Saturday, February 9, 2008

BEST CHOCOLATE PUDDING EVER

Deedee over at It Coulda' Been Worse is hosting "Saturday Stirrings -- With Friends". Here's my contribution. It's very quick (about 15 minutes to prepare) and easy to make and ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!! Comfort food at its best. Something I often made when my kids were sick and had sore throats. But also a great dessert...or snack...or first course if you're having an all chocolate meal :-)

Best Chocolate Pudding Ever

3 egg yolks (you can save the whites to make chocolate meringues!)
3 Tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup sugar
pinch of salt
3 cups of milk at room temperature*
3 Tablespoons butter
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup chocolate chips**

Beat egg yolks in heavy saucepan. Add cornstarch, sugar and salt and mix until well blended. Slowly add milk, whisking so there are no lumps. On medium low heat cook mixture, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbles start to appear in center of pan -- about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla, stirring to dissolve butter. Add chocolate chips and stir until melted and creamy. Pour into dessert glasses. You can eat this hot (my favorite way) or chill until cold (my hubby's favorite).
* I am always in too much of a hurry to wait for the milk to reach room temperature so I just heat one cup of milk in the microwave for a minute and add the other 2 cups of cold milk and it's just about right for room temperature :-)
** You can eliminate the chocolate (although who would want to do that?!) and have really good vanilla pudding.

3 comments:

Farrah said...

I LOVE chocolate! We usually make instant with 8 oz cream cheese blended in, but I would love to try a good homemade one. I'd like to make this with my son!

Fiddledeedee said...

I'm going to cry, this sounds so good! I use those horrible boxed chocolate pudding mixes.

No more.

I'm going to try this! Thanks for participating!!!!!!

Carol said...

I am definitely going to have to try this recipe. I'll probably never go back to boxed mixes again.