About Chocolate Pudding Recipe
If you love chocolate, you will sure love this eggless chocolate pudding recipe. There is a smooth creaminess, velvety texture and the lovely chocolate flavor. The flavor deepens as it chills and sets in the refrigerator. This homemade pudding recipe uses cocoa powder which is easily available in our kitchens. So this is not a very rich version like the pudding made with dark chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate, but good enough to enjoy the chocolate cravings. Even kids will like this dessert. It takes about 15 minutes of your time to gather the ingredients and cook the cocoa pudding mixture. Then do allow a few hours for the pudding to chill and set in the refrigerator. If you are allergic to dairy or a vegan, then use almond milk, GMO free soy milk or rice milk to make the pudding. Instead of corn starch which is used as a thickener, you can even use arrow root flour or tapioca starch. The recipe can easily be doubled or tripled. Serve this egg free chocolate pudding as an after meal sweet dessert. You can also check this recipe of Chocolate Mousse made without eggs yolks. Making sweets recipes with cocoa powder is a breeze. Earlier I have shared a few more delish desserts made with cocoa powder:
How to make Chocolate Pudding
Make Cocoa Cornstarch Slurry
1.n a bowl take 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder and 3 tablespoons cornstarch (known as cornflour in India). For a more chocolaty taste, you can add 2.5 to 3 tablespoons cocoa powder. But do add some more sugar than what is specified in this recipe. 2. Add ¼ cup whole milk. The milk can be cold or at room temperature. Do not add warm or hot milk. 3. Whisk to a smooth slurry using a small wired whisk. There should be no lumps in this mixture. Set aside.
Cook Chocolate Pudding Mixture
- Take 2 cups whole milk in a heavy medium saucepan. Heat the milk on a medium-low heat and let it become warm or slightly hot in the pan. You don’t need to boil the milk.
- When the milk becomes warm or slightly hot then add ⅓ cup sugar. Feel free to reduce or increase the sugar according to your taste preferences.
- With a wired whisk mix and stir until all of the sugar granules are dissolved.
- Keep the heat to its lowest and then add the cocoa powder and the cornstarch slurry which we had prepared earlier.
- As soon as you add the slurry, begin to stir and mix with a wired whisk so that lumps are not formed.
- Mix very well and simmer the pudding mixture on a low heat. Do not cook on medium heat or high heat as the mixture can get lumps.
- Keep on stirring continuously till the pudding mixture thickens.
- You will see that the color deepens and the consistency of the cocoa pudding mixture will thicken.
- Cook until the pudding mixture thickly coats the back of a spoon well. It should coat the back of a spoon neatly and should slowly drop or fall from the spoon.
- The consistency will be medium-thick. If you see that there are lumps in this mixture, then you have the option to pass it through a fine mesh strainer/sieve or blitz the entire mixture in a blender or mixer until smooth and even.
- Switch off heat and add ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract or ¼ teaspoon vanilla essence. You can opt to add 1 to 2 teaspoons of instant coffee at this step. Opt to add a few ground spices like a dash of grated nutmeg or ground cinnamon or allspice if you prefer.
- With a wired whisk mix very well.
- Immediately pour the chocolate pudding mixture in small to medium heat proof glass bowls.
- With a spatula scrape everything and add the pudding clinging at the sides of the pan also to the bowl. The pudding mixture clinging at the sides of the pan will be slightly thick.
Set Pudding
- Cover the bowls with a foil or lid or wax paper. You can also cover with clingfilm or plastic wrap. If you prefer, you can let the pudding cool without a lid or foil. Remember that if you cover with foil or lid when the pudding is hot, then a few water droplets (from condensation) will be be seen on the surface of the pudding after it sets..
- When the pudding cools at room temperature, then keep in fridge to set and chill it for 2 to 4 hours or overnight. The below photo is of the eggless chocolate pudding that is set. The chocolate pudding will be wobbly once it sets. You can choose to serve it hot or warm if you prefer. But keep in mind that the eggless chocolate pudding thickens nicely after being set.
- Once the chocolate pudding is set well, then serve chilled or cold. While serving eggless chocolate pudding add some grated chocolate, chocolate chips, whipped cream or chopped dry fruits or nuts if you prefer. You can also pair it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream of chocolate ice cream.
Expert Tips
Please be sure to rate the recipe in the recipe card or leave a comment below if you have made it. For more vegetarian inspirations, Sign Up for my emails or follow me on Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter. Moist Eggless Chocolate Cake Recipe Eggless Black Forest Cake Recipe (Whole Wheat) Biscuit Cake Recipe | Chocolate Biscuit Cake Chocolate Fudge Recipe (3 Ingredients) This Chocolate Pudding recipe from the archives first published in December 2017 has been updated and republished on September 2021.
