Good morning! How are you on this fine Friday? Feeling a little harried from the holidays? Run down by the work week? If that’s the case, I have a little weekend pick-me-up for you today: the best, easiest, most amazing Chocolate Pudding for Two. And if you’re sitting there, nose crinkled, remembering bland pudding eaten in school cafeterias out of little plastic cups, thinking you outgrew chocolate pudding years ago, friend, I have great news for you. You’re never too old for good chocolate pudding (and this is Good Chocolate Pudding TM). Chocolate pudding is the perfect grown-up dessert because it feels absolutely indulgent and decadent, but it’s low-stress to make, and the active cooking time is short. So you can throw together a fabulous pudding dessert quickly and get right back to whatever important grownup things you were doing like, I don’t know, chopping down trees or taxes.
I love this particular pudding recipe so much that it has actually appeared on the site twice before. Once as filling in my Brooklyn Blackout Cupcakes (if you like chocolate, you must go try those) and this summer as the base of my Homemade Pudding Pops, but today it’s time to let the pudding be pudding. And letting this pudding be the star of the show is never a bad thing. Deeply chocolatey and creamy, rich, and not too sweet, it’s a dessert to linger over. Just add good company, and you have the makings of a perfect evening.
How to Make Chocolate Pudding
Chocolate pudding really is one of the easiest desserts in existence. If you can hold a whisk, you can make this pudding. You just take said whisk and mix together sugar, cornstarch, salt, and milk over low heat until thickened, melt in some semisweet chocolate, drizzle in a few drops of vanilla, and refrigerate until set. About twelve minutes of active cooking time and two to three hours of agonizing waiting for your pudding to set, and you can grab a spoon, pile on the whipped cream, and enjoy.
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Chocolate Pudding for Two Recipe Notes
Looking for more chocolate desserts for two? Try these Chocolate Souffles for Two, Peanut Butter Brownies for Two, and Small-batch Chocolate Cupcakes. Adapted from Smitten Kitchen
