Stove Top Chocolate Pudding

By Jan Pinnington 
Healthy Hands Cooking

Store-bought instant pudding has ingredients that are harmful to your health like: Modified Food Starch, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Disodium Phosphate, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Salt, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate, Mono-and Diglycerides, Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1, Artificial Color, BHA (Preservative).

Why not try this simple and delicious stove-top chocolate pudding that is easy and delicious?  This recipe has been adapted from a Taste of Home recipe.

• 1 cup organic white sugar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups non-fat milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

Place first 5 ingredients in a medium pot and whisk over medium heat.  Bring pudding to a light boil and allow to bubble for 2 minutes.  Remove from heat, stir in vanilla, and pour into single serving bowls.  Allow to completely cool.  Optional:  Once cooled, top with your favorite toppings such as real whipped cream, coconut flakes, sliced bananas, fresh berries, chocolate shavings, or chopped nuts.

Jan Pinnington is a Nutritional Consultant and Founder of Healthy Hands Cooking.  For more recipes, or to learn about their kids healthy cooking classes and instructor business opportunities, please visit www.HealthyHandsCooking.com

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