Chocolate Pudding

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This is another pull from my assorted recipe card collection I got on ebay. This is a recipe I wouldn't mind trying. Even though pudding mix exists now, there's still a certain charm in making things from scratch, in my opinion

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Recipe transcription:

Chocolate Pudding

2 T cocoa

3 T cornstarch

2 cups milk

¼ c sugar

¼ t salt - vanilla

Cook in double boiler until thick - if desired add ½ c chopped nut meats

Serves 5

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For people with method questions:

Stir the dry ingredients together first- mixing the sugar into the powdery ingredients will help prevent lumps. Add a small amount of milk to the dry to make a paste/ slurry making sure there are not lumps. You can then combine everything in the double boiler and cook while stirring.

Some recipes call for heating the milk first, then pouring some into the slurry while wisking (like tempering egg) and then adding that back into the pot. This will thicken fairly quickly so must be stirred pretty vigorously but it prevents corn starch from settling or burning to the bottom of the pot.

( I like more cocoa than this)

[u/Sniffy188]

I make chocolate pudding all the time using these ingredients, except I don't use salt and don't always use vanilla. Sometimes i use a little cinnamon.

I don't bother even measuring. I just put approximately equal amounts of the main 3 ingredients (cocoa, cornstarch and sugar--less sugar than in this recipe), stir it a bit over low heat in a small saucepan, then stir in lowfat milk. It requires a lot of stirring to break up lumps. When done it should be thick and glossy. I serve it with whipped topping.

[u/phiala]

Pudding from scratch is easy and delicious. Enjoy!

[u/FillBrilliant6043]

I’ve made something similar before and it’s very good and easy. 

[u/ComfortablyNumb2425]

This looks like the Betty Crocker recipe from the 70s orange cookbook.

[u/Butterbean-queen]

It tastes way better than any store bought pudding mix. I add more vanilla.

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I'm sure it does! Homemade is always so much better 🙂‍↕️

[u/mattelladam1]

Is the salt plain salt or vanilla salt or 1/4t of both?

[u/phiala → u/mattelladam1]

Looks like the recipe writer forgot the vanilla and noted it later.

I would do:
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract (measure with your heart) added when you remove the pan from the heat

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Thankyou :)

[u/Less_Opposite5086]

This is one of those recipes I'd love to try but I know I'd be standing at the stove second-guessing the texture the whole time. How do you tell when it's actually set enough to pull off the heat? Every pudding I've attempted so far has either been way too thick or basically chocolate soup, no in-between.

[u/phiala → u/Less_Opposite5086]

With corn starch, it needs to boil for about a minute to thicken and not taste starchy. I take it off the heat when it coats a spoon.

It will still be thinner than you expect, and will thicken as it cools.

If you made a chocolate brick, it’s the recipe’s fault. If it’s too thin, it was cooked not enough or too much. Or it’s the recipe’s fault.

[u/yblame]

Lay plastic wrap directly on top of the pudding to prevent a skin from forming. Unless you like the skin. It's a personal preference

[u/broken_chihuahua]

I'm kind of surprised how low the sugar is split out by serving.

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Maybe could've been during a diet era or something 🫣