Description
A creamy and rich chocolate pudding made with Greek yogurt for added texture and flavor, perfect for any dessert lover.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 2 cups milk, divided
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder (optional)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup vanilla Greek yogurt
- Whipped cream for serving (optional)
Instructions
- Stir the cornstarch into 1/3 cup of the milk; set it aside.
- In a small saucepan, whisk the cocoa powder, light brown sugar, salt, water, and espresso powder together until smooth.
- Stir continuously over medium heat until just bubbly.
- Give the cornstarch mixture a quick stir before pouring it into the pan.
- Whisk the remaining milk into the pan until all is combined.
- Continue to cook and stir over medium heat until the pudding becomes quite thick and bubbly.
- Remove pudding from the heat.
- Whisk the vanilla Greek yogurt into the pudding until well blended.
- Spoon the pudding into half cup serving dishes.
- Cover the surface of the pudding with plastic wrap to avoid skin formation while cooling.
- Let the pudding stand at room temperature for 10 minutes if serving warm, then remove the plastic wrap before serving.
- For cold serving, refrigerate wrapped pudding for 2 hours.
- Serve chilled pudding with whipped cream on top, if desired.
Notes
Ensure to maintain stirring to prevent clumping and burning during cooking. Adjust timing based on serving preference for warm or chilled pudding.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 5mg