I love coffee and when Roxana from Roxanas Home Baking announced this months ingredients are coffee and chocolate, I was ecstatic to say the least. I absolutely love this combination. I wasn’t sure what to make, but I know the possibilities were endless.
I scoured the internet for ideas and decided I would make a mocha pudding. Who doesnt love pudding right?
My family loved it and I think the recipe is easy to make. I think the coffee brought out the taste of the chocolate in this pudding. I also think that nothing beats homemade pudding. Surprisingly it is not that hard to make Pudding from scratch.
To put it more over the top I added some pudding to my cool whip and put a big fat dollop over the top. Monkey Girl loved that part, I think it was her favorite.
This is a make again recipe for sure.
Mocha Pudding
Ingredients:
1/4 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon cooled espresso coffee
2 cups half and half
1 cup bitter-sweet chocolate chips
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup cool whip
Directions:
In a heavy sauce pan combine sugar, cornstarch, espresso and half and half. Whisk over medium heat until mixture begins to boil and thicken. This should take anywhere from 3-5 minutes. Remove from the heat and add chocolate chips, butter and vanilla. Whisk until smooth. Divide mixture into 6 servings and reserving 3 tablespoons of the mixture in a separate small bowl. Cover and chill the remaining pudding until cold about 2 hours.
Meanwhile, combine the cool whip and the remaining 3 tablespoons of pudding. Also cover and chill for about 2 hours. When ready to serve top each mocha chocolate pudding with a dollop of the cool whip.
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Peace be with you,
Veronica
