{"id":36190,"date":"2017-08-03T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T23:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=36190"},"modified":"2017-08-03T12:26:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T17:26:41","slug":"easy-homemade-chocolate-pudding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=36190","title":{"rendered":"Easy Homemade Chocolate Pudding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently had friends over for a simple dinner before we all went to a play.\u00a0 I mentioned it in <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2017\/07\/20\/peachy-summer-sangria\/\">this post<\/a>.\u00a0 I wanted to serve a quick dessert but wanted it to be more than just ice cream.\u00a0 So, I decided to make some homemade chocolate pudding.\u00a0 When I told them what\u00a0 I was serving for dessert, everyone smiled.\u00a0 Chocolate pudding does that to people.\u00a0 It&#8217;s an old-fashioned dessert that brings up good memories for most.\u00a0 Other than being easy to make, another nice thing about this recipe is that it can also be used in a chocolate parfait, a chocolate trifle, or a chocolate pie.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36231\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Chocolate-Pudding-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Homemade Chocolate Pudding - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Chocolate-Pudding-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Chocolate-Pudding-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Chocolate-Pudding-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n    <div id=\"yrecipe-container-56\" class=\"yrecipe-container-border\" >\n    <div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Recipe\" id=\"yrecipe-container\" class=\"yrecipe\">\n      <div id=\"yrecipe-innerdiv\">\n        <div class=\"item b-b\"><div class=\"yrecipe-print-link fl-r\"><a class=\"butn-link\" title=\"Print this recipe\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"yrPrint('yrecipe-container-56', 'http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/yummly-rich-recipes\/', '' ); return false\">Print<\/a><\/div><div id=\"y-recipe-link-56\" class=\"y-recipe-link fl-r hide-print\"> <a href=\"\/\/yummly.com\" class=\"YUMMLY-YUM-BUTTON yummly-button add-recipe\">Yum<\/a>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.yummly.com\/js\/widget.js?wordpress&p=wp\"><\/script>\n                <\/div><div id=\"yrecipe-title\" itemprop=\"name\" class=\"b-b h-1 strong\" >Homemade Chocolate Pudding<\/div>\n      <\/div><div class=\"ymeta yclear\">\n      <div class=\"fl-l width-50\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"fl-l width-50\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"yclear\">\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div><p id=\"yrecipe-ingredients\" class=\"h-4 strong\">Ingredients<\/p><ul id=\"yrecipe-ingredients-list\"><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-0\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">Source - Argo corn starch \r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-1\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">2\/3 cup sugar\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-2\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1\/4 cup cornstarch\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-3\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-4\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1\/8 teaspoon salt\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-5\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">2 3\/4 cups milk\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-6\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">2 tablespoons margarine or butter\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-7\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">1 teaspoon vanilla\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-ingredient-8\" class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"ingredients\">Whipped cream or whipped topping (optional)<\/li><\/ul><p id=\"yrecipe-instructions\" class=\"h-4 strong\">Instructions<\/p><ol id=\"yrecipe-instructions-list\" class=\"instructions\"><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-0\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">In medium saucepan combine sugar, corn starch, cocoa and salt. Gradually stir in milk until smooth.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-1\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Stirring constantly, bring to boil over medium heat and boil 1 minute. Remove from heat.\r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-2\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Stir in margarine and vanilla. \r<\/li><li id=\"yrecipe-instruction-3\" class=\"instruction\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">I store it in a big bowl and immediately place a layer of wax paper, plastic wrap, or parchment paper right on the pudding to prevent a film from forming.  Spray the paper with cooking spray first so it won't stick to the pudding.  At serving time, I spoon it into individual bowls and top with whipped topping.\r<\/li><\/ol><div class=\"y-linkback\">Schema\/Recipe SEO Data Markup by <a title=\"Yummly Rich Recipes\" alt=\"Yummly Rich Recipes\" href=\"http:\/\/plugin.yummly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yummly Rich Recipes<\/a><\/div><div class=\"yummly-recipe-plugin\" style=\"display: none;\">0.1<\/div><a id=\"y-printed-permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=36190\"title=\"Permalink to Recipe\">http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=36190<\/a><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">wk_bootstrap();<\/script><img id=\"yrecipe-beacon\" src=\"http:\/\/yummly-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/pixels\/wordpress-plugin.png?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthe2seasons.com%2F%3Fp%3D36190\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\">\n        <\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36232\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_4631-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chocolate Pudding - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"850\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_4631-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_4631-430x321.jpg 430w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_4631-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bring a smile to someone&#8217;s face soon by serving this fabulous pudding.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently had friends over for a simple dinner before we all went to a play.\u00a0 I mentioned it in this post.\u00a0 I wanted to serve a quick dessert but wanted it to be more than just ice cream.\u00a0 So, I decided to make some homemade chocolate pudding.\u00a0 When I told them what\u00a0 I was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[30,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36190"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36233,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36190\/revisions\/36233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}