Comments on: best chocolate pudding

By: Teri

Teri — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:20:01 +0000

I had a dinner party the other night and I was looking for a simple recipe that might wow people. I just discovered your blog about a month ago and have been reading it and drueling over the recipes. (my favorite pastime is to read cook books) Anyway, I’ve made chocolate pudding from scratch before and when I saw this recipe it reminded me of how easy it was.

I didn’t have unsweetened chocolate, so I used semi sweet. I didn’t use a double boiler, I just cooked it over the stove and stirred constantly. I also added Amaretto instead of the vanilla. OMG – over the top!!!! The women I had over were so full from my dinner, that they didn’t eat the desert. So there I was “stuck” with 6 servings of home made chocolate/amaretto pudding. I made it Friday night and finished it last night. It was tough, but someone had to do it.

This recipe is definately a keeper!!! Thanks for tweeking/sharing it!! I”m trying to think of an excuse to make it again. I’m having a gentleman friend over Friday night. He just might get this for desert. Hopefully I won’t get “stuck” with it all again!! But if I do, I’ll suffer through. :-)

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:52:07 +0000

This was simple and superb! Who knew pudding-from-scratch could be so effortless? I will NEVER go back to the box.

By: Rianne

Rianne — Sun, 06 May 2012 02:26:15 +0000

I followed the recipe exactly but my pudding never set and is still soupy after 2 hours being in the fridge…

By: Danielle Kyle

Danielle Kyle — Sat, 05 May 2012 04:33:41 +0000

I love your blog, but I didn’t care for this recipe. I really enjoy the eggs, and more custard like pudding. I can taste the corn starch. And it is such a highly processed ingredient that really shouldn’t be eaten. I think I will stick with the other recipes. Thanks though!

By: James

James — Thu, 03 May 2012 06:21:22 +0000

The texture of this recipe was really great. I’ve tried some others that either called for less cornstarch or use arrowroot powder and the consistency is always goopy, slimy or rubbery. This was like real/regular pudding. The changes I made to this based on what I had were unsweetened vanilla almond milk, two ounces unsweetened chocolate, four tbsp sugar, and no vanilla. I just threw everyone into a sauce pan and whisked very quickly on medium high heat until it was thick. Thanks!

By: Shonagh @ An Offal Experiment

Shonagh @ An Offal Experiment — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:34:41 +0000

I just made this because I needed a little sweet shot and it is truly delish! I used unsweetened chocolate so it wasn’t very sweet and then made a rhubarb-ginger compote. It was so yummy! I had just picked the rhubarb from the garden this morning.

By: Mike S

Mike S — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:52:06 +0000

Heh… I was just looking through my mom’s old recipes while searching for pudding recipes and realized that this was the exact same recipe my mother used to make me when I was little. :-)

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:14:54 +0000

My daughter requested chocolate pudding for dessert tonight and I knew just where to come because I love your recipe for vanilla pudding, and I was SO RIGHT! Your recipe was spot on… so delicious, not heavy, and on top of that, SO easy! Diabolical! ;-) Thank you very, very much, Deb!

By: Lore:)

Lore:) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:44:45 +0000

So excited to try this myself. Sounds delicious and I love the simplicity and hassle-free factor.thanks for sharing

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:27:37 +0000

Tried this last night, and while at first it didn’t set up, I followed some of the other tips on here to do it directly on the stove–perfect! I suspect it has to do with using a glass bowl rather than metal in the double boiler. I was using glass since I don’t have metal, and glass is a poor conductor of heat, whereas metal is good. That’s my hunch, anyway. I had some for dessert w/ my lunch, with some whipped cream mixed in, and can’t wait to get home to have some more!