Chocolate Pudding Recipe

Chocolate pudding consists of milk, sugar, cocoa powder or chocolate, cornstarch or another thickening agent like egg yolks or gelatin. The ingredients are combined and cooked until thickened to create the creamy gelatinous dessert. Eggs and gelatin are completely optional and can be ruled out as per preference.

There are countless types of puddings which can be classified into three main categories, namely boiled or steamed puddings, baked puddings, and cold set or refrigerated puddings. Boiled or steamed puddings are cooked by boiling or steaming and some examples include Christmas pudding, sticky toffee pudding, and suet pudding. Baked puddings use oven baking for cooking and examples are bread pudding, rice pudding, and clafoutis. Cold set or refrigerated puddings are chilled to set and chocolate pudding comes in this category.

The word “pudding” is derived from the French term “boudin” which itself comes from the Latin “botellus” which means “small sausage.” It refers to encased meats used in mediaeval Europe puddings, as they were filled in encasing to boil or steam. It is like how sausages or puddings are made today.

Desserts refer to a broad range of sweet dishes typically served after meals. Whereas pudding is a specific type of dessert that is soft and creamy in texture and is usually steamed.

Traditional variations may contain eggs, but this Cadbury chocolate pudding opts out the use of eggs, making it completely vegetarian. The recipe uses Cadbury Bournville chocolate for an intense flavor, Cadbury Cocoa Powder, caster sugar, corn starch, salt, whole milk, butter, vanilla extracts and whipped cream, Cadbury Gems and Cadbury Bournvita biscuits for garnishing.