Homemade Chocolate Pudding

Name: Homemade Chocolate Pudding
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 3 cups milk; 2/3 cup sugar; 1/3 cup cornstarch; 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Ronnie Fein • Jan 2, 2013 (Updated: Aug 20, 2019)Comment Jump to Recipe

Homemade Chocolate Pudding

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 10

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Ingredients

3 cups milk
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

Heat 2-1/2 cups of milk until bubbles appear around the edges of the pan. In the meantime, sift the sugar, cornstarch, cocoa powder and salt together into a bowl. Add the remaining 1/2 cup milk and mix ingredients until smooth. Add the heated milk, blend thoroughly with a whisk and return the mixture to the pan. Cook over low-medium heat, stirring frequently, until the pudding is smooth and thick (2-3 minutes). Let cool slightly. Stir in the vanilla extract. Spoon into dessert dishes. Chill and serve.

Category: Recipes

Holidays: HanukkahPurimShavuotSukkot

Diets: DairyGluten FreeHealthy

Styles: Kid-Friendly

About Ronnie Fein

Ronnie Fein gave up a fast-track, high-pay job as an associate at a major Wall
Street law firm to become a freelance food and lifestyle writer. She never looked
back, no regrets. Over the years she has written for the food sections of daily
newspapers including Newsday, The Connecticut Post, Stamford Advocate and
Greenwich Time, and for numerous publications including the New Jewish Voice,
Connecticut Bride, Connecticut Magazine, Jewish Woman Magazine, Westport
and Greenwich Magazines, Consumer’s Digest, New Canaan Advertiser and
others. She writes for on-line sites including The Jewish Week and JoyofKosher.
She has her own food blog, called Kitchen Vignettes, at www.ronniefein.com and
has been a guest blogger at Kveller.com, Koshereye.com,
ThisAmericanBite.com, KosherLikeMe.com, BeyondBubbe.com and
Culinate.com.
Ronnie is the author of four cookbooks: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Cooking
Basics, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to American Cooking, Hip Kosher, and The
Modern Kosher Kitchen. She was also a contributing editor to The New Cook’s
Catalogue, the 25th anniversary edition of the James Beard original.
Ronnie gives cooking demonstrations for large groups and operates the Ronnie
Fein School of Creative Cooking in Stamford, Connecticut, where she lives with
her husband. She has two married daughters and five grandchildren.

Comments

Tamar Genger MA, RD

Apr 30, 2020 at 10:09 am

I found this dairy free Chocolate pudding, it calls for making your own coconut milk in case you can’t find it but you can skip that step https://jamiegeller.com/recipes/decadent-chocolate-pudding/

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Ellen Singer

Apr 29, 2020 at 5:54 pm

Jamie – I just printed a recipe from you for chocolate pudding that uses expresso powder and coconut milk. I went to make it today, and I can’t find the recipe. I looked all over your recipes, but this is the only chocolate pudding recipe I found. I guess I will make this one, using coconut milk, because I am dairy free, but if you can send me the other recipe I would appreciate it. Thank you.

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Rosalyn

Jun 1, 2016 at 2:43 pm

I have been making this pudding since I was a child. Instant pudding mix does not stand a chance.
For Passover (and those who have leftover from Passover) you can use POTATO STARCH as well.

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Ronnie Fein

Jan 4, 2013 at 7:34 pm

this works with any kind of milk. I have made it with almond milk but use a little less sugar.

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HK

Jan 4, 2013 at 3:09 am

THANKS FOR SHARING RECIPE.. so easy and best part I had ALL INGREDIENTS AT HOME!!

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kosheristheway

Jan 3, 2013 at 5:03 pm

does it work when prepared w/ soy or almond milk?
thanks for posting this recipe

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jbbm

Jan 2, 2013 at 5:37 pm

thanks for the recipe, ronnie! i love chocolate pudding and will have to try this recipe!

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