# Does anyone have a good recipe for homemade chocolate pudding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [November 28, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-good-recipe-for-homemade-chocolate-pudding/955043 "2021-11-28T02:55:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-good-recipe-for-homemade-chocolate-pudding/955043/21 "2021-11-28T18:11:27Z")
I used to pour a little milk into the dry ingredients first, and whisk the paste mercilessly until every lump was pulverized, before adding the rest of the milk and cooking. Home-made chocolate pudding blows away boxed, though I would add a tablespoon or so of cocoa to the boxed. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-good-recipe-for-homemade-chocolate-pudding/955043/22 "2021-11-28T22:49:39Z")
My own recipe resembles **Aspenglow** ’s first example but I go lighter on the sugar and heavier on the cocoa powder. Made it a bunch during the first Covid lockdown. I used to make chocolate tapioca pudding and would love to try homemade butterscotch. Do you really use Scotch whiskey? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-good-recipe-for-homemade-chocolate-pudding/955043/23 "2021-11-28T23:24:17Z")
> [@Proudest\_Monkey](#): > > I used to make chocolate tapioca pudding and would love to try homemade butterscotch. Do you really use Scotch whiskey? It’s not usually made with Scotch. It’d be fun to try. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-good-recipe-for-homemade-chocolate-pudding/955043/24 "2021-11-29T00:05:53Z")
Thanks for all the suggestions, folks. I’ll be trying some between now and Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-good-recipe-for-homemade-chocolate-pudding/955043/25 "2021-11-29T04:52:43Z")
As best as I remember it, this is pretty close to my original [butterscotch pudding recipe](https://www.momontimeout.com/butterscotch-pudding-recipe/). ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-good-recipe-for-homemade-chocolate-pudding/955043/26 "2021-11-29T05:07:37Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > As best as I remember it, this is pretty close to my original [butterscotch pudding recipe](https://www.momontimeout.com/butterscotch-pudding-recipe/) That looks delicious!! I feel like I should elaborate on my earliest response: while _I_ prefer pudding with egg, the pudding of my youth was Cosco pudding mix - no egg, and delicious. Any homemade recipe, such as the ones @aspenglow linked to, will be heads and shoulders better than store-bought, and whether one likes it with egg is obviously just a matter of personal preference. I’m getting hungry again just writing about it… ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-good-recipe-for-homemade-chocolate-pudding/955043/27 "2021-11-29T05:55:21Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I always thought the skin was the best part. We poured some milk on the pudding, and the contrast between the sweet pudding and the…hmmm… Clean-tasting milk was always a joy. I too love the skin and always add a splash of milk to my pudding. I also add milk to Jello. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-good-recipe-for-homemade-chocolate-pudding/955043/28 "2021-11-29T17:22:11Z")
This self-saucing chocolate pudding was a great success, despite looking like pond mud before it went into the oven: > **[Recipes for self-saucing chocolate pudding and bakewell tart | Ruby Bakes](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/12/one-bowl-baking-recipes-self-saucing-chocolate-pudding-ruby-tandoh)** > > Ruby Bakes: Do your worktops regularly become a battlefield littered with the carnage of baking? Well, not this time [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-good-recipe-for-homemade-chocolate-pudding/955043.md?page=1)