This chocolate pudding recipe took some time to get simply proper. It took virtually thirty {dollars} in premium chocolate and lots of lackluster makes an attempt to return up a model particular sufficient to share with you. Earlier than this there have been bland puddings, runny puddings (yuck), and oddly rubbery ones as effectively. However this model is a keeper. 
This chocolate pudding is deeply darkish with intense chocolate taste. It’s wealthy, shiny, aromatic, and silky easy. I take advantage of a coconut milk base rather than dairy, and infuse the combination with a whisper of warming spices to provide it a wink of one thing particular, a little bit of surprising magic.
Hitting the Mark
On my journey to the ultimate recipe, I bumped into quite a few issues that wanted to be addressed. I had a pudding in thoughts, and a sport plan of easy methods to obtain it. The model in my thoughts was a severe and complicated darkish chocolate pudding. I deliberate to make use of a dairy-free coconut milk base, arrowroot can be used because the thickener, non-alkalized cocoa powder (pure, not Dutch processed) can be enlisted, as would semi-sweet chocolate. I am normally considerably near the mark when imagining how elements will come collectively right into a closing creation or recipe, however my first try right here was wildly off. The pudding took virtually twelve hours to attain any kind of set, and even then it was on the runny facet.
Troubleshooting
It dawned on me the acidity within the non-alkalized (pure) cocoa powder is perhaps rendering the arrowroot thickener ineffective, so I corrected for that variable and made adjustments a bit at a time over the course of 5 batches till I lastly had a chocolate pudding recipe that matched the one in my creativeness. It’s an attractive silky texture shiny triumph. In the event you love just a little pot of chocolate pudding as a deal with, that is one to attempt. Pictured under is the slurry of elements that might be added to coconut milk over warmth.
The beauty of making chocolate pudding like this one? It solely takes a couple of minutes of lively cooking time. So far as substitutions go, if you wish to use common or low-fat milk, give it a go. You should utilize cornstarch rather than the arrowroot, however it did not ship the sleek shiny texture and sheen that got here with utilizing arrowroot powder. I additionally point out a number of different variables to play with within the recipe head notes.
Variations: Chocolate Pudding
- Toasted Almond Chocolate Pudding: Swap almond extract as a substitute of vanilla extract. Swap out the toasted coconut for toasted almond slices, and skip the curry powder.
Extra pudding recipes:
- Glissade Chocolate Pudding: That is my different favourite chocolate pudding. It’s ridiculously wealthy and great. It isn’t like a typical American chocolate pudding, it has no milk, cocoa powder, or cornstarch (or arrowroot). It is extra of a deep, concentrated, darkish chocolate mousse, though when you’re used to chocolate mousse that has whipped cream folded in, it is completely different from that as effectively.
- Tapioca Pudding: In the event you’re looking out for a creamy, scrumptious, vanilla-spiked tapioca pudding recipe, that is it. Impressed by the tapioca fanatics in my household.
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