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Easy chocolate pudding recipe made in the blender. Homemade chocolate pudding has never been easier and faster to make, no stove top or heat required!
Two perfect little cups of small batch chocolate pudding for two.
Tucked into my second cookbook, Comfort and Joy: Cooking for Two, is a little recipe in the dessert section for chocolate pot de crรจme made in the food processor.ย Itโs an insanely easy recipe that doesnโt require any heat or cornstarch. I love it, and so I decided to share it with you today.
Plus, if you absolutely cannot wait for my next cookbook all about cooking for two (titled Dinner just for Two and due out in April of 2019!), then Comfort and Joy is what you should put in your little paws to pass the time. Comfort and Joy has breakfast recipes for two, lunches for two, dinners for two, and small batch comfort foods.
And an easy chocolate pudding recipe made in the blender, of course!
Easy chocolate pudding recipe in the blender:
Iโve been playing around with the original recipe to make it in my blender, and to make it softer, like homemade chocolate pudding. It turns out, you donโt have to change a thing about the recipe, just the chill time!
The mixture comes straight out of the blender and sets into pudding in 60-90 minutes in the fridge. If you leave it in the fridge longer, itโs thicker, more like a mousse or pot de crรจme. You can eat it that way, of course, but you can also let it rest on the counter until it softens to the texture of chocolate pudding.
You have so many options with this homemade chocolate pudding recipe!
I love that this recipe only makes 2 servings of pudding, because I really need portion control when it comes to pudding!
How to make chocolate pudding without cornstarch or heat:
The beauty of this easy chocolate pudding recipe is that it doesnโt requite cornstarch or any heat to make! You really have no excuse to buy instant pudding anymore, heh.
You just use a blender to break up the chocolate with the sugar, stream in heavy cream and a shot of espresso, and blend! There are a few other ingredients, like salt and vanilla, but you get the point.
I use my Vitamix blender to make this recipe. I upgraded to a Vitamix when Camille was a baby, because I knew I wanted to make her baby food from scratch. Iโve been endlessly impressed with how easy it is to use, how perfectly smooth and silky it makes purees. Plus, it has a heat function to make soups! I love it!
This recipe uses just the yolk of 1 egg. My recipes are divided on this site into recipes that use egg yolks and recipes that use egg whites. Browse through the egg white recipe section, and find something to make with the leftover egg white.
Fun ways to use homemade chocolate pudding:
We eat this homemade chocolate pudding with extra whipped cream and raspberries on top, but since Halloween is coming, I want to make Camille a homemade dirt and worms cup! Itโs seriously one of my favorite desserts, and I know sheโs going to love it, too! To make that, I would just layer the pudding with some crushed Oreos in a small jar, and then push in some gummy worms. So easy!
You can also use this to make my mini chocolate cream pie for two, gluten free chocolate meringue pie, or chocolate pudding cupcakes. If you feel like mixing things up, stuff my small batch eclairs with it or use it as the filing in my Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes.
And I would be remiss if I didnโt mention that if you love this easy chocolate pudding recipe, you will flip for my chocolate mousse cake for two.
Easy Chocolate Pudding Recipe
Easy chocolate pudding recipe made in the blender to serve two.
Ingredients
- 5 ounces chopped semisweet chocolate*
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup of hot espresso*
- whipped cream, for garnish
- fresh raspberries, for garnish
Instructions
- In a high-speed blender, add the chopped chocolate, sugar, and salt. Pulse 15 times to break up the chocolate into smaller pieces.
- Next, add the egg yolk and vanilla and pulse another 15 times.
- Warm the heavy cream in the microwave until it's steaming (and the espresso if it isn't steaming hot).
- With the blender running, stream in the hot cream and hot espresso.
- Run the blender for another 30 seconds, stopping to push the mixture from the sides, if necessary.
- When the mixture looks homogenous, divide it between two serving glasses. Place plastic wrap directly on the surface of the pudding, and chill in the fridge for 60-90 minutes. Check the texture before serving: if it's too soft, place it back in the fridge; if it's too firm, let it rest on the counter before serving.
- Serve with extra whipped cream and fresh raspberries (optional).
Notes
*You may substitute 3/4 cup of semisweet chocolate chips for the chopped chocolate.
*If you don't have an espresso maker, use 1 teaspoon of instant espresso powder dissolved into 1/4 cup of boiling water.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 769Total Fat: 59gSaturated Fat: 35gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 288mgSodium: 203mgCarbohydrates: 62gFiber: 4gSugar: 54gProtein: 10g
I want to make this for my daughters halloween party at school โ if we make it the night before, do you reccomend keeping it in the fridge or out?
Definitely in the fridge :) Let it set at room temp for about 20-30 minutes before serving :)
Could I use white chocolate instead of semi-sweet chocolate, Iโm trying to make a brownie trifle?
Hmm..I havenโt tried that. But I LOVE white chocolate. I will try it and report back.
The first time I made this it was flawless! The second time it wouldnโt set, could it be because I whirled the chocolate chunks in the blender for too long trying to break them up? Any advice would be appreciate!
Also, any way to use Kraft caramel chunks to make a caramel flavored version of this easy blender pudding? Thank you so much!
Hi Lily!
Hmmโฆdid you use the same type of chocolate the second time? Breaking up the chocolate too much shouldnโt affect things. Did you let it rest in the fridge? The chocolate firms as it chills.
Yes! Everything was the same and I let it chill even longer than the first time. I will have to try this one more time.
Again, any idea on using the Kraft baking caramel for a flavor twist? Thank you!
This is so strange! Was it chunky? My best guess is that the chocolate didnโt have enough fat to solidify. Same chocolate as last time? Or maybe I should have specified: heavy WHIPPING cream, not just heavy single cream. This could be eat! The chocolate, cream, and egg yolk set the mixture. It has 3 thickening/ setting agents.
Iโll work on the caramel version ;)
Canโt wait to try it again and the caramel version, youโre the best. Thanks for responding!
The recipe calls for heating the cream in the microwave, and the blender itself heats the pudding via friction. Saying this recipe is made without heat is illogical and misleading, and with the inclusion of egg would be dangerous if accurate.
I disagree. But thanks for providing your negative critique of a recipe youโve never tried.
I am looking for a recipe that genuinely uses no heat.
โstream in the hot cream and hot espresso.โ is not it.
Do you have a microwave?
No microwave for me but if I did use one it would still be using heat to set the pudding anyway. Already have a great recipe that safely cooks (to over 180oF) just in the VitaMix without any external heating (or extra bowls to clean) in under 7 mins of total blending time. I need an uncooked recipe without heat at any stage but stills tastes good. Obviously eggs are out. Maybe using avocado/cocoa/agave? Havenโt found a good one yet. When your headline said โno stove top or heat requiredโ I was initially hopeful this was it. Anyway, I wasnโt trying to be negative about your recipe, am sure it works great and appreciate the absence of flour or cornstarch, but I still find it misleading to say no heat.
It says no stovetop.
This recipe turned out perfect! Loved it.
This is delicious! I needed to make it dairy free so I used canned coconut milk instead of the whipping cream. I wasnโt sure if it would make it thick enough, so I added an extra egg yolk just in case (plus I had an extra one to use up). It turned out beautifully. If anything, it was thicker like a mousse or custard, but absolutely delicious! Thank you for a great use for egg yolks!