A classic, delicious, homemade 4 Ingredient Chocolate Pudding recipe that is quick to make from scratch. This easy eggless chocolate pudding comes together in 15 minutes and with a few hours to set it.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 3 minutes
  • Cook time: 12 minutes
  • Total time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Desserts
  • Cuisine: American, World

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder (- unsweetened)
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • ¼ cup whole milk (- at room temperature or cold)
  • 2 cups whole milk (- at room temperature or cold)
  • ⅓ cup raw sugar (or white sugar, add as required)
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract (or ¼ teaspoon vanilla essence - optional)

Method

Making cocoa powder slurry

  1. In a bowl take cocoa powder and and cornstarch. For a more chocolaty taste, you can add 2.5 to 3 tablespoons cocoa powder. But do add some more sugar than what is listed in this recipe.
  2. Add the whole milk. Note that the milk can be cold or at room temperature.
  3. Whisk to a smooth slurry. Set aside. There should be no lumps.

Making Pudding Mixture

  1. Take milk in a heavy sauce pan. Heat the milk on a medium-low flame and let it become warm or slightly hot. Do not boil the milk.
  2. When the milk becomes warm or lightly hot then add the sugar.
  3. Mix and stir until all the sugar is dissolved.
  4. Keep the heat to its lowest and then add the cocoa powder and corn flour slurry.
  5. As soon as you add the slurry, begin to stir and mix with a wired whisk.
  6. Mix very well and simmer the pudding mixture on a low heat.
  7. Keep on stirring continuously till the pudding mixture thickens.
  8. Cook till the chocolate pudding mixture thickly coats the back of a spoon. It should coat the back of a spoon and slowly drops or fall from the spoon. The consistency will be medium thick.
  9. Switch off heat and add the vanilla extract or vanilla essence.
  10. With a wired whisk mix again to combine the vanilla with the rest of the pudding mixture.
  11. Immediately pour the chocolate pudding mixture in small to medium heatproof glass or steel bowls.
  12. With a spatula scrape everything and add the thick pudding clinging at the sides of the pan also to the bowl.
  13. Cover the bowls with a foil or lid. You can let the pudding cool and then cover with foil.

Setting Chocolate Pudding

  1. When the pudding cools at room temperature, then keep in the fridge to set for 4 to 5 hours or overnight.
  2. The pudding will be wobbly once it is set.
  3. Serve chocolate pudding after it has set.
  4. While serving chocolate pudding add some grated chocolate or sliced dry fruits or nut on top. You can also serve it with some whipped cream.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.