5 Minute Chocolate Pudding From Scratch

Throughout my husband's childhood, his mother would make her family warm chocolate pudding for dessert. He would wistfully talk of this delicious pudding, and one day asked if I could please make him some. Since she passed away before I met her, I was on my own with recreating the recipe. There were many failed attempts on my part, where it just wasn't as he remembered. I grilled him for taste and texture details, cross referenced other simple pudding recipes, and finally, on one random attempt, put a smile on his face.

That does not mean this is the "best" pudding recipe, since my own parents were ho-hum when they tried this much talked about dessert. But my husband and his siblings rave over it and it obviously sparks their memories of a time when their mother was alive and cooking for them.

This simple chocolate pudding is preferred hot at our house, drizzled with fresh squeezed lemon that just breaks the skin. It's really very simple to make and if you do try it, please leave a comment! Step by step instructional video below...

Ingredients:

1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch processed cocoa powder*
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 1/2 cups of skim milk

*Droste, Lindt or Valhrona can be found in better grocery stores.

Directions:

Using a whisk, incorporate all dry ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Make sure there are no lumps.

Incorporate milk into the dry ingredients and mix or whisk very thoroughly.

Pour mixture into a medium sized nonstick pot and place over high heat. Bring to a boil and let boil for 1 minute. Stir with a wooden spoon. Lower to medium heat. The mixture will turn into a runny pudding consistency. Cook for 2-3 minutes longer, stirring frequently.

Remove from heat. It will thicken as it cools. Spoon into dessert bowls.

Drizzle fresh squeezed lemon juice over the top and enjoy!