Delicious Mint Chocolate Pudding Recipe – Gardenuity

Chocolate pudding is an all-time classic. But mint chocolate pudding? It’s everything the original gave you and more. With this cool, creamy, cocoa concoction, your taste-buds will be dancing all night long.

INGREDIENTS:

• 3 cups fat-free milk
• ½ cup packed fresh chocolate mint leaves (about ½ oz)
• ⅔ cup of sugar
• ¼ cup cornstarch
• 3 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa
• ⅛ tsp salt
• 3 large egg yolks, lightly beaten
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 2 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
• Mint sprigs (chocolate or regular)

HOW-TO:

1. Heat milk over medium-high heat in a small, heavy saucepan to 180°F, or until tiny bubbles form around the edge—do not boil!
2. Remove from heat, and add chocolate mint. Let stand 15 minutes.
3. Strain milk mixture through a sieve into a bowl, reserving milk, and discard solids.
4. Return milk to the pan, and stir in sugar, cornstarch, cocoa, and salt.
5. Then, return pan to medium heat, and bring to a boil, stirring constantly with a whisk until mixture thickens.
6. Place egg yolks in a medium bowl. Gradually add half of the hot milk mixture to yolks, stirring constantly with a whisk. Add egg mixture to the pan, and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook until thick—about 1 minute.
7. Remove from heat.
8. Then, add vanilla and chocolate, stirring until chocolate melts.
9. Pour pudding into a bowl, and cover the surface of pudding with plastic wrap.
10. Chill.
11. Garnish with mint sprigs, if desired.