Chocolate Pudding

I love chocolate pudding.  It's such a good comfort food.  Jeff loves chocolate too.  Some nights if I haven't made a dessert he will just grab a prep bowl full of chocolate chips.

This recipe is great.  It takes just a few minutes to make and only uses a handful of ingredients.  I can make it quickly during nap time and by dinner time its firm and ready to eat.  You can ever prepare it a day in advance if you want too (or have dessert for two people two nights in a row...)

I always put a huge dollop of whipped cream on top of my pudding.  Homemade is great if you've got the time, other days its cool whip all the way.  Sprinkles are good too!


Chocolate Pudding
serves 4

Ingredients:

• 2 1/3 cups milk (I used 2%)
• 2 1/4 teaspoons (1 packet) unflavored gelatin
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

1. In a pot off the heat stir together the gelatin and 1/3 cup of milk and let sit for a minute until the gelatin has been dissolved.
2. Turn the heat to medium and stir in the sugar and remaining 2 cups of milk.  Once the sugar has dissolved and steam is starting to rise, turn the heat off and slowly stir in the chocolate chips until they have dissolved.  Pour the pudding into 4 containers and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.

Note: Make sure you pour the pudding into heat safe containers or let the pudding cool a bit in the pan before pouring.  Nothing sucks more than pouring hot pudding into a delicate glass and hearing loud cracks happen.  Ack!