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Chocolate Pudding

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Chocolate Pudding
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Use a good-quality bittersweet or semisweet chocolate bar.

Yield: 6 servings (serving size: about 1/2 cup)

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2  cups  fat-free milk, divided
  • 1/3  cup  sugar
  • 3  tablespoons  cornstarch
  • 1/4  teaspoon  salt
  • 2  large egg yolks
  • 2  teaspoons  butter
  • 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
  • 5  ounces  semisweet chocolate, chopped

Preparation

Place 2 cups milk in a medium, heavy saucepan; bring to a boil. Combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Combine remaining 1/2 cup milk and egg yolks, stirring well with a whisk. Add egg yolk mixture to sugar mixture, stirring well. Gradually add half of hot milk to egg yolk mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk. Return milk mixture to pan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 1 minute or until thick, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add butter, vanilla, and chocolate, stirring until melted.

Spoon pudding into a bowl. Place bowl in a large ice-filled bowl for 15 minutes or until pudding is cool, stirring occasionally. Cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap; chill.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
246 (35% from fat)
Fat:
9.6g (sat 5.6g,mono 3.5g,poly 0.5g)
Protein:
6.4g
Carbohydrate:
35.8g
Fiber:
0.0g
Cholesterol:
74mg
Iron:
0.8mg
Sodium:
157mg
Calcium:
150mg
Julianna Grimes Bottcher, Cooking Light, AUGUST 2006

Member Ratings and Reviews

5 stars
Suzy C
This is pudding is so rich and fabulous. You would never know it's 'light'.05/27/08

5 stars

This will be the number 1 recipe on my file for Chocolate Pudding. So simple, yet so delicious! I didn't change anything in the recipe. For a fancier presentation, you could probably top it off with some whipped cream and some shaved chocolate. Yum!03/26/08