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Easy and Creamy Chocolate Pudding

5 from 1 vote
Don't buy the instant box pudding from the store when you probably have all the ingredients to make homemade pudding in your pantry. It is just as easy to make (in one pot over the stove) and taste ten times better. The best part is that you can customize the recipe to your needs. Make it and let me know what you think.
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Servings: 4 puddings
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Chocolate Pudding
  • ⅔ cup coconut sugar or organic granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup organic cacao powder or dark cocoa powder
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch or arrowroot powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Redmond’s sea salt or table salt
  • 2 ¼ Cups Whole A2 Milk or milk of choice
  • 2 tablespoons butter or coconut oil
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Topping:
  • whipping cream optional
  • shaved chocolate optional
Homemade Whipping Cream
  • Ingredients:
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup or 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Equipment

  • 1 Medium Saucepan
  • 1 Whisk
  • 3 Ramekins
  • Plastic Wrap

Method
 

Chocolate Pudding
  1. In a medium saucepan, without any heat whisk together sugar, cocoa powder, cornstarch, and sea salt.
  2. Turn the stove onto medium heat and add milk. Whisk until combined.
  3. Bring the pudding to a boil. Boil and whisk for 1 minute.
  4. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the butter and vanilla extract.
  5. Pour the hot pudding into 4 ramekins. About a ½ cup of pudding in each.
  6. Then press a sheet of plastic wrap onto the surface of each of the 4 puddings to prevent a thick skin from forming and put in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours to set.
  7. After the pudding has set, top with whip cream and chocolate shavings (optional.)
  8. Serve and enjoy!
Whipped Cream
  1. for whip cream topping add a cup of cold heavy whipping cream to a large mixing bowl, along with pure maple syrup and vanilla extract. With a hand mixer, whip the ingredients together to soft but firm peaks. Use it to top the chilled pudding. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Chocolate Shaving
  1. for shaved chocolate; take a chocolate bar of choice and a vegetable peeler. Use the vegetable peeler as if you were grading a carrot to make chocolate shavings. Garnish the puddings with chocolate shavings.