Lavender Chocolate Pudding
March is my birthday month and I made the executive decision to find a way to celebrate every day. One of the things I did was try a new recipe for coconut macaroons. They were delicious, but they also used four egg whites so I had four egg yolks leftover and I don’t like wasting perfectly good egg yolks. I found a recipe for chocolate pudding from scratch from Chocolate, Chocolate and More. As I was making it, I thought, what if I throw in some culinary lavender? This recipe for lavender chocolate pudding is nothing like the chocolate pudding you enjoyed as a child.
When I was at the PA Farm Show this year, I had the chance to taste a piece of lavender chocolate from Hope Hill Lavender Farm. I fell in love with the flavor combination. Lavender is relaxing, chocolate is relaxing, pudding is delicious. It just makes sense to combine the three. The lavender chocolate pudding I made is an indulgent treat that you should definitely try when you need a break.
I never made pudding from scratch before, but I am definitely going to be making it a lot more in the future. Making chocolate pudding from scratch really isn’t that difficult and it doesn’t take a lot of time either. This pudding turns out rich and creamy and full of flavor. So go ahead, relish every single bite. Lick the bowl clean, too. I won’t tell!
Lavender Chocolate Pudding
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup maple sugar
- 1/3 cup Hershey's unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp culinary lavender
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
- 2 1/2 cups of milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- In a medium sauce pan, stir together the maple sugar, cocoa powder, lavender, corn starch, and salt.
- Heat over medium-low and whisk in the milk.
- Whisk in the egg yolks and stir until smooth.
- Continue to stir until the mixture begins to boil.
- Reduce heat to low and stir a few minutes until the pudding thickens.
- Strain the pudding through a wire strainer and discard the lavender and any lumps that remain.
- Stir in the butter and vanilla.
- Place in an air tight container and chill until ready to serve.
What’s your favorite way to enjoy chocolate pudding?