that have been pre-mixed together; make sure and cook to a full boil with cornstarch to remove the starch taste; adding coconut, roasted nuts, serve with whipped cream on top,.... Lots of variation to have with this great recipe. Prepackage it so it is ready for kids to do instead of purchased packages. ENJOY!!
     
  3. This reminded me of my mother's chocolate pudding she made us when we were young! My teens devoured it. Use the stovetop not microwave. Anyone used it to make a chocolate pie? That sounds so good!
     
  4. Tweaked a bit by using whole milk instead of skim, and 3 Tbsp. flour instead of cornstarch. Also made on the stove top, stirring constantly with a wire whisk for about 15 minutes. Refrigerated for two hours. Delicious. I disagree with other reviewers that say this isn't sweet enough as is. I would add slightly more vanilla, but only b/c vanilla makes everything better!! Thanks for posting.
     
  5. My husband and I really enjoyed this. Because he is a diabetic, I made it with Splenda. This doubles nicely. I added 1/4 c. choc. chips as I always do with the packaged mixes. I will not be buying them anymore now thanks to your wonderful recipe! Thanks so much! BTW, I made this on top of the stove by first sifting dry ingredients into the pan, then slowly adding milk to make a smooth paste before adding all the milk. I brought it to a boil and then removed it from the heat after 30 seconds or so.
     
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Tweaks

  1. sift ingredients before microwaving. Perfect
     
  2. As if this recipe needed another 5 star review! This was a hit in our house. I doubled the recipe as I used the pudding to make a pie. I poured the pudding into a chocolate pie crust, layered it with bananas, and spread white chocolate shavings on top. Also to make this recipe nearly sugar-free I used 20 packets of Equal to sweeten the pudding instead of sugar. If you do decide to use artificial sweetener, make sure to stir it into the pudding AFTER cooking. This recipe is so easy that I'll never use the packaged version again. Thanks for posting!
     
  3. Very tasty! Much better than packaged pudding, and still very simple to make. For Bailey's pudding, try substituting about 3/4 cup of the milk with Bailey's Irish Cream!
     
  4. Tastes great, but when the directions say use a 2 quart bowl, do that! Let's just say my microwave is going to need a bit of cleaning. But great recipe otherwise!!
     
  5. This was really good. I'm trying to "fatten" by very tiny 1 year old, so I made it with heavy cream instead of skim milk and I also cooked it on the stove top. Since so many had mentioned that it was lumpy, I sifted the cocoa powder before adding. No lumps!
     

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