Homemade Chocolate Pudding Honey Sweetened Recipes

HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE PUDDING

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Spoon into individual serving dishes. Chill until serving. If desired, garnish with whipped cream and M&M's.

HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE PUDDING {HONEY-SWEETENED}

Steps:

• Heat 1 ½ cups of the milk (or cream) and the honey in a medium-sized heavy-duty saucepan over medium-low heat until bubbles just start to form around edges (about 3-5 minutes).
• In a separate medium heat-proof bowl add the remaining ½ cup milk and salt. Slowly whisk in the cornstarch and cocoa powder until mixture is smooth without lumps. Then gently whisk in egg yolk and set aside.
• When milk/honey mixture starts to bubble around the edges, remove from heat and very gradually add it to the cornstarch mixture in the bowl. Whisk quickly and continuously as you slowly pour it in, so that no lumps form.
• Return the mixture back to the saucepan over medium heat. Stir constantly with a whisk until it comes to a simmer and begins to thicken (about 4 to 5 minutes). Then cook for one minute longer. Bubbles will pop at the surface of the thickened pudding.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla and butter. Strain pudding through a fine mesh strainer to remove any lumps or small pieces of cooked egg, if desired (see note).
• Serve pudding warm or cover with plastic wrap, pressing it directly onto the surface to avoid getting a skin on the pudding. Then refrigerate until chilled. Serve with whipped cream (if desired, see note for sugar free version).