Old Fashioned Homemade Chocolate Pudding

This recipe is great in a pinch when you want pudding but don't have good quality dark chocolate in the house.  This recipe uses cocoa.  I've tried another recipe for homemade pudding that used dark chocolate and it was divine- but it's much more expensive (find it HERE).  This is a great alternative, cheaper and good when you only have eggs, cocoa and milk in the house anyways.  Much better than the stuff that comes out of the box.

Source: http://greenbabyguide.com/2010/01/14/old-fashioned-homemade-chocolate-pudding/

Ingredients:
1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
2 large egg yolks, slightly beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt, and cocoa in a saucepan. Stir in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens. Boil and stir one minute.

Gradually add half of the hot mixture into the egg yolks, then stir that back into the saucepan. Boil and stir one minute, then remove from heat. Add vanilla.

Pour pudding into two to four dessert dishes (depending on how big or small you want the portions) and refrigerate.

Garnish (if you wish) with whipped cream and shaved chocolate.

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