Chocolate Pudding Pots

Name: Chocolate Pudding Pots
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 2 large egg yolks ((ie yolks of eggs ~50-55g/2oz each, from cartons labelled "large eggs")); 1/3 cup caster sugar / superfine sugar ((or regular white sugar)); 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 tbsp cocoa powder (, sifted (unsweetened)); 1 tbsp cornflour / cornstarch; 1 cup milk (, full fat is best); 1 1/2 cups thickened cream / heavy cream (, or any other regular full-fat pourable cream); 150 g/5oz 70% cocoa chocolate; Pinch of salt; 3/4 cup thickened cream / heavy cream or any other cream for whipping (, fridge cold); 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 2 tsp white sugar; 2 tbsp 70% cocoa chocolate ((bittersweet chocolate), finely chopped (Note 1) )

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:5min

Recipe video above. Chocolate Pudding Pots - for all your (effortless!) dinner party dessert needs. Think - a richer, more luxurious Chocolate Mousse, with a quarter of the effort. Tastes sophisticated. Easy to pretty up. Brilliant ready-to-go dessert: make ahead 5 days!I particularly like that it's not too sweet, this one is all about rich chocolate flavour. Use 70% chocolate if you can and chop it up yourself, though if speed is of the essence (and budget too) dark chocolate chips or buttons are still great.Makes 5 pots just shy of 1/2 cup each which is good portion for dessert. TIP: Whip the cream ahead too, just stabilise it.

Updated at: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:24:19 GMT