Dessert
Warm Chocolate Pudding
Rich chocolate pudding delivers deep cocoa flavor in every silky spoonful, its glossy surface yielding to a warm, velvety texture that coats the tongue with gentle sweetness.
- Total
- 15 min
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 5 min
- Serves
- 6
Nutrition per Serving
- Calories
- 164
- Protein
- 6g
- Carbs
- 35g
- Fat
- 2g
- Fiber
- 4g
- Sugar
- 27g
- Sodium
- 101mg
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 2 1/4 cup nonfat or low-fat milk, divided
- 2/3 cup sugar, divided
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Lightly beat egg with a fork in a medium bowl.
- Combine 1 1/2 cups milk, 1/3 cup sugar and salt in a medium saucepan; bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, whisk the remaining 1/3 cup sugar, cocoa and cornstarch in a medium bowl. Whisk in the remaining 3/4 cup milk until blended. Whisk the simmering milk mixture into the cocoa mixture. Pour the mixture back into the pan and bring to a simmer over medium heat, whisking constantly, until thickened and glossy, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Whisk about 1 cup of the hot cocoa mixture into the beaten egg. Return the egg mixture to the pan and cook over medium-low heat, whisking constantly, until steaming and thickened, about 2 minutes. (Do not boil.) Whisk in vanilla. Serve warm.