Must Try: I made Meryl's Creamy Chocolate Pudding last night.....so rich and wonderful!

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lisainla

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My DH usually makes pudding - the Jell-O cooking variety. Last night, he had the box out of the pantry to make it, and I asked him if we could try this one instead. When I mentioned "Meryl" and "chocolate" in the same sentence, he quickly put the box back and this is what we made instead:

CREAMY CHOCOLATE PUDDING

5 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder

1/4 cup cornstarch

1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp sugar (I use about 9 - 9 1/4 Tbsp)

1 pinch salt

1/2 teaspoon instant espresso (if not available, can use instant coffee)

2 cups low-fat milk (can use regular milk, if desired)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Sift all dry ingredients together in bowl and mix till combined.

Place mixture in a medium saucepan.

Stir in just enough milk to make a smooth paste.

Gradually mix in remaining milk.

Cook over medium heat and stir slowly and constantly until mixture begins to thicken and boil. Let it boil another 30 seconds, gently stirring constantly

Remove from heat and gently stir in vanilla.

Pour pudding into 3 or 4 serving dishes and chill until set, about 4-5 hours..

3-4 servings

Lisa's Notes:

We never eat pudding cold, so after letting it set for about 10 minutes to cool, we applied whipped cream to the tops and dug in!

I skipped the espresso powder, since I didn't have any, and mistakenly added the vanilla with the milk while cooking.

I used fat-free milk.

This would also make an excellent pudding pie filling.

http://eat.at/swap/forum1/73250_Here_ya_go_Cyn_-_you_can_make_this_in_one_large_bowl_and_can_use_splenda_inst

 
WARNING: Do NOT be alone when you make this. Suddenly your spoon will be scrapping

the bottom of the empty pot and there will be tell-tale chocolate smears on your face and a glazed, somewhat maniacal look on your face.

I, of course, am only speculating on the possibility of this happening.

 
Glad you liked it, Lisa! (and Marilyn and Cyn) smileys/smile.gif Will put it into T&T.

 
ISO Meryl, I see on the original post you mention using Splenda..

what would the substitution be? Thx!

 
Hi suz, I don't remember that- I've never used it,but some of the reviewers on Recipezaar may have-

Is that where you saw it?

 
From your post...

Here ya go, Cyn - you can make this in one large bowl, and can use splenda instead of sugar:

 
oohhh, that's where I went horribly wrong. I saw the "all in one bowl" and thought that was an

instruction to eat it all in one sitting.

Of course, I could do nothing but comply.

 
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