Chocolate Pudding

This chocolate pudding makes a yummy Valentine dessert.

1/2 cup cocoa

1 1/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup cornstarch

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 cups milk

3 tbsp. butter

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

In a saucepan stir cocoa, sugar, salt and cornstarch. (I used the double boiler which takes much longer to heat to boiling but requires less careful watching.)  Add milk slowly and heat over medium heat, stirring constantly.  It may be frothy on top.  When mixture comes to a boil, boil one more minute.  Take off heat and add butter and vanilla.  Once the butter is melted and mixed in, pour or scoop the pudding into a bowl or individual dishes to cool.  

Press plastic wrap on the top of the pudding to keep a skin from forming.  

Chill 3 to 4 hours.  Serve as is or with whipping cream and/or fruit, chocolate shavings, chocolate kisses, etc. 

This recipe is gluten free.